1. Americans give Trump low marks on handling of economy as midterms likely to center on affordability

2. Judge skeptical of DHS push to ID anonymous accounts documenting ICE

3. Democrats press Trump adviser over AI systems used for explicit deepfakes

4. House GOP gives Brendan Carr a free pass on Jimmy Kimmel

5. Meta taps former Trump adviser to be president, vice chair

6. Capitol agenda: Trump tests GOP with Fed probe

7. OpenAI heads for deal with kids’ safety group on California ballot measure

8. Democrats reject Bernie Sanders’ data center pause

9. Big Tech won in Texas — but the age-verification fight is just getting started

10. Lawmakers sound the alarm on AI’s impact on children, jobs

11. Democrats spy rare opening in rural America

12. The top 5 interview moments of 2025 The Conversation

13. Donald Trump and Mike Lindell are targeting Tim Walz. Some Republicans are worried that could backfire.

14. The nation’s cartoonists look back on the year that was.

15. From the field to the ballot: Athletes crowd GOP tickets ahead of 2026

16. Hageman launches bid for Wyoming Senate seat

17. Ben Sasse says he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer

18. Poll: Major allies see US as unreliable and destabilizing

19. More than a dozen staffers leave Heritage to join Pence-led nonprofit

20. Trump critic George Conway files to run for NY House seat

21. CBS pulls ‘60 Minutes’ segment on notorious El Salvador prison

22. Democrats are united in bashing GOP on Obamacare. Medicare for All could reopen a rift.

23. Vance tries to weather the MAGA storm at Turning Point

24. Epstein files put Bill Clinton under scrutiny – and the White House wants him there

25. MAGA infighting erupts at Turning Point USA Conference

26. Erika Kirk endorses JD Vance for president

27. Four-term North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt, a leader in education reform, dies at 88

28. Democratic National Committee blocks release of its 2024 election autopsy

29. Pramila Jayapal pushes Medicare for All polling

30. Poll: The economy is fueling political anger in 5 major countries

31. Ramaswamy calls on conservatives to reject Groypers

32. Republicans push mail-in voting for the midterms in defiance of Trump

33. Michelle Obama pushes back on Trump’s Rob Reiner comments

34. New York Young Republican Club gala draws white nationalist, far-right Germans as elected officials skip out

35. Democrats mourn killing of Hollywood star and activist Rob Reiner

36. Maryland residents bristle at Wes Moore’s redistricting push

37. Democrats gather in California feeling sunny once again

38. Indiana GOP’s Trump rebuke could lead to temporary redistricting detente

39. GOP health care chaos spills into battleground midterm races

40. ICE taps new surveillance tech as Trump cuts down privacy protections

41. Trump administration fires warning shots over Big Tech regulations

42. Big Tech gets worried about Trump’s AI czar

43. Hochul to sign New York’s AI safety law aimed at tech industry heavyweights

44. Cruz presses Trumpian regulator to stand down after Kimmel threats

45. Data centers have a political problem — and Big Tech wants to fix it

46. Vance tries to thread affordability needle in Rust Belt

47. Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows

48. Brendan Carr, GOP huddle ahead of Senate showdown on his Kimmel threats

49. Democrats think they’ve found their 2026 message — and Miami just backed it up

50. Arizona city rejects data center after AI lobbying push

51. Trump orders government to fight state AI laws

52. Trump enlists 5 allies to counter China on rare earths and tech

53. Voters sour on Trump’s handling of the economy in new poll

54. Johnson bullish on Indiana’s upcoming nailbiter of a redistricting vote

55. The POLITICO Poll - Affordability

56. The POLITICO Poll, December 2025 - Trump and leaders

57. New poll paints a grim picture of a nation under financial strain

58. Shapiro shreds Trump''s economy

59. President Donald Trump The Conversation

60. Rahm Emanuel says US should follow Australia’s youth social media ban

61. Trump’s near-death redistricting push in Indiana appears to have a lifeline

62. Jasmine Crockett announces Texas Senate bid

63. Colin Allred drops out of Texas Senate race

64. Indiana Republicans threaten to thwart Trump''s redistricting onslaught

65. A MAGA World Cup? The Playbook Podcast

66. Economy & Education: US trade rep. Greer and teachers union head Weingarten The Conversation

67. ‘Constitutional hardball’: National gerrymander battle turns the heat up in Missouri

