Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
Big Tech won in Texas but the age-verification fight is just getting started
States are mounting a new challenge to Silicon Valley over age verification and parental consent, and while industry just scored an early win, the Supreme Court is likely to have the final say.
05:00 AM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories New York Gov. Kathy Hochul confronts a rising populist tide
The Democratic governor is navigating a political world dominated by Trump and Mamdani as she runs for reelection.
05:55 AM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps Washington is packed with Claremont fellows. Thats no accident.
At least 70 alumni of Claremont’s fellowships over the last decade serve in President Donald Trump’s administration, a POLITICO analysis found.
05:55 AM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories Hundreds of judges reject Trumps mandatory detention policy, with no end in sight
Judges have ruled against the administration in more than 1,600 cases.
05:55 AM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps embrace of pot has Republicans in Congress fuming
In moving to reduce marijuana regulation, the president has defied the party’s old guard.
04:00 PM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps next plan for the US education system: Lots and lots of rules
He bombarded schools with a flurry of investigations and demands that they adopt policies aligned with his political agenda. His second year will focus on making them last.
02:00 PM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories Heres how different US tariff revenue was in 2025
Our chart updated every weekday in 2025, showing how tariff revenue was changing.
10:47 AM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change
The Trump administration recruited five marginalized researchers to challenge the international consensus on global warming. Here’s how it went wrong.
10:00 AM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump's flood-the-zone approach to unflattering news cycles has hit a new extreme
Everyone else: Epstein, Epstein, Epstein. Trump: Rosie O’Donnell? The Red Sox? Coca-Cola?
05:00 AM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps dismantling of consumer bureau creates headache for small banks
The president wants to eliminate the agency. Community lenders worry that will make them less competitive.
02:00 PM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories After Venezuelas Dictator Was Ousted by Trump, an Endless Party in Doralzuela
Venezuelans in South Florida took to the streets to cheer Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s capture, while fretting about what comes next.
12:00 PM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories How Gettysburg Became a Refuge for Conservatives Battered by Trump-Era Strife
It might take a mock battlefield to solve America’s political divisions.
04:00 PM on 01/05/2026 Politico Top Stories What a Former Trump Official Would Worry About in Venezuela
Former State Department official Carrie Filipetti discusses the future of Venezuela and what the United States should do next.
07:00 AM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories The hawks are winning
The Trump White House has so far dodged a revolt from the MAGA base which has been skeptical of sustained U.S. engagement abroad.
05:00 PM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Republicans drop support for Afghan wartime allies after National Guard shooting
Once-stalwart GOP backers of programs for Afghans who helped the war effort are hedging their support after the Nov. 26 National Guard shooting.
11:27 AM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump adds Syria to entry ban after attack on US troops
The U.S. is also imposing additional entry restrictions on citizens from 15 other countries.
05:23 PM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump declares fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction
The designation could have sweeping impacts on U.S. policy toward China as well as the Trump administration’s military buildup in the Western Hemisphere.
05:32 PM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump Offers Venezuela a Fork in the Road
The administration sees Venezuela as a test case for the idea that toppling dictators can work.
07:00 AM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories After Venezuela operation, Trump says the whole hemisphere is in play
With brash threats aimed all around the region, the president and his team made it clear Venezuela might be just the beginning, sparking fear across the Western hemisphere.
06:28 PM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps Attack on Venezuela Could Change the World. Heres How.
13 experts on what comes next in Latin America and beyond.
10:00 AM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump admin sends tough private message to oil companies on Venezuela
The White House has told companies they must rebuild Venezuela's crude-pumping infrastructure if they want compensation for assets seized by Caracas.
02:35 PM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Rubio remains vague on transition plan for Venezuela
“We want Venezuela to move in a certain direction, because not only do we think it's good for the people of Venezuela, it's in our national interest,” he says.
10:41 AM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump, atoms, AI and the Texas data center gusher
Fermi America wants to build a massive private nuclear-powered energy grid for artificial intelligence. Can the brassy avatar of Trump’s risk-taking tech economy survive?
07:00 AM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories When they go low, we go viral
Millennial and Gen Z Democrats are running on something their predecessors can’t quite figure out — the social media algorithm.
07:00 AM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories The text of Trumps October deal with Xi Jinping is still MIA
The president called his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea a "massive victory," but the lack of details on what was agreed to raise the potential for more friction in 2026.
04:00 PM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Federal judges strike down California open-carry ban
The California Department of Justice is reviewing the opinion and “considering all options,” a spokesperson said.
08:40 PM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories What are the odds? Analyzing 6 global scenarios for 2026.
A series of inflection points await the world. Here’s our view of what might happen next year.
10:00 AM on 01/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump takes victory lap after U.S. raid capturing Maduro
The president said early Saturday that the U.S. carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and captured the country’s leader.
10:37 AM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Prosecutors charge Maduro, along with his wife and son, with drug trafficking
Prosecutors also charged the Venezuelan leader with narco-terrorism.
10:10 AM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories World leaders largely express concern, some praise, about US capture of Maduro
The early morning strike against military and political targets in Caracas prompted expressions of concern from critics of the White House in the Western Hemisphere.
09:02 AM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Iraq 2.0: Democrats seethe at Trumps surprise Venezuela strike
The operation quickly united rank-and-file lawmakers behind a message that the president illegally bypassed Congress and has no plan for the aftermath.
10:05 AM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Florida Republicans quickly back Trump after Maduros capture in Venezuela
Hill Republicans from the Sunshine State, which boasts the largest population of Venezuelans of any state, rushed to applaud the move after weeks of calls for action.
09:33 AM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories A month out, no one looking to repeat Octobers historic shutdown
Government funding runs out on Jan. 30.
07:00 AM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories As Mamdani rises in New York, San Francisco turns away from the left
In San Francisco, progressives are looking east with envy.
02:00 PM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories 15 Scenarios That Could Stun the World in 2026
Futurists, political analysts and other forecasters on the possible “Black Swan” events of the new year.
12:00 PM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Mamdani defends eliminating executive orders on antisemitism, boycotting Israel
The mayor incurred criticism from local Jewish organizations and the Israeli government over the move.
05:10 PM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump warns Tehran that US is locked and loaded to support Iranian protesters
Trump pledges to come to the “rescue” if Iranian authorities kill peaceful protesters.
09:08 AM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories December 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
09:52 AM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Russians Mean Something Different When It Comes to 'Peace'
It isn’t just the absence of war.
05:00 AM on 01/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Data centers have a political problem and Big Tech wants to fix it
A growth engine for the economy is becoming a political albatross. Can messaging change that?
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