Politico Top Stories News55714 stories between 11/10/2009 at 18:33:04 and 01/26/2025 15:36:06
Tom Steyer is running the most expensive campaign in America. It might win him the California governorship.
The Democratic billionaire is moving quickly to take advantage of a wide-open California governor’s race.
08:55 AM on 04/17/2026 Politico Top Stories How Trump Is Sabotaging Himself on the Federal Reserve
The president wants Jerome Powell out of the way. He’s making that outcome less and less likely by the day.
05:00 AM on 04/17/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump wants a Tax Day victory lap in Las Vegas. The citys economy isnt cooperating.
The president is pitching no taxes on tips and big refund checks as economic wins. But Las Vegas — ground zero for the working-class voters core to his MAGA base — is still waiting to feel it.
04:45 AM on 04/17/2026 Politico Top Stories Student loan collection expected to target thousands of people this summer
The Trump administration’s move would mark the first step in transferring the student loan portfolio to Treasury and the latest action to dismantle the Education Department.
02:18 PM on 04/17/2026 Politico Top Stories Epstein files revive clash over Trumps college sexual misconduct rule
Epstein’s messages offer a rare window into how powerful figures viewed President Donald Trump’s Title IX regulation as leverage in defending against sexual harassment claims.
10:00 AM on 04/17/2026 Politico Top Stories Think Everybody Dead: How the Threat of AI Is Fueling a New Political Alliance
A billionaire-backed movement from Silicon Valley and populists like Bernie Sanders are eager to stop an AI disaster — but can they overcome their mutual distrust and work together?
10:00 AM on 04/17/2026 Politico Top Stories Republicans worry White House nonsense is hurting midterm prospects
Trump’s weaves and fights come at an increasingly inconvenient time for a party clinging to razor-thin margins in Congress.
06:00 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories Johnson backs Trump, Vance in criticism of pope
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was “taken a little bit aback” by recent comments from the pope.
02:10 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories Tillis holds the cards in Trump Fed clash and wont fold
The outgoing North Carolina Republican isn't relinquishing his leverage as he pushes the DOJ to drop its investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
06:45 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories Republicans, White House considering warrant-related amendment in high-stakes FISA talks
There’s growing acknowledgment that the clean reauthorization the White House desires is a no-go.
05:17 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories Republicans reject Iran limits as war powers milestone nears
The Middle East conflict faces a ticking war powers clock for lawmakers to authorize continued operations that could be a bigger political headache for Trump and Republicans.
03:19 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories Navy plays deadly game of hide-and-seek with Iranian mines
As more American warships head to the Middle East, the mine-hunting mission might be the next big job.
05:41 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories White House calls oil CEOs as energy prices squeeze voters
Gasoline prices remain high as the conflict with Iran continues.
07:30 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories Kathy Hochul has become Zohran Mamdanis most important ally
The moderate governor is proposing a different tax to help the New York City mayor fill a yawning budget gap.
05:25 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories John Eastman loses his law license in California over 2020 election scheme
Eastman helped architect Trump’s legal effort to block Joe Biden's 2020 victory.
06:37 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson slams Supreme Courts emergency docket actions
Jackson faulted her fellow justices for often forcing the public and lower-court judges to rely on “scratch-paper musings."
03:04 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories Oil company founded by energy secretary paid no US taxes last year
Liberty Energy made $193 million last year and received more than $10 million back in tax benefits, according to a nonprofit analysis released on Tax Day.
04:00 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories DeSantis delays Floridas redistricting session and tacks on AI, vaccines
The new special session call would require state legislators to return to town on April 28 for four days.
06:53 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories She Spoke Out About Gaza. Now She Cant Use a Credit Card.
After accusing governments and corporations of complicity in Gaza, the U.N. investigator for Palestinian territories now finds herself in Washington’s crosshairs.
10:00 PM on 04/16/2026 Politico Top Stories Theyre not getting what they voted for: Jesus meme lays bare GOP frustrations with Trump
The president’s attacks on the first American pope and a deleted Jesus meme are deepening fractures within his MAGA coalition.
07:30 PM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories Republicans decry Democrats exhausting war powers push
Despite rising energy prices and Dem pressure, President Donald Trump still has rock-solid support from Senate Republicans on the Iran war.
06:00 PM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories GOP leaders struggle to keep $75B immigration plan narrow
Hoping to move ahead next week on their party-line package, senior Republicans are still hearing from GOP lawmakers insisting the bill needs to be broader.
10:15 PM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories Florida's planned special session on redistricting just got a bit murkier
Gov. Ron DeSantis sidestepped questions on whether he would give lawmakers a proposed map to work with once the session does begin and contended the Legislature will pass a new map in the next “couple of weeks.”
06:08 PM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories Federal agencies skirt Trumps Anthropic ban to test its advanced AI model
The Commerce Department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation and other government officials are quietly evaluating Anthropic’s new AI hacking capabilities.
09:37 PM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories New accuser alleges Swalwell sexually assaulted her
She alleges that in 2018, the representative drugged and assaulted her in a hotel room.
02:21 PM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories Chilling effect: The housing shortage could have a money problem
The housing legislation that has some long-term rental homes hanging in the balance has been held up over differing views between the House and the Senate.
04:45 AM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump Is Facing an Increasingly Defiant World
The Iran standoff shows the mistake the president and his team make in acting as if the world is full of passive characters.
04:45 AM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories This Is Going to Be a Tough Cycle for Us: Georgias Governor Has a Warning for Fellow Republicans
On the sidelines of the Masters, Brian Kemp lays out his strategy for 2026.
05:55 AM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories Poll: The battle for MAHA that could sway the midterms
A new POLITICO Poll finds cracks in the coalition that helped put HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump in office.
05:00 AM on 04/15/2026 Politico Top Stories Carney didnt win a majority, he built one. Now comes the test.
Now that Canada's prime minister has control of Parliament, here's what he wants to do with it.
10:05 PM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Israel backs US Hormuz blockade as Netanyahu signals readiness to resume war
As Israel observes a fragile ceasefire with Iran and continues strikes in Lebanon, officials say the military remains on high alert.
03:45 PM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Allies try to puzzle out US blockade of Iran
President Donald Trump is trying to ramp up the pressure on Tehran — but allies and officials are scrambling to understand how the blockade will help.
07:18 PM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories The whisper network that caught up to Eric Swalwell
Warnings about the lawmaker had long circulated privately. Then a handful of women and online creators pushed them into public view, forcing California’s political establishment to reckon with how far he got.
04:50 PM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Swalwell to resign from Congress
The California Democrat had been accused of sexual misconduct, which forced him to suspend his campaign for governor.
05:42 PM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Tony Gonzales says he will resign from House
The Texas Republican admitted last month to having an affair with a staffer in his office.
06:39 PM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories A dozen battleground Dems send Swalwells campaign donations to charity
Candidates in key House and Senate races are distancing themselves from his money and endorsement as the fallout over the misconduct allegations against him continues.
06:00 PM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Vance, after rallying in Hungary for Orban, says he wasnt surprised by the autocrats defeat
The vice president’s comments Monday evening marked the administration’s first acknowledgment of the disappointing election result.
07:20 PM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Vances K Street army is growing
Should he decide to run for president in 2028, a larger network of former Vance aides who still feel loyal to the vice president could provide fundraising expertise and policy chops from the private sector.
04:06 PM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal
Residents of a St. Louis suburb turned out in droves to unseat four incumbents just days after the council approved a development agreement for a $6 billion data center.
10:04 AM on 04/14/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump deletes blasphemous image depicting himself as Jesus
The move followed widespread condemnation, including by conservatives who rarely speak out against the president.
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