The U.S. Department of Education says the University of Pennsylvania violated federal civil rights law by allowing transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete on its women's team during the 2021-22 season.
The big picture: The Trump administration recently paused $175 million in federal funding to Penn over the university's transgender athlete policies.
Colin Carroll, a former adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered new details Monday about his former boss during an interview, depicting Hegseth as both paranoid and obsessed with his public image.
The big picture: Carroll's appearance on "The Megyn Kelly Show" comes as Hegseth is facing calls for his ousting by members of Congress and former Pentagon spokesperson John Ullyot went public with his expectation that President Trump will soon fire his embattled Cabinet member.
Driving the news: Three children who are U.S. citizens were removed from the country with their deported mothers, while a recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo shows the agency is specifically targeting unaccompanied immigrant children.
The left-wing group Justice Democrats is launching its first primary challenge of the cycle against Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.).
Why it matters: It is one of numerous insurgent bids likely to be announced in the coming months as progressive anti-incumbency groups try to harness grassroots anger towards the Democratic establishment.
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on Monday introduced seven long-shot articles of impeachment against President Trump.
Why it matters: It's the first time this year a House Democrat has tried to impeach the president or a member of his administration — though it will almost certainly not be the last.
Within hours of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) announcing he will step away as the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, the camps began to form and the jockeying and sniping began.
Why it matters: The Oversight Committee is stacked with young, ambitious and high-profile progressives, many of whom would be eager to take over Connolly's extremely visible role under the right circumstances.
President Trump, in an early morning Truth Social post Monday, slammed "FAKE POLLS FROM FAKE NEWS ORGANIZATIONS" that he said should be "investigated for ELECTION FRAUD."
The big picture: As Trump nears the first 100 days of implementing his sweeping and often highly controversial agenda, several prominent polls have shown his approval ratings sinking.
The Smithsonian is pushing back against allegations that some artifacts are being removed from the National Museum of African American History and Culture following President Trump's executive order to purge "improper ideology" from the broader institution.
The big picture: Alarm bells are ringing at museums and other institutions across D.C. amid Trump's DEI purge, sparking fears of historical and cultural erasure.
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) said Monday he will soon step aside as the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee after just four months in the role.
What he's saying: Connolly said that his cancer, "while initially beaten back, has now returned," and that he will not seek reelection to his House seat.
Immigration advocacy groups said ICE officials in New Orleans removed members of two families, including three U.S. citizen children, from the United States on Friday.
The big picture: The cases pile onto the legal and ethical questions that have surrounded the Trump administration's push to deport immigrants (and in this case, remove U.S. citizens) with little or no due process.
President Trump mused on his political comeback and the first 100 days of his second term in a newly published interview with The Atlantic out Monday.
The big picture: The Atlantic's June cover story, "Donald Trump Is Enjoying This," lays out Trump's thinking in the lead up to his return to the White House. The magazine asked him about his embattled Pentagon chief, unpopular immigration crackdown and if he'll really seek a third term.
Canadians head to the polls Monday to decide whether Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party maintains the reins or whether the Conservatives return to power for the first time in nearly a decade.
The U.N.-affiliated body that governs the seabed in international waters came out swinging — by diplo-speak standards — against White House efforts to spur deep-sea mineral mining.
Why it matters: The International Seabed Authority's statement circulated Saturday is a fresh sign of geopolitical and legal conflict that could greet new commercial efforts outside its purview.
Aspiring members of a new MAGA moguls club, Executive Branch, are offering to pay double the listed membership fee of $500,000 to get off the waiting list, a source close to the club tells Axios.
Finishing touches are being put on the clubhouse, which is to open in Georgetown next month with a bar, lounge, restaurant and boardroom, the source tells us.
At an announcement party on White House Correspondents' Dinner weekend, guests were offered caviar as they walked into The Occidental restaurant, near the White House.
President Trump's improvisational and unpredictable leadership style has forced Cabinet officials, advisers and friends to develop a playbook to scuttle ideas they consider dumb, dangerous or undoable.
Why it matters: White House aides, Trump's Cabinet and top CEOs often resort to indirect tricks and techniques to sway "the boss."
Trump administration officials late Sunday began placing dozens of posters of arrested unauthorized immigrants along the White House driveway.
It's a provocative, sure-to-be-controversial move aimed at highlighting President Trump's immigration crackdown as his 100th day in office approaches.
Driving the news: The posters — which read "ARRESTED" — specify various crimes linked to the pictured immigrants and have the White House's official logo at the bottom.
Why it matters: The president's team has been open about his second term's "flood the zone" strategy. For many ordinary people, his administration's speed and volume of activity is simply too difficult to track.
The accounting below is a selection of Axios coverage and exclusive reporting since Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20.
Authorities arrested over 100 suspected undocumented immigrants in a federal raid on a Colorado nightclub that saw guns and drugs including methamphetamine and pink cocaine seized early Sunday, officials said.
The big picture: President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi hailed the raid on the Colorado Springs club, some 70 miles south of Denver, as the administration faces criticism over the arrest of a judge in an immigration case and U.S. citizen children being sent to Honduras with their deported mothers.
CBS News' "60 Minutes" Sunday show ended by taking aim at parent company Paramount over former executive producer Bill Owens' departure last week.
The big picture: CBS' Scott Pelley said in the segment that Paramount "is trying to complete a merger" the Trump administration "must approve" and it "began to supervise our content in new ways," adding: "None of our stories has been blocked, but Bill felt he lost the independence that honest journalism requires."
Former National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins said in an interview broadcast Sunday he retired last month because his position became "untenable" under the second Trump administration's actions.
Why it matters: The noted geneticist's departure occurred after DOGE-driven cuts were announced for research funding and probationary workers' contracts were terminated, and Collins told CBS News that he and other scientists were "not allowed to speak — in any kind of scientific meeting or public setting."
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