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

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

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

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

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

6. Driver crashes car into White House security gate

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat

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

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

17. Five takeaways from the New York City mayoral debate

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Jeffries talked redistricting with Illinois delegation

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. How Trump 2.0 blew up lobbying

32. Benioff apologizes for National Guard comments

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

34. Trump, Vance return to TikTok after monthslong hiatus

35. Shutdown pauses Amazon, Apple antitrust cases

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

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

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

39. YouTube settles with Trump for 24.5 millon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

52. The California-Washington tech fight heats up

53. Trump extends TikTok deadline — again

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

65. AI is opening a MAGA-Trump split

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

67. Google dodges a 2.5T breakup

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

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

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

71. Meta to launch California super PAC focused on AI

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

73. AI launches across the government

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

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

76. Blue state GOPers shudder

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

78. Hochul tells Dems to play dirty

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

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

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

82. Moderate Democrats change their tone on Israel

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

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

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

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

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

88. Democratic governors advise strong counteroffensive on redistricting

89. She wants Zohran’s seat

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

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

92. A Democrat in the middle of the Israel firestorm

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

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

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

96. The shockingly shrunken footprint of a former president

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

98. Mamdani returns, swipes away Defund the Police past

99. Zohran dominates in new poll

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

101. Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to challenge Lindsey Graham

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

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

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

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

106. FDA commissioner Marty Makary defends Vinay Prasad The Conversation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

114. Trump backs Florida state senator to lead RNC

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

116. Trump anoints a new power elite on K Street

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

118. FCC greenlights Skydance/Paramount deal after CBS concessions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

127. Mainers'' message to Trump on Susan Collins

128. Arizona Dems oust their party chair

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

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

131. Dems'' Inspector General Letter

132. Salena Zito recounts Trump''s assassination attempt one year later The Conversation

133. Homan: ''If you''re here illegally and have a kid, that''s on you'' The Conversation

134. Trump Border Czar Tom Homan: ‘There Will Be No Amnesty’ The Conversation

135. Border czar Tom Homan defends ICE agents wearing masks The Conversation

136. Homan unsure of status of the eight men deported to South Sudan The Conversation

137. Border czar Tom Homan says ''no amnesty'' for undocumented farmworkers The Conversation

138. Josh Cowen is launching a congressional bid in a swing Michigan district

139. Musk announces arrival of new ‘America Party’ after Trump split

140. Dems are gearing up to weaponize Trump’s megabill

141. This Pennsylvania Republican withstood pressure on the megabill. Here’s why.

142. Colin Allred enters U.S. Senate race in Texas

143. Marco Rubio on his many roles, plus a chat with Trump’s ‘chief Twitter troll’ The Conversation

144. Biden pays respects as former Minnesota House Speaker Hortman, killed in shooting, lies in state

145. Gun control crusader and former US Rep. Carolyn McCarthy dead at 81

146. Two FTC commissioners are turning their firings into a resistance tour

147. State Department attacks Europe over free speech

148. ‘A beacon to the field’: OpenAI advisers urge robust role for nonprofit

149. Judge says Trump’s firing of FTC commissioner was illegal

150. How Elon Musk’s X is fueling the MAGA-Trump split

151. Letter from Shou Chew to Hon. Melanie Joly

152. Linda Yaccarino resigns as CEO of X

153. The problem with Elon Musk''s techie dream of rebooting politics

154. ‘He''s going to do everything to damage the president’: Former Musk friend on the Trump fallout

155. Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91

156. House GOP issues new subpoenas, ramping up ActBlue investigation

157. MAGA right attacks Zohran Mamdani’s religion following his win

158. Scott Brown launches campaign for Senate in New Hampshire

159. Massie isn''t backing down. Neither is Trump.

160. Dems struggle to respond as Trump’s Iran strikes sow chaos

161. Bannon warns regime change could lead to US military in Iran

162. Ro Khanna on Elon Musk and Fighting the Establishment

163. Ro Khanna on Elon Musk and fighting the establishment The Conversation

164. Cruz, Carlson go for Round 2 of their podcast-based feud

165. Wes Moore accuses Trump of ‘a lack of seriousness’ in dealing with Iran

166. Black churches push back against Trump-fueled anti-DEI wave

167. MAGA allies deride attacking Iran — but won’t criticize Trump directly

168. Teachers union president Randi Weingarten resigns from DNC

169. Richard Grenell on cancel culture, ‘normal gays’ and his friend Melania The Conversation

170. ‘Take down the temperature’: Democrats and Republicans call for calm after Minnesota shootings

