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They Want to Shut It All Down: Gay DC Reels From a Trump Decision
Thanks to a quirk of local rules that puts the federal government in charge of city parks, Dupont Circle has been fenced off just as people around the world come to DC for pride.
02:57 PM on 06/13/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump and Musk aides have spoken amid pause in hostilities
A behind-the-scenes look at what irked Trump the most.
07:34 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories American presidents have long used autopens. Just ask Trump.
The president has announced an investigation that includes his predecessor’s use of an autopen.
10:00 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Like Elon Musk, Russ Vought wants to break Washington. Unlike the billionaire, the budget guru might just succeed.
The two-time director of the Office of Management and Budget actually knows how to use the government to dismantle it.
02:00 PM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Dont Be Fooled: The Musk-Trump Blowup Is Really About Immigration
The tech right and MAGA populists were always going to have a blowup thanks to their disagreement on whether immigration or the federal debt was central to Trump’s political movement.
10:00 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Ken Martin privately expressed doubt about ability to lead DNC, blaming David Hogg
Martin expressed frustration and self-doubt in an internal meeting with other party leaders, according to a two-minute recording obtained by POLITICO.
10:01 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Newsom blasts deployment of National Guard to LA as purposefully inflammatory
The federal government is deploying 2,000 soldiers amid unrest over immigration sweeps in Los Angeles.
09:00 PM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Texas Democrats see an opening as Paxton surges. But first they need a candidate.
Next year's Senate map leaves Democrats with few chances at flipping seats.
09:00 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories The Moviemakers Breaking With Liberal Hollywood
Faith-based production companies insist they are not explicitly Republican. But they’re selling a vision of American culture to an audience that’s sick of liberal Hollywood.
07:00 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Rahm Emanuel wants to save the weak and woke Democratic Party brand
The longtime political operative on whether the Democratic party ‘needs more assholes’ and the fight against antisemitism.
12:00 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories 'Trump movement' turns on Cornyn, poll finds
An early May poll commissioned by the American Opportunity Alliance has the Texas incumbent down 17 points.
10:00 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump has universities in the bind the right has long wanted
Even as Ivy League schools, research institutions, and college trade associations try to resist Trump’s attacks in court, campus leaders are starting to accept they face only difficult choices.
03:50 PM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Grahams bone crushing Russia sanctions bill could freeze US trade with the worlds largest economies
The proposed 500 percent tariffs on countries that buy Russian energy could cut the U.S. off from major trade partners.
06:50 AM on 06/08/2025 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 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories The nations cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
05:00 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Cuba tried to improve its relations with the US by cooperating with Trump's deportation flights. It didn't work.
Cuba has taken five deportation flights since Trump took office, but the administration appears disinterested in improving relations with Havana.
06:40 PM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Pentagon to redraw command map to more closely align Greenland with the US
The Pentagon's move to shift its oversight of Greenland under U.S. Northern Command aligns with President Trump’s pledge to take control of the autonomous Danish territory.
06:07 PM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Californias frustration with homelessness is boiling over, poll finds
A survey from POLITICO and the UC Berkeley Citrin Center asked registered voters if they supported an aggressive approach to clearing encampments.
09:00 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Investors Are Sending a Warning to Congress. Will Washington Listen?
If lawmakers don’t absorb a gentle message from the bond markets, they may get an even more unpleasant one.
07:55 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump Is Waging a Culture War on the Library of Congress. Its Been Done Before.
Thomas Jefferson wanted to donate his personal collection of books to the Library of Congress. But critics thought those books were un-American.
04:00 PM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Weve Got a F--king Spy in This Place: Inside Americas Greatest Espionage Mystery
Two former top spy hunters offer exclusive new revelations about their quest to solve America’s greatest espionage mystery and what’s at stake with Kash Patel in charge of the FBI.
05:00 AM on 06/08/2025 Politico Top Stories Disgusting abomination: Musk goes nuclear on Trumps big beautiful bill
"Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong," he wrote.
02:07 PM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Conservative Economic Populists Are Taking a Victory Lap
But a crack-up with other Republicans could be on the horizon.
02:51 PM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Fetterman's chief of staff leaves amid string of departures
Fetterman's chief of staff leaves amid string of departures
03:15 PM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories The president is obsessed: Trump fixates on Xi call amid faltering trade talks
The White House says a call this week between the president and China’s leader is "likely" as it tries to restore a fragile truce in the U.S.-China trade war.
10:00 AM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Cuomo reintroduces himself to voters in newest campaign ad
The 30-second spot features the frontrunner for New York City mayor speaking directly to the camera.
05:00 AM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Trump's approval among Latino voters is crashing, new poll shows
A new poll shows the president's approval has dropped by 14 points since February among independents.
09:55 AM on 06/03/2025 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 06/03/2025 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 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Cuomo, reportedly under probe by Trumps DOJ, wants to organize Dems nationally
The New York City mayoral frontrunner discussed his strategy during a sit-down with POLITICO last week.
05:00 AM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories New think tank 'Searchlight' pushes Democrats toward more popular positions
Searchlight, a name inspired by the birthplace of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, comes at a precarious moment for a Democratic Party.
06:00 AM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories June 2025
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
10:43 AM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories An Enormous Usurpation: Inside the Case Against Trumps Tariffs
The lawsuits challenging Trump’s trade war make powerful legal arguments. Is that enough?
05:55 AM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Thats What Sold It: Why the Court Ruled Against Trumps Tariffs
Oregon’s Democratic AG opens up about helping to secure a major triumph in court — and what’s next.
05:55 AM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories Opinion | What Pete Hegseth Gets Wrong About 'Warfighting'
Combat? That's actually not what we want our armed forces to do.
12:00 PM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories The Pro-Trump Cuban Rapper About to Be Deported
The predicament of the rapper known as ‘El Funky’ reveals the deeply conflicted anti-Castro and pro-Trump politics of South Florida.
12:00 PM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories The Megabill Is a Total Bust, According to the GOPs Leading Economic Populist
Oren Cass says the Republican Party still has a long way to go in achieving its promise under Donald Trump.
03:05 PM on 06/03/2025 Politico Top Stories A surprising coalition of GOP senators holds all the megabill leverage
An ideologically diverse clutch of Republicans have found rare alignment — and significant leverage.
04:45 AM on 06/02/2025 Politico Top Stories Murphy launches ambitious anti-Trump PAC as 2028 rumors swirl
The Connecticut senator has been positioning himself as a leading voice in the Democratic Party.
04:45 AM on 06/02/2025 Politico Top Stories Democrats prefer Adrienne Adams to Cuomo in general election, new poll shows
The Working Families Party commissioned the survey ahead of its Democratic primary endorsement Friday, but opted to rank Zohran Mamdani anyway.
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