Aug 22, 2018 - Technology

Facebook's partnerships chief is leaving

Dan Rose. Photo: Roy Rochlin/Getty Images

Dan Rose, Facebook's vice president of partnerships and a key business executive who joined in 2006, will leave the company by February, he said in a Facebook post (first covered by Recode).

Why it matters: Rose is the second high-profile exec to announce his departure this summer from a company that very rarely sees anyone leave its top ranks. Rose says he wants to be closer to his family, which now lives in Hawaii. His post makes no mention of the company's tough year of controversies..

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Fadel Allassan

36 mins ago - Politics & Policy

Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized in June after fall

Chief Justice John Roberts overseeing the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump. Photo: Senate Television via Getty Images

Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized overnight after a fall on June 21, a Supreme Court spokesperson confirmed to the Washington Post on Tuesday.

Why it matters: Speculation regarding justices' health — given their lifetime appointments — always runs rampant, and this incident may have not been made public if the Post hadn't "received a tip."

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Scott Rosenberg, Margaret Harding McGill

1 hour ago - Technology

Congress vs. tech's gang of four

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

The CEOs of tech's four leading giants will defend their industry's growing concentration of power from critics on both right and left who view them as monopolists when they testify, most likely virtually, before Congress on July 27.

Why it matters: The joint appearance by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Tim Cook, Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Google's Sundar Pichai will mark a historic collision between the leaders of an industry that has changed the world and political leaders who believe those changes have harmed democracy and individual rights.

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Neal Rothschild

2 hours ago - Politics & Policy

2020 attention tracker: The Trump policy trap

Data: Newswhip; Graphic: Axios Visuals — Note: Hover over the graphic on desktop to see weekly articles and interactions for candidates and issues.

The three topics generating the most intense interest online are the coronavirus, racial injustice and foreign policy, according to data from NewsWhip provided exclusively to Axios — and all are issues that are working against President Trump right now.

Why it matters: Storylines in Trump's populist sweet spot that carried the news cycle for much of his presidency — immigration, trade, a strong economy — have fallen away during the pandemic.