Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
Trump notifies Congress of new war against Iran
President Donald Trump's notification that the U.S. is again at war with Iran gives the administration another 60-day clock for military action.
02:39 PM on 07/14/2026 Politico Top Stories US to take over Strait of Hormuz, charge 20 percent fee for cargo shipped through, Trump says
The U.S. will become “guardian” of the strait, Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
09:40 AM on 07/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll shows Americas 2-party system may protect Trump from anti-incumbent backlash
Analysis from Public First suggests British and American voters respond to their frustration in fundamentally different ways.
11:00 AM on 07/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Lindsey O. Graham, A Politician in Full
A look back at one of the Senate's most influential and complicated figures.
04:00 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories A scramble for power has already begun after Lindsey Grahams death
His death leaves a major void in Washington and South Carolina.
09:04 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories A key link: Trumps Senate whisperer is gone
Lindsey Graham’s death deprives President Donald Trump of one of his most effective Capitol Hill operators — and leaves Senate Republicans without one of their strongest links to the White House.
01:07 PM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Grahams death leaves Senate agenda in limbo
The South Carolina Republican was a key player at the center of several major legislative battles.
08:30 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories House Republicans left DC in a jam. Its not clear when theyll get out of it.
Lawmakers return Monday to uncertain prospects for the floor agenda.
03:44 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories The Houses top progressive thinks Democrats are failing on AI
“We absolutely cannot let the AI money silence us,” Rep. Greg Casar said in an interview.
03:45 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Vances tough talk on Israel is alienating some Jewish GOP donors
The unease over the vice president underscores how the political fallout from Trump’s war with Iran is shaping a presidential contest that hasn’t formally begun.
04:00 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Hochul: Do not question my credentials on climate, clean energy
While New York pushed back a near-term climate goal, the Democratic governor touted the state’s solar deployment, a major new transmission line and plans to boost nuclear power to achieve its 2050 net-zero target.
04:01 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories McConnell says he intends to return to the Senate but not yet
In a statement sent to constituents, he said he was taken to the hospital after a fall and has also “had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia.”
04:58 PM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Grahams office releases preliminary cause of death
The details come after the 71-year-old senator passed suddenly Saturday.
04:24 PM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Lindsey Graham's death will kick off a breakneck campaign for his Senate seat
Republicans face a sudden August primary to fill a full six-year term.
08:27 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories The high-stakes, battleground Senate race that no one is talking about
North Carolina Republicans are warning that it will be hard to beat Roy Cooper — unless Washington sends more money, fast.
09:00 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Texas Hispanics swung hard to Trump. A new poll shows theyre furious at his deportations.
A new survey of Hispanic business owners in Texas shows Democratic nominee James Talarico dominating.
01:00 PM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Tributes pour in following Grahams sudden death
“America and the world have lost a determined leader,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
08:31 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force
The Supreme Court is spending millions to beef up security. At what cost?
06:00 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories How a Coalition of the Willing Wants to Change the Agenda on AI
Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb are not running for president. They might drive the 2028 agenda on artificial intelligence anyway.
06:00 AM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories New poll results show the UK political drama is a warning sign for Trump
New research from London-based Public First suggests many of the grievances that fueled the widespread anti-incumbent backlash in 2024 remain entrenched.
11:01 PM on 07/13/2026 Politico Top Stories Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after brief and sudden illness, his office says
The senator had been a been a fixture in Republican politics both in South Carolina and in Washington.
02:01 AM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Nancy Mace considering running for Lindsey Grahams Senate seat
She came up short in South Carolina’s GOP primary for governor earlier this year.
07:38 AM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Trumps personal law firm has a pipeline to top DOJ jobs
The white-shoe firm whose lawyers represents Trump — and then get prime DOJ jobs.
06:00 AM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Progressives think they've found a way around their old social media posts
Far-left candidates are betting voters care more about economic populism than old posts calling to defund the police. Republicans are salivating.
01:00 PM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories The Last Time America Got It Right, According to MAGAs Next Generation
The Republicans running Donald Trump’s Washington grew up on the rebellious culture of the 1990s — discarding its politics while keeping its defiance.
06:00 AM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll: Patriotism in the US, Europe and Canada, charted
An international POLITICO Poll details how politics shapes national pride differently across six major democracies of the West.
03:00 PM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Not where they hoped it'd be: Launch of Trump AI promotion program underwhelms
The administration is struggling to balance its desire to dominate AI globally with its ad-hoc security restrictions.
09:00 AM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll: Democrats would give up Black voting power to beat the GOP
In a new POLITICO Poll, a plurality of Democrats say the party should counter Republican gerrymandering, even if it means reducing the number of majority-minority districts.
03:45 AM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories The Extremely Online Senate Race Testing Democrats Midterm Strategy
In 2026, winning an election might mean winning the most attention online.
06:00 AM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Going Clubbing With Pel and Trump
Where Trump learned to love soccer.
06:00 AM on 07/12/2026 Politico Top Stories Deal or no deal: Vance team feels like hes handling Iran the right way
The vice president’s aides and allies believe his early skepticism and public doubts that Tehran could be counted on to make peace will prove his saving grace.
06:03 AM on 07/11/2026 Politico Top Stories How Candace Owens Became TPUSAs Worst Enemy
In an age of conspiracism, some believe the truth is whatever gets the most views.
06:00 AM on 07/11/2026 Politico Top Stories What I Saw at the Fracking Revolution
The fracking boom remade the U.S. economy and global energy markets. It also left behind a complicated legacy of winners, losers and lasting political fights.
06:00 AM on 07/11/2026 Politico Top Stories At Trump DOJs demand, judge reluctantly drops Jan. 6 case against Proud Boys
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly concluded that he had no power to second-guess prosecutors once they decided to vacate the convictions.
08:53 PM on 07/11/2026 Politico Top Stories New US-Canada bridge to open after delay
The opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge connecting Detroit to Windsor, Canada, was caught up in a larger trade disagreement between the two countries.
07:11 PM on 07/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump demands public statement from Iran in ongoing negotiations
The U.S. is giving Iran a deadline of Saturday to state the Strait of Hormuz is open.
05:00 PM on 07/11/2026 Politico Top Stories The gas is cheap. The Trump administration isnt saying whos paying for it.
Trump unveiled the "Freedom Fuel Network" ahead of Independence Day, offering gasoline at up to 50 cents per gallon below market prices.
10:58 AM on 07/11/2026 Politico Top Stories Rahm Emanuel attacks Trumps negotiations with Iran
The former Obama chief of staff and anticipated 2028 presidential candidate explained how he’d free up the strait, as the U.S. and Iran head toward war again.
12:00 PM on 07/11/2026 Politico Top Stories The Secret Mission of the World's Weirdest Regime to Trump's Backyard
The leader of Turkmenistan missed Donald Trump, but he may have gotten what he came for.
04:00 AM on 07/11/2026 Politico Top Stories No one planned for this: The rapidly-evolving 18-day primary to replace Platner
The rocket primary for Democrats' Maine Senate pick is on – and the candidates are shaping their strategies in real time.
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