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September 2, 2026
Nearly 9 in 10 Americans report widespread government corruption after Trump's return
Data: Gallup; Chart: Avery Lotz/AxiosAmericans' perceptions of government corruption have hit a 20-year high following President Trump's return to office, a new Gallup survey found.Why it matters: ...
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August 31, 2026
Trump takes his "Lake America" push to Apple
President Trump has personally asked Apple to rename Lake Ontario "Lake America" on Apple Maps, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in an interview Monday. Why it matters: The request comes after G...
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August 31, 2026
Trump keeps turning his fire on female reporters
President Trump and his team frequently tout the president as the most media-accessible in history — but female reporters in his orbit are often disparaged and belittled, an Axios analysis of his r...
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August 28, 2026
Trump loses longshot bid to erase hush money conviction
A federal judge again declined to erase President Trump's hush money conviction on Friday, noting that the president's arguments were "neither new nor legally sufficient."Why it matters: The loss i...
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August 28, 2026
China is secretly fueling America's data center rage
Roughly 200 accounts from a suspected Chinese bot farm have quietly tried to influence Americans to oppose AI data centers on social media, X said Thursday night.Why it matters: The U.S. and China ...
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August 27, 2026
Trump moves to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America"
President Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on Thursday.Why it matters: The president is following through on his threat over the lake after U.S.-Canada trade ...
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August 27, 2026
Trump is pulling every lever to reshape U.S. elections
President Trump's playbook for reshaping America's elections targets who appears on voter rolls, how ballots move through the mail, who monitors polling places and where congressional lines are dra...
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August 25, 2026
Trump administration violated court order on mail-voting rules, judge says
A Massachusetts judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration violated a nationwide injunction by finalizing a rule that would significantly overhaul mail voting if allowed to take effect.Why i...
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August 25, 2026
Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn conviction rejected
A federal judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn her conviction, finding her claims — including arguments based on newly released Epstein files — were frivolous.Why it matters: The blis...
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August 24, 2026
Supreme Court upholds Trump's order to overhaul mail-in ballots
President Trump can implement an executive order restricting mail-in ballots just months before the midterm elections, the Supreme Court said Monday.Why it matters: The decision will upend midterm ...
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August 24, 2026
America's elections are getting caught in a fight over the mail
President Trump's push to restrict mail-in voting through the U.S. Postal Service could allow the federal government to exert control over voting data and state-run elections, voting rights groups ...
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August 23, 2026
Trump and former fixer Michael Cohen make amends
President Trump signaled that he's welcomed his former fixer, Michael Cohen, back into his good graces in a remarkably friendly interview that aired in full on Sunday.The big picture: The president...
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August 21, 2026
The job application got faster. The job search got worse.
Job hunting in 2026 can mean chatting with a robot, getting rejected by AI, encountering ghost jobs and competing with a flood of applicants. Why it matters: This isn't just candidates venting on L...
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August 18, 2026
Young adults are losing faith in AI's upside
Data: Pew; Chart: Noah Bressner/AxiosA majority of U.S. adults under 30 are now more concerned than excited about AI's growing use in daily life, according to a Pew Research Center report published...
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August 17, 2026
Middle East demands are testing America's Pacific presence
The USS George Washington's deployment from Japan to the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln will leave the U.S. without an aircraft carrier in the western Pacific — just as adversaries ...
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August 17, 2026
Big Bend border wall construction paused by Trump administration
The Trump administration temporarily paused border wall construction at Big Bend National Park in Texas while U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodney Scott visits the site, Scott ann...
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August 14, 2026
Dorm rooms are tiny. The dorm decor economy is not.
Dorm rooms are tiny. The dorm decor economy is not.The big picture: College dorms are becoming customized, social-media-ready micro-apartments, but the market looks wildly different depending on wh...
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August 12, 2026
Moderate Crowley narrowly beats democratic socialist Hong in Wisconsin
Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly defeated state Rep. Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, in Tuesday's Wisconsin Democratic primary for governor, the Associated Press reports.Wh...
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August 10, 2026
Meta, other tech companies denied appeal over addiction lawsuits
A U.S. Appeals Court said Monday that thousands of lawsuits targeting Meta Platforms, ByteDance's TikTok and other social media outlets can proceed.The big picture: The lawsuits argue that the plat...
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August 5, 2026
Trump deportations cost taxpayers $2,358 each
Data: Economic Policy Institute; Map: Danielle Alberti/AxiosAmerican taxpayers would pay about $2,358 each for President Trump's mass deportation push, according to a new calculator tool from the E...
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August 4, 2026
Max Miller doubles down on staying in Ohio House race
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) said Tuesday that he won't drop his reelection bid despite facing allegations of domestic abuse and violence from his ex-wife and two other women. Why it matters: Miller ha...
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August 4, 2026
OpenAI to pay $3.2M to settle DOJ worker discrimination case
OpenAI agreed Tuesday to pay $3.2 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it discriminated against U.S. workers by favoring temporary visa holders for jobs, according to the DOJ.Why i...
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July 29, 2026
Why profanity is having a f*cking moment
Politicians are increasingly abandoning scripted language and publicly cursing as profanity becomes a more common political tool.Why it matters: The shift suggests politicians are using profanity i...
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July 29, 2026
Supreme Court joins Trump, Congress in job approval slump
The Supreme Court's approval rating — long the highest among the three branches of government — has sunk to a record low, joining President Trump and Congress in drawing low public support.Why it m...
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July 27, 2026
Trump tries to sell an economy voters aren't buying
President Trump's economic sales pitch is colliding with voters' sour moods on high prices and the economy as the 2026 midterms loom.Why it matters: Economic frustration is giving Democrats an open...
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July 26, 2026
Unionized workers are bargaining with the bots
With Congress on the sidelines, union contracts are among the strongest guardrails American workers have against artificial intelligence.Why it matters: Nearly 90% of the U.S. workforce lacks union...
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July 22, 2026
U.S. workers are staying in unwanted jobs for health insurance
Almost a quarter of workers in the U.S. — 23 million adults — are experiencing "job lock," staying in roles they don't want to avoid losing health insurance benefits, according to a new Gallup ana...
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July 21, 2026
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 Canada over alleged discrimination against U.S. exports.Why it matters: As the Su...
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July 20, 2026
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 Lindsey Graham's Senate seat.Why it matters: President Trump endorsed Nordone last...
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July 17, 2026
Trump backs Lindsey Graham's sister in Senate special election
President Trump has endorsed Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), in next month's special election to replace Graham as the GOP candidate on the November ballot....
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