68. Poll: Trump''s own voters begin blaming him for affordability crisis

69. Democrats eye a red-state push even as intraparty fighting persists

70. December 2025

71. GOP frets ‘dangerous’ result in Tennessee

72. Mandela Barnes jumps into crowded race for Wisconsin governor

73. The Democrat who refuses to gerrymander

74. Top Mace adviser leaves her campaign, citing loyalty to Trump

75. Indiana House releases draft congressional map that could net Republicans 2 seats

76. Democrats’ path back to power is littered with primaries

77. How Trump''s base could break

78. Mike Johnson set to huddle with Indiana Republicans amid redistricting fight

79. Trump will again test ‘blame Democrats’ message on the economy -- this time at a casino

80. Capitol agenda: What Trump told POLITICO about health care

81. US to allow powerful AI chip sales to China, Trump says

82. Trump says AI executive order limiting state rules coming this week

83. Trump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court

84. ‘An attack on all American tech platforms’: Trump admin decries EU fine on Musk’s X

85. How Russia keeps raising an army to replace its dead

86. OpenAI critics ask billionaires for help to take their fight to the ballot

87. Microsoft’s Nadella: AI needs ‘social permission’ to consume so much energy

88. White House bullish on economic growth as Thanksgiving spending rises

89. A conservative media war erupts. Both sides hope Trump is in their corner.

90. How Trump targeting these Democrats could backfire

91. ‘Is the price of doing this worth it?’: North Carolina Republicans worry about Trump immigration raids

92. What Trump’s Mamdani praise — and MTG’s ouster — says about MAGA’s future

93. House Democratic super PAC drops 1 million on Tennessee special election

94. RFK Jr.’s breakaway political party has plans for the midterms

95. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll on transforming the armed forces

96. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and CNN Anchor Abby Phillip The Conversation

97. Cash-strapped DNC takes on 15 million in loans

98. Two decades later, Cornel West’s critique of Larry Summers hits differently

99. ''Our most important battle’: Obama privately urges freshman Dems to fight cynicism

100. Dems look to capitalize on Trump''s weakening with Latinos

101. In blow to Trump, federal judges block new Texas congressional map

102. Trump continues broadside against Indiana Republicans who oppose redistricting

103. Trump tries to reclaim the narrative The Playbook Podcast

104. Heritage board member resigns over organization''s defense of Tucker Carlson

105. Indiana Republican called out by Trump on redistricting is swatted

106. Trump breaks with ‘wacky’ Marjorie Taylor Greene

107. Indiana redistricting push likely dead despite White House pressure

108. How to win back disillusioned voters The Playbook Podcast

109. Nevada Dems, GOP battle over ‘no-tax-on-tips’

110. Both Nevada senators spurned their party. They were reading the room.

111. Seth Moulton on the Epstein emails, Venezuela and the shutdown

112. Seth Moulton on his Senate bid, Venezuela and the Epstein files The Conversation

113. The 9 most shocking revelations in the Epstein docs

114. Rahm Emanuel, considering White House bid, urges Dems to move center on crime

115. Protesters and UN security clash at climate summit in Brazil

116. Maine Democrat drops Senate bid for battleground House run

117. Trump built a surprising voter coalition. One key piece just cracked.

118. Trump directs science agencies to embrace AI

119. White House prepares executive order to block state AI laws

120. Summers leaves his posts — but OpenAI still quiet

121. Judge rules Meta doesn''t have a social media monopoly

122. How California just rewrote the national tech playbook

123. Trump, stung by Republican losses, stands his ground on affordability

124. Voters on Tuesday rewarded Democrats who addressed economic costs. Hours later, Trump said he delivered an ''economic miracle.''

