Politico December 10, 2025
THE CATCH-UP
DEVELOPING: President Donald Trump held a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, British PM Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz this morning to discuss the war in Ukraine. “Intensive work on the peace plan is continuing and will continue in the coming days,” a spokesperson from Downing Street said after the call. More from POLITICO’s Gregory Svirnovskiy
THE PATH TO NOWHERE: It’s looking all but certain that the Affordable Care Act subsidies — which have emerged as a campaign cudgel for Democrats and health care headache for Republicans — will expire at the end of the month. Though lawmakers have devised multiple solutions, none have brought real consensus.
That reality was evident during the briefing that Speaker...







