Sophia Cai

3 days ago | politico.com | Sophia Cai |Ben Johansen |Irie Sentner

Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond. | Subscribe | | | RUSS VOUGHT, a key architect of Project 2025 and a leader of the Trump administration’s efforts to drastically shrink the federal government, heads to the Hill tomorrow with one goal: Put senators on the spot.

4 days ago | politico.com | Irie Sentner |Ben Johansen |Sophia Cai

Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond. | Subscribe | | | President DONALD TRUMP’s efforts to remake Washington and the world could come to a head over the next two weeks as his biggest domestic priority and most consequential military action come to make-or-break moments.

1 week ago | politico.com | Ben Johansen |Sophia Cai |Irie Sentner

Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond. | Subscribe | | | The Trump administration today sent out termination notices to hundreds of employees at Voice of America.

1 week ago | politico.com | Holly Otterbein |Sophia Cai |Ben Johansen |Irie Sentner

Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook: Remaking Government, your guide to Donald Trump’s unprecedented overhaul of the federal government — the key decisions, the critical characters and the power dynamics that are upending Washington and beyond. | Subscribe | | | | PROGRAMMING NOTE: We’ll be off this Thursday but will be back in your inboxes on Friday, June 20. President DONALD TRUMP’s administration is moving toward attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to a Trump official.

1 week ago | politico.com | Sophia Cai |Anthony Adragna

The 90-day extension marks the third delay in enforcing the law, as Beijing uses the popular app as leverage in ongoing trade negotiations. In Congress, Republicans are increasingly frustrated by the repeated extensions, but are still granting President Donald Trump space to negotiate a deal.