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October 14, 2026
Exclusive: White House probes claims of missing Kennedy Center money in "MAGA blood feud"
President Trump has directed his White House counsel to examine explosive allegations dropped on him Friday in the Oval Office:Former Trump attorney Alina Habba told the president that another one ...
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October 12, 2026
Trump privately expresses doubts about livestreaming execution
President Trump has privately shared misgivings about livestreaming the firing-squad execution of a former Army major who murdered 13 people at Fort Hood in Texas, according to four people who have...
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October 9, 2026
"Not a fetish, not a taboo": Democrats weigh another Trump impeachment
Democrats believe President Trump has committed impeachable offenses. But they're divided over whether they should try to impeach him if they win control of the House.Why it matters: If Democrats w...
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October 6, 2026
Scoop: Senate GOP to send $5m to shore up Graham in South Carolina
The main super PAC supporting Republican Senate candidates plans to inject $5 million into the South Carolina campaign as an "insurance policy" to help GOP nominee Darline Graham, a source familiar...
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October 2, 2026
"Strange bedfellows": Bernie Sanders, Florida Dems and a benchmark $250k donation
MIAMI — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is sending the Florida Democratic Party $250,000. It's a relative pittance in the Sunshine State — but the check signals a big political shift.Why it matters: Th...
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September 29, 2026
"Brace for losing everything": Farm crisis fears grip GOP in Iowa
Iowa is on the verge of a farm crisis that threatens to wreck the agricultural heart of the state and hurt the fortunes of Republicans at the top of the midterm ticket, GOP strategists acknowledge....
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September 28, 2026
Exclusive: Hegseth directs Defense Dept. to fight foreigners who "meddle" in U.S. elections
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has assigned personnel to use "advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities to identify, disrupt, and neutralize foreign interference" in the upcoming elections, Axio...
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September 26, 2026
GOP election outlook goes from bad to "craptastic"
President Trump told voters to pretend he's on the ballot. Apparently they're listening: Republicans coast to coast are getting pulled under by a violent undertow fueled by Trump's unpopularity.Why...
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September 25, 2026
Debate-shy: Candidates aren't sharing the stage like they used to
Debates in political campaigns used to be a given. Today, candidates increasingly view them as optional — or a political liability to be avoided.Why it matters: In a midterm cycle dominated by unpr...
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September 23, 2026
Trump to Venezuela's Rodriguez: Elections need to happen
In his first-ever meeting with Venezuela's new leader, President Trump emphasized the need to keep oil flowing, relations warm and that country's elections on the horizon, White House sources tell ...
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September 20, 2026
Three Republican power players walk into a D.C. bar, and ...
It sounds like the start of an only-in-D.C. joke:Three Republican power players walk into a bar for a freewheeling conversation. They unwittingly sit next to a liberal comic. She then skewers them ...
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September 17, 2026
Scoop: Trump expected to meet with Venezuela's new leader
President Trump is making plans for a first-ever meeting with Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, as early as next week, sources familiar with the discussions tell Axios.Why it matters:...
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September 17, 2026
Fear and loathing in Trump's Miami backyard over immigration crackdown
Staring into the camera, Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) cut a new campaign ad that told President Trump what so many of her fellow Hispanic Republicans in Miami are saying: Immigration crackdown has g...
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September 15, 2026
Baal out: Top diplomat's worry about pagan god elicits eye rolls
The second-most powerful man at the State Department put the brakes on a U.S. international exhibit featuring a bull statue because he worried it might look like Baal, a pagan god some associate wi...
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September 11, 2026
Vance: MAGA's millennial messenger for the midterms
DALLAS — Support for President Trump is dropping among millennials and Gen Zers — particularly young men. Vice President Vance is in charge of getting them back in the midterms.Why it matters: The ...
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September 9, 2026
Exclusive: Trump plans to send $500 Obamacare rebates before election
The Trump administration plans to send $500 rebate checks to as many as 1 million people who it says were overcharged for their coverage under Obamacare, Axios has learned.Why it matters: The direc...
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September 5, 2026
"We're stuck:" GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midterms
President Trump is hitting the campaign trail and doing the last thing many Republicans want: making the 59 days to the Nov. 3 midterms a referendum on him.At the same time, they know it's inevitab...
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September 1, 2026
The secret history of Trump's Venezuelan oil baron
President Trump's historic Venezuelan oil deal revolves around a colorful and controversial man from Caracas with a long history of supporting U.S. interests — including the operation to remove for...
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August 29, 2026
Trump hails "biggest oil deal in world history" with Venezuela
President Trump said Friday the U.S. has struck a deal with Venezuela to take control of oil fields with 65 billion barrels of reserves.Why it matters: The unprecedented deal vastly increases U.S. ...
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August 27, 2026
Scoop: U.S. close to striking "massive" deal for Venezuelan oil fields
The Trump administration is in talks with Venezuela's interim government about taking an ownership stake in the South American country's enormous oil resources, two U.S. officials tell Axios.Why it...
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August 18, 2026
This primary is "like 'Florida Man' having his own election"
Tuesday is the Florida Man primary. "It's really weird," one political pro said.Why it matters: Florida, MAGA's beating heart, is President Trump's home and was a top, successful target of his redi...
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August 13, 2026
"Rubio Realizing" memes become a White House birthday gift
Photo: Marc Caputo/AxiosMarco Rubio has three official Trump administration jobs and a fourth unofficial title: Viral meme star.He's been featured in countless "Rubio Realizing" images doctored to...
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August 11, 2026
"Not helpful": White House winces over conservatives bashing AOC for egg freezing
When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posted a video Saturday giving herself a shot in preparation to freeze her eggs, she instantly injected issues of fertility, family and feminism into political di...
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August 7, 2026
"No escape:" Inside Rubio's Cuba pressure campaign
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is waging an unprecedented economic war on Cuba — and wants to make sure the island's communist leaders know it's going to get worse."What we're trying to teach them ...
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August 6, 2026
Why Max Miller is staying in (for now)
Denounced on social media and by fellow Republicans, Ohio Rep. Max Miller is telling allies he's not quitting for a simple reason: It would be tantamount to admitting he beat his ex-wife and their ...
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August 6, 2026
Exclusive: Trump targets birth tourism and citizenship in new executive orders
President Trump plans to sign two executive orders Thursday aimed at denying citizenship to children born in the U.S. because of the commercial "birth tourism" industry, Axios has learned. Trump al...
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August 3, 2026
Energy Dept. draws fire for slow pace of Venezuelan oil deals
Nearly eight months after President Trump predicted U.S. companies would "rapidly rebuild Venezuela's dilapidated oil industry" to boost production, no new petroleum deals have been finalized there...
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July 30, 2026
Bessent sets stage for Xi visit in high-level China talk
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held a high-level video call with China's vice premier to prepare for the September visit of its president, Xi Jinping,...
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July 27, 2026
U.S. officials believe sanctions could hurt Iran more than bombs
President Trump's economic assault on Iran has drawn a fraction of the attention devoted to his bombing campaign, even as senior U.S. officials believe it may ultimately do more damage to the regim...
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July 22, 2026
Trump, Rubio don't plan to stop Tate brothers' extradition to the U.K.
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio aren't planning to block the extradition to the U.K. of the Tate brothers, the notorious "manosphere" influencers accused of rape and human traffi...
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