World Cup final draws record 62.8M U.S. viewers
Sunday's FIFA World Cup final drew more than 62.8 million viewers in the U.S., making it the most-watched World Cup…
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Scoop: Trump's top MAGA advisers gather to plot midterms
President Trump's top political advisers inside and outside of the White House are meeting Tuesday afternoon to review…
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Scoop: Trump's Cabinet members are joining TikTok after DOJ shift
Most of President Trump's Cabinet will launch TikTok accounts Tuesday, a move that comes days after the Justice…
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Mike Johnson backs ban on lawmakers dating Hill staff
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Axios Tuesday he supports banning members of Congress from having romantic or…
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Hugging Face breach: OpenAI claims its models were responsible
OpenAI said Tuesday that models it was testing escaped their sandbox and compromised parts of AI platform Hugging…
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N.J. removes noncitizens from voter rolls after finding software glitch
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) ordered the removal of self-identified noncitizens erroneously added to voter rolls…
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Trump revives dormant Smoot-Hawley authority
President Trump is invoking an unused provision of the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to impose additional tariffs on…
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Trump vows U.S. will soon bomb Iran's Pickaxe Mountain
President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. military will bomb Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, a deep underground site that the…
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Trump admin freezes more than $1 billion in Medicaid funds
The Trump administration is halting more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota until…
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Democrats probe Epstein's ties with foreign governments
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may have acted as an unregistered foreign agent — and tried to leverage his past…
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Trump administration consults unused 1930s law for tariff playbook
The Trump administration keeps finding new ways to wage trade wars. As one novel tariff authority nears its expiration,…
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Trump "public charge" rule resets health test for green cards
The Trump administration formally laid the groundwork Monday to weigh immigrants' use of programs like Medicaid and…
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Trump hosts Lebanon's president as Israel begins first pullback
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday — a sit-down that comes as the…
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Inside a group's push for whites-only "heritage communities"
A white separatist group is openly planning a network of whites-only settlements across rural America that aim to…
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Iran mediators push new ceasefire as Trump eyes all-out war
President Trump is nearing a decisive fork in the Iran war, with U.S. and Israeli officials envisioning only two viable…
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U.S. to slap 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
The Trump administration said Monday that it will impose an additional 50% tariff on certain Canadian goods — including…
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Senate watches the House on reconciliation 3.0
Senate Republicans are warming to the idea of using a third reconciliation package to replenish the Pentagon's depleted…
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Scoop: Rep. Chuck Edwards gifted pink and blue handguns to young female staffers
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) gave two young female staffers each a personalized handgun as a present while they worked…
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Nordone to launch bid for Graham's Senate seat
Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-S.C.) confirmed on Monday that she's jumping into the GOP race for her late brother…
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Cyclospora investigation still points to recalled lettuce, FDA says
The FDA said Monday it still thinks Taylor Farms lettuce is likely behind a Cyclospora outbreak, even after pulling…
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Exclusive: House Republicans outraise Democrats in June
The House Republicans' campaign arm brought in $17.6 million in June, leaving them with $92.7 million in cash on hand,…
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Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger paused by federal judge
A federal judge has paused Paramount Skydance's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery in response to a lawsuit last week…
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Troy Jackson poised to seize Maine baton after Platner's exit
Democrats are rallying around former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D) in the quest to unseat Republican Sen.…
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Scoop: Trump AI security agency head resigns
Chris Fall, the director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, is resigning just three months after taking…
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Gas again tops $4 per gallon as Iran fighting persists
Drivers can expect pump shock déjà vu as the national average gas price again climbed over $4 per gallon Monday, as…
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How AI is supercharging drug development
Artificial intelligence is dramatically speeding up drug development — and a proprietary survey shows how it's priming…
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The secret Trump administration battle to fight Chinese AI
The Trump administration is showing signs it could ban cutting-edge Chinese AI models — a momentous move that could…
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Inside House Democrats' fear-driven turn against Israel
Last week's dramatic showdown over cutting U.S. aid to Israel offered a glimpse into just how profoundly progressive…
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U.S. strikes Iran again after troop deaths
The U.S. military launched fresh strikes against Iran on Sunday evening, after announcing the death of one American…
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Oil tops $90 as Middle East fighting escalates
Data: Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Ben Geman/Axios Oil prices jumped above $90 per barrel Sunday in the first major…
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Top Pentagon official blasts OpenAI's Dean Ball
A senior Trump administration official and key adviser are slamming OpenAI head of strategic futures Dean Ball's views…
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AOC channels Obama's "Hope and Change" message
DETROIT — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's message on the campaign trail increasingly echoes Barack Obama's early…
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Trump's DOJ turns to a never-used court for its next deportation fight
The Justice Department is asking a never-before-used federal court to remove an unnamed noncitizen, the first use of a…
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GOP midterms strategy: Make it a "hate election"
Republicans admit the GOP's midterm forecast is bleak. But they're clinging to two hopes: voters' fear and loathing of…
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Gas prices are rising again — and so is GOP grief in the midterms
Just when Republicans thought they'd caught a break on gas prices, the collapse of President Trump's Iran deal is…
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Two U.S. troops killed in Iranian missile attack on Jordan
Two U.S. service members were killed and more wounded in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on an airbase in Jordan on…
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