NEWS: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to offer reinstatement to thousands of fired probationary employees at the Departments of Defense, Treasury, Agriculture, Energy, Interior and Veterans Affairs. w/ Josh Gerstein politico.com/news/2025/03/1…

🚨 SCOOP: Pres Trump has told his inner circle & members of his Cabinet that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role ➡️Trump remains pleased w/ Musk & DOGE, but both men have decided in recent days that it will soon be time for Musk to return

NEWS: It wasn’t just Yemen. Mike Waltz set up Signal chats for more than 20 national security crises around the world politico.com/news/2025/04/0…

We're kicking off POLITICO Magazine's annual media issue today with a stellar piece by Michael Kruse on Trump's half-century symbiotic relationship with the media — and how it finally broke politico.com/news/magazine/…

NEW: I've spent the last two months speaking to more than three dozen MSNBC staffers, talent and execs, trying to understand how MSNBC plans to navigate its test of relevance and longevity post the Spin off. My first yarn for POLITICO Magazine — politico.com/news/magazine/…

This week, POLITICO Magazine published its annual Media Issue! This morning, read Adam Wren on WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and the Congressional race where she honed her MAGA message. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Former University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill opens up, for the first time, on how a congressional hearing on antisemitism fueled her resignation — and marked a turning point in the politics of higher ed. politico.com/news/magazine/…

10 years after marriage equality, Jim Obergefell is still struggling to move on from the grief of losing his husband — and America is still struggling to move on from anti-LGBT politics. I wrote about his ongoing fight for LGBT rights in POLITICO Magazine: politico.com/news/magazine/…

Amy Acton's leadership during Covid catapulted her national profile. But within just a few months, Acton had resigned as health director -- later citing the political pressure to sign health orders. Now she's back, and running for office. politico.com/news/magazine/…

What's up everyone this is PBI Softball. A few notes here as our first season gets underway: -In our first game, we suffered humiliating defeat, shut out by the dastardly Wall Street Journal -In our second, we came back from the ashes, winning a convincing victory (via forfeit)

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NEW: Mike Lee’s online persona — spreading conspiracy theories, mocking assassination victims — is causing worry in Salt Lake City. On Lee, his church, and the difficulties of “peacemaking” in our current political era:

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10-9 dub after a 7-1 deficit. This team might be inevitable

The latest in POLITICO Magazine's War Issue today is a pair of incredible stories on the future of drone warfare. First up, a wild dispatch from the Ukrainian frontlines by Ibrahim Naber politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Democrats are desperate to find 'authentic' and 'normal' candidates. Michael Kruse spent his summer in Iowa tracking the field there that was emerging as an answer...until national Democrats stepped in politico.com/news/magazine/…

Game on. 1. Chase Sutton (10) 2. Calder McHugh (6) 3. Curtis Dann-Messier (5) 4. Nathan McAlone (3) 5. Craig Roth (7) 6. Catherine Allen (9) 7. Jessie Blaeser (1) 8. Sydney Bradley (8) 9. Jesse Naranjo (4) 10. Madison Fernandez (2) 11. Maya Kaufman (DH)

Full Michael Kruse story with amazing behind-the-scenes photography by Paola Chapdelaine: politico.com/news/magazine/…