Campbell's has fired an employee allegedly caught on tape slamming the company's products, it said on Wednesday.
The big picture: Campbell's had previously put information technology VP Martin Bally on leave after the emergence of the year-old audio, and after allegations he'd made racist comments about Indian employees.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Trump administration's top housing regulator, Bill Pulte, "abused his position" when he moved to refer him to the Justice Department over mortgage fraud allegations.
The big picture: Swalwell's lawsuit notes there's been "a series of high-profile criminal investigations and prosecutions nakedly targeting" some of President Trump's "most outspoken critics" since he retook office.
A conservative federal appeals court unanimously upheld nearly $1 million in sanctions against President Trump and his former attorney Alina Habba for filing what it called a "frivolous" lawsuit againstHillary Clinton and other political enemies.
The big picture: Wednesday'sruling is the latest roadblock in Trump's long-running effort to punish his foes. It's also the president'ssecond loss withthe 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in recent days, after it refused to revive his defamation lawsuit against CNN.
We can't promise politics won't be on the table this Thanksgiving season, but a recent poll shows a majority of Americans say they're not expecting political quarrels while carving the turkey this year.
The big picture: Even as the nation remains deeply divided on partisan and generational lines, most Americans keep their Thanksgiving meals insulated from that divide, despite the holiday's reputation for bursting ideological bubbles.
A Georgia prosecutor pulled the plug on President Trump's election-interference case, concluding the state couldn't prove criminal intent, overcome presidential-immunity barriers or realistically haul a sitting president into a Fulton County courtroom.
Why it matters: The decision kills the last active criminal case accusing Trump of leading a criminal enterprise to overturn the 2020 election.
The U.K. Ministry of Defence recently tested the DragonFire laser weapon at a facility in Scotland, destroying high-speed drones with its targeted energy technology.
Why it matters: Militaries have been working on directed energy for years, but it hasn't been widely adopted.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made the call in March to transfer detainees to Salvadoran custody after a judge ordered their planes to turn around, the Justice Department disclosed Tuesday.
The big picture: A resurrected contempt inquiry into whether Noem and others defied a judge's order will test the limits of President Trump's power to fast-track deportations as he pleases.
Speed will determine what country or military becomes top dog, according to Thomas "TRob" Robinson, the COO at Domino Data Lab.
"The side that iterates fastest will win. Theaters change, threats change. Look at the pace of the technology developed in Ukraine. The pace is going to require rapid redeployment of AI and software," he told Axios in an interview.
"The Defense Department is already working to do 90-day sprints. We need day-to-day-sprint sorts of technology."
Why he matters: Robinson has years of experience with software, data, the workforce and the big-picture orchestration of it all. His company is also working with the U.S. Navy.
Moog, an established aerospace-and-defense supplier, and Aeon Industrial, a defense-tech upstart, are now collaborating, with plans to integrate their respective turrets and missiles.
Why it matters: Moog's products are widely used, including by the U.S. military. That:
Quickly opens doors for Aeon, which in April announced a contract with the Army Applications Laboratory
Means troops could get new loadouts or variants of existing weapons relatively quickly, on both manned and unmanned vehicles
Medicare has negotiated list price reductions of up to 85% for 15 widely used drugs in the program, including Novo Nordisk's blockbuster GLP-1 drug Ozempic, officials announced Tuesday.
Why it matters: The price cutsare expected to save $12 billion over a year. Seniors are expected to see a $685 million reduction in out-of-pocket costs when they take effect in 2027.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule any day on Texas's controversial congressional map, with a decision likely before Dec. 8, the filing deadline for candidates in Texas.
Why it matters: An anticipated ruling would mark the high court's first word on the redistricting wars that have defined the 2026 cycle. It wouldn't be the last.
Companies, lawyers and policy types are starting to call "Trump accounts" a new name: 530A accounts.
Why it matters: It's a way to avoid politicizing the accounts — investment vehicles for kids that proponents hope will be widely used by families, companies and philanthropies on both sides of the aisle.
President Trump's trial balloon for extending the Affordable Care Act's enhanced subsidies has been shot down, but the real moment of truth for him and Congress may come in the run-up to the next government funding cliff, in late January.
Why it matters: There still are multiple scenarios for preventing steep increases in premium costs for millions of Americans heading into an election year dominated by affordability issues.
U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll's impromptu role in negotiating peace between Russia and Ukraine thrusts into the mainstream what defense circles have been whispering about: He's a Trump 2.0 power player.
Why it matters: It was Driscoll who formally presented the 28-point peace plan to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky. Driscoll then held a flurry of meetings in Kyiv, joined the U.S. delegation in Geneva and jetted to Abu Dhabi to meet the Russians.
To understand whether AI is in a bubble, and what could happen next, you have to think of it like railroads. Or maybe fiber-optic cable. Or perhaps oil drilling?
Why it matters: Everyone in the business world is anxiously trying to figure out which historical boom-and-bust comparison is the right one so they can be ready for what they fear comes next.
President Trump is flirting with one of the most toxic ideas in American politics — a new foreign military intervention — at one of the most precarious moments of his second term.
Why it matters: Trump's push toward regime change in Venezuela threatens to deepen a MAGA rift that detonated last week with the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
The Trump administration is increasing its icebreaking fleet in the Arctic, per a new report that warns other nations are expanding their "capabilities" in the resource-rich region — singling out China as a particular threat.
Why it matters: As the Arctic climate rapidly warms, China and Russia have been moving into the region — seeing the northern reaches as a resource-rich crossroads, and melting ice grants new travel and trade routes as well as opportunities for military basing, per Axios' Colin Demarest.
The Trump administration is raising national parks' prices and adding fees for international tourists from next year in an "America-first" initiative that'll see U.S. residents "continue to enjoy affordable pricing," the Interior Department announced Tuesday.
The big picture: The new fees that take effect from Jan. 1 follow a tumultuous year for the National Park Service after hundreds of workers were fired in the Trump administration's purge of federal employees, and Axios' Emily Peck reports international air travel has declined amid travelers saying they're put off by tariffs.
Brazil's Supreme Court ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting a military coup to overturn the country's 2022 election.
The big picture: Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes requested that his order be finalized, preventing Bolsonaro from filing any further appeals to overturn the ruling.
Why it matters: Trump initially set Thanksgiving as the deadline for getting Ukraine to sign on to his peace plan, but as the negotiations caught steam, he seems open to allowing more time for talks.
