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

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

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

4. Unions sue to stop DOGE from accessing federal data

5. How Democrats lost the DEI war

6. Trump cuts Biden access to security briefings as payback

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

8. Note to Our Readers

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

10. Elon Musk presents a new vulnerability for Donald Trump

11. February 2025

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

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

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

15. Google and Apple restore TikTok to app stores

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. Jim Acosta, prominent Trump critic, leaves CNN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. Watch: Musk salutes Trump inauguration crowd

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

36. Highlights from Trump''s inauguration eve rally

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

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

39. Trump hires fed-firing mastermind

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

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

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

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

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

45. DNC and POLITICO host Midwest Regional National Officer Forum

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

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

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

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

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

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

52. DOJ reveals plans to protect doxed staff

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

54. Trump signs executive order to give TikTok extension

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

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

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

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

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

60. TikTok ban puts squeeze on Big Tech

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

62. TikTok rivals RedNote and Lemon8 flummox Congress

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

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

65. Supreme Court upholds law to sell or ban TikTok

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

78. Abrams endorses Wikler in DNC race

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

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

81. The Art of the Deal (Greenland edition)

82. Hochul considers Cuomo mayoralty

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

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

85. January 2025

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

87. Skeptical Supreme Court justices grill TikTok in extra time

88. 5 questions for Washington from TikTok’s Supreme Court hearing

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

90. Zuckerberg announces Meta will slash fact-checking program

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

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

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

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

95. Matt Wuerker''s Best of 2024

96. Tributes pour in for Jimmy Carter

97. Former President Jimmy Carter dead at 100

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

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

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

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

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

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

104. Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok law

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

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

107. Trump names Kratsios, Parker to tech roles

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

109. Farewell to ‘The Axe Files’

110. Trump’s wake-up call: Republicans are willing to defy him

111. A MAGA power play roils Senate GOP campaign groups

112. Top GOP pollster fired after financial mismanagement allegations

113. Trump''s transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.

114. How Canada’s innovation minister is bracing for a US trade war

115. Kamala Harris urges supporters to ‘stay in the fight’

116. December 2024

117. Eric Adams’ troubles pile up, just as he seems to get his post-indictment footing

118. Highlights from Trump''s freewheeling Mar-a-Lago presser

119. The Catholics in Trump''s administration could take GOP in whole new direction

120. Trump taps top ally Richard Grenell as envoy for ‘special missions’

121. Trump picks Devin Nunes to lead Intelligence Advisory Board

122. Trump picks Bill White as ambassador to Belgium

123. Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship could be decided by the Supreme Court

124. Democrats need to change their approach to Trump''s second term, top Kamala Harris pollster says

125. The Chamber of Commerce asks the GOP for another dance

126. ‘Now she’s the world’s problem’: Some Arizona Republicans relieved Lake is heading to Washington

127. ‘The FCC has no business threatening to take away broadcast licenses’

128. Court denies TikTok’s request to halt enforcement of potential US ban until Supreme Court review

129. Trump''s bringing several billionaires — and their conflicts — to Washington

130. Time magazine to name Trump ‘Person of the Year’

131. Warren on UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing: ‘People can only be pushed so far’

132. Trump wants to end birthright citizenship. Can that really happen?

133. Trump allies adopt new strategy for nominees: Make the doubters pay

134. Lara Trump leaves RNC amid Senate chatter

135. Trump declares a new war on Big Tech

136. Tech billionaires are getting their chance to shape Washington. Here’s what they’ll do with it.

137. Biden: Trump’s tax and tariffs plans are a “major mistake”

138. Democratic governors brace for Trump, while planting seeds for 2028

139. After a month of grieving, Democratic leaders are torn between anger and exhaustion

140. Pam Bondi will face an ethics quagmire as attorney general

141. South Korean president says he won’t seek to impose martial law again, ‘truly sorry’ for anxiety

142. Hegseth’s fortunes rise, at least for now

143. Elon Musk was behind mysterious pro-Trump super PAC that invoked Ruth Bader Ginsburg

144. Hegseth says he won’t withdraw as he struggles as Trump’s Defense pick

145. Hegseth says he''s ''right here in this fight'' for defense secretary

146. Detroit mayor launches independent 2026 run for Michigan governor

147. Trump’s transition was supposed to be a show of force. What happened?

148. Hegseth: Trump told me to ‘keep fighting’

149. ''Dangerous'' or a ''reformer''?: Reactions to Kash Patel pour out

150. Trump selects Charles Kushner as ambassador to France

151. ‘He''s not a manager’: Former RFK Jr. staffers on how he''d run HHS

152. This is the new progressive strategy for warring with Trump

153. Harris is telling her advisers and allies to keep her political options open

154. How Democrats will try to block Trump’s promise of mass deportations

155. Democrats find hope in state legislative races

156. 5 things you need to know about Pam Bondi

157. Trump once shunned Project 2025 as ‘ridiculous.’ Now he''s staffing up with them.

158. Meet the pillars of the next Trump resistance

159. Federal judges rule: TikTok can be banned

160. Elon Musk vs. Stephen Miller: Washington preps for battle on high-tech immigration

161. Trump voters feel very differently about things now that he’s won, our new poll shows

162. DOGE critics: ''It’s not clear how they can deliver''

163. ‘I think Elon may get frustrated fairly quickly’

