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20 hours ago | politico.com | Adam Wren |Elena Schneider

“Stop talking about bathrooms and locker rooms and start talking about the classroom,” said former Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emmanuel, the two-term Chicago mayor who said he is open to a 2028 presidential campaign.

1 day ago | politico.com | Caitlin Oprysko

With Katherine Long, Daniel Lippman FIRST IN PI — NYT HIRES BROWNSTEIN: The New York Times has registered to lobby for the first time in more than a decade. The news giant has retained K Street heavyweight Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck to represent it on a range of issues affecting the industry, from encroachments on press freedoms to the threats posed by artificial intelligence.

1 day ago | politico.com | Charles Mahtesian |Charlie Mahtesian

He’s a potentially dangerous man for Trump. Elon Musk and President Donald Trump shake hands during a press conference in the Oval Office at the White House May 30, 2025. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Charlie Mahtesian is senior politics editor at POLITICO. Donald Trump says he is surprised and disappointed with Elon Musk over the messy public meltdown of their partnership. He also should be wary.

1 day ago | politico.com | Megan Messerly |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 | | | LATEST: The Supreme Court this afternoon gave the Department of Government Efficiency unfettered access to the Social Security records of millions of Americans, our JOSH GERSTEIN reports.

1 day ago | politico.com | Josh Gerstein

The high court said a judge’s directive allowing a watchdog group to examine DOGE’s recommendations for cost savings at executive branch agencies was “not appropriately tailored.” Tourists visit the Supreme Court on June 25, 2024, in Washington. | Jacquelyn Martin/AP The Supreme Court has reined in a lower-court order that allowed a watchdog group wide-ranging access to records of the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency.