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Key Jeffries ally endorses aggressive tactics to create more blue seats

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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about his state budget proposal Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif.

Newsom tries to balance California’s books — and head off 2028 liabilities

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Green New Deal champion AOC absent as New York weakens climate law

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Smoke rises in Poland's military exercise.

‘No idea it was coming’: Pentagon officials stunned by Hegseth decision on troops in Poland

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House barely rejects limits on Iran war as GOP defections grow

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Supreme Court extends order maintaining abortion pill access

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Bessent discusses investment board, expanding US-China trade with Trump in Beijing

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on Thursday and discussed topics ranging from market access for U.S. businesses in China to the Strait of Hormuz.

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Taiwan emerges as flash point in Trump-Xi talks

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Vance takes fraud fight to Maine

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Column | Jonathan Martin

Trump’s Redistricting Push Could Cost Republicans More Than It Gains

Republicans chasing extra House seats risk energizing Democrats and alienating key new voters.

By Jonathan Martin

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Column | Victoria Guida

‘Affection And Sympathy’: Kevin Warsh’s Friends See Threats All Around Him

In Warsh’s intellectual stomping ground, anxiety runs high about the challenges facing the Federal Reserve.

By Victoria Guida

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PERSON OF INTEREST

The Man Trying to Make Trump’s Tariffs Go on Forever

The fate of the president’s economic agenda rests with this “trade nerd.”

By Daniel Desrochers

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The Friday Read

Ukraine’s Weirdest Front Line

How a mint-green research base, 14 scientists, and a gentoo penguin colony became part of Ukraine’s war strategy.

By Emily Schultheis

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Perspective

I Helped Craft the 25th Amendment. It Was Never Meant to Oust a President.

What began as a safeguard for continuity of government has increasingly been referred to in discussions about removing a president from office.

By John Feerick

Column | Jonathan Martin

‘We Want to Move on From Losing’: Pritzker on Antisemitism, Trump and 2028

The Illinois governor reflects on his national profile and what comes next.

By Jonathan Martin

Column | Jonathan Martin

Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Fetterman

As the Pennsylvania Democrat increasingly is isolated within his own party, Republicans are quietly trying to win him over.

By Jonathan Martin

Q&A

Why Elon Musk’s Friend Thinks He’s Wrong About AI

From autonomous weapons to workforce disruption, the stakes around AI are rising. Trump’s AI adviser insists the answer isn’t slowing down.

By Dasha Burns

The Friday Read

What Canadians Are Grudgingly Learning From Trump’s Undiplomatic Ambassador

Ambassador Pete Hoekstra has spent a year enraging Canadians. Is a détente now possible?

By Mickey Djuric and Mike Blanchfield

Perspective

It Took Charles a Lifetime to Be King. Now He Has to Deal With Trump.

There’s a lot at stake during the monarch’s visit to Washington. Will he pull it off?

By Jack Blanchard

COLUMN | John F. Harris

Inside the Ballroom: Chaos and Confusion

One wonders if the surreal events of Saturday night might make it hard to return to the familiar conception of the White House Correspondents Dinner.

By John F. Harris

Perspective

Trump Is Going After Birth Control. Here’s Why.

Contraception was politically untouchable — until now.

By Mary Ziegler

INTERACTIVES

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Here’s how different US tariff revenue was in 2025

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How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change

By Chelsea Harvey, , and Paula Friedrich

Congress

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Ways and Means chief says he’s focused on bipartisanship

By Brian Faler

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Senators vote to block their pay during government shutdowns

By Jennifer Scholtes

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Max Miller sues ex-wife and her legal team for domestic abuse allegations

By Hailey Fuchs

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Capitol agenda: Dems plot redistricting revenge

By Calen Razor

White House

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Trump invites Xi to Washington in September

By Alex Gangitano

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MAGA world is giving the House GOP cover on Trump’s housing push

By Megan Messerly

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RFK Jr.’s next vaccine moves could upend White House election-year messaging

By Lauren Gardner and Cheyenne Haslett

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JD Vance tapping another national security adviser

By Sophia Cai

Legal

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Man convicted of running secret Chinese spy outpost in New York City

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Judge overturns US sanctions on UN official who called for war crimes prosecutions over Gaza

By Josh Gerstein

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Explore the data: 10,000 rulings against Trump in ICE cases

By Kyle Cheney and Jessie Blaeser

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10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies

By Kyle Cheney

States

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The forever campaign: Mamdani brings DSA-style organizing to City Hall

By Joe Anuta

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NYPD making little progress on reducing overtime despite Mamdani pledge

By Chris Sommerfeldt

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Miami residents sue Trump, claiming Florida land gift for library unconstitutional

By Kimberly Leonard

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White House cuts $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California

By Robert King

Elections

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Maryland gerrymandering push reignites after major losses nationwide

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

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Vance jokes he and Rubio are on ‘The Apprentice’

By Aaron Pellish

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Georgia to draw new congressional maps for 2028

By Aaron Pellish

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Buttigieg picks sides in Iowa

By Adam Wren

Foreign Affairs

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UK must drop ‘red lines’ for real EU reset, Brussels warns

By Gabriel Gavin, Esther Webber, Max Griera and Jon Stone

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Top European Central Bank official warns oil shock may force interest rate hikes

By Johanna Treeck

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Trump’s immigration policies chill Japanese shipyard investment

By Phelim Kine and Ben Lefebvre

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The lame duck prime minister’s survival guide

By Dan Bloom and Patrick Baker

Earlier

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Senate panel advances crypto bill with Democrats split after spat over amendments

By Jasper Goodman

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Newsom’s former chief of staff takes plea deal

By Blake Jones, Melanie Mason and Lindsey Holden

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Pentagon official: Iran still threatens Strait of Hormuz

By Leo Shane III

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Trump administration sides with banks in Illinois swipe fee case

By Aiden Reiter

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Top minister quits Starmer’s Cabinet and another rival finds a path

By POLITICO Staff

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House releases amended housing bill text, schedules vote for next week

By Katherine Hapgood

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Lutnick sought to clean up Epstein revelations in closed testimony to House committee

By Hailey Fuchs and Aaron Pellish

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EMILY’s List-backed Denise Powell wins Dem primary for Rep. Don Bacon’s seat

By Jessica Piper

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House passes bill to bolster ethanol sales

By Grace Yarrow

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Wall Street-crypto clash creates strange bedfellows in the Senate

By Jasper Goodman and Aiden Reiter

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Rep. Mike Lawler ‘accosted’ by Sen. Rand Paul’s son

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

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Iran war is fueling China’s clean energy surge ahead of Trump-Xi talks

By Scott Waldman and Sara Schonhardt

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