164. DOJ asks judge to break up Google

165. Raimondo’s new mission: Leave no cash for Trump

166. Trump’s immigration crackdown is expected to start on Day 1

167. Dems who overcame GOP tide urge party to focus on ''kitchen-table issues''

168. Kamala Harris raised 1B-plus in defeat. She’s still sending persistent appeals to donors.

169. Name dropped for a White House job? The speculation could be as good as the job itself

170. Dearborn’s Arab Americans feel vindicated by Harris’ loss

171. ‘We know what is coming’: Federal bureaucrats wrestle with fight-or-flight response to Trump election

172. How blue states are plotting to thwart Trump

173. A Brit’s take on Election Day? Americans are on another level.

174. November 2024

175. Top contentious ballot measures that could bring drastic policy changes

176. Stacey Abrams is the ghost haunting Georgia’s presidential vote

177. Rogan says he rejected Harris campaign’s interview conditions

178. They were lobbying on legislation before his committee. They were also employing his son.

179. Inside the battle to run the Trump White House

180. School board fracas highlights Chicago mayor’s turbulent tenure

181. 5 people who might want Eric Adams'' job

182. How hurricane misinformation will haunt Americans longterm

183. October 2024

184. Biden decries Trump’s ‘onslaught of lies’ as Milton nears landfall

185. Trump taps Carr to chair FCC

186. A Harris-supporting CEO urges Democrats to back Elon Musk

187. How Elon could disrupt Washington

188. Elon Musk launches his ‘government by tweet’

189. What Democrats missed about the future of human connection

190. It’s still the economy: What TV ads tell us about each campaign’s closing message

191. Russian disinformation accelerates toward the election

192. ‘Chaos and confusion’: Microsoft braces for foreign election interference in days ahead

193. Biden''s chips achievement is losing support before the money actually rolls out

194. Harris starts campaigning on a 39B program that Trump wants to sink

195. Harris is pounding Trump on fascism. Some Dems think that’s a mistake.

196. The reported Musk-Putin calls revive an unsettling American tradition

197. New Biden policy takes a big swing at AI — and sets political traps

198. Should Kamala Harris embrace Lina Khan? Democrats are split — and some worry it will cost her

199. Elon Musk pushes for an American technopoly

200. ‘The center of the storm’: Arizona’s election chief prepares for a disinformation battle

201. Meet Elon Musk’s man in Washington

202. Analysis: Can anyone stop Elon Musk? Yes, Elon Musk.

203. Billionaire bucks and ‘bro vote’ appeal: Elon Musk campaigns for Trump

204. Why Harris Isn't Talking About Biden's Accomplishments

205. What Biden’s latest shot at Google signals for Big Tech

206. House Dems have erased Republicans’ big-donor cash advantage

207. Hochul’s careful conversations

208. Melania Trump signals support for abortion rights: ‘No room for compromise’

209. Trump says he will remove TPS and deport Haitian migrants in Springfield

210. Jimmy Carter is 100. His White House comms director — now 90 — has stories to tell.

211. ‘What’s at stake is the world’: Nobel winner Maria Ressa warns U.S. election a ‘tipping point’ for democracy

