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

2. Blue state GOPers shudder

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

4. Hochul tells Dems to play dirty

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

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

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

8. Moderate Democrats change their tone on Israel

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

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

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

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

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

14. Democratic governors advise strong counteroffensive on redistricting

15. She wants Zohran’s seat

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

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

18. A Democrat in the middle of the Israel firestorm

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

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

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

22. The shockingly shrunken footprint of a former president

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

24. Mamdani returns, swipes away Defund the Police past

25. Zohran dominates in new poll

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

27. Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to challenge Lindsey Graham

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

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

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

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

32. FDA commissioner Marty Makary defends Vinay Prasad The Conversation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. Trump backs Florida state senator to lead RNC

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

42. Trump anoints a new power elite on K Street

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

44. FCC greenlights Skydance/Paramount deal after CBS concessions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

53. Mainers'' message to Trump on Susan Collins

54. Arizona Dems oust their party chair

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

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

57. Dems'' Inspector General Letter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

73. State Department attacks Europe over free speech

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

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

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

77. Letter from Shou Chew to Hon. Melanie Joly

78. Linda Yaccarino resigns as CEO of X

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

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

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

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

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

84. Scott Brown launches campaign for Senate in New Hampshire

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

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

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

88. Ro Khanna on Elon Musk and Fighting the Establishment

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

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

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

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

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

94. Teachers union president Randi Weingarten resigns from DNC

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

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

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

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

99. Democrats reclaim the American flag

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

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

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

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

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

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

106. The Great Un-Awokening

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

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

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

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

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

112. Trump extends TikTok deadline again

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

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

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

116. The global impact of Trump vs. Musk

117. Fired FTC commissioner formally resigns

118. The AI lobby plants its flag in Washington

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

127. Brendan Carr stages a Trumpian show at the FCC

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

129. How Big Tech is pitting Washington against California

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

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

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

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

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

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

136. Washington’s war on tech gets real

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

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

139. Musk''s shadow grows over space industry

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

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

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

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

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

145. Washington worries Trump could bail out Zuckerberg

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

147. Trump punts on TikTok deal

148. Trump tariffs hit Nintendo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

157. Key House Republican warns Trump on TikTok

158. TikTok tries to sway DC with ad blitz

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

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

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

162. Elon Musk claims X falls to cyberattack

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

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

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

166. Jim Jordan continues subpoena spree of social media platforms

