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Updated Jul 3, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Biden gets more media pressure to step aside in 2024 race

President Biden on the stage at the first 2024 presidential debate.
Updated Jul 3, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Pressure builds on Capitol Hill for Biden to "step aside"

Joe Biden, wearing a blue suit under a white ceiling.
Updated Jul 3, 2024 - Politics & Policy

Biden awards Medal of Honor to Union soldiers for covert Civil War mission

President Biden speaking in Washington, D.C., on July 2.
Jul 3, 2024 - World

Israel sees major progress in new Hamas response to hostage-ceasefire deal

Displaced Palestinians

New York Times poll sounds fresh alarms as Biden vows to stay in race

Biden

Biden team's calls stress unity, resolve: "No one is pushing me out"

Joe Biden smiles with clenched fists.
Updated Jul 3, 2024 - Energy & Climate

"Life-threatening" heat wave hits California as wildfires burn

Photo of a house engulfed in flames at night as a wildfire burns in California.
Updated Jul 3, 2024 - Business

How the U.S. economy drowned the swimming pool industry

Illustration of pool floats creating a frowning face
Jul 3, 2024 - Economy

Meta's Threads turns one, has more than 175 million active users

Illustration of three party balloons made from the Threads logo.

Hurricane Beryl sounds alarm for destructive season ahead

ACLU prepares to fight Trump's planned DEI purge

Former President Donald Trump, wearing a dark blue suit and red MAGA hat, points outward at a campaign event.

Scoop: Biden launching 7-figure ad buy blasting SCOTUS immunity ruling

President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the North Carolina

Boston researchers exploring over-the-counter PrEP for HIV prevention

Illustration of a PrEP bill in a grocery basket.

Scoop: Republicans target Harris in new ad amid Biden questions

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally on June 28, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Biden greeted by dance party, criticism in key state of N.C. after debate flop

US President Joe Biden (C) and First Lady Jill Biden walk with Mayor of Durham Leonardo Williams (R) upon arrival at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina, early on June 28, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: Democratic rage at Biden rises

Illustration of the Capitol building with a siren on top.
Jul 3, 2024 - World

Scoop: Israel and UN negotiate deploying Musk's Starlink in Gaza

United Nations workers prepare aid for distribution to Palestinians, who have fled their homes due to Israeli strikes and take shelter in a UN-run school, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on November 4, 2023

Schools are bracing for the looming "enrollment cliff"

Illustration of a child wearing a backpack standing on the point of a giant pencil

New AI hype alert: Cost-free knowledge

Screenshot of Mustafa Suleyman in a black shirt talking at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Jul 3, 2024 - Business

Fourth of July barbecue staples feel sting of inflation

Illustration of a charcoal grill with a hamburger on it that gets flipped to reveal grill marks in the shape of the Axios logo.

2024's hottest summer travel destinations

FDA to ban additive used in sodas due to health concerns

A sign for the Food And Drug Administration is seen outside of the headquarters on July 20, 2020 in White Oak, Maryland.
Jul 2, 2024 - World

Biden expected to meet Netanyahu in D.C. this month: White House official

US President Joe Biden (L) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023

Biden says foreign travel meant he "nearly fell asleep" during debate

President Joe Biden during an operational briefing at the DC Emergency Operations Center in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024.

Skydance and Paramount reach new deal

Illustration of an engagement ring wrapped around a film reel
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