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Trump’s FCC eyes new ways to squeeze the TV networks
Conservative television broadcasters are getting bigger under Donald Trump — and thanks to his top communications regulator, they may get enhanced power to mute the…
So You Want to Negotiate with Iran …
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Inside TMZ’s Capitol Hill playbook
Heading into White House Correspondents’ Dinner weekend, POLITICO caught up with the buzziest new celebrities in town: the TMZ guys. Since arriving in Washington last…
Trump Is Going After Birth Control. Here’s Why.
We are entering a startling new era in the politics of birth control, with President Donald Trump launching the most serious effort in decades to…
Treasury’s first bite of a $1.7T student loan headache
The Trump administration is putting the job of handling millions of overdue student loans into the hands of the Treasury Department — a massive responsibility…
Trump abruptly cancels Kushner-Witkoff Pakistan trip
President Donald Trump on Saturday abruptly canceled a planned trip by special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to Pakistan, pulling back…
Safe space: Zeldin ducks drama amid Cabinet ousters
Three of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet members have resigned in the past two months and rumors swirl about who else will get the ax ahead…
Judge rejects DOJ bid to delay Anthropic appeal in Pentagon dispute
A federal judge in California has denied the government’s request to pause its appeal of a March ruling that temporarily blocked the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic as…
Mamdani vetoes one of two protest ‘buffer zone’ bills in escalating beef with NYC Council
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani vetoed a controversial City Council bill on Friday that would permit the NYPD to set up “buffer zones” around…