171. ‘I just had flashbacks’: Portland looks to avoid repeat of 2020 protests

172. A new wave of candidates is putting motherhood front and center

173. Democrats reclaim the American flag

174. Democrats tested immigration messaging in battleground districts. Here''s what they found.

175. Why ‘Hellcats’ could be the answer to Democrats troubles

176. Hogg declines to run again for DNC vice chair after new election is called

177. Former Rep. Joe Walsh is considering a bid against GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham

178. ‘Big, beautiful bill’ spurs Democratic plans for emergency actions to counter cuts

179. Rahm Emanuel wants to save the ''weak’ and ‘woke’ Democratic Party brand The Conversation

180. The Great Un-Awokening

181. Elon Musk goes on a warpath against Trump and the GOP

182. Senate parliamentarian greenlights state AI law freeze in GOP megabill

183. Kari Lake claws back 17M for ‘mission support’ amid deep cuts to US-funded media

184. ‘We can''t wait forever’: GOP frustrated but unwilling to act on Trump’s TikTok extension

185. Pope Leo XIV warns of the dangers of AI on youth

186. Trump extends TikTok deadline again

187. Alleged shooter found Minnesota lawmakers’ addresses online, court docs say

188. Trump is under water on some of his top issues — including immigration, poll shows

189. LA protests fuel California drive to hide data from Trump

190. The global impact of Trump vs. Musk

191. Fired FTC commissioner formally resigns

192. The AI lobby plants its flag in Washington

193. Lawmakers zero in on spectrum auction deal, Rounds says

194. On Chinese student visa rollback, MAGA scores another victory over tech

195. Rubio targets foreign nationals who he alleges police Americans'' social media posts

196. The Trump administration stopped investigating a new pricing scheme. States are stepping in.

197. ‘Congress has so far failed’: Former surgeon general warns about social media risks for youth

198. Inside Trump’s chainsaw-wielding approach to one corner of government contracting

199. Trump illegally fired surveillance watchdog agency''s Democrats, judge rules

200. Trump signs Take It Down Act, criminalizing deepfake and revenge porn

201. Brendan Carr stages a Trumpian show at the FCC

202. Trump’s chaotic economy is causing headaches for Democrats in New Jersey''s governor race

203. How Big Tech is pitting Washington against California

204. Tech executives fly to Washington to change Trump’s mind

205. Warren Buffett shocks shareholders by announcing his intention to retire at the end of the year

206. ‘Anything can happen’: Trump doesn''t seem fazed by recession worries

207. Dems see Trump as vulnerable on the economy — if they can come up with an alternative

208. Americans are souring on the economy in recent polls, a warning sign for Trump

209. After EU fines, Big Tech wants Trump to swoop in

210. Washington’s war on tech gets real

211. An expert breaks down Zuckerberg’s big week in court

212. It''s Google''s turn to get thrashed by the GOP

213. Musk''s shadow grows over space industry

214. Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse

215. Zuckerberg testifies as FTC, Meta trade opening salvos in antitrust trial

216. Meta prepares to fight for its life in a Washington court

217. ‘Essentially, trade stops’: A former Trump official on what’s next for China

