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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley greets a voter during Wisconsin's Democratic primary for governor on Tuesday. Photo: Talia Sprague/Bloomberg via Getty Images

5 big things

1.Socialist fever breaks: Takeaways from Crowley's win

  • Holly Otterbein
"Woke 1 was crazy": AOC seeks do-over on 2020-era rhetoric
2."Woke 1 was crazy": AOC seeks do-over on 2020-era rhetoric
Crowley beats socialist Hong in Wisconsin Democratic governor primary
3.Crowley beats socialist Hong in Wisconsin Democratic governor primary
Diesel desperation is mounting globally
4.Diesel desperation is mounting globally
Scoop: Take a look at Trump's Kennedy Center renovation plans
  • Axios D.C.
  • 5.Scoop: Take a look at Trump's Kennedy Center renovation plans
      • Andrew Solender
      14 hours ago
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      Politics & Policy
      Rep. John Larson becomes 7th House Democrat to lose primary this year
      A man with white hair, wearing a navy suit, light blue shirt, and green tie, speaks on a smartphone while standing beside a large stone column.

      Rep. John Larson exits the U.S. Capitol on July 23. Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

      Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) was unseated Tuesday by his primary challenger, former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, according to the Associated Press.

      Why it matters: Larson is the 7th House Democrat ousted in their primary this year. Only one other election cycle in the 21st century has seen this many incumbent losses in primaries.

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      • Adriel Bettelheim
      7 hours ago
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      Health
      AI brings savings to clinical trials: study
      Illustration of a beaker featuring dollar signs in place of numbers being held by a robot hand

      Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Stock: Getty Images

      Artificial intelligence isn't just speeding up early-stage drug development, it's starting to unlock millions of dollars' worth of new efficiencies in clinical trials on cancer treatments, research shared first with Axios shows.

      Why it matters: AI-powered tools could shave months off time-consuming processes like recruiting and enrolling patients, monitoring results and interpreting data.

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      • Simon Hernandez-Arthur
      7 hours ago
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      Business
      Anthropic's text watermarks signal new front in AI detection
      Illustration of a rubber stamp next to an inked rectangle with the letters AI inside

      Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios

      Anthropic's new models will add machine-readable "watermarks" to Claude-generated text and files to comply with new European Union transparency regulations.

      Why it matters: Comms teams using Claude to simply clean up, translate, or format human-drafted press releases could stamp those documents with an AI signature.

      Go deeper (1 min. read)

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