125. Trump blames shutdown for GOP election losses

126. Democrats didn’t just rebound. They dominated.

127. Affordability, affordability, affordability: Democrats’ new winning formula

128. Jay Jones overcomes texting scandal to win Virginia AG

129. November 2025

130. Trump treads lightly in states where his endorsement could backfire

131. George W. Bush remembers Dick Cheney: ‘A calm and steady presence’

132. Wes Moore launches Maryland redistricting commission after top state Dem stymies effort

133. The POLITICO Poll results: political violence (2025-11-03)

134. President of largest federal worker union calls for end of shutdown The Conversation

135. Federal workers'' union president says he spoke to Dems after calling for shutdown end

136. Ben Shapiro blasts ‘intellectual coward’ Tucker Carlson amid staff shakeup at Heritage

137. Trump endorses dozens ahead of Tuesday elections — but doesn’t name Earle-Sears

138. The POLITICO Poll results: US brand (2025-11-02)

139. America is bracing for political violence — and a significant portion think it’s sometimes OK

140. Reaganomics in Jersey: Jack Ciattarelli has a supply-side dream if he’s elected governor this week

141. GOP leaders denounce antisemitism in their ranks but shift blame to Democrats

142. Democrats are searching for their next leader. But they still have Obama.

143. Trump tells Ilhan Omar to leave the country

144. Jay Jones is back in the Democratic fold amid texting scandal

145. The New Jersey bellwether testing Trump’s Latino support

146. Centrist Democrats see a rare opportunity in Utah House race

147. McConnell pans Heritage Foundation for its defense of Tucker Carlson’s Nick Fuentes interview

148. Graham Platner’s finance director resigns in latest personnel shakeup

149. Trump and Carney''s diplomatic dance The Playbook Podcast

150. The GOP race for SC governor heats up without Trump’s endorsement — for now

151. Democrats plot messaging blitz ahead of Obamacare hikes

152. Jasmine Crockett on Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Her Own Party The Conversation

153. Heritage president backs Tucker Carlson after interview with Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes

154. Will Rep. Jasmine Crockett run for senate?

155. Survey shows sharp gender gap in political harassment

156. Progressive House candidate indicted amid Chicago-area ICE protests

157. Casten: ''I think Trump commits impeachable offenses on a daily basis''

158. Rep. Bill Foster says the public is on Dems side in shutdown stalemate

159. Top Financial Services Dem says CFPB cuts reflect constitutional crisis

160. Graham Platner’s new campaign manager leaves operation after joining just days ago

161. Approval of Bad Bunny Super Bowl show split along partisan lines, poll finds

162. What the 2025 elections could tell us about 2026 The Playbook Podcast

163. Centrist WelcomePAC charts path for Dems, with help from Axelrod, Plouffe and others

164. GOP redistricting effort in New Hampshire is frozen

165. Why Sen. Rand Paul feels like GOP ‘whipping boy’

166. Sen. Rand Paul and Katelyn Jetelina The Conversation

167. Platner reshuffles campaign and sends out NDAs as he struggles to get ahead of controversies

168. 4 family members of Illinois governor candidate killed in Montana helicopter crash, campaign says

169. Nvidia CEO turns tech conference into celebration of Trump

170. Vance heads to Indiana after Republicans warn White House of stalled redistricting push

171. DNC briefs top Democrats on audit of 2024 White House loss

172. K Street rakes in hundreds of millions off of Trump upheaval

173. Indiana Republicans don’t have votes to back Trump’s redistricting, Senate leader spox says

174. John E. Sununu jumps into New Hampshire Senate race

175. Driver crashes car into White House security gate

176. Platner says he’ll remove tattoo that resembles Nazi symbol

177. Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in ‘hell’ and that he has ‘Nazi streak,’ according to texts

178. Progressive candidate recruitment org urges Dems to invest beyond Blue Wall

179. ‘Meanest people I have ever met’: Chat leak resurfaces internal fights among Young Republicans

180. ‘He’s a whale in Vegas’: JB Pritzker’s million-dollar win reveals governor’s taste for gambling

