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Putin to skip summit with Ukraine and send low-level negotiators

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a Russian-Vietnamese meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace. May 10, 2025 in Moscow, Russia.

Ben & Jerry's co-founder among those arrested at RFK Jr.'s testimony

Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben and Jerry's, is detained by U.S. Capitol Police for disrupting proceedings during a hearing with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 14
Updated May 14, 2025 - Axios Events

Top moments from Axios' Future of Health summit

Musk's Grok makes "white genocide" claims on X about South Africans

Elon Musk headshot
Updated May 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

House punts on Trump impeachment vote at 11th hour

Rep. Shri Thanedar wearing a blue suit and speaking in front of people wearing signs.

New Book: Biden Cabinet members worried about his capacity in a crisis

Then-President Biden, center frame, meets with his Cabinet.
Updated May 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Rep. Greg Murphy lays out his "beige line" on the GOP budget bill

Rep. Greg Murphy, wearing a blue suit and sitting in a gray chair in front of a gray "Axios" backdrop.

Tammy Baldwin slams RFK Jr.'s measles vaccination testimony

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) speaks at the inaugural Future of Health Summit on May 14 in Washington, D.C.
May 14, 2025 - World

Israel agrees to resume Gaza aid after two month freeze, foundation says

people strugglign to get food in a crowd
Updated May 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Kennedy has "spiritual mandate" to reform U.S. health system, Calley Means says

Calley Means
May 14, 2025

Sweeping Medicaid overhaul passes first congressional hurdle

Reps. Brett Guthrie and Frank Pallone
Updated May 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Dems blitz RFK Jr. on vaccine record, HHS cuts

Health Secretary RFK Jr. at a House committee hearing where he gave testimony on Trump's budget, HHS layoffs and the measles outbreak.
Updated May 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

RFK Jr. says he would "probably" vaccinate his children for measles today

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sits before a House committee (not pictured).
Updated May 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Scoop: Trump impeachment called "idiotic" in House Dem meeting

Rep. Jerry Nadler wearing a dark suit and then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing a pink outfit standing in front of flags.
May 14, 2025 - World

Trump meets Syrian president al-Sharaa, ex-jihadist who toppled Assad

Trump shakes hands sharaa

U.S. to spend $1 trillion on nuclear weapons over next decade

A large missile soars through the night sky. It is trailed by bright smoke and a purple glare.

Trump tries to tackle four global crises all at once

Trump arrives saudi

Trump claims victory on squishy Saudi investment promises

Illustrated collage of Saudi and American flags with pieces of a hundred dollar bill cut up and weaved in and out of the flag poles.

Air Force One gift would smash presidential records

Updated May 14, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Buttigieg, weighing 2028 bid, says "maybe" Biden's 2024 run was a mistake

Then-Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg testifies before the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee of House Appropriations Committee at the Rayburn House Office building at the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2024.

20 states sue Trump admin over immigration enforcement funding threats

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. During the event, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals by 30% to 80%.
May 13, 2025 - Science

Longevity's new muscle: Creatine

Animated illustration of a scoop of white powder with a clock face moving backwards set into the powder.

Menendez brothers resentenced, now eligible for parole

Erik Menendez, left, and is brother Lyle, were convicted in the 1989 murders of their parents. Photo: Getty Images

Johnson closes in on SALT breakthrough with House GOP holdouts

This is a photo of Mike Johnson and Donald Trump
Updated May 13, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Wisconsin judge indicted on charges of helping immigrant avoid arrest

Demonstrators protest in front of the federal courthouse where Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan appeared in front of a judge after being arrested by the FBI as she arrived for work this morning at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 25, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Judge Dugan has b
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