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April 1, 2026
Trump's mixed messages on Iran perplex his own team
President Trump isn't just befuddling foreign leaders and financial markets with his mixed signals on Iran. Advisers who speak regularly with the president tell Axios they're just as uncertain.Why ...
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March 27, 2026
Vance's greatest challenge: Making peace with Iran
Vice President JD Vance is preparing to take on the most important assignment of his career: steering U.S. efforts to end a war he'd been concerned about waging in the first place.Why it matters: V...
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March 25, 2026
Rubio testimony sheds light on friend's shadowy Venezuela play
International intrigue. An assassination plot. Millions of secret dollars. Code names. Secret meetings.Venezuela's shadowy dealings with the first Trump administration were laid bare by Secretary o...
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March 24, 2026
Rubio to testify in friend's trial over Venezuela oil deal
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to testify Tuesday in the federal trial of former U.S. Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.), a longtime political ally, friend and former housemate who's accused o...
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March 19, 2026
Comey subpoenaed in alleged "grand conspiracy" against Trump
Former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed in the wide-ranging "grand conspiracy" case against the ex-officials who investigated and prosecuted President Trump, two sources with knowledge ...
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March 19, 2026
Joe Kent under FBI investigation for alleged leaks
Former counterterrorism official Joe Kent has been under FBI investigation for months on suspicion he leaked classified information, three sources familiar with the case tell Axios.Why it matters: ...
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March 16, 2026
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has early stage breast cancer
President Trump's most trusted adviser, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, has early stage breast cancer, Trump announced Monday.Why it matters: The 68-year old plans to stay on the job while ...
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March 16, 2026
Trump eyes "Hormuz Coalition," seizure of Iran's Kharg Island oil hub
President Trump is working to assemble a coalition of countries to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and hopes to announce it later this week, four sources tell Axios.Trump is also weighing a seizure of ...
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March 13, 2026
Scoop: Trump eases Venezuela sanctions on oil, fertilizer to blunt Iran war costs
The Treasury Department made it easier Friday for U.S. businesses and farmers to buy Venezuelan fertilizer and oil as their prices rise because of the Iran war, Axios has learned.Why it matters: Th...
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March 12, 2026
Iranian oil squeeze tests Trump's war plans
President Trump's advisers warn the Iran war could drag on longer if the regime succeeds in strangling the Strait of Hormuz and driving oil prices beyond his tolerance."The Iranians f*cking around ...
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March 10, 2026
Exclusive: U.S. dismissed Ukraine deal for anti-Iran drone tech last year
Nearly seven months ago, Ukrainian officials tried to sell the U.S. their battle-proven technology for downing Iranian-made attack drones. They even made a PowerPoint presentation — obtained exclus...
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March 5, 2026
Scoop: Trump officials broker massive U.S.-Venezuela gold deal
Venezuela's state-owned mining company on Monday inked a multimillion-dollar deal to sell as many as 1,000 kilograms of gold destined for U.S. markets, two sources familiar with the deal tell Axios...
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March 3, 2026
Exclusive: The Trump-Netanyahu call that changed the Middle East
Last Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called President Trump with a stunning tip: Iran's supreme leader and his top advisers were all set to meet at one location in Tehran on Satur...
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March 3, 2026
Rubio's war remarks blow open MAGA's Israel divide
MAGA's ascendant "America First" wing erupted after Secretary of State Marco Rubio effectively blamed Israel for drawing the U.S. into war with Iran.Why it matters: Rubio's remarks were the first t...
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February 27, 2026
Texas airspace shut after Pentagon shoots down border patrol drone
The Federal Aviation Administration prohibited flights in a Texas region near the border with Mexico after the Defense Department accidentally shot down a border patrol drone on Thursday, an admini...
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February 26, 2026
Scoop: US citizens were on stolen boat in deadly shooting with Cuba's coast guard
The 24-foot boat involved in a deadly clash with Cuba's coast guard was stolen in the Florida Keys and had American citizens aboard, U.S. officials tell Axios.Why it matters: Four people were kille...
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February 26, 2026
Wiles "in shock" over FBI phone-record subpoena
FBI Director Kash Patel says the FBI under President Biden subpoenaed his phone records and those of Susie Wiles, who ran President Trump's campaign and is now White House chief of staff, when they...
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February 22, 2026
JD or Marco? Trump asking advisers about 2028
President Trump has a new parlor game he's springing on advisers and confidants: JD Vance or Marco Rubio?That is, do people favor the vice president or secretary of state to sit atop the GOP ticket...
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February 18, 2026
Exclusive: Rubio's secret squeeze on Raul Castro's Cuba
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been holding secret talks with the grandson and caretaker of Cuba's aging de facto dictator, Raul Castro, as the U.S. puts unprecedented pressure on Havana's regi...
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February 15, 2026
Rubio outlines MAGA's foreign policy doctrine in Munich
Secretary of State Marco Rubio made the future of MAGA's foreign policy clear in a speech Saturday: In Germany, he warned the Munich Security Conference of the dangers of mass migration, while emph...
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February 13, 2026
Scoop: Cuba hardliners ask Trump's DOJ to indict Raul Castro
Four Cuban American members of Congress on Friday wrote to President Trump calling for the indictment of Cuba's de facto dictator, Raul Castro, for allegedly ordering the 1996 downing of a plane th...
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February 11, 2026
El Paso airspace shutdown sparked by "military activity" near border
The sudden, unexplained closure of the airspace around El Paso, Texas, was ordered after the Federal Aviation Administration grew concerned that military activity near the border could threaten civ...
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February 5, 2026
Trump to launch TrumpRx drug discount site. Here's when
President Trump will announce the launch of the TrumpRx website Thursday night, a Trump adviser told Axios, moving ahead with a plan to offer discounted drug prices through special agreements with ...
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February 5, 2026
Scoop: FBI chief ready to head to Tucson as Trump pledges help to find Savannah Guthrie's mom
FBI Director Kash Patel is planning a trip to Tucson, Arizona, as President Trump deploys federal resources to find "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, two sources tell Axios. The big p...
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January 29, 2026
Scoop: Trump expecting favorable Panama Canal ruling to further "Donroe Doctrine"
The White House expects Panama's Supreme Court on Thursday to cancel a crucial Panama Canal ports contract operated by a firm with ties to China's government, two sources tell Axios.Why it matters:...
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January 27, 2026
Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for issuing misleading and incendiary information that claimed immigration agents killed an armed Minnesota protestor Saturday because he wante...
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January 27, 2026
"It was a mess": Inside Trump's pivot on Minnesota
President Trump surged immigration forces into Minnesota earlier this month promising "reckoning and retribution."Now he's sounding a rhetorical retreat.Why it matters: The Saturday killing of prot...
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January 23, 2026
Lewandowski back for another year as DHS's part-time power broker
The most powerful man in the Department of Homeland Security, Corey Lewandowski, was supposed to work just 130 days last year because he was classified as a temporary government employee.But thanks...
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January 21, 2026
Vance's Minnesota trip to show "unwavering support" for ICE
Vice President Vance is heading to Minnesota on Thursday, and he's not planning any peace offerings to Twin Cities officials and protesters opposed to the Trump administration's aggressive immigrat...
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January 14, 2026
Trump, Rubio to attend national college football title game in Miami
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio plan to attend Monday's college football championship game in Miami.Why it matters: Rubio is one of Trump's favorite Cabinet members, and the two ...
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