AI scrambles the political map
The search for a winning message on AI is pushing candidates and lawmakers into unexpected political territory. Why it…
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GOP finds its next progressive target in Minnesota
Republicans have a new name on their growing list of progressive midterm targets: Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan,…
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A convergence of biological risks
What's the common thread connecting AI advances, biological breakthroughs, a preponderance of high-risk-high-reward…
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Scoop: Key W.H. national security aide Andy Baker is departing
White House deputy national security adviser Andy Baker is leaving the administration in the coming weeks. Why it…
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Trump stops short of endorsing Bibi as his campaign falters
When Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump met in the Oval Office two weeks ago, the president asked the Israeli prime…
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"Rubio Realizing" memes become a White House birthday gift
Photo: Marc Caputo/Axios Marco Rubio has three official Trump administration jobs and a fourth unofficial title: Viral…
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Scoop: Trump team tells GOP to lean in on health care
President Trump's top political hands had some surprising advice for Senate Republicans last week: Talk more about…
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"It is despicable": House Democrats rage over Republican stock trading "set-up"
House Democrats went into the vote on the Stop Insider Trading Act last month groaning that it was all a big Republican…
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Kushner set to visit Israel, Egypt next week for Gaza talks
Jared Kushner, President Trump's envoy and son-in-law, is planning to visit Israel next week for talks on the situation…
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Kennedy Center board restores Trump's name, testing judge
The Kennedy Center board voted Thursday to again add President Trump's name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the…
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Trump wins legal battle to keep cheap imports subject to tariffs
A federal trade court ruled Thursday that President Trump can block cheap imports — including from Chinese retailers…
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Trump's White House remodel tab keeps growing
The East Wing is gone, a new helipad is spreading across the lawn, and scaffolding wraps the White House's front…
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Maggie Haberman says 70% of Trump's attention goes to monuments, renovations and legacy
The New York Times' Maggie Haberman tells me 70% of President Trump's mindshare ("maybe plus or minus 5%") goes to his…
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Musk and Zuckerberg claw back into AI race with new model momentum
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have muscled their way back into AI's elite ranks, defying early obituaries to close the…
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Pollsters missed again in Wisconsin. Here's why.
Pollsters appeared to blow another high-stakes Midwest election Tuesday, as center-left Democrat David Crowley stunned…
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Youth poll: Thumbs down on everything
Data: Generation Lab; Chart: Danielle Alberti/Axios More than a quarter of younger Americans (27%) believe they or…
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Why House Dems may go easy on one of GOP's most vulnerable members
Rep. Mike Lawler's (R-N.Y.) fight to hold on to a key battleground seat is getting a behind-the-scenes assist — for…
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Congressional campaign stars
It's August, which means lawmakers are fanning out across the country to campaign for themselves and their colleagues.…
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Karoline Leavitt stepping down as White House press secretary
Karoline Leavitt will be stepping down from her role as White House press secretary at the end of the month, President…
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Trump's ballroom costs are rising. What we know about the secret underground bunker
The development costs of President Trump's White House ballroom keep rising — as does speculation about what the…
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ICE plans to put electric-shock gloves on officers' hands
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to begin using electric shock gloves designed to cause pain and disrupt a…
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Quantifying the AI boom crowding-out effect
When investment on the scale of the current AI boom occurs, it inevitably has to come at the expense of something. All…
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Diesel desperation is mounting globally
The state of the global diesel market is getting even more precarious as the Russia-Ukraine war and the Iran crisis…
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Socialist fever breaks: Takeaways from Crowley's win
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated socialist Francesca Hong by about 3,000 votes, dealing a…
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AI brings savings to clinical trials: study
Artificial intelligence isn't just speeding up early-stage drug development, it's starting to unlock millions of…
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Anthropic's text watermarks signal new front in AI detection
Anthropic's new models will add machine-readable "watermarks" to Claude-generated text and files to comply with new…
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Moderate Crowley narrowly beats democratic socialist Hong in Wisconsin
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated state Rep. Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, in…
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"Woke 1 was crazy": AOC seeks do-over on 2020-era rhetoric
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is trying to pull off a political feat for the ages: bury a chapter of left-wing politics…
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Rep. John Larson ouster makes 2026 a record year for Democratic primary losses
Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) was unseated Tuesday by his primary challenger, former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, according…
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It's official: Amy Klobuchar is Democrats' pick to succeed Gov. Tim Walz
U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar sailed to victory in Minnesota's Democratic primary for governor on Tuesday. The big picture:…
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South Carolina GOP Senate primary heads to a runoff
Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) advanced Tuesday to a runoff in South Carolina's crowded Republican…
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Trump's mail-in voting restrictions blocked nationwide by federal judge
A federal judge on Tuesday expanded an earlier block on part of President Trump's executive order seeking to tighten…
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The House Democratic money machine is coming for GOP Rep. Max Miller
Democrats have gone from treating Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) as a best-case-scenario target to a genuinely vulnerable…
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Scoop: Senate GOP super PAC doubles down on Michigan
Senate Republicans' top super PAC is pouring an extra $6 million into Michigan to attack Democratic Senate nominee…
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Trump admin cuts Medicaid funds for youth trans care
The Trump administration on Tuesday finalized a plan to cut off federal Medicaid funding for hormone therapy, puberty…
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Trump's secret plane switch: How Air Force One protects the president from threats
President Trump's secret plane switch in Turkey is putting Air Force One's security protocols and defensive…
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