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Trump Is Facing an Increasingly Defiant World

The Iran standoff shows the mistake the president and his team make in acting as if the world is full of passive characters.

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Carney didn’t win a majority, he built one. Now comes the test.

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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz.

Allies try to puzzle out US blockade of Iran

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left, wave to the audience during a Day of Friendship event in Budapest, Hungary Tuesday, April 7, 2026.

White House resigned after Orban's 'shattering' defeat

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GOP leaders prepare to steamroll opponents of DHS funding plan

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‘Chilling effect’: The housing shortage could have a money problem

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‘A crisis in the making’: Nebraska races to impose work requirements on Medicaid

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Swalwell to resign from Congress

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Tony Gonzales says he will resign from House

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The Festus, Missouri, city council is getting a makeover after voters last week ousted every incumbent up for re-election. The new council will be sworn in Monday at Festus City Hall (pictured).

Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal

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Trump deletes ‘blasphemous’ image depicting himself as Jesus

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Judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against WSJ over Epstein birthday letter

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Column | On Politics

‘We Have to Be a Big-Tent Party’: Georgia’s Governor Sounds the Alarm on the GOP’s Purity Tests

On the sidelines of the Masters, Brian Kemp laid out his strategy for 2026 — and a warning for Republicans.

By Jonathan Martin

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Column | Tomorrow

Orbán’s Defeat Shows What Trump’s Opponents Keep Doing Wrong

The Hungarian election was a setback for MAGA. But the winner’s campaign should be a wake-up call for Trump’s opponents.

By Alexander Burns

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Roundtable

The War With Iran Offers a Snapshot of Trump World. It’s Not a Pretty Picture.

In a roundtable discussion, POLITICO reporters detail how the war in Iran pulled back the curtain on the Trump administration.

By Ian Ward

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Q&A

Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts a GOP Bloodbath in the Midterms

In a new interview, the conservative hardliner lets loose on Trump and the Republican Party.

By Dasha Burns

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Letter From Toronto

Mark Carney Is on the Verge of a Big Election Win

Canada’s prime minister is poised to seize an outright majority. Then he’ll have to deliver.

By Zi-Ann Lum

The Friday Read

Trump’s Favorite European Strongman Is in Trouble. Soccer Explains Why.

Hungary’s strongman has built his regime on a fusion of football and politics. Can it carry him to another term?

By Jamie Dettmer

Column | On Politics

Democrats Are Obsessed With the Wrong Senate Races

Sherrod Brown and Roy Cooper aren’t driving the political conversation, but their races may ultimately decide the Senate majority.

By Jonathan Martin

Perspective

Democrats’ Colossal Missed Opportunity to Shape the Supreme Court

The collapse of Harriet Miers’ 2005 nomination is still reverberating.

By Peter S. Canellos

Analysis

Trump and the Myth of American Oil Independence

The president says the U.S. can walk away from the Strait of Hormuz. The global market says otherwise.

By Joseph J. Schatz

The Friday Read

Trump’s Online Brawler Is Trying to Keep MAGA Cool

Alex Bruesewitz went from volunteer online hatchet man for Donald Trump to his lead impresario. What will he do if pop culture decides MAGA is no longer cool?

By Sophia Cai and Finya Swai

Essay

When the World Stops Syncing

The global trade war that Donald Trump launched one year ago didn’t just temporarily raise tariffs. It may have also broken the global system that lets technologies like Bluetooth work everywhere.

By Emily Cadei

Politics

‘Think Everybody Dead’: How the Threat of AI Is Fueling a New Political Alliance

A billionaire-backed movement from Silicon Valley and populists like Bernie Sanders are eager to stop an AI disaster — but can they overcome their mutual distrust and work together?

By Calder McHugh and Brendan Bordelon

INTERACTIVES

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Here’s how different US tariff revenue was in 2025

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How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change

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A collage of images coming out of a filing cabinet, including: Jerome Powell, Jeff Van Drew, a robot, Paramount water tower, Jimmy Kimmel, a windmill and Harvard's crest on flags.

Trump's flood-the-zone approach to unflattering news cycles has hit a new extreme

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Congress

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Top GOP lawmaker pushes back on NASA’s budget cuts

By Audrey Decker

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Iowa looks competitive, according to new Dem poll

By Adam Wren

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Capitol agenda: Scandals and Iran overshadow GOP tax pitch

By Calen Razor

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‘It’s all we have to run on’: GOP looks to tout tax cuts as war overtakes Hill agenda

By Meredith Lee Hill

White House

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Troy Edgar, Noem’s No. 2, returns as DHS deputy secretary

By Myah Ward and Eric Bazail-Eimil

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Vance’s K Street army is growing

By Alex Gangitano

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Trump announces Strait of Hormuz blockade after Iran talks collapse

By Megan Messerly

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No deal: Vance and Iranians fail to reach agreement after marathon session

By Dan Goldberg

Legal

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Construction of Trump’s ballroom can continue until April 17, appeals court rules

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

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Swalwell under investigation by Manhattan district attorney

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

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Trade court wrestles with Trump’s replacement tariffs

By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney

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Court voids latest Pentagon press restrictions

By Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein

States

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John Morgan ends speculation, says he won’t run for Florida governor

By Kimberly Leonard

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California leaders promised fire recovery in record time. Los Angeles isn’t seeing it.

By Liam Dillon and Sean McMinn

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Republicans break with Trump in California governor’s race

By Blake Jones

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Calls increase for expulsion of Swalwell and Gonzales over sexual abuse allegations

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

Elections

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Local election officials fear retribution ahead of fall midterms

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

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Peltola raises almost $9M in first three months of Senate bid

By Lisa Kashinsky

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Vance, Putin … Zelenskyy: The losers and winners of Hungary’s seismic election

By Max Griera

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‘It would be catastrophic’: A Supreme Court decision could upend Alaska’s crucial Senate race

By Lisa Kashinsky

Foreign Affairs

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Italy’s Meloni slams ‘unacceptable’ Trump comments on Pope Leo

By Joe Stanley-Smith

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Israel backs US Hormuz blockade as Netanyahu signals readiness to resume war

By Felicia Schwartz

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American bishops ‘disheartened’ by Trump’s criticism of Pope Leo

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

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Finance world heads to Washington as politics and markets erupt

By Kathryn Carlson and Victoria Guida

Earlier

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Trump threatens military action in Strait of Hormuz if Iran challenges new blockade

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

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‘Can’t make a squeak’: Trump’s fossil fuel push puts IMF, World Bank on defensive

By Zack Colman and Sara Schonhardt

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Pope Leo says Trump won’t silence him as US-Vatican feud erupts over Iran

By Ali Walker

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‘Weak on Crime, Weak on Nuclear Weapons’: Trump attacks Pope Leo

By Stephan Faris and Ali Walker

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Your guide to who’s who in the MAHA movement

By Sophie Gardner and Anna Wiederkehr

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Trump’s auto-loan interest tax break off to sluggish start

By Brian Faler

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Hungary’s Orbán just lost his populist touch

By Jamie Dettmer

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Swalwell suspends governor campaign amid sexual misconduct allegations

By Jeremy B. White

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Von der Leyen waits just 17 minutes to celebrate Orbán’s heavy defeat

By Seb Starcevic

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‘Cowboy’: Michael Selig, a top Trump Wall Street regulator, comes out swinging

By Declan Harty

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Ireland cuts tax on fuel as protests grip the country

By Shawn Pogatchnik

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DHS probing Swalwell over allegations he illegally employed nanny

By Daniel Lippman

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