McMaster plans to call special session to redraw South Carolina House map
The decision would tee up the state legislature to pass a new 7-0 map favoring Republicans this cycle.
Buttigieg picks sides in Iowa
The former Transportation Secretary (and Iowa caucus winner) is backing Josh Turek over Zach Wahls for Senate.
Brad Raffensperger targeted by threat as he runs for governor
A manifesto featured a photo of him with the word “boom” written over his face.
Is Mamdani’s ‘Tax the Rich’ fight done?
DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 42 ZO, THAT’S IT? For months, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pressed the case that Albany must raise income and corporate taxes to help plug New York City’s $5.4 billion budget deficit. So in rolling out an executive budget today that closes the gap without his
South Carolina Republicans tank redistricting, for now
Tuesday’s vote doesn’t mark a definitive end for efforts to redraw the state’s maps — but it does make it harder to accomplish this year.
Michigan Senate hopeful El-Sayed calls himself a ‘physician’ but has little history treating patients
“It’s a weird thing to hang your hat on in terms of a biographical detail if you never actually practiced medicine,” one Dem operative said.
Trump nominates Kari Lake and Doug Mastriano to diplomatic posts
The two staunch allies ran failed campaigns for governor in battleground states in 2022.
What to expect when you’re expecting a budget
DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 41 SPENDING SPECIFICS: Crucial state budget details — including aid for New York City, the structure of a surcharge on high-value second homes and the contours of major pension changes — are yet to be fully ironed out. Gov. Kathy Hochul last week announce
This moderate Republican senator is already eyeing the exits 16 months into his term
Sen. John Curtis is looking at returning home to run for governor.
Raffensperger tests the GOP’s future in Georgia
He's running a campaign that’s served him and other old school Georgia Republicans well. But has the party changed too much for that old system to still work?
What Americans mean when they say they’re worried about a stolen election
New results from The POLITICO Poll show Democrats are worried about voter suppression while Republicans are worried about voter fraud.
Poll: Republicans and Democrats agree on 1 big election issue
As campaign spending hits record highs, voters across parties question how deeply money shapes elections.
NY Dems are primed to pull redistricting punches
DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 38 VOTING RIGHTS DILEMMA: With Democrats’ national redistricting calculus now in disarray over today’s court order blocking new Virginia maps , party leaders are looking to New York as a prime opportunity to keep pace with Republicans. But as top Democrat
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that en
Leon Panetta on Iran, Ukraine and the new global power struggle
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Hochul’s Mission Accomplished
DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 37 WHEELIN’ AND DEALIN’: Gov. Kathy Hochul claimed this morning she has a budget deal. Moments later, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters that, actually, nothing is final. It’s a Planet Albany pantomime that’s played out over the last several yea
Tennessee Republicans pass new gerrymander following Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act ruling
The map aims to give the GOP a clean sweep of the state’s nine congressional districts by fracturing Black-majority Memphis between three districts.
Poll: Voters aren’t so sure about Trump’s sweeping election bill
The POLITICO Poll finds that a plurality of Americans neither support nor oppose the bill, or are unsure, even as the president makes it a top priority.
Menin’s Fair Fares push tests Mamdani
DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 36 ALL’S FARE: City Council Speaker Julie Menin portrayed Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration today as stuck running a failing mass transit discount program. The alternative? Her own plan to provide free fares to hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers. Dr
The POLITICO Poll - April 2026 SAVE Act
The POLITICO Poll results on Americans' views of the SAVE America Act.
Tennessee unveils new congressional map poised to erase Dem seat
The proposed map would give the GOP a clean sweep of the state’s nine congressional districts.
Former ICE official falls short in Ohio battleground district GOP primary
Madison Sheahan’s loss to former state Rep. Derek Merrin brings relief to Republicans concerned about her electability against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur.
‘The Kamala Harris problem’: Vance’s 2028 hopes hinge on Trump, Iowa Republicans say
The vice president’s first trip to the early caucus state saw him defending the White House’s response to a sputtering economy with an eye towards his own presidential ambitions.
With Indiana, Trump asserts his grip on the GOP
The president successfully ousted a majority of the Republican state senators who blocked his redistricting effort last year.
Billionaires of the world, unite!
DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 35 VORNADO CHIEF SLAMS MAMDANI: Billionaire real estate magnate Steve Roth is standing strong with fellow billionaire Ken Griffin in his spat with Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Instead of being singled out and scorned in viral videos, Roth, CEO of Vornado Realty
We’re about to find out whether Trump is kingmaker or lame duck
So far, his chosen candidates in several May primaries are struggling to dominate their fields.
Republicans' youth voter problem
A new national poll of 1,000 young Americans finds deep discontent over the economy and signs of a base problem for Republicans.
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Poll: The midterms' new big players are pushing agendas that voters don’t fully support
An April POLITICO Poll finds broad skepticism about both crypto and AI, creating a growing tension for candidates benefiting from the influx of cash.
Ohio Republicans fear former ICE official could cost them a battleground House seat
Madison Sheahan is facing attacks from GOP primary opponents over her tenure in the Trump administration.
