Alex Isenstadt

Haverford College students and alumni are calling on the school to remove Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's name from its library after revelations about Lutnick's ties to the late pedophile Jeff...

Republicans are getting crushed in scores of state and local races, raising deep concerns about a deflated base refusing to show up to vote even in the most pro-Trump areas.Why it matters: The numb...

Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell once sent a message to an email address associated with former President Clinton that complimented the size of the recipient's genitals, according t...

Josh Hawley once was a key ally of President Trump's in the U.S. Senate. But Trump and his allies have been increasingly angry with Hawley recently, miffed by some moves the Missouri Republican has...

Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican eyeing a 2028 White House run, torched Vice President Vance and ridiculed President Trump's tariff policy during private meetings with donors, according to recor...

Elon Musk has cut a massive $10 million check to bolster Nate Morris, an outsider, pro-Trump candidate running to succeed retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Axios has learned.Why it matters: Th...

Senior Trump political adviser Chris LaCivita and The Daily Beast have reached a settlement agreement stemming from a defamation suit LaCivita brought against the news outlet last year.Why it matte...

President Trump's team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling. The results, reflected in public surveys, bolstered internal concern about the...

Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon is laying the groundwork for a 2028 run for president, two people familiar with his thinking tell Axios.Why it matters: The MAGA godfather isn't seriou...

The relationship between President Trump and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene grew so poisonous that the White House told the Secret Service that Greene may have tipped off Code Pink protesters a...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is starting off the new year in a familiar, uncomfortable predicament:The Louisiana Republican faces a shrinking majority, a loss of control over the legislative agenda, ...

Vice President JD Vance plans to literally fly above MAGA's rising civil war — campaigning coast to coast in the midterms and sticking close to President Trump, while building support for an expect...

Elon Musk has begun funding the GOP's House and Senate campaigns for the 2026 midterms — an indication his relationship with President Trump has thawed since their messy breakup earlier this year.W...

President Trump's advisers are furious with Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for starting an anti-abortion group to spur new action on the issue, which the White House views as a loser for Republicans in n...

President Trump is likely to loosen still-tough federal restrictions on marijuana use early next year, Axios has learned.Why it matters: While conservatives have long expressed a degree of discomfo...

Senior Trump advisers are telling top GOP donors that a pair of upcoming Supreme Court decisions are likely to bolster Republicans in the 2026 midterms — and transform the party's power to win elec...

A new Trump-aligned online fundraising platform has emerged, and is poised to upend the Republican Party's massive cash ecosystem.Why it matters: The new platform — called Impact — will clash with ...

President Trump, staring down criticism that he's prioritized global issues over pocketbook worries, next week will kick off a year of heavy stateside travel that's focused on selling his economic ...

Republicans won Tennessee's hotly watched special U.S. House election Tuesday, but the single-digit margin in a conservative Nashville-area district was the party's latest warning sign ahead of nex...

President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally to boost a Republican candidate in a high-stakes Tennessee special congressional election.Why it matters: The...