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Updated Feb 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Scoop: Jeffries' plan to dampen Trump's first big speech

Hakeem Jeffries, wearing a dark coat and scarf, speaking at an outdoor rally with people holding up blue signs.

What to know about Trump's executive order on IVF

Illustration of a spotlight shining on an IVF injection close up.

The math questions behind DOGE's $55 billion savings claim

Screen shot of DOGE website that outlines how much the Elon Musk-led agency has "saved" in government spending so far

Scoop: Trump targets U.S. Institute of Peace and other federal boards

Illustration of a dove with a burning olive branch in its talons.
Updated Feb 19, 2025 - World

Trump calls Zelensky a "dictator" in latest smear

President Trump

White House blesses Senate backup plan on Mike Johnson's budget

This is John Thune and Mike Johnson with President Trump and Vice President Vance

Fed says Trump trade, immigration stance might "hinder" lower inflation

Fed speaks at podium during news conference
Feb 19, 2025 - Business

Musk says he'd look into DOGE stimulus checks

Trump wearing a MAGA hat behind Elon Musk, putting on sunglasses
Updated Feb 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump admin moves to halt NYC congestion pricing

A collage of Duffy and Hochul's headshots

Why the Obama Presidential Center is immune to Trump's cuts

Photo of a man pointing at a map during a presentation.
Feb 19, 2025 - Economy

Trump claims control over historically independent agencies

President Trump addresses the press at Mar-a-Lago after signing executive orders.

Trump spurns Senate's narrow budget plan for House's MAGA mega-bill

This is Mike Johnson and John Thune
Updated Feb 19, 2025 - Energy & Climate

Polar vortex-tied Arctic blast breaks cold weather records

Map showing forecast low temperatures on Thursday morning, with the coldest air denoted in purple.
Updated Feb 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump's media group sues Brazilian judge after Bolsonaro indictment

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press as a person holds a phone near his face.
Feb 19, 2025 - World

Zelensky says Trump "lives in a disinformation space" of Russian propaganda

Ukrainian President Zelensky.
Feb 19, 2025 - Business

How the world might retaliate against Elon Musk

Photo illustration of Earth falling towards Elon Musk.
Feb 19, 2025 - Business

DOGE dismantles the job security of federal work

Illustration of a brick wall with red and white stripes, falling apart.
Feb 19, 2025
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Axios D.C.

Trump's pick to be D.C.'s top prosecutor is a MAGA firebrand

Ed Martin in the center of the picture is in conversation with two other people
Column / Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain: Trump's boundary-busting provocations

Photo illustration of President Trump pushing aside the blue field of stripes in the United States flag like a curtain

What Trump's Iron Dome demands

A successful missile interception. A large, orange fireball is in the center of the frame. The background is blue sky with few clouds.

Trump faces growing DOGE revolt from GOP lawmakers

Donald Trump speaks at a microphone wearing a black suit while surrounded on both sides by dark shadows.

Early data show homicides dropped 16% in 2024

Illustration of a downward arrow made of crime scene tape.
Updated Feb 19, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Key takeaways from Trump and Musk's "Hannity" interview

Elon Musk listens as US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025.
Updated Feb 18, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Brazil's Bolsonaro charged over alleged coup plot

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures after accompanying his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, to board a plane bound for the US to represent him in President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration after a Brazilian judge denied his request to travel at Brasilia airport on January 18, 2025.

"It's time to act": Senate GOP steams past House on reconciliation

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., conclude a news conference the senate luncheons

Scoop: Schumer looks to jam Republicans on Musk and billionaires

This is Chuck Schumer
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