181. Round 2 of ''No Kings'' draws Republican attacks

182. Graham Platner tries to turn the page on his online comments

183. Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat

184. Trump turns up the pressure on Indiana Republicans to redistrict

185. Ken Martin says DNC chair is the best job. It still makes him want to pull his hair out.

186. Five takeaways from the New York City mayoral debate

187. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Jacqui Heinrich The Conversation

188. Maine Senate candidate promoted violent political action in since-deleted online posts

189. ‘I''m ashamed’: In debate, Virginia’s Jones apologizes for violence-themed texts

190. Abbott to send National Guard to Austin for No Kings rally

191. ‘It’s revolting’: More Young Republican chat members out of jobs as condemnation intensifies

192. ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

193. Jeffries talked redistricting with Illinois delegation

194. Pennsylvania man pleads guilty in arson attack at governor’s mansion while Shapiro’s family slept

195. Chuck Schumer gets his preferred candidate, Janet Mills, in crowded Maine Senate race

196. Shutdown polls show Democrats’ economic messaging still falling flat

197. Oregon AG to Trump: There’s no rebellion here

198. Oregon AG Dan Rayfield and Vani ''Food Babe'' Hari The Conversation

199. Spanberger and Earle-Sears tussle over violent political rhetoric in only debate

200. How Trump 2.0 blew up lobbying

201. Benioff apologizes for National Guard comments

202. How AI job cuts could come back to haunt Trump

203. Trump, Vance return to TikTok after monthslong hiatus

204. Shutdown pauses Amazon, Apple antitrust cases

205. Why K Street is now living in fear of Trump’s retribution campaign

206. Trump''s approval holds steady despite unpopular policies, per new NYT poll

207. ‘Semiconductor slush fund’: How the Trump admin seized control of Biden’s 7.4 billion chips initiative

208. YouTube settles with Trump for 24.5 millon

209. ‘It’s the threats that are the point’: How Brendan Carr exerts his FCC power

210. Trump approves TikTok deal — and gives it more time

211. Amazon pays 2.5B to settle Prime case with FTC

212. ‘What just happened?’: Big Tech rocked by 100K visa fee

213. White House ‘100 percent’ sure TikTok deal with China will close

214. US will control TikTok’s algorithm under deal, White House says

215. Judge tells Meta not to share Instagram users’ information with Trump admin

216. No clarity on TikTok sale after Trump-Xi phone call

217. FCC chair puts ‘The View’ under the spotlight after Kimmel pressure

218. GOP lawmakers come out against the FCC’s role in Kimmel axing

219. What Trump and the tech CEOs want from the UK

220. China hawks, White House face off in Senate play over microchips

221. The California-Washington tech fight heats up

222. Trump extends TikTok deadline — again

223. ‘Not at all dead’: Cruz says AI moratorium will return

224. DOGE plows on without Elon Musk, Rep. Sessions says

225. Dave McCormick: ‘We should be deeply worried’ about China’s AI dominance

226. FCC’s Brendan Carr backs away from GOP’s speech crackdown

227. ''We don''t want California to set the rules for AI across the country,'' Trump adviser says

228. ‘Kiss the ring:’ Silicon Valley CEOs struggle to respond to Trump’s involvement in their businesses

