Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
White House wary of Iran counterattack as Trump strikes triumphant tone
“There’s a lot of risks here for escalation,” one person said.
12:11 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Attack on Iran need not lead to wider war, JD Vance says
The vice president hopes Trump's Saturday escalation will re-center diplomacy.
09:59 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Why the New York Mayors Race Matters
Voters are disappointed by the Cuomo-Mamdani race, but the result will resonate far beyond the Big Apple.
07:00 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Critics say Zohran Mamdani is antisemitic. He says hes holding Israel accountable.
Prominent Jewish leaders have labeled the surging mayoral candidate antisemitic, which he refutes.
10:00 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories The Night Chancellor Merz Changed His Mind About Donald Trump
The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trump’s plans for NATO.
10:00 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Ro Khanna on Elon Musk and Fighting the Establishment
The self-identified “progressive capitalist” shares his big ideas for the Democratic Party and for the country.
12:00 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump wants NATO to spend more on defense. Heres who is actually paying.
A POLITICO analysis reveals telling gaps between the big spenders near Eastern Europe and those further from Russia, who are still creeping toward a decade-old target.
06:00 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories There is not a singular voice: On trade, countries don't know who in Trumps circle to listen to
The president has deputized three Cabinet members to lead trade talks. They’re bumping into each other — and gumming up negotiations.
10:00 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Senate GOP slashes megabill's tax costs with new accounting method
A new $440B estimate does not include the multi-trillion-dollar bill for extending soon-expiring tax cuts.
11:09 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories The Murphy Meter: Where NJ's governor candidates could change policy positions
Here’s a visual guide to where the candidates stand on 12 key issues.
10:00 AM on 06/22/2025 Politico Top Stories Republican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday profession
One GOP senator said anyone paying more than $100K to go to med school is "making a huge mistake." But the median cost of attending one is more than double that for the class of 2025.
02:00 PM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Senate GOPs plan to push food aid costs onto states axed from megabill
The cost-share plan was a critical way for Republicans to trim spending to pay for their massive reconciliation package and farm bill programs.
08:13 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump wants one thing from the NATO summit. Europe is going to give it to him.
A streamlined summit centering around a new pledge to increase defense spending has been designed to give the president a victory lap.
07:00 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Ro Khanna: Democrats lost 2024 because they became the party of war, overlooked inflation
The progressive from California said in a POLITICO podcast that Democrats’ stance on Israel hurt their chances with young voters.
10:00 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Andrew Cuomos Anger is Legendary. And Its Powering His Comeback.
The former governor of New York resigned less than four years ago. Now he’s back, along with many of the same aggressive tactics that almost destroyed him.
07:00 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories A judge sided with Trump. Behind the scenes, he was lobbying for a nomination.
Ed Artau was already meeting with Senate staff about securing a nomination to the federal bench when he sided with Trump in a case, according to a new Senate disclosure obtained by POLITICO.
04:23 PM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Top Pentagon spy pick rejected by White House
Army Lt. Gen. Richard Angle's name was put forward to lead the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command.
04:38 PM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Kari Lake claws back $17M for mission support amid deep cuts to US-funded media
It comes as Lake delivers termination notices to most staff at Voice of America.
11:30 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories How the Senate megabill could backfire on conservatives
The leader of South Carolina’s hospital association said a cost-saver in the bill would force the state to consider Medicaid expansion.
06:03 PM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories RFK Jr. is making it more difficult to enroll in Obamacare
The Trump administration projects as many as 1.8 million people, including many DACA recipients, could lose coverage.
08:18 PM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories June 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
10:43 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories 8 Experts on What Happens If the United States Bombs Iran
As the U.S. weighs the option of heading back into a war in the Middle East, here are some ways the attack could play out.
06:51 PM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Inside the clashes between Trump and Gabbard
The director of national intelligence has rankled Trump with her statements about nuclear war, and the president has suggested she’s off message.
09:43 PM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories The Cost of Passage: Violence and Death on the Atlantic Route to Spain
Every year, tens of thousands of migrants set off to Europe from Africa in fragile wooden boats. But there’s growing evidence that these perilous journeys are marred by horrific crimes.
04:00 PM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories The Next Conservative Civil War Is Coming
Trump’s nomination of Emil Bove to be a federal judge has sparked a larger battle within the conservative legal movement.
05:55 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories An Armageddon-Like Response: What Could Happen Next Between Israel and Iran
Former ambassador Ryan Crocker warns that the Iranian regime isn’t likely to capitulate.
04:51 PM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | The Political Realignment Has Arrived. Republicans Are in Danger of Blowing It.
Latino voters powered Republican victories up and down the ballot in the country’s largest swing state in November. The party needs to recognize it fast.
05:55 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories This Is the Scalpel They'll Use to Ruin the Lives of Individuals the President Is Opposed To.'
Miles Taylor, the author of the 'Anonymous' op-ed opens up on life after being targeted by Trump’s executive order.
08:00 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Does Trump Actually Think He's God?
The president’s messianic rhetoric has soared since the assassination attempt.
05:00 AM on 06/21/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump has a plan to remake the housing-finance system. It's baffling to many lawmakers and experts.
The question of what to do with Fannie and Freddie, the two dominant mortgage financiers, has bedeviled policymakers for decades.
07:00 AM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories Trumps FAA pick has claimed 'commercial' pilot license he doesnt have
Bryan Bedford, the nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration, for years erroneously stated in his Republic Airways bio that he is a pilot with a “commercial” rating.
09:00 AM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories President Trump is right: Pardon hopefuls play up connections to Trump
The "No MAGA left behind" spirit appears to have pervaded the administration’s pardons process — or, at least, the perception of it has.
10:00 AM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | What the Godfather of American Conservatism Would Think About Donald Trump
A new biography of William F. Buckley Jr. raises questions about his responsibility for Trumpism.
02:00 PM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump wants to score trade deals in Canada. Hes unlikely to get them.
The president’s first international summit of his second term comes ahead of a new tariff deadline and amid a Middle East crisis.
07:00 AM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories Mark Carneys first big test on the world stage
At a turbulent moment in global geopolitics, Canada’s new prime minister welcomes Trump and G7 leaders to Alberta.
11:00 AM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories Klobuchar: 'People need to call people out'
"Some people need to look in the mirror and say, 'Hey, I've got to stop this or stop my colleagues from doing this because it makes it much worse,'" the senator said.
10:59 AM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | Irans Target Isnt Just Israel. Its Us.
Israel’s strike against Iran isn’t just self-defense — it’s the front line in a broader clash of freedom versus tyranny.
07:39 PM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories Israel in no rush to wrap up Iran war, ambassador says
"The objective is not to contain the war. The objective is to win the war," Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said.
11:35 AM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories Richard Grenell on Cancel Culture, Normal Gays and his friend Melania Trump
The president of the Kennedy Center says that when it comes to the arts, “the voices of tolerance have arrived.”
12:00 AM on 06/15/2025 Politico Top Stories Florida plans for peak hurricane season amid storm of FEMA reforms
Despite the state's experience and expertise, Florida has historically has relied on tens of billions of recovery dollars provided by FEMA.
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