Harvard will again require its applicants to submit standardized test scores for admission, the university announced on Thursday.
Why it matters: Elite universities like Yale and MIT have reinstated standardized test requirements, reversing course on pandemic-era policies that made them optional.
President Biden has embraced the power of the pen, practically daring the courts to block new executive actions on gun control, student loan forgiveness and potentially the border.
Why it matters: Stymied by the least productive Congress in modern American history, Biden wants to hit the campaign trail with fresh policy wins tailored to the voting blocs he needs to defeat former President Trump.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee's investigation into the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan is proving to more effective than other probes into the Biden administration, multiple Republicans told Axios.
Why it matters: Democrats have slammed GOP investigations like the Biden impeachment inquiry as witch hunts. But Republicans argue the Afghanistan probe has yielded evidence that's hard for the White House to ignore.
Calls for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire aren't catching on.
Why it matters: Sotomayor's future on the high court has become a prism that reflects many of Democrats' greatest anxieties — pitting activists who fear a loss in 2024 and an even bigger disadvantage in the courts against those who say it's disrespectful to pressure the first Latina justice to step aside.
It's been delayed for two years, but the investigation into whether Georgia's sitting lieutenant governor broke the law in the 2020 presidential election is moving forward again.
Why it matters: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia, said Thursday he will investigate Burt Jones' role in attempts to overturn the state's results in 2020.
Former President Trump's campaign sent a letter Thursday asking the Commission on Presidential Debates to move the already scheduled debates earlier in the year and add additional debates to the schedule.
Why it matters: Trump, who did not participate in any of the Republican primary debates, made similar requests during the 2020 election.
Former President Trump said President Biden and others were "working overtime to try to illegally intimidate and harass" Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing Trump's classified documents criminalcase.
Why it matters: Critics have called for Cannon to be removed from the case, questioning her competence and impartiality. Trump, who appointed Cannon to the bench in Florida, has stood by her despiteattackingjudges and legal teams in his other criminal cases.
Elite colleges including Harvard, MIT, and Stanford were among a swath of schools Thursday to receive failing grades from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for the state of antisemitism on their campuses.
Missouri Democrat Lucas Kunce raked in over $2.25 million in 2024's first quarter as he builds an underdog bid to unseat Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The Missouri race has flown under the radar, but a push by multiple groups to get an abortion measure on the ballot could make the state more competitive.
President Biden on Wednesday reaffirmed his opposition to Nippon Steel's proposed takeover of U.S. Steel, during a Rose Garden presser with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Why it matters: It's a political promise that Biden may not be able to keep.
The Biden administration approved the largest expansion of background checks for gun purchases in decades on Thursday.
Why it matters: The new rule, which is almost certain to be challenged in the court, would require thousands of gun sellers to register as federally licensed firearms dealers. They would then have to run criminal and mental health background checks on potential buyers.
Nearly a quarter of K-12 teachers experienced a gun-related school lockdown last year, while 18% are "very" or "extremely" worried about a shooting at their school, a new Pew Research Center survey found.
The Biden administration is preparing to give a "sharper scalpel" to the government committee that reviews foreign investments into the U.S., administration officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: The potential influence of companies based outside the U.S. — like China's ByteDance, which owns TikTok — is one of the emerging themes in the presidential election. It's also a matter of bipartisan concern.
A coalition of pro-Palestinian protesters is calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to intervene and allow them to march closer to the Democratic National Convention in August.
Why it matters: Protestors are determined to make the convention a flashpoint over President Biden's unsuccessful ceasefire negotiations in Gaza — a key vulnerability for Biden this election year.
Suddenly, Arizona is ground zero for the hottest political conflicts driving the 2024 campaign.
Why it matters: It's not just that its reinstated, Civil War-era abortion ban and its border crisis have put the Grand Canyon State on the front burner of American politics.
The percentage of Latinos who say they support building a border wall and deporting all undocumented immigrants has jumped by at least 10 points since 2021, according to the latest Axios-Ipsos Latino Poll in partnership with Noticias Telemundo.
Why it matters: The findings suggest former President Trump's calls for more border security — and perhaps his anti-immigrant rhetoric — are registering even among people who may have ties to immigration.
President Biden pledged Wednesday closer ties with Japan and the Philippines to counter China's increasing influence in the Pacific.
The big picture: Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced in D.C. new military, economic and other agreements ahead of their trilateral summit on Thursday with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday "attempts by foreign states to interfere" in the country's 2019 and 2021 elections were made, but the polls "held their integrity" and "they were decided by Canadians."
The big picture: Trudeau made the comments at a public inquiry into allegations that the governments of China and other nations attempted to influence the outcome of the elections won by his Liberal Party.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed into law Wednesday a bill that makes it a crime for a person to be in the state if they were previously denied entry to or were deported from the U.S.
The big picture: Reynolds is the latest of several Republican governors who've accused President Biden of not doing enough to enforce federal immigration law to take state action in response to the record numbers of immigrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border amid a wider global humanitarian crisis.
