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Updated May 21, 2025 - Business

Trump floats bringing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public

President Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20.
Updated May 21, 2025 - Axios Events

Top moments from Axios' Building The Future event

Updated May 21, 2025 - Economy

Exclusive: Trump "gold card" site launching within a week, Lutnick says

President Trump shows a sample of the $5 million "gold card" that grants U.S. residency.
May 21, 2025 - World

Exclusive: Tech race with China is top intel priority, deputy CIA director says

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May 21, 2025 - World

Israel preparing to strike Iran fast if Trump's nuclear talks break down

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Updated May 21, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Republican moves to expel Rep. LaMonica McIver from Congress

Rep. Nancy Mace, wearing a magenta dress and a member pin.
Updated May 21, 2025 - Axios Events

WATCH: Axios interviews Lutnick, Sen. Shaheen, CIA official Michael Ellis and more

Trump's Oval Office is a danger zone for world leaders

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What health information presidents are required to disclose

Illustration of a caduceus with an American flag in place of one wing

Trump's DOJ to halt police reform deals in Louisville, Minneapolis

People gather at KULA Gallery during an unveiling of a Breonna Taylor painting on March12, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Updated May 21, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Judge: Trump admin's deportations to South Sudan may have violated order

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a hearing with the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Updated May 21, 2025 - Technology

Apple design guru Jony Ive joins OpenAI in $6.5 billion hardware deal

Jony Ive and Sam Altman
Updated May 21, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump administration accepts Qatari 747 to serve as Air Force One

Trump, wearing a blue suit, white shirt and blue tie, sits at a yellow chair
Updated May 21, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Trump ambushes South Africa's president with video footage in Oval Office

A US and a South African delegation sit in the Oval Office.

What to know about the oldest members of Congress

Scoop: GOP senator investigating White House handling of Biden's health

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., arrives for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing

How false "white genocide" claims became central to Trump's view of South Africa

Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, during a news conference following a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's president, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, on Thursday, April 24, 2025. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy became the fist leader of Ukraine to visit South Africa
May 21, 2025 - Economy

Tariff math leaves retailers very little choice on prices

A spreadsheet circulated on Capitol Hill showing tariff math

Mike Johnson faces 11th-hour blowup on Trump's big bill

House Speaker Mike Johnson, wearing a dark suit and standing next to two people in a white room with a white doorway.
Updated May 21, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Musk to attend Trump's meeting with South Africa's president

Elon Musk stands as he speaks in the Oval Office as President Trump looks on from his desk.
Updated May 21, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Rep. Gerry Connolly dies at 75 after battle with cancer

Rep. Gerry Connolly, wearing a gray suit and a scarf, speaks at a press conference outside surrounded by other Democratic lawmakers.

Vance says Chief Justice "wrong" on judiciary's role in checking executive branch

Vice President JD Vance holds up his hand as he talks to reporters (not pictured) aboard Air Force Two.

Biden's staged town hall footage was unusable: new book

Joe Biden speaks at an event with a "Build Back Better" backdrop

Trump's $4 trillion deficit bomb

Illustration of a detonator on a rolled-up bill.

Enraged Democrats plan to "double down" on ICE visits

Rep. Yvette Clarke speaks at a podium with a "Congressional Black Caucus" poster on it in front of the U.S. Capitol.

Trump's FEMA risks "flying blind" into hurricane season

Illustration of Donald Trump with his hair stylized to be a tsunami wave.

These cities have America's best parks

Updated May 20, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Cuomo takes aim at Trump amid reports he's under DOJ investigation

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks outside the West Side Institutional Synagogue on April 1, 2025, in New York City.
May 20, 2025 - Health

Exercise drops off sharply at age 49, study says

Illustration of a stairmaster leading up into a brick wall with a gym towel and water bottle off to the side abandoned.

Johnson nears last-minute SALT deal with blue state GOP holdouts

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Biden camp pushes back against suspicion over cancer diagnosis timing

Former President Joe Biden speaks during the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled bipartisan conference at the Sofitel Chicago Magnificent Mile on Tuesday, April 15, 2025. It was his first major speaking appearance since leaving office in January. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tri
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