Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro believes President-elect Trump's electoral victory has set the stage for his own political comeback — and he wants Trump to use his influence to help restore his eligibility to run in 2026.
Why it matters: More than perhaps any other leader, Bolsonaro borrowed from the Trump playbook, most recently by refusing to concede an election defeat. He's arguing that Trump's return will help power a resurgence of international hard-right populism.
Several Democratic lawmakers from Rhode Island said Friday that were targeted in a string of bomb threats against public officials around Thanksgiving.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' (D-N.Y.) office on Friday called for "maximum protection" for members of Congress and their families in response to a series of bomb threats around Thanksgiving.
Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) said Friday that he had been "recently notified" of a bomb threat targeting him and his family at their home but that there was "no evidence of a bomb on the property."
Retailers small and large are urging their customers to buy their merchandise before President-elect Trump's tariff plans become a reality.
Why it matters: As Americans gear up for the holiday shopping season, the looming threat of tariffs has imbued their to-buy lists with a sense of urgency. Higher tariffs typically mean higher prices for consumers.
Legally induced abortions decreased in 2022, the year that Roe v. Wade was overturned, the CDC said in its latest annual report.
Why it matters: Abortions had ticked upward slightly between 2019 and 2021 after years of declines before the Supreme Court's ruling shifted the landscape and several states put new bans and restrictions in place.
Immigration court numbers — along with the mechanics of deportation — suggest that President-elect Trump's push for mass deportations of criminals could take some time, Axios' Russell Contreras reports.
Here's a slice of the math behind the incoming Trump administration's "worst first" plan for prioritizing deportations based on public-safety and national-security threats:
Fewer than 0.5% of the 1.8 million cases in immigration courts during the past fiscal year — involving about 8,400 people — included deportation orders for alleged crimes other than entering the U.S. illegally, an Axios review of government data found.
All but one of the seven U.S. House and Senate Democrats from Connecticut, including the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said Thursday they were the targets of bomb threats.
Israel's Security Cabinet on Thursday voted to extend the approval for Israeli and Palestinian banks to conduct business for another year until November 2025, three Israeli officials told Axios.
Why it matters: The Biden administration and a long list of Western countries, led by Britain, France and Germany, warned of an economic collapse for the Palestinian Authority if the approval wasn't extended.
President-elect Trump used Thanksgiving as an opportunity to attack "Radical Left Lunatics" while outgoing President Biden emphasized gratitude in his final holiday message as president.
Why it matters: Trump made punishing "enemies within" central to his reelection bid, which saw Republicans rewarded with control of both chambers of Congress and the presidency.
Nearly a third of adults under 30 believe that a political argument will be on the menu at their Thanksgiving tables this year, according to YouGov polling.
Last night, we asked you to tell us what you're thankful for. You sent hundreds of inspiring responses from across the country and around the world.
Here's a selection of those notes. And look for more of them in Mike's Axios AM newsletter tomorrow.
💞 "I am grateful for the circularity of kindness, in every form, all over the world this year.
"In Medellin, Colombia, a woman on a motorcycle who was clearly in a rush, dropped everything to make sure my friend and I could make it home safely before dark. In a tiny town in Chicama, Peru, a local hostel manager brought me to four different hospitals and acted as my advocate, after I broke open my head in a surf accident."
Several of the President-elect Trump's cabinet nominees and other administration appointees were the targets of bomb threats on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the Trump transition team.
Why it matters: The subjects include Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), Trump's nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, and former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), his pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency.
This year's Native American Heritage Month, in November, comes after the Indigenous population in the United States grew to the largest it's been in modern times, with 3.7 million people identifying as Native American or Alaska Native over the last decade, per the U.S. Census.
Through the lens: For this year's commemoration, Axios is exploring Indigenous contributions to art, civil rights and sports amid the growing #StillHere movement
