New revelations in the 2020 election-focused indictments of former President Trump came as a shock even to former members of the House Jan. 6 committee, who expect there will be more where that came from.
Why it matters: Special counsel Jack Smith and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis have been afforded more time, latitude and leverage to pursue key Trump inner-circle members who evaded the committee.
Why it matters: The request in the case brought by special counsel Jack Smith comes as the Republican presidential primary front-runner faces a collision course between his mounting court cases and his 2024 campaign.
A woman who mailed then-President Trump a threatening letter that contained ricin weeks before the 2020 election was sentenced to 262 months in prison on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced.
Driving the news: Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, 55, pleaded guilty earlier this year to violating federal laws on biological weapons and admitted that she made the toxin at her Quebec, Canada, home and sent the letter to the White House in September 2020.
Why it matters: While Biden is the Democratic presidential frontrunner for the 2024 contest, most Americans do not want to see him run — even if most Democrats would ultimately vote for him, poll results found.
Why it matters: The threats call into question the safety of private citizens engaging in civic duty, while also maintaining the role of transparency in the legal process.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should act as former President Trump's defender if "[former Gov. Chris Christie] attacks him" during next week's Republican presidential primary debate, according to a memo from DeSantis allies.
Driving the news: "Trump isn't here so let's just leave him alone," said the memo as an example of a response to Christie. It was posted to the website of Axiom Strategies, which works for the DeSantis-aligned Never Back Down super PAC.
A smaller percentage of Latinos than Black Americans say their personal views on racial equality have been shaped by the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., according to a new survey.
Why it matters: This month marks the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. But how it's remembered depends on race and generation, a Pew Research Center survey out this week shows.
The U.S. Small Business Administration today will open up billions of loan dollars to venture capital funds, via the implementation of a new rule, it tells Axios exclusively.
The big picture: This is a modernization of the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program, which is aimed at increasing investment in U.S. startups.
The majority of LGBTQ+ adults feel that their safety is threatened by bans on gender-affirming care — and they're making significant life decisions as a result, new polling provided exclusively to Axios found.
Why it matters: Twenty-one states have passed laws limiting access to gender-affirming care — one of the most direct attacks on transgender and non-binary youth, per the Human Rights Campaign.
Four indictments in four months. And most of the alleged crimes happened two-plus years ago.
Why it matters: Democrats want to know why it took so long. Republicans are suspicious: Why did prosecutors "wait" until the 2024 campaign was heating up, and former President Trump was the runaway (early) favorite for the Republican nomination?
Family members of victims and survivors of the 2022 mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, announced Wednesday that they have filed two lawsuits against YouTube, Reddit and several gun-related companies.
State of play: Authorities said the mass shooting at Tops supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood was a racially motivated hate crime and a state report found the shooter was "radicalized" online — both points the lawsuits note, as they accuse the defendants of helping enable the white gunman to kill 10 Black people.
North Carolina Republicans overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's vetoes on a slew of controversial bills Wednesday, once again flexing their strength as a supermajority in the state legislature.
Driving the news: Over Democrats' objections, both the Senate and the House ushered into law seven bills that will implement major changes to state education laws, the rights of LGBTQ North Carolinians, homebuilding regulations and state election law.
A Texas woman is facing federal charges for allegedly leaving death threats in a voicemail to the chambers of the judge presiding over former President Trump's D.C. criminal case on alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Driving the news: Prosecutors accuse Abigail Jo Shry, of Alvin, Texas, of leaving a racist message at U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's chambers on Aug. 5 before "threatening to kill anyone who went after" Trump, "all people in the LGBTQ community," all Democrats in D.C., and a specific threat to kill Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), per a criminal complaint.
