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May 20, 2026
Jan. 6 officers sue over Trump's $1.8B fund they call a "corrupt sham"
Two law enforcement officers who battled Jan. 6 rioters at the Capitol in 2021 filed a suit Wednesday to dissolve President Trump's $1.8 billion fund for victims of alleged weaponized political pro...
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May 19, 2026
DOJ settlement prevents future tax investigations of Trump and his family
A settlement between President Trump and the IRS that created a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund was expanded Tuesday to bar additional tax investigations into him, his family and his busines...
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May 19, 2026
The new college graduation ritual: booing AI
As artificial intelligence forces students to rethink their majors and reshapes the job market, it's clear that graduates don't want to hear about the technology on their big day. The big picture: ...
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May 18, 2026
Trump's economic polling is in freefall
President Trump's approval rating fell to a new second-term low in polling released Monday.Why it matters: Economic discontent drove Trump's re-election, but his failure to temper inflation and the...
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May 16, 2026
AI sends A grades into overdrive
Some college classes are seeing a boom in students earning A's — many with the help of AI.Why it matters: Universities and colleges were already concerned about how many students are earning A's an...
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May 13, 2026
Exclusive: Sen. Welch would back Trump's most favored nation drug policy plan
Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said Wednesday he'd back President Trump's push to pursue a "most-favored nation" drug policy at Wednesday's Axios Future of Health summit.Why it matters: Bipartisan suppor...
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May 13, 2026
Americans aren't feeling so neighborly anymore
Reproducted from AEI; Chart: Axios VisualsAmericans are spending more time at home, yet many have become strangers to their neighbors — especially young Americans, who are increasingly unlikely to ...
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May 11, 2026
Trump and Rubio's escalating rhetoric show a Cuban invasion could be imminent
President Trump is increasing pressure on Cuba's government, elevating concerns that his continued threats to invade the Caribbean island could become reality.Why it matters: A U.S. invasion of Cub...
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May 6, 2026
Trump's student loan limits could rock the health care industry
The Trump administration's new federal student loan limits could force aspiring health care workers to abandon their degrees or turn to private lenders.Why it matters: America's aging population me...
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May 5, 2026
Trump vs. the public's right to know
The Trump administration's moves to limit public access to government records are prompting warnings from watchdogs and historians.The big picture: As the Justice Department challenges the constitu...
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May 4, 2026
TikTok's BookTok is turning pages into streaming gold
The BookTok community — ravenous readers who share reviews of their latest reads — is reshaping the streaming wars.Why it matters: Production studios are tuning in to influential creators and built...
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May 2, 2026
AI is changing how we write and speak
While AI was trained to write like humans, these large language models are eroding the unpredictability of our writing and shifting the way we talk. The big picture: Researchers found that AI pushe...
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April 29, 2026
Supreme Court narrows key voting rights law
The Supreme Court ruled limited a key provision of the Voting Rights Act Wednesday, handing a loss to civil rights groups.Why it matters: The ruling could reshape voting all across the South and co...
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April 27, 2026
Correspondents' Dinner suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump
The suspect in Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump on Monday, alongside two federal gun charges that...
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April 26, 2026
GOP backs controversial White House ballroom after shooting
Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner has pushed Republicans to coalesce around President Trump's proposal for a new White House ballroom with a subterranean bun...
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April 24, 2026
Exclusive: "Just tell him the truth": An ex-aide's advice for talking to Trump
The best way business leaders can receive help from President Trump is to "just tell him the truth," Former White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich told Axios co-founder Mike Allen on Fri...
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April 24, 2026
ICE detention center expansion sparks national protest
The push to block ICE's plans to expand detention centers is fueling a coordinated national day of protests on Saturday.Why it matters: No Kings protests have shown an appetite among Americans to u...
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April 22, 2026
Scoop: Trump set to reclassify marijuana soon
The Trump administration is expected to move to reclassify marijuana as soon as Wednesday, per an administration official familiar with the matter.Why it matters: The move would make it easier to s...
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April 20, 2026
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to exit Trump administration
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned from her position to move into a private sector job, White House communications director Steven Cheung announced Monday.Deputy Secretary Keith Sonde...
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April 16, 2026
SCOTUS justices air disputes in rare public rifts
Supreme Court justices are trading barbs over the court's direction, breaking from their usually private and civil decorum.Why it matters: The recent remarks have offered a rare public display of t...
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April 14, 2026
The first AI-era war is a "slopaganda" battle to control memes
A LEGO man rapping about President Trump's TACO trades and an image of the commander-in-chief as a Jesus-like figure healing the sick are both symptoms of an AI-fueled propaganda boom driven by the...
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April 4, 2026
Priceless items are easy to steal. They're increasingly harder to sell.
Criminals are growing bolder, stealing priceless art, jewels and truckloads of goods — but it's harder than it looks for them to cash in on their heists.Why it matters: Because massive heists immed...
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April 1, 2026
What's at risk if SCOTUS sides with Trump in birthright citizenship case
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday over President Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship in a case that could decide who gets to be an American.Why it matters: A ru...
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March 30, 2026
AI distances itself from adult content that once drove the tech revolution
Tech giants are pulling back from AI-generated pornography over mounting legal, safety and reputational risks, abandoning an industry that has driven technological innovation since before the inter...
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March 25, 2026
Exclusive: Lockheed Martin's Martell says warfare requires human-machine teamwork
The future of warfare involves humans and machines working together, Lockheed Martin's chief technology officer Craig Martell predicted on Wednesday at Axios' AI+DC Summit.Why it matters: As the mi...
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March 21, 2026
Chávez celebrations halted as allegations reshape legacy
Efforts to strike or rename events honoring United Farm Workers leader César Chávez are accelerating days after allegations surfaced that he sexually abused girls and young women.Why it matters: Th...
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March 20, 2026
U.S. seeks billions from Harvard in alleged antisemitism suit
The Trump administration sued Harvard on Friday, alleging the school "turned a blind eye" to the harassment of Jewish and Israeli students on campus in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.Why it m...
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March 18, 2026
César Chávez allegations grow as Dolores Huerta speaks out
Labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta said Wednesday that she was sexually abused by farmworker leader César Chávez decades ago, becoming the most high-profile figure to accuse him of miscon...
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March 14, 2026
Blue books make a comeback at colleges in the AI era. Why not "chisels," critic mocks
Colleges besieged by AI-generated writing brought back blue book exams to deter cheating, but some educators say hand-written tests don't showcase students' best work and disadvantage swaths of lea...
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March 13, 2026
Exclusive: Serena Williams tells SXSW storytelling helps founders win investors
Reckitt Catalyst entrepreneur-in-residence Serena Williams told founders at Axios House during SXSW on Friday that one of the toughest hurdles for early-stage entrepreneurs is learning how to sell ...
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