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Migrant traffic through the Darién Gap falls to near zero

A long line of people walking along a dirt path in Panama's Darién Gap through dense green vegetation, carrying bags and wearing varied, colorful clothes, viewed from above.

Scoop: Massie blindsided Mike Johnson on Trump truce

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Jul 30, 2025 - World

Canada to recognize Palestine in