Politico
June 2026
Trump wins climate battle at the World Bank
I wouldn’t be shocked if the bank continued to have an extremely robust clean pipeline with or without this target,
At the same time, it’s a sign of the times and the World Bank is doing its level best to not rankle its largest shareholder,
Discussions are actively being held,
This is way, way away from where we should be for a responsible financial architecture,
Mullin says he 'did a happy dance' after Iran's World Cup exit
Speaking with reporters afterward, Mullin vigorously defended the administration’s decision to impose unprecedented travel restrictions on the Iranian national team, such as entering only a day or two before the match and leaving immediately after
The game was over. Let them get back to the hotel, their base camp, where they’re at,
We worked with Mexico, talked with our counterparts there, and we talked with [Mexican] President [Claudia] Sheinbaum and it was agreed to allow them to come to Tijuana,
They were playing games the whole time,
That wasn’t accurate. They — of course, you can’t trust anything Iran is saying,
We didn’t do that for any other team,
There wasn’t a single team — not a single team — we had to spend more time with, by far, dealing with what Iran was trying to do,
Trump’s pet issues keep losing at the Supreme Court
But Trump’s own obsessions get a much cooler reception
Judge blocks Pentagon’s press escort policy
Trump looks to Plan B on birthright citizenship
The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our Country, but we can easily make it up in Congress through Legislation, with the support of the President, that has now been determined during this process,
That would be one of those portfolios that we feel like we have nowhere near the number of [full-time employees] to be able to provide accountability for,
Zero chance Congress passes legislation needed to override the ruling,
Congress retains the authority to clarify federal law, and it should act immediately to restore the original meaning of the Citizenship Clause and protect the integrity of American citizenship,
FDA unveils peptides position
Demand isn’t a surrogate for safety, and once this is available, it will be available throughout the country, so having enforceable guardrails would be extremely important,
The relationship between belief in vaccine myths and use of social media or AI for health information continues to be significant even when controlling for factors like age, race and ethnicity, education, and partisanship,
There is political upside to both Congressional candidates and the Trump administration restoring access to peptide therapies,
DOJ investigating Gallego for campaign finance violations
I never would have ran for Senate if it wasn’t for me being able to use campaign dollars for child care,
Kean returns to House, says depression diagnosis led to four-month absence
When I said I hoped to return in a matter of weeks, I believed it,
If it were me, I would have been more specific about that, and I encouraged him to be.”
Yeah, I am nervous — of course I am, because it’s a very unsettling situation,
I am a private person by nature,
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship
If Congress intended to limit American citizenship to the children of those domiciled in the United States, nothing in the succinct language of the Citizenship Clause conveyed that design,
Many of those who have grown up here now have a strong moral claim to be allowed to remain, but that is a matter that the Fourteenth Amendment, when properly interpreted, leaves to Congress,
Supreme Court loosens campaign finance laws, opening up flood of midterm cash
Republicans tend to get more money from large donors, while Democrats have been more reliant on small-dollar donors
The Supreme Court just took restrictions off political spending!”
Today’s ruling is a win for billionaire donors and special interests who want more influence over the GOP agenda and an invitation for corruption,
To uphold the political-party coordinated-expenditure limits here could therefore help consign political parties to continued second-tier status as compared to outside groups,
By striking down these unconstitutional caps on coordinated spending, the Court has restored core political speech and ensured parties can compete on a level playing field,
Today’s decision follows a string of disastrous campaign finance rulings from the Roberts Court that began with Citizens United,
Supreme Court upholds laws banning trans athletes from women's sports
A person holds a sign advocating for a ban on transgender women and girls in women's and girls' sports outside the Supreme Court on June 29, 2026
Talarico and Paxton tied in latest Texas Senate poll
Paxton is running behind the incumbent Republican governor
Many Americans don’t know what to believe on vaccines
Uncertainty is more common than ardent belief, and at least half of the public are falling in this malleable middle, which I think could reflect an opening or opportunity for those who are trying to kind of dispel or counter these myths,
A ban could reduce premiums for rural workers and employers, improve the negotiating position of independent rural hospitals, and impose minimal pressure on system-owned rural hospitals,
Trump said gas prices would fall after the war, defying the experts. So far, he’s right.
