An increasingly detailed picture of former President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda is emerging — one that would make the near-daily shocks of his norm-shattering first White House tenure look tame. | Continue reading
I’m a Republican strategist — and I think my party is making a big mistake. | Continue reading
A wide swath of House Republicans are acknowledging they likely won't have the votes, especially given their struggle to recommend booting Alejandro Mayorkas. | Continue reading
The president believes the special counsel investigating his handling of classified documents went beyond his remit. And part of the blame is being placed on the AG. | Continue reading
The group was already unlikely to support a final bipartisan deal, but lingering anger with Kevin McCarthy could have lasting implications on his speakership. | Continue reading
If Liz Whitmer Gereghty runs against the Republican who shockingly upset Democrats’ campaign chief last cycle, her family ties could bring a dose of star power. | Continue reading
In 2020, one hitherto unknown report accurately predicted what was to follow Biden’s election. It also laid out a plan to preserve democracy in an uncertain future. | Continue reading
Carlson continued: "What he's good at is destroying things. He's the undisputed world champion of that. He could easily destroy us if we play it wrong." Elsewhere, Carlson said of the Trump presidency, "That's the last four years. We're all pretending we've got a lot to show for … | Continue reading
The platform's new ad verification process and disclosure mechanisms are rudimentary so far, relying on both potential advertisers and members of the public to fill out a form hosted by Google, unusual for a tech company that would typically be expected to build most of its own w … | Continue reading
If any subject is verboten in the early stages of the Republican presidential primary, it's the insurrection that once served as a defining point in 2024 frontrunner Donald Trump's career. Whereas Republicans once talked openly about it being disqualifying for the former presiden … | Continue reading
The icing of Fox News — the ratings-leading network — would include starving the company of advertising dollars and pulling the biggest Democratic stars from the airwaves. | Continue reading
THIS WEEK - Tuesday: SCOTUS hears oral arguments in a major case concerning President JOE BIDEN's student debt forgiveness policy. Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets to consider nominations, including ERIC GARCETTI's nomination for ambassador to India. ... Wednesday: AG MER … | Continue reading
Carter, the 39th president, turned 98 in October. He survived a cancer diagnosis in 2015 and a serious fall at home in 2019. | Continue reading
The Pennsylvania theft charge, which has not previously been reported, is the latest revelation in a dizzying array of scandals for the beleaguered New York congressman, who fabricated much of his campaign biography. Santos is facing at least five law enforcement probes including … | Continue reading
In a polarized era, the president retains far more power to frame the debate. | Continue reading
The judge said the Supreme Court’s ruling concluded only that the 14th Amendment included no right to abortion, but stopped short of definitively ruling out other aspects of the Constitution. | Continue reading
As Republicans move to oust her from a committee she clearly holds dear, the Minnesota progressive drew a parallel between Kevin and Joseph McCarthy. | Continue reading
GOOD MORNING and welcome to Day 3 of our Davos Playbook, brought to you by the POLITICO team at the World Economic Forum. The politics and the fun are both in full swing, including at POLITICO's Tuesday soirée with film director Oliver Stone.(politico.com) | Continue reading
The Biden administration - which is growing frustrated with the low vaccination rates in nursing homes - is forwarding lists of senior facilities with zero people vaccinated to state regulators for review and possible penalties, which could include fines. The administration is al … | Continue reading
In Cairo, he worked at the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, an Egyptian think tank founded by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a critic of Hosni Mubarak's regime. Colleagues and friends from that era remember the center, which was one of the Islamic world's leading voices on human … | Continue reading
Around Christmas, Texas Republican Rep. ROGER WILLIAMS' wife suffered a medical emergency. This week, as she underwent treatment, her husband was eager to be by her side. Instead, he has been stuck in Washington taking failed vote after failed vote in KEVIN McCARTHY's quest to be … | Continue reading
The president’s aides saw the failed House speaker votes as a political opportunity for them, but also as an ominous sign of battles to come. | Continue reading
The documents, covering 2015 to 2020, could provide new insight into Trump’s wealth, the performance of his business empire and how he was able to reduce his tax liability. | Continue reading
Robert O’Brien described urgent calls and texts from Senate allies, including McConnell, not to resign during the final days of Trump’s presidency. | Continue reading
The Arizona senator won't say whether she's running for reelection but said in an interview she doesn't expect a change in how the Senate operates. | Continue reading
Special counsel subpoenas Trump-related documents from state and local election officials. | Continue reading
Apparently not. As the political press reported out the 2022 campaign like 2016 never happened, making their many wrong-headed prophecies about the red wave, readers, who should have known better, lapped up their prophecies until they had to barf them out the next day.(politico.c … | Continue reading
After a grinding eight-week trial, prosecutors pleaded with jurors to consider the weight of leader Stewart Rhodes’ words in the lead-up to Jan. 6. | Continue reading
"Election Week" is coming to a close with control of the House still up for grabs. As of Saturday afternoon, 25 congressional races remain unresolved. That number includes the 11 races POLITICO has rated as truly undecided, with neither party a significant favorite to win once al … | Continue reading
A group started by Trump administration alums is spending millions of dollars on battleground mailers and radio ads. | Continue reading
The former president is talking about campaign structure and staff. But others don’t seem content to wait for him to announce. | Continue reading
The country’s largest organization of technical experts has concluded that recent incursions pose a safety hazard to aircraft. | Continue reading
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case brought by a payday lending group against the CFPB's 2017 payday lending rule. | Continue reading
Eight months into Russia’s war against Ukraine, POLITICO talks to the Russia analyst about whether Putin’s aims are evolving and what it would take to end the war. | Continue reading
Foreign rivals are developing vaccines that could stop transmission before the U.S., and that’s a potential biosecurity threat. | Continue reading
The tech billionaire’s latest spectacle is a pro-Putin peace plan for Ukraine. | Continue reading
Two new rules from the Commerce Department will strengthen controls on American firms exporting microchips and the equipment used to make them, while upping the pressure on allies to follow suit. | Continue reading
The order will set surveillance limits and establish a new court for European citizens to redress privacy concerns with US intelligence agencies. | Continue reading
Hurricane Ian is the latest emergency to put the tax collector's sprawling call center into service for disaster victims, though some question whether it's over extending agency resources. | Continue reading
History disproves one of the most famous ideas in economics. | Continue reading
Putin’s nuclear threat marks the start of a new era. | Continue reading
NEW YORK - Late one recent afternoon, Maggie Haberman pulled into a parking spot in the lot at Gargiulo's, the old-time Italian restaurant in Coney Island where Donald Trump's father used to eat lunch. Her phone pressed to her ear, Haberman got out of her car and started walking … | Continue reading
Ginni Thomas, Jane Roberts and Jesse Barrett’s clients remain a mystery, fanning fears of outside influences. | Continue reading
The country to which they were looking to sell the information has not been identified in court documents and was not disclosed in court. | Continue reading
Cape Coral, Florida, was built on total lies. One big storm could wipe it off the map. Oh, and it’s also the fastest-growing city in the United States. | Continue reading
Rich schools don’t pay taxes. What has America gotten in return? | Continue reading