Five stories will make or break New York in 2024

NEW YORK — The Empire State is at the center of the national political storm as 2024 begins, from the battle for the House to the migrant crisis. From House races that could decide the fate of Congress to the governor’s growing dissension with the state Legislature, New York is sure to be chock full of drama this year. And while former President Donald Trump will be fighting...

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Harvard President Claudine Gay to resign, Crimson and Globe report

Harvard's embattled president Claudine Gay will step down Tuesday afternoon, according to campus newspaper The Harvard Crimson. The Boston Globe is also reporting that Gay will step down Tuesday. Both outlets are citing anonymous sourcing. Harvard did not immediately return POLITICO's request for comment. The university and the Harvard Corporation, which oversees the university,...

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Trouble with tha God

NEW YORK — It’s not so much that Charlamagne tha God has beef with the president. It’s just that he thinks Joe Biden is a lousy messenger and that he lacks the basic political skills that — whatever one thinks about the guy — Donald Trump possesses. Sitting in the second row of his black Escalade as his driver crawls through Manhattan traffic on a late October morning, the...

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RIP ‘worker-centered trade’: Biden’s global economic agenda stalls

President Joe Biden’s ambitious plans to rewrite the rules of global trade — and blunt Donald Trump’s economic message against him — are running aground just as the nation enters election season. The chief reason: Biden has failed to sell his self-styled “worker-centered” trade policy to key members of his own party, stoking fears of a backlash at the ballot box from the...

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Washington helps millions pay their internet bills. This spring that help could go away.

Rolanda Hayden may owe her job to a fast home internet connection — and a benefit from Washington that lets her afford it. The 56-year-old resident of mountainous Brevard, N.C., started receiving federal aid that helps low-income people pay for broadband internet while she was studying for her bachelor’s degree during the coronavirus pandemic. The criminal justice degree...

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