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NEW: Beijing’s extraordinary move last week to walk away from the White House’s TikTok deal as leverage in an escalating trade war defies the norms of economic negotiations — but follows President Donald Trump’s own trade playbook. politico.com/news/2025/04/1…

NEW: Vice President JD Vance is spending Easter weekend in Rome, where he’ll meet with a top Vatican official amid tension with the Catholic Church over the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies. politico.com/news/2025/04/1…

NEW: A Q&A with Alex Pascal, who helped craft the Biden Administration's strategy to combat antisemitism — and warned Trump's plans could backfire and further fuel antisemitism in the U.S. politico.com/news/magazine/…

NEW: This year’s White House Correspondents’ weekend is shaping up to be a contrast moment ripe for tension and awkwardness — both for the press and for the president. politico.com/news/2025/04/2…

NEW: DOGE in 100 days has reshaped Washington, and nearly a quarter of a million workers have or are expected to leave their federal jobs. But its impact in other ways has been more narrow than both supporters and detractors might realize. w/ Sophia Cai politico.com/news/2025/04/2…

🚨🚨100 days of DOGE: — 250,000 workers exiting — 11 agencies gutted — 64 lawsuits filed — $160B in claimed savings — 8,500 contracts + 10,000 grants killed Yet government spending is still higher than last year. W/ Irie Sentner politico.com/news/2025/04/2…

NEW: President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order establishing a presidential commission on religious liberty, openly questioning the separation of church and state. politico.com/news/2025/05/0…

NEW: Trump on Thursday signed an executive order that seeks to restrict public funds to NPR and PBS, two independent public news organizations that have faced Republicans’ ire for reporting they claim is biased. politico.com/news/2025/05/0…

"The American press corps and academy are under attack. Should either pillar fall silent at this pivotal moment ... both may wither away and become wholly unrecognizable ... Columbia University is making a grave mistake in its apparent unwillingness to engage with its student press."

W/ Irie Sentner politico.com/news/2025/05/0…

NEW: JD Vance endorsed his brother in a Cincinnati mayoral primary this week. But did he vote? He’s eligible to vote absentee in the city, according to a registered voter list. But public records suggest he didn’t do so, and Vance won’t say. w/ Adam Wren politico.com/news/2025/05/0…

NEW: Dozens of American titans of industry flew to Riyadh for Trump's state visit — the latest instance in which the American elite, once reproachful of Trump, has swiftly moved to impress him. politico.com/news/2025/05/1…

NEW: Trump's Middle East trip this week bucked the norms of presidential travel, demonstrating just how swiftly and drastically his transactional approach to foreign policy has reshaped the way other countries interact with the U.S. w/ Eli Stokols politico.com/news/2025/05/1…

NEW: Cross the Trump administration on immigration, and you will pay. That’s the apparent message behind two prosecutions that Trump’s Justice Department has launched against officials in the other co-equal branches of government. w/ Josh Gerstein politico.com/news/2025/05/2…

Trump left his meeting with members of the House Freedom Caucus to attend a pre-scheduled event celebrating the University of Florida Gators, according to a White House official. The Freedom Caucus meeting is ongoing with White House staff, the official said.

NEW: Progressives are grappling with the killing of two people who worked at the Israeli embassy in Washington by a gunman who echoed a slogan that has become a rallying cry for many American liberals since the start of the war in Gaza. politico.com/news/2025/05/2…

Trump called bitcoin a scam against the dollar in 2021. You wouldn’t know it this week. w/ Declan Harty & Irie Sentner POLITICO politico.com/news/2025/05/2…

NEW: During Musk's four months in Washington, the political, reputational and personal fortunes of the world’s richest man have changed dramatically. Today, he said goodbye — for now. politico.com/news/2025/05/3…

NEW: In a Washington full of big money and bigger personalities, the Trump-Musk blowup is shaping up to be the breakup of the decade. And it’s happening for all the world to see. politico.com/news/2025/06/0…

NEW: JD Vance quietly flew to rural Montana on Tuesday to speak to a group of Fox News executives including Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch at their sprawling family ranch, per a source familiar. AF2 landed around 2:30 p.m. MT and took off after nightfall. politico.com/newsletters/we…