Apr 24, 2019

Tampa elects its first openly gay mayor

Jane Castor. Photo: Edward Linsmier/Getty Images

Tampa's former Police Chief Jane Castor will be the city's next mayor, after winning the 7-week municipal runoff election on Tuesday with 73.15% of the vote.

Details: Castor is the city's first openly gay mayor, having won by a landslide against opponent David Straz, a retired banker, who spent millions of dollars on attack ads against Castor. Her intentions platform focused on promoting mass-transit and amplifying affordable housing options. Campaign finance filings indicate Straz spent more than $5 million to Castor's $2 million. Per the Tampa Bay Times, Straz was the target of social media resistance when constituents learned he supported Donald Trump in 2016. He defending himself, saying he did not plan to vote for the president again in 2020.

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Ashley Gold
2 mins ago - Technology

Scoop: Lawmakers tee up hearing with academics ahead of antitrust report

Big Tech CEOs testify before the House Judiciary antitrust panel in June. Photo: Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images.

Mostly academics will be testifying at Thursday's House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee hearing which will reveal where its year-long investigation into big tech and competition is going, a source familiar with the matter told Axios.

Why it matters: The hearing is the next step following testimony from Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai, Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Apple's Tim Cook before the committee in July. A showing of academics and think-tank types signals the lawmakers are still sorting out competition theories and possible legislative fixes to perceived antitrust abuses.

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Alexi McCammond
1 hour ago - Politics & Policy

Biden releases 2019 tax returns ahead of debate

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Joe Biden's campaign released his 2019 tax returns on Tuesday, showing that he and his wife, Jill, paid nearly $300,000 in federal taxes last year.

Why it matters: The release, timed just hours before the first presidential debate, comes days after a bombshell New York Times report said that President Trump paid only $750 in federal taxes in 2016 and 2017. Biden's team is hoping to make the tax contrast a sticking point during their showdown.

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Axios
Updated 2 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Coronavirus dashboard

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

  1. Global: Total confirmed cases as of 2:15 p.m. ET: 33,454,037 — Total deaths: 1,003,571 — Total recoveries: 23,204,219 — Map.
  2. U.S.: Total confirmed cases as of 2:15 p.m. ET: 7,165,067 — Total deaths: 205,476 — Total recoveries: 2,794,608 — Total tests: 102,342,416 — Map.
  3. Health: Americans won't take Trump's word on the vaccine, Axios-Ipsos poll finds.
  4. States: NYC's coronavirus positivity rate spikes to highest since June.
  5. Sports: Tennessee Titans close facility amid NFL's first coronavirus outbreak.
  6. World: U.K. beats previous record for new coronavirus cases.
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