The Epstein files keep toppling the powerful. The latest: the man who runs Davos. The CEO of the World Economic Forum announced his resignation Thursday. Axios · Feb 26
Tech ratepayer pledge may be more bark than bite — but still matters The White House-tech initiative "is a big bully pulpit that could influence state economic regulators," one analyst said. Axios · Feb 26
U.S.-Iran nuclear talks were "positive," senior U.S. official says The outcome may determine whether Trump opts for war. Axios · Feb 26
Wiles "in shock" over FBI phone-record subpoena Kash Patel called the subpoena "the tip of the iceberg." Axios · Feb 26
Trump didn't endorse them, but they're acting like he did Republicans in races nationwide covet Trump's blessing, tout his endorsement — and can be a bit misleading when they don't get it. Axios · Feb 26
How Claude conquered Washington, Wall Street and Silicon Valley Anthropic's Claude has become the AI darling of the moment. Axios · Feb 26
U.S. launches investigation after Cuba kills 4 on Florida boat Marco Rubio said officials were still gathering facts about what happened, but there was no U.S. government operation in Cuba. Axios · Feb 26
Republicans hesitant to censure Rep. Al Green again House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters he's not sure censure is "going to be appropriate." Axios · Feb 26
Trump admin cites fraud in freezing Minnesota Medicaid funds The latest move maintains an administration focus on Minnesota's safety net funding. Axios · Feb 25
Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic The Pentagon asked at least two major defense contractors to assess their reliance on Claude. Axios · Feb 25
Trump told Zelensky he wants to end war ASAP in call Zelensky asked Trump to push for a trilateral summit with Putin. Axios · Feb 25
Jeffries defends Democratic outbursts at State of the Union "I thought the Democratic response was appropriately restrained and forceful," the Democratic leader said. Axios · Feb 25
Trump teases AI electricity pledge. Here's when tech giants will sign it It's the Trump administration's latest response to election-year voter angst over data centers' electricity demands. Axios · Feb 25
Scoop: Witkoff says any Iran nuclear deal should last indefinitely He made the remarks in a private gathering with AIPAC donors. Axios · Feb 25
Axios · Feb 25 Summers leaves Harvard as Epstein reckoning rocks academia Summers said he made the "difficult decision" to resign at the end of the academic year.
Axios · Feb 25 Surgeon general nominee won't say she urges vaccination Nutrition influencer Casey Means faced tough questioning about her vaccine views from senators.
Axios · Feb 25 Winters are getting shorter across most U.S. cities Despite all the cold, snow and ice millions have faced so far this winter.
Axios · Feb 25 Trump announces new retirement plan at State of the Union Americans who don't have 401(k)s would have access to a retirement plan similar to that available to federal workers.
Axios · Feb 25 Exclusive: U.S. must overhaul military readiness and tech metrics, report urges "You can think about readiness as being binary, being zero or one. But in reality it is gray."
Axios · Feb 25 Trump's night of heroes: Takeaways from the 2026 State of the Union A defiant Trump bragged, weaved, smiled and sparred his way through 108 minutes of prime-time television.
Axios · Feb 25 Canada, like Europe, seeks to break U.S. defense dependency "We have relied too heavily on our geography and others to protect us," said Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Axios · Feb 25 The biggest takeaways from Trump's record-breaking State of the Union address Trump's remarks focused on the stark contrast between the GOP and Democratic opposition.
Axios · Feb 25 Trump says he prefers diplomacy, but lays the case for war with Iran His SOTU speech marked the first time he detailed the reasons that led him to consider launching a military campaign.
Axios · Feb 25 Al Green escorted out of State of the Union after physical confrontations with Republicans Several GOP lawmakers attempted to snatch Green's sign out of his hands.
Axios · Feb 25 Trump sets new record for SOTU speech length Trump had warned Monday that he would give "a long speech because we have so much to talk about."