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Iranian attack spurs bipartisan calls for swift U.S. action

The U.S. Capitol building.
Updated Apr 13, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Biden returns to the White House as imminent Iranian attack on Israel is possible

Biden boarding Air Force One
Apr 13, 2024 - Business

Post-pandemic shoppers are harder to please

Two shopping bags
Apr 13, 2024 - Science

How to behold the Lyrids meteor shower starting next week

A shooting star of the Lyrid meteor shower over a ground station in China in April 2021.
Updated Apr 13, 2024 - Technology

Google who? Gen Z is searching on TikTok, YouTube instead

Illustration of the Google searching page with a big "Z" spray painted on top of it

Biden ticks up in polls post-SOTU, but still trails Trump

Illustration of a series of pie and bar charts laid out and colored to resemble the arrangement of the U.S. flag
Updated Apr 13, 2024 - Economy

What to know about taxes, extensions and refunds for Tax Day

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Biden's new take on inflation: Trump would be worse

President Biden, wearing sunglasses and a blue jacket, gives a thumbs-up.

The wallet-busting era of car ownership

Illustration of a hand putting a quarter into a car, as if it were a piggy bank.
Updated Apr 12, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Harris on Trump's abortion stance: "Enough with the gaslighting"

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks

Trump says he stands with Johnson as Greene threatens ouster

Former President Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson hold a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on April 12
Apr 12, 2024 - Economy

Big banks warn of sting from higher rates

Illustration of a nervous piggy bank with a sweat drop on its face.

We tried it: Sound therapy, via app

Illustration of a brain with sunglasses and headphones
Updated Apr 12, 2024 - World

Biden tells Iran: Don't attack Israel

US President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, April 12, 2024
Updated Apr 12, 2024 - World

Scoop: Iran warns U.S. to stay out of fight with Israel or face attack on troops

Iranians attend a commemoration for the IRGC members killed in a strike on the country's consular annex in Damascus.

Hot Dem primary in Maryland tightens a month before election

Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. David Trone (D-Md.). Photos: Tom Williams, Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Apr 12, 2024 - Economy

Biden alums want to change how we measure a bill's financial impacts

Illustration of the capitol dome cracking open to show a piggy bank inside

Infuriated Democrats grapple with GOP vote to blast Biden

President Biden, wearing a blue suit, light blue shirt and maroon tie, speaking at a podium on a table in front of a gold-colored curtain.

House GOP pauses infighting to move forward on key surveillance bill

US House Speaker Mike Johnson looks on after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed a joint meeting of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 11, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

How Arizona's court ruling will impact abortion access

Illustration of a column wrapped in snakes from a caduceus.

Hot oil summer: Soaring prices threaten consumers and Biden

Pittsburgh streets flooded as severe storms threaten Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic

Pittsburgh rescue crews take a dinghy out into the street to save a woman trapped in a car sinking in rising waters on Route 51. Swiftwater Rescue Paramedics accessed the patient and loaded her into the boat, taking her to safety at a nearby business.
Apr 12, 2024 - Economy

Why a big law firm is rolling back parental leave

Illustration of a baby wearing a bib with a calendar on it with marked out days

A CIA mission, Howard Hughes: The secret history of the Baltimore bridge's crane

The Chesapeake 1000, a towering yellow crane, sits on a barge.

Virginia becomes first state in the South to ban child marriage

Illustration of a gavel laying over a page from a yearbook where a veil and bowtie have been drawn over two teens.

Biden administration cancels another $7.4 billion in student loans

Illustration of a graduation cap with a sales tag on the tassel

Scoop: Israeli assurances fail to move key Democrat on F-15 deal

Foreign Affairs Committee top Democrat Greg Meeks, wearing a gray suit, white shirt and blue tie, raising his arms while sitting at a committee dais.
Apr 12, 2024 - Economy

Exclusive: More renters worry ownership beyond their reach

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Scoop: DNC covered Biden legal bills in special counsel probe

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Apr 12, 2024 - Business

Big banks are in a race to get AI right

Illustration of a robot hand placing a coin inside a piggy bank with rectangles of dollar bills creating a geometric patten behind it
Apr 11, 2024 - World

FBI chief warns of "coordinated attack" threat to U.S. after Russia shooting

Axios Finish Line: Next frontier for Axios

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“It’s past the trade deadline”: MAGA wary of kicking Johnson out

Former President Trump, left and House Speaker Mike Johnson

Scoop: Inside the operation to close Democrats' foreign aid rift

Photo illustration of a grid with blue, brown, and black squares, on which are an array of faces, including Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal, Jared Golden, Steny Hoyer, Nancy Pelosi, and Marcy Kaptur
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