212. Insiders ask how much of Biden's antitrust fight Kamala Harris would keep up

213. JD Vance doesn't think he needs debate prep to defeat Tim Walz

214. 'I almost ran off the road': The ad exec behind Carter's winning message

215. Maya Rudolph as Harris and Dana Carvey as Biden open 50th season of ‘Saturday Night Live’

216. Hurricane Helene thrusts DeSantis back into the national spotlight

217. Biden: ‘Diplomatic solution’ still possible in the Middle East

218. Secret Service admits 'failure' at Trump rally shooting

219. Sen. Tuberville: Biden and Harris must protect Trump as much as they can

220. White House rejects Trump’s accusations of violent rhetoric

221. The other Jan. 6 Democrats are worried about

222. Security at Trump’s Chicago hotel is stepped up. What about his other properties?

223. GOP reacts to second Trump assassination attempt

224. Bob Casey campaign won’t renew ad that drew criticism from widow of Jamal Khashoggi

225. Trump insists he won debate, says another ‘probably won’t happen’

226. Donald Trump could turn Elon Musk into an American oligarch

227. September 2024

228. Latino voting rights group calls for investigation after Texas authorities search homes

229. Is this thing on? Harris and Trump battle over hot mics at debate.

230. Hochul balks at Pelosi criticism over 2022 House losses

231. Nancy Pelosi’s Democratic survival guide

232. ‘Actually pretty good’: Moore eats Chicago-style chardog with Pritzker

233. Project 2025 roasts, a Walz pep talk, and Oprah: DNC night 3 highlights

234. ‘We’re good’: Josh Shapiro dispels talk of rift with Fetterman

235. Chicago mayor claps back at Vance over attack on Chicago crime

236. Bernie Sanders’ tough love for the Harris campaign

237. Harris' Deputy campaign manager: 'Young voters are critical'

238. What Janet Yellen Is Worried About

239. Harris dismisses Trump as ‘not serious’ on the economy in MSNBC interview

240. Congress forces Biden to choose between chips and climate

241. Judge sharply criticizes lawyers for authors in AI suit against Meta

242. Biden touts economic gains, acknowledges a long way to go

243. Senate GOP dings Harris’ role as ‘broadband czar’

244. Fed moves to protect job market with big rate cut

245. The man quietly rewriting American privacy law

246. Campaigns need to go 'back to the future' to reach voters, strategists say

247. Immigrant rights activist says banning TikTok would be 'harmful' for democracy

248. Klobuchar frustrated at McConnell for blocking bills to ban deep fakes

249. Klobuchar warns of 'rampant bad behavior' as AI election bills stall

250. 'TikTok has opened up democracy,' influencers argue

251. Billionaire Frank McCourt lays out a vision for an American-owned TikTok

252. Prospective TikTok buyer Frank McCourt lays out vision for 'alternative'

253. Tech CEOs say clear AI policy framework is critical for innovation

254. Biden official worried too few big companies are developing AI

255. Ex-Trump CTO Kratsios says Vance is win for 'little tech'

256. Obernolte urges Gov. Newsom to veto California’s AI safety bill

257. Monaco: US adversaries are using AI to supercharge influence ops

258. Public officials, election workers are facing 'unprecedented' wave of threats, Monaco says

259. Lack of energy could 'shut everything down' for AI, Sen. Mike Rounds says

260. US in most complex threat landscape made worse by AI, top cyber official says

261. Brainard warns that GOP’s economic agenda would cause inflation to rise

262. DHS was 'lead' agency investigating Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Mayorkas says

263. How AI found a missing girl — and what DHS is worried about

264. DHS is 'concerned about the situation' in Springfield, Ohio, Mayorkas says

265. Mayorkas: Trump's Secret Service security is 'quite approximate' to Biden's

266. Here's the speaker lineup for POLITICO's AI & Tech Summit

267. 👋 Welcome to POLITICO's tech summit. Here’s what you should pay attention to.

268. Congress promised AI rules to protect elections. It’s not happening.

269. TikTok grilled as it argues for survival in court

270. Why Biden's multibillion-dollar plan to build America’s next tech powerhouses is getting starved

271. TikTok launches fight for its life in court

272. Joe Biden preps to sell the economy — to boost his legacy and help Harris

273. Vance’s media strategy takes a turn

274. Governments around the world have Big Tech on the defensive. Politics could change that.

275. The most intriguing ballot measures (that aren’t about abortion) voters will decide in November

276. Biden's lawyers argue with Google over business reality

277. The Biden administration launches its second big attack on Google

278. Tech futurists hash out Harris vs. Trump

279. Trump's Wall Street pitch: Punishing tariffs, low taxes, `explosive' growth

280. Trump says he would name Elon Musk head of government efficiency commission

281. Biden and Harris promised billions for broadband. Here’s why states are still waiting.

282. Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump’s corporate tax cuts

283. Two Americas: How Republicans and Democrats paint a different picture of the nation’s challenges

284. Zuckerberg’s new Washington game

285. ‘Our corrupt leadership’: Vance tries to tether Harris to Biden during Michigan rally

286. Zuckerberg says he regrets caving to White House pressure on content

287. The bewildering politics of Telegram

288. Trump and Harris confront a trillion-dollar question over expiring tax cuts

289. Harris goes after Trump on economy and inflation in new ad

290. ‘America is not a museum’: Why Democrats are going big on housing despite the risks

291. NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

292. Obama, the 'internet president,' makes his return

293. DC councilmember known for pushing antisemitic conspiracy theories is arrested on bribery charge

294. Can the meme magic last? DNC aims to charge youth vote with red carpet for creators.

295. X announces suspension of Brazil operations, alleging ‘censorship orders’ from Supreme Court justice

296. San Francisco files first-of-its-kind lawsuit to tackle AI deepfake nudes

297. Harris breaks from Bidenomics in North Carolina

298. Harris poaches White House aides to bolster campaign communications team

299. Trump transition chair pick signals think tank influence

300. Harris to roll out plan to fight inflation