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Apr 2, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Photos: Trump family hosts second Easter Egg Roll

President Trump and First Lady Melania start off the Easter Egg Roll with a whistle blow. Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

The Trump family kicked off the White House's 140th annual Easter Egg Roll, organized by First Lady Melania Trump, on Monday morning.

Donald Trump Jr., Tiffany Trump and Barron Trump were all photographed joining in on the festivities.

And they're off.

Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images

Trump smiles with the Easter bunny.

Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

Donald Trump Jr. wears a pin that says "deplorable."

Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

The First Lady reads to children gathered on the White House South Lawn.

Tiffany Trump chats with attendees.

Photo: Nicholas Kamm /AFP via Getty Images

Trump high-fives children at the crafts table.

Photo: Nicholas Kamm /AFP via Getty Images

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Margaret Harding McGill, Sara Fischer

4 hours ago - Technology

Tech scrambles to derail inauguration threats

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

Tech companies are sharing more information with law enforcement in a frantic effort to prevent violence around the inauguration, after the government was caught flat-footed by the Capitol siege.

Between the lines: Tech knows it will be held accountable for any further violence that turns out to have been planned online if it doesn't act to stop it.

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Dave Lawler, author of World

4 hours ago - World

Uganda's election: Museveni declared winner, Wine claims fraud

Wine rejected the official results of the election. Photo: Sumy Sadruni/AFP via Getty

Yoweri Museveni was declared the winner of a sixth presidential term on Saturday, with official results giving him 59% to 35% for Bobi Wine, the singer-turned-opposition leader.

Why it matters: This announcement was predictable, as the election was neither free nor fair and Museveni had no intention of surrendering power after 35 years. But Wine — who posed a strong challenged to Museveni, particularly in urban areas, and was beaten and arrested during the campaign — has said he will present evidence of fraud. The big question is whether he will mobilize mass resistance in the streets.

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Jonathan Swan, Zachary Basu

5 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Off the Rails

Episode 1: A premeditated lie lit the fire

Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Beginning on election night 2020 and continuing through his final days in office, Donald Trump unraveled and dragged America with him, to the point that his followers sacked the U.S. Capitol with two weeks left in his term. Axios takes you inside the collapse of a president with a special series.

Episode 1: Trump’s refusal to believe the election results was premeditated. He had heard about the “red mirage” — the likelihood that early vote counts would tip more Republican than the final tallies — and he decided to exploit it.

"Jared, you call the Murdochs! Jason, you call Sammon and Hemmer!”

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