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

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

169. Trump tells Congress to end CHIPS Act

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

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

172. 7 things to watch for during Trump’s joint address to Congress

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

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

175. General Services Administration cuts tech unit

176. Full interview with Richard Grenell POLITICO at CPAC

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

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

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

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

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

182. Welcome to a new era of West Wing Playbook

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

196. Unions sue to stop DOGE from accessing federal data

197. How Democrats lost the DEI war

198. Trump cuts Biden access to security briefings as payback

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

200. Note to Our Readers

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

202. Elon Musk presents a new vulnerability for Donald Trump

203. February 2025

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

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

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

207. Google and Apple restore TikTok to app stores

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

218. Jim Acosta, prominent Trump critic, leaves CNN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

226. Watch: Musk salutes Trump inauguration crowd

227. Watch: Biden leaves Washington after Trump''s swearing-in ceremony

228. Highlights from Trump''s inauguration eve rally

229. Why Trump supporters see sunshine in Trump’s dark and foreboding speeches

230. Trump says he will ‘probably’ travel to California next week after LA fires

231. Trump hires fed-firing mastermind

232. Democrats look to inject fresh energy into the LGBTQ movement

233. DNC leadership candidate Michael Blake talks what Dems need to be exciting

234. DNC chair candidate says Dems need a leader for ''wartime footing''

235. Should Biden have dropped out earlier? DNC candidates for vice chair respond

236. GOP poll shows Kemp beating Ossoff in hypothetical Georgia Senate matchup

237. DNC and POLITICO host Midwest Regional National Officer Forum

238. Stacey Abrams-founded group settles case over illegal support for her campaign

239. ‘Chaos and confusion’ follow Trump''s order to freeze federal dollars

240. What that powerful new Chinese AI app means for Washington

241. Trump staff ‘furious’ after Musk trashes AI project

242. Bannon berates Musk over his attacks on Trump’s AI infrastructure project

243. Why Trump’s AI plan made Elon Musk flip out

244. DOJ reveals plans to protect doxed staff

245. GOP China hawks mum as Trump throws TikTok a lifeline

246. Trump signs executive order to give TikTok extension

247. Trump: ''We need to save TikTok''

248. The TikTok ban highlights what Congress hasn’t done

249. TikTok’s back: App thanks Trump as it returns for US users

250. Trump’s plan to save TikTok: Nationalize it?

251. TikTok says US ban will force it to stop services

252. TikTok ban puts squeeze on Big Tech

253. Lael Brainard''s ‘Crisis Management Agency’ — and Her Warning For Trump

254. TikTok rivals RedNote and Lemon8 flummox Congress

255. TikTok pressures Biden at last minute, says it will ‘go dark’

256. China hawks hope for deal after Supreme Court upholds law to ban TikTok

257. Supreme Court upholds law to sell or ban TikTok

258. SpaceX loses spacecraft after catching rocket booster at the launch pad in latest Starship test

259. With 72 hours to go, TikTok ban sends Washington scrambling

260. The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

261. Former Bernie Sanders campaign manager Faiz Shakir enters DNC Chair race

262. Bannon urges Trump to eradicate ''weaponization'' of government

263. Bannon: Musk ''doesn''t have much power'' over Trump

264. Bannon taunts Musk: He doesn’t have that much power

265. Bannon calls Project 2025''s influence ''years in the making''

266. Trump made the GOP a big-tent party. Now, he’s stuck with the infighting.

267. Full panel on AI with Rep. Ami Bera, OpenAI and more Playbook: The First 100 Days

268. Curtis: If Congress sets AI guardrails, free market will ''go crazy''

269. ‘We''re just getting started’: How the crypto industry plans to remake Washington

270. Abrams endorses Wikler in DNC race

271. Knives come out for the D.C. consultant class as Democrats search for a new leader

272. Kamala Harris lost. Some donors are still funding a ‘victory.’

273. The Art of the Deal (Greenland edition)

274. Hochul considers Cuomo mayoralty

275. The theme of Adams’ SOTC? He''s alive.

276. ''Don''t play any politics'': Newsom responds to Trump''s fire criticism

277. January 2025

278. Jimmy Carter''s casket arrives at the US Capitol

279. Skeptical Supreme Court justices grill TikTok in extra time

280. 5 questions for Washington from TikTok’s Supreme Court hearing

281. Is Zuckerberg kneeling to Trump? It''s not so simple.

282. Zuckerberg announces Meta will slash fact-checking program

283. South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff

284. Buddy MacKay, a Democrat who briefly served as Florida’s governor, dead at 91

285. Meet Linda McMahon, Trump''s Education secretary pick

286. Chris Sununu still believes the GOP is bigger than Donald Trump

287. Matt Wuerker''s Best of 2024

288. Tributes pour in for Jimmy Carter

289. Former President Jimmy Carter dead at 100

290. Trump appears to side with Musk, tech allies in debate over foreign workers roiling his supporters

291. Far-right activist Laura Loomer claims she was suspended on X by Elon Musk

292. Republican brawl on immigration erupts as MAGA and tech world clash

293. Trump pushes back on attacks over Elon''s growing influence

294. In Arizona speech, Trump jokes Musk is ‘not going to be president’

295. ‘Lawless’: Trump’s TikTok brief asks Supreme Court to overreach, legal experts say

296. Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok law

297. OpenAI beefs up Washington presence with a pitch for energy and security

298. With Musk ascendant, Congress eyes new path for high-tech immigrants

299. Trump names Kratsios, Parker to tech roles

300. Stephen Miran is Trump''s pick to lead Council of Economic Advisers