229. In Congress, China hawks want scrutiny of Trump''s TikTok deal

230. Republicans put tech firms in a vise on Kirk social-media posts

231. New poll reveals warning signs for Trump with Latino voters

232. Governor Cox: ''Social media is a cancer''

233. Trump is selling a strong economy. Voters aren’t buying it.

234. AI is opening a MAGA-Trump split

235. In Congress, UK''s Nigel Farage attacks his own government on tech rules

236. Google dodges a 2.5T breakup

237. Congress pulls the rug on U.S. plan to beat Huawei

238. AI is ummasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it?

239. Jim Jordan invites Nigel Farage to Capitol Hill to bash tech laws

240. Meta to launch California super PAC focused on AI

241. Trump White House takes a 10B stake in Intel

242. AI launches across the government

243. Big Tech’s next major political battle may already be brewing in your backyard

244. Indiana’s Braun says there are ‘no commitments’ on redistricting

245. Blue state GOPers shudder

246. Trump on Texas redistricting: ‘We are entitled to five more seats’

247. Hochul tells Dems to play dirty

248. Charlamagne tha God swipes at Trump after president’s criticism

249. Gov. Greg Abbott’s options to force a redistricting vote are more limited than they appear

250. Nancy Mace jumps into South Carolina governor’s race

251. Moderate Democrats change their tone on Israel

252. ‘More like a blue trickle’: Dems are hoping for a blue wave that might not happen

253. Rep. Sarah McBride Won’t Be Baited by GOP ‘Provocateurs’

254. Rep. Sarah McBride won’t be baited by GOP ‘provocateurs’ The Conversation

255. New filings reveal how top Dems are preparing possible 2028 runs

256. McBride calls for responding to ''Trumpism'' with bipartisanship The Conversation

257. Democratic governors advise strong counteroffensive on redistricting

258. She wants Zohran’s seat

259. Cooper leads first public poll since jumping in North Carolina Senate race

260. Trump’s political operation has stockpiled a massive amount of cash ahead of the midterms

261. A Democrat in the middle of the Israel firestorm

262. Elon Musk gave Trump and the GOP 15M even as he was fighting with the president

263. Adams, Cuomo, Mamdani and Sliwa pay their respects

264. ''Overcorrections'': McBride on some Democrats'' remarks on transgender people The Conversation

265. The shockingly shrunken footprint of a former president

266. Trump says Canada’s Palestinian move is new trade deal stumbling block

267. Mamdani returns, swipes away Defund the Police past

268. Zohran dominates in new poll

269. Roy Cooper raises 3.4 million in first 24 hours of his Senate candidacy

270. Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to challenge Lindsey Graham

271. FDA''s Makary on ''male-dominated'' culture of medical research The Conversation

272. Food dye and ADHD: FDA commissioner says listen to parents The Conversation

273. FDA Head Marty Makary on Food Dyes, Ultra-Processed Foods and the MAHA Agenda

274. FDA head Marty Makary on food dyes, ultra-processed foods and the MAHA agenda The Conversation

275. FDA commissioner Marty Makary defends Vinay Prasad The Conversation

276. White House struggles to shake off Epstein files storm The Conversation

277. GOP privacy hawks wage quiet battle with TSA over face recognition bill

278. Former Trump statistics chief slams Friday firing of Erika McEntarfer

279. Trump demands firing of BLS chief after soft jobs report

280. UK’s Farage calls Jamie Raskin ‘pig-headed’ during London visit

281. Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez launches gubernatorial bid

282. FDA Commissioner has ‘no preconceived plans’ for abortion pill policies The Conversation

283. Trump backs Florida state senator to lead RNC

284. ''South Park'' skewers Trump over Epstein files, depicts him in bed with Satan

285. Trump anoints a new power elite on K Street

286. Josh Shapiro joins Mamdani pile-on, saying candidate failed to condemn antisemitic rhetoric

287. FCC greenlights Skydance/Paramount deal after CBS concessions

288. Trump derides copyright and state rules in AI Action Plan launch

289. Roy Cooper to jump into North Carolina Senate race Monday

290. ‘Those days are over’: Trump books draw lackluster sales

291. Ben Jacobs on what Deja Foxx''s loss means for Democrats The Conversation

292. Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer

293. Sen. Eric Schmitt on being a White House whisperer and Senate budget reformer The Conversation

294. A Kentucky Republican and a California liberal: The unlikely alliance pushing Trump on Epstein

295. Sen. Eric Schmitt says isolationist label ''is a slur''

296. Mainers'' message to Trump on Susan Collins

297. Arizona Dems oust their party chair

298. Sen. Eric Schmitt praises Pam Bondi, declines to opine on Epstein case The Conversation

299. Vote.org promised 8 million voters. Its founder says that was never the goal.

300. Dems'' Inspector General Letter