218. Trump, defiant on tariffs, claims trade deals are imminent

219. Washington worries Trump could bail out Zuckerberg

220. Americans were apprehensive of Trump’s tariffs even before this week’s fallout

221. Trump punts on TikTok deal

222. Trump tariffs hit Nintendo

223. Trump says tariff policies ‘WILL NEVER CHANGE’ amid plunging stocks, Chinese response

224. Will Big Tech actually benefit from Trump’s trade war?

225. Why one industry is cautiously excited about Trump''s tariffs

226. Trump causes a new headache with tariffs-for-TikTok scheme

227. Protesters rebelling against Elon Musk’s purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms

228. Elon Musk sells X to his own xAI for 33B in all-stock deal

229. Trump’s TikTok-Oracle deal could break the law — but nobody can stop him

230. How Trump’s firings could break the 110-year-old FTC

231. Key House Republican warns Trump on TikTok

232. TikTok tries to sway DC with ad blitz

233. Top broadband official exits Commerce Department with sharp Musk warning

234. ‘There are no guarantees’: Scott Bessent won''t rule out a recession

235. White House seriously considering deal from Oracle to run TikTok

236. Elon Musk claims X falls to cyberattack

237. Trump’s business acumen has long been his armor. It’s being put to the test.

238. Trump won''t rule out a recession in 2025

239. Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon’s south pole

240. Jim Jordan continues subpoena spree of social media platforms

241. Trump’s CHIPS demand creates a 52 billion headache for Congress

242. DOGE’s play for government data is straining a law inspired by Watergate

243. Trump tells Congress to end CHIPS Act

244. ‘He Finally Shot the Hostage’: Trump’s Trade War Is a Brutal Reality Check

245. How Trump Will Reverse Biden’s Attempted Antitrust Revolution

246. 7 things to watch for during Trump’s joint address to Congress

247. Beijing’s deflation dilemma: Falling prices signal bigger troubles ahead for China’s economy

248. Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC announces new 100B investment in US

249. General Services Administration cuts tech unit

250. Full interview with Richard Grenell POLITICO at CPAC

251. Trump talks of a third term amid growing concerns about a constitutional crisis

252. Steve Bannon replicates Elon Musk''s controversial ''salute'' at CPAC

253. To resist Trump or work with him? This governor says you can do both.

254. Musk gets big cheers — and a chainsaw — at CPAC

255. Neera Tanden is returning to the Center for American Progress. She thinks Democrats have work to do.

256. Welcome to a new era of West Wing Playbook

257. POLITICO''s Editorial Director Ryan Hutchins speaks at POLITICO''s 2025 Governors Summit

258. Full interview with Kentucky Gov. Beshear POLITICO Governors Summit 2025

259. Full interview with Oklahoma Gov. Stitt POLITICO Governors Summit 2025

260. Jared Polis: DOGE is ''tearing down the old without necessarily having a more efficient way of doing it''

261. Gov. Polis: Local officers shouldn''t ''become an extension of the federal government''

262. Democratic governor explains endorsement of RFK Jr. for HHS Secretary

263. Full interview with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis POLITICO''s Governors Summit 2025

264. Beshear: The Democratic party has ''got to talk to people like real human beings''

265. Andy Beshear: Democrats need to talk ‘like real human beings’ to win elections

266. Governors in both red and blue states are facing policy peril in Trump era

267. The family-values right takes on Musk''s family

268. Trump called Washington a city of ‘filth'' and ''decay.’ He’s trying to remake it in his image.

269. Dems are losing the online information battle to Trump and Musk

270. Unions sue to stop DOGE from accessing federal data

271. How Democrats lost the DEI war

272. Trump cuts Biden access to security briefings as payback

273. Trump ousted the top Democratic campaign finance regulator. She says it''s illegal.

274. Note to Our Readers

275. Dems attack Elon Musk after DOGE gains access to sensitive data

276. Elon Musk presents a new vulnerability for Donald Trump

277. February 2025

278. ''Radical lunatics'': Trump, Musk target USAID

279. Elon Musk spoke privately with Todd Young, did not ask for guarantee on Tulsi Gabbard

280. LA Times accused by writer of ‘distorting’ an op-ed – in a way that aligns with owner''s pro-RFK views

281. Google and Apple restore TikTok to app stores

282. DOGE cut off from student loan data, for now

283. ‘No thank you’: OpenAI founder rejects Elon Musk’s reported bid to buy nonprofit

284. ''They''ve done their homework'': The unexpected power of Musk''s digital assault on Washington

285. Rep. Adrian Smith: US needs to be ''aggressive and effective'' with tariffs

286. White House trade chief says Trump will ''structurally shift'' the economy

287. Chuck Todd, former ‘Meet the Press’ host, leaving NBC News

288. ''I don''t think they''re going to get the battle that they want.'' Inside Trump’s first clashes with Congress and the courts

289. Lobbying firms tied to Trump report wave of new clients

290. Trump''s billionaire brigade poised to upend Washington: ‘We are in a post-conflicts-of-interest world’

291. Will Trump’s billionaire brigade run America like a tech startup?

292. Jim Acosta, prominent Trump critic, leaves CNN

293. Trump plan to upend civil service advances under new name

294. One week out of Washington, Doug Emhoff returns to legal career

295. Top Democrats are staying out of the Trump outrage cycle this time

296. ‘I am terrified’: Workers describe the dark mood inside federal agencies

297. Kamala Harris provides a big signal about her next move

298. Jules Feiffer, Pulitzer-winning cartoonist and writer known for lacerating wit, dies at 95

299. A running list of Trump''s planned executive orders, actions, proclamations and legislation

300. Watch: Musk salutes Trump inauguration crowd