Jonathan Martin is POLITICO’s senior political columnist and politics bureau chief. He’s covered elections in every corner of America and co-authored a best-selling book about Donald Trump and Joe ...

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One day after Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg penned a story under the headline “Trump: ‘I Need the Kind of ...

With the departures of Sen. Thom Tillis and Rep. Don Bacon, the president has further rid the Republican Party of dissent.

Newsom, 57, was among the Democrats' most articulate surrogates last year, even as he brushed off speculation he was seeking ...

President Trump is scheduled to sign the bill into law at 4 p.m. on July 4 at the White House, locking in tax reductions and Medicaid cuts.

Three years after declaring he had “sub-zero interest” in running for the Oval Office, Gov. Gavin Newsom is following the ...

The governor most recently visited the state in January 2024, in order to campaign for former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris.

The bill also allows for the extension of 2017 tax cuts while forcing states to shoulder more of the cost of welfare food ...

The House has passed the massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump calls “beautiful,” getting it to ...