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Updated Apr 19, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Biden administration expands protections for LGBTQ+ students

Illustration of a set of lockers with the colors of the rainbow flag

Democrats want Mike Johnson to sweat for his bailouts

Photo Illustration of Mike Johnson with cartoon sweat droplets

Pelosi, Clyburn back Jan. 6 Capitol Police officer's bid for Congress

Harry Dunn, wearing a dark blue suit and blue shirt, sitting in front of a Maryland flag.
Apr 19, 2024 - Economy

Markets relatively calm amid Israel-Iran hostility

Iranians protest Israel

Full jury plus alternates seated in Trump's N.Y. hush money trial

: Donald Trump is seen leaving Trump towers and heading to court on April 15, 2024 in New York, New York.

Many voters unfamiliar with Biden climate law, despite economic benefits: polling

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Updated Apr 19, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Third Republican joins motion to remove Mike Johnson

Rep. Paul Gosar, wearing a blue suit and stepping out of a glass door.

EPA lists 2 common "forever chemicals" as Superfund hazardous substances

Part of a filtration system meant to remove PFAS from municipal water installed at a plant in Horsham, Pennsylvania, in 2019.
Apr 19, 2024 - World

U.S. targets ultranationalist Israeli minister confidant in new round of sanctions

Israeli leader of the extreme right-wing movement Lehava, Benzi Gopstein (L) listens to journalists' questions next to his then-lawyer Itamar Ben Gvir on August 11, 2015
Apr 19, 2024 - Health

Major health insurance companies are nearing too big to fail status

Johnson gets another rare bailout from Democrats on foreign aid

House Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a gray suit, white shirt and red tie and flanked by aides in a Capitol hallway.
Apr 19, 2024 - Technology

Tesla recalls nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal

Tesla Cybertruck in a parking lot in San Ramon, California

Gov. Katie Hobbs has set a new Arizona veto record

Photo illustration of Katie Hobbs with lines radiating from her.
Updated Apr 19, 2024 - World

Israel conducted strike on Iran, senior U.S. official says

A member of the Israeli military stands next to an Iranian ballistic missile that fell in Israel.
Apr 19, 2024 - Business

Why Jamie Dimon defends DEI when so many CEOs have gone silent

Photo illustration of Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon surrounded by various shapes and colors overlayed on a conference table full of people

Exclusive: Google finds AI agents pose fresh ethical challenges

Illustration of multiple name tags that all say "Hello my name is AI."

Cannabis drinks allow people to go "Cali Sober" on 4/20

Illustration of a Cannabis plant in a vase made of a beer bottle.

Behind the IMF's warning to Biden and Congress on deficit spending

Google's idyllic campus image shattered by protester firings

Illustration of Google's logo progressively breaking and turning into a frowning face.

Democrats take "unprecedented" step to save GOP's foreign aid bills

Rep. Jim McGovern, wearing glasses and putting his hands together.

Axios Finish Line: A healthy media diet

Illustration of a brain with sunglasses and headphones
Updated Apr 18, 2024 - Politics & Policy

U.S. and Israel hold high-level talks on Rafah amid Iran tensions

refugee camp in Rafah
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