The decrease comes as the United States and Iran reached a preliminary agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Trump's threats keep trillion-dollar trade deal in purgatory
Uncertainty makes it hard for businesses to plan. It’s that simple,
SAVE America swallows Washington
Dems aim to pressure Trump on Lebanon
If this is the administration’s defense behind closed doors, Secretary Rubio should make it under oath, in public, before the Foreign Relations Committee,
It’s a lawless agency, and I think Russ Vought’s mission is to violate the Constitution, which gives the power of the purse to the Congress, and in doing that, really to dismantle the appropriations committee and accumulate the power of the purse to himself,
In light of the tremendous loss in the Supreme Court today concerning Voter’s Rights, and the fact that ‘people’s’ votes are allowed to be counted LONG AFTER an Election is over, it is more important than ever to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,
The voter ID part I’m fine with,
It’s not personal, but it is very frustrating,
The messy standoff driving a wedge between a bipartisan Senate duo
We’re so far apart. We haven’t faced anything like that in recent memory,
Rather than legislate and work these things out,... I think it’s been decided on the other side to just be obstinate and not participate and not negotiate.”
We do not have an agreement,
Obviously Susan is up this year. And Democrats, at every level and every opportunity, are playing politics with it,
So they’re both advocating for their viewpoint,
We had members who wanted to offer what would probably be considered poison pills by Democrats. And Senator Collins talked Republicans out of doing so, to move the process.”
It’s not personal, but it is very frustrating,
Venezuelans search more quake ruins as attention turns to humanitarian crisis
Here we are again, back in the street,
We have to stay strong, even without food, without sleep,
Many people could have been saved if there had been equipment and support from top authorities from the very beginning,
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan can face challenge from other Dan Sullivan, court says
The campaign of Dan J. Sullivan, who recently changed his registration to Republican, released a statement welcoming the ruling
We’re disappointed in the court’s decision because as the sham candidate Dan J. Sullivan’s lawyers made clear in their legal arguments, the only reason he is running is to deceive voters and manipulate Alaska’s election system,
This matter is remanded for the Division of Elections to determine, in the first instance, how appellee Sullivan shall be listed as a candidate within the confines of existing Alaska ballot design law,
We are grateful for the Alaska Supreme Court’s careful and timely attention to this important expedited matter, and its decision to affirm Judge Matthews’ well-reasoned, thorough order vacating the Division’s unlawful decision to exclude me as a candidate,
Self-exiled Chinese billionaire gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction
The judge, in sentencing him, read snippets of letters she received from victims who described losing their life savings and feeling severely anxious and shamed and having family members turn on them for their poor investment choice
When I came here, I said: ‘I have a tummy ache, I need to go to the bathroom, I don’t feel well,
The reason I came to the US was to destroy the CCP.”
Kids’ safety package wins House approval
But a bipartisan deal for the KIDS Act emerged in the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week, which would create baseline federal standards for kids’ online safety while allowing states to adopt more aggressive protections
It’s not how I would write the bill. But we’re not in the majority,
We’re not going to let bad legislation with a good title just get across and think somebody’s done something,
All users, including kids, deserve strong privacy protections, not mandates to hand over more and more personal details whenever they go online,
You’ve gotta vote for things that are imperfect all the time in this business,
Trump’s election crusade hits another wall at the Supreme Court
Trump’s high-court flop caps a year in which the president has attempted to bludgeon into effect his preferred version of American elections: He’s sought to impose strict voter ID requirements, which opponents say would disenfranchise thousands of voters, restrict mail-in ballots, which have become some states’ preferred voting method, and punish states that refuse to conform
By allowing States to continue receiving new ballots during these drawn-out processes, today’s decision will only exacerbate voters’ distrust,
Like other such issues, however, they must be addressed through the democratic process,
Top Trump officials face bipartisan questions in first all-member Iran briefings
If this is the administration’s defense behind closed doors, Secretary Rubio should make it under oath, in public, before the Foreign Relations Committee,
Trump's AI controls spark free speech debate
NYC’s budget negotiations drag on
But ratifying the municipal spending plan after the start of the July 1 fiscal year is just not done in the nation’s largest city — a cultural vestige of the 1970s financial crisis, when City Hall was shocked into a pecuniary punctuality it has maintained for decades
Anybody who’s indicted federally hopes that some miracle is going to happen.”
Anthony Constantino had a rousing victory in the Republican primary and it is incredibly important to New York and America that we elect Anthony to succeed Elise Stefanik in Congress,