House approves WRDA bill with Flint amendment
House Republicans agreed to the Flint aid a day after Senate Democrats filibustered a stop-gap spending measure.
Trump’s new brain trust
His transition team, larger than Hillary Clinton’s, is drilling down on the policy details Trump's campaign has skipped.
Computer researcher to Congress: 'It's possible' for hackers to alter election
“It’s possible,” said Andrew Appel, a professor at Princeton University, at a House Oversight IT subcommittee hearing focused on election cybersecurity.
Hunter eyes omnibus for icebreaker boost
In a letter obtained by POLITICO, Hunter cautioned House leadership this month that the Coast Guard will be spending up to a decade acquiring a new heavy...
For-profit college accused of 'outsourcing' campuses to India
The college insists the move will breathe new life into closing campuses where students who were once pressed to enroll with hard sales tactics now say...
The Pentagon’s unkillable medical research bonanza
Congress adds more than $1 billion to the defense budget each year for studies of health problems like epilepsy, diabetes and osteoporosis — but critics...
CFPB takes first enforcement action against lending startup
The bureau claims Google-backed LendUp violated consumer protection laws.
POLITICO-Harvard poll: Like Trump, public mistrusts unemployment data
Only 34 percent of Americans are confident that the Labor Department’s stated unemployment rate of 4.9 percent is correct.
Tech companies launch new AI coalition
Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft pledged to address the privacy, security and ethical challenges of AI.
Brady urges White House: 'Pick up the pace' on TPP
President Barack Obama needs to speed up his efforts to resolve concerns in Congress about a few provisions of the TPP if he hopes to win approval of the...
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Trump accuses Google of 'suppressing' Clinton info
Google denied the allegations in a June 10 statement. -
Paul Ryan's treacherous political future
As if governing alongside Clinton or Trump weren't hard enough, he'll have to do it while deciding on his own White House run. -
Warren: Clinton running ‘the most progressive agenda in history’
She defends the Democratic nominees against Trump's attacks on trade deals. -
Sanders takes Clinton’s case to young voters
The Democrat leans on her socialist rival as she tries to tell a positive, Trump-free tale of her candidacy. -
Some regional insurers scaling back exchange participation
There's been a steady trickle of insurers announcing that they're leaving the Obamacare exchanges or scaling back their participation in the days since... -
Freedom Caucus weighs request to delay leadership election
They could send a letter as soon as this week, should they pursue the request. -
Trump accuses FBI of not trying hard enough to recover Clinton's deleted emails
Trump warns voters that they cannot take a chance on having Clinton elected president in November. -
POLITICO Magazine: The Flimsy Case Against No-First-Use of Nuclear Weapons
Obama wants to do it, but his advisers are squeamish. Here’s why they shouldn’t be.
