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Trumps Canada tariff leaves Maine Republicans scrambling for distance
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and GOP governor nominee Bobby Charles were quick to buck President Donald Trump’s latest tariff policy.
06:36 PM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Mamdani reverses on pledge to arrest Netanyahu
New York's mayor said he doesn’t have the legal authority to uphold his campaign promise.
08:23 PM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Medical freedom takes a back seat in Floridas midterm fights
Despite numerous pushes from top GOP officials on the libertarian-leaning health efforts, voters have other issues top of mind in 2026.
05:55 AM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories No amnesty!: Migrant farmworker bill opens major rift within GOP
Prominent immigration hawks are furious over a proposal that would open a path to temporary legal status for undocumented migrants who work in the agriculture industry.
09:10 AM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Staff warned of major security risks from giving UAE new tech access. The White House went ahead anyway.
Commerce Department staffers recommended against loosening export restrictions on the Gulf ally in previously unreported warnings, arguing it could make it easier for China to get its hands on sensitive American technology.
04:00 AM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories A politically impossible situation: New poll shows Trump voters losing patience with Iran war
The share of MAGA voters who think the war is worth the economic cost has fallen to roughly over a third, down from 50 percent in May, the POLITICO Poll found.
04:55 AM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Democrats have a massive outside cash problem
The three main GOP party committees and their two caucus-aligned super PACs have nearly twice as much cash on hand as their Democratic equivalents.
04:00 AM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Who is Darline Graham? Her colleagues say they are still learning.
The sister of late-Sen. Lindsey Graham is running to serve in the Senate in her own right — while working to finish the work her brother started.
03:45 AM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Rep. Andy Biggs wins GOP primary for Arizona governor
Biggs easily defeated fellow GOP Rep. David Schweikert in the Republican primary on Tuesday.
10:04 PM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Its a stone around your neck: Arizona Republicans once again nominate 2020 election deniers
The three top Republican candidates in the Grand Canyon State all played a key role in casting doubt on Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump six years ago.
12:15 AM on 07/22/2026 Politico Top Stories Rahm Emanuels Israel Speech Shows Where American Politics Is Headed
A preview of Rahm Emanuel’s remarks shows the era of absolute U.S. support for Israel’s government is over.
04:55 AM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories The Totally Bonkers Race to Replace Elise Stefanik
The chaotic congressional battle pits a traditional Republican against a first-time candidate whose campaign embodies the spectacle, grievance and combativeness of the MAGA movement.
06:00 AM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories We Went to a Yacht Party for the Most Pro-Deportation People in DC
The Mass Deportation Coalition is quite literally making waves in Washington.
02:32 PM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll: Voters arent so sure about Trumps sweeping election bill
The POLITICO Poll finds that a plurality of Americans neither support nor oppose the bill, or are unsure, even as the president makes it a top priority.
03:45 AM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Bonta says Paramount litigation isnt anti-Trump
The California attorney general insisted in an interview with POLITICO that his antitrust litigation is about competition, not politics.
09:12 PM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump looks past Canada and Mexico for Gianni Infantino
The U.S. president shared the World Cup final stage with Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Claudia Sheinbaum but spent most of the day talking to the man he calls "the king of soccer."
05:40 PM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump threatens 50 percent tariff hike on Canadian goods
The tariffs, which are scheduled to go into effect in one month, up the ante in North American trade negotiations.
05:02 PM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories The data center and AI donors powering Donalds bid for Florida governor
The GOP member of Congress has received six- and seven-figure contributions from Florida-based data center developers and pro-business political committees.
05:55 AM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories A growing political reckoning is coming for data centers, POLITICO Poll shows
A new POLITICO Poll found that Americans’ attitudes toward data centers have grown increasingly sour and politically polarized in the past six months.
04:50 AM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories FBI Director Kash Patel plans Russia trip
The plans come as the U.S. and Russia have failed to come to terms on ending the war in Ukraine.
03:52 PM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories What Andy Burnhams new-look Cabinet tells us about Britains direction
A big Cabinet reshuffle under the incoming PM yielded some surprises — and opened up some potential new Westminster dramas.
11:39 PM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Cornyn and Tillis in discussions with White House to get Blanche across the finish line
The two senators are the swing votes necessary to advance the attorney general nominee out of the Judiciary Committee next week.
07:55 PM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories The primaries to watch today in Arizona
From battleground House races to the top of the ticket race for governor, a the swing state has a number of tests for the direction of both parties ahead of November’s midterms.
05:03 AM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Theres a power struggle brewing in South Carolina, and Trump might not win
Sen. Darline Graham has Trump’s endorsement in the race for her late brother’s seat, but that hasn’t dissuaded a crowded field of opponents..
03:45 AM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Democrats search for options to halt Trumps renewed attacks on Iran
Democrats are rallying behind several efforts to kill high-profile defense legislation as a way to protest the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
06:24 PM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories A persistent dark cloud: Trump faces a bleak new phase in Iran as GOP midterm anxiety grows
The weekend deaths of three U.S. service members have left White House allies afraid the president is rapidly running out of ways to extricate the country from an unpopular, expensive conflict.
04:45 AM on 07/21/2026 Politico Top Stories On the Ground Along NATOs Eastern Flank as Russia Threatens
The alliance’s new frontline states are arming up. Is it enough?
06:00 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Maine Senate Democratic nomination
Jackson’s preferred delegates have won a majority of the seats at next week’s nominating convention to replace Graham Platner.
12:55 PM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Greeks ready to pick a fight about The Odyssey
The new film directed by Christopher Nolan has already sparked a run in theaters internationally — and stirred controversy in Homer’s land.
06:11 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories EU hits Chinas Alibaba with 550M record fine over illegal products
“There were a lot of counterfeit products, unsafe toys and dangerous cosmetics” on AliExpress, Europe’s tech chief says.
06:15 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump pushes UN free speech declaration in veiled attack on EU tech regulation
The White House has repeatedly condemned EU rules that govern online platforms as censorship. Now they want the world to put the critique into writing.
06:13 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Burnham vows to bring back hope as Britains new PM
Former Greater Manchester mayor takes over from Keir Starmer and names his Cabinet. Follow along for all the latest news and analysis from the POLITICO team.
06:08 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories The hopeless, bad people just won Donald Trump's World Cup
The U.S. president has relentlessly targeted Spain. Its soccer stars just had the last laugh.
05:30 PM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Mamdanis mojo comes with some blind spots
The New York City mayor is rewriting the rules of ethnic politics in the nation’s largest city.
04:55 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Not the slick choice: Maine Dems sweat Troy Jackson despite dominant victory
The progressive logger and former state legislator dominated Maine’s last-minute delegate conventions. But some voters were left unsatisfied with the process — and the presumptive nominee.
03:45 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories The Senate GOPs squeaky wheel suddenly has a lot of power
Sen. Ron Johnson is next in line for chair of the Budget Committee after Lindsey Graham’s death, and he has some decisions to make about how he’ll handle the job.
03:45 AM on 07/20/2026 Politico Top Stories Its Not Going to Stop a Hypersonic Missile: The End of Canada Nice
Unable to rely on Trump’s America, Canadians are growing more militaristic. But at what cost?
06:00 AM on 07/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Has Trump Changed Democracy Forever? We Asked 11 Historians.
Experts on U.S. history look to the past — and the future.
06:00 AM on 07/19/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps threats to revoke TV licenses get serious
Brendan Carr is already scrutinizing TV broadcasters, but he may have to be careful echoing the president’s political grievances, legal experts say.
03:57 PM on 07/19/2026 Politico Top Stories July 2026
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
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