Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
House Ethics panel launches investigation of Tony Gonzales
The announcement comes as the Texas Republican fights for his political life in a primary runoff.
10:04 AM on 03/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Scandal-plagued Rep. Tony Gonzales forced to runoff
Gonzales, who was accused of having an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide, will face influencer Brandon Herrera in a May 26 runoff.
01:24 AM on 03/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Rep. Dan Crenshaw ousted by primary challenger to his right
State Rep. Steve Toth cast him as insufficiently conservative for the Texas district. President Donald Trump declined to endorse.
01:01 AM on 03/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Rep. Chip Roy headed to runoff in Texas AG race
Trump withheld an endorsement in the race to replace Ken Paxton.
10:40 PM on 03/04/2026 Politico Top Stories New Jersey Republicans cant quit Chris Christie
He left office with historically low approval, but now he’s hitting the fundraising circuit and offering his theory for a party comeback.
05:55 AM on 03/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump wants to ease voters worries on data center costs. Iran may get in his way.
Even without the war, experts in the energy markets expressed doubt that the tech companies’ promises can check fast-rising electricity prices.
07:00 AM on 03/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Internal DHS watchdog: Noem is obstructing our work
The Office of the Inspector General said in a letter he has been denied access to records in at least 10 investigations.
07:58 PM on 03/04/2026 Politico Top Stories Iran is not Venezuela as much as Trump wants it to be
With no clear successor and much of Iran’s power structure still intact, the White House faces a far more complex fight than it did in Venezuela.
05:57 PM on 03/04/2026 Politico Top Stories US considering military support for Middle East oil and gas supplies
The talks are the first sign President Donald Trump is starting to take seriously the surge in fuel prices that began after the start of the U.S.-Israeli attacks against Iran.
01:32 PM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Forget Regime Change. How About Behavior Change?
In Iran, Venezuela and Cuba, Trump’s top priority is making sure whoever’s left in charge deals differently with the United States.
05:00 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump to POLITICO: Iran is running out of launchers
He also said U.S. defense companies are “under emergency orders” to build weaponry.
10:43 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories US closes several Middle East embassies as it urges Americans to flee region
The warning comes as Iran retaliates against a joint U.S.-Israeli attack that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of top Iranian officials on Saturday.
09:31 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories The Iranian exile group that played Washington for this moment
The MEK spent heavily over decades enlisting American politicians to its cause. Now they are paying the group back by promoting its vision for a secular Iran.
05:00 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Pretty Bad for Vance: The VPs Silence on Iran Peeves Allies
JD Vance used to praise Donald Trump for not starting wars.
08:39 PM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Infiltrating the Supreme Court
A roundtable conversation with top Supreme Court reporters on secrecy at the court, the justices’ ethics and how they do their job at a crucial moment.
05:00 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories MAGA loves scandal-ridden Ken Paxton. Can they get him to the Senate?
The Texas attorney general will face off against longtime senator John Cornyn in a state that’s increasingly welcomed far-right causes.
05:45 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories The bruising, messy House primary battles to watch today
These early races will signal which issues resonate with voters ahead of future primaries — and on to November.
08:00 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Ties to Israel plague Democrats in top primaries post-Gaza
In Illinois, Texas and Michigan, candidates have been forced to address connections to Israel as support wanes among Democrats.
08:00 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories New Jerseys new governor tackles ICE
One month into office, Mikie Sherrill has made immigration and fighting the Trump administration a top priority.
05:55 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories White House faces thousands of lawsuits as it tries to slow-walk tariff refunds
The Trump administration is attempting to delay the process for repaying importers for duties the Supreme Court struck down last month.
05:00 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Netflixs wake-up in Trumps Washington
D.C. lobbyists are still explaining to corporate America how Trump works.
05:34 PM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Republicans took shots at Hillary Clinton and she came ready to fight back
Republicans on the House Oversight committee, not getting the answers they sought about Jeffrey Epstein, focused elsewhere in the former secretary of State’s deposition.
08:37 PM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps Oval Office press conferences, a difficult test for visiting leaders, have stopped
Foreign leaders never liked them. The president may have also come to realize the set-up wasn’t as advantageous to him as it seemed.
05:21 PM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories March
Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
03:51 PM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Will Iranians Rise Up? Here Are the Odds.
Iranians despised the Ayatollah. That doesn’t mean they’ll side with the United States.
02:01 PM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Vance Is Handcuffed: The Tech Fight Bedeviling 2028 Republicans
Republicans’ evolving stances on AI are offering a preview of the post-Trump debates within the party.
10:00 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Its Going to Take ICE a Long Time to Dig Out of This
After controversial shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, a former ICE chief breaks down how the agency ended up here — and what has to change.
12:00 PM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Why Trumps Federal Reserve Pick May Surprise Him
A childhood job at a racetrack taught Kevin Warsh more than he realized about how to amass power.
05:55 AM on 03/03/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps Attack on Iran Puts Him on Shakier Legal Ground Than Before
Trump’s new interest in targeting foreign leaders also goes far beyond his previous gambits.
05:55 AM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump Buries the 20th Century
Donald Trump's legacy became clearer than ever with the attack on Iran's regime, the latest 20th century artifact to crumble in the Trump era.
05:00 AM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Pentagon offers no evidence to support claim it attacked Iran in defense
The Trump administration’s effort to construct a case for war after shots started flying has few historical parallels.
04:26 PM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Democrats split over response to Trumps Iran strikes
The breaks between the party’s peace and interventionist wings are ones Democrats will have to contend with ahead of the midterms.
05:27 PM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Iranian supreme leader killed in airstrike, leaving power vacuum atop regime
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could dramatically affect power dynamics in the Middle East.
04:58 PM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Lindsey Graham to allies: Get over Greenland
The South Carolina Republican offered a fairly optimistic take on a NATO alliance that's been battered by the dispute over Greenland.
11:34 AM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps patience runs out: Inside the final days before the strike on Iran
President Donald Trump, already upset with Tehran’s violent crackdown, gave diplomacy a final shot, but ultimately decided time was up.
04:02 PM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump gets his Board of Peace, even as bigger countries steer clear
America’s traditional allies are taking a backseat on the effort — which has raised billions in new commitments.
04:47 PM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump to name Jared Kushner envoy for peace
The president, hosting the first meeting of the Board of Peace, says the U.S. will put $10 billion toward its Gaza rebuilding effort.
11:53 AM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Now were in a power struggle: Europes resentment grows over Trumps newest provocations
President Trump has backed off his threats toward Denmark's territorial sovereignty, but he and aides have continued to irritate much of Europe.
05:00 AM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump claims Iran missiles could have hit America soon
Trump said Monday that his administration had “projected four to five weeks” for the conflict, but that “we have capability to go far longer than that."
12:50 PM on 03/02/2026 Politico Top Stories 5 charts show Chinas oil dilemma after US strikes
Disruption of Iranian oil supplies may make China more interested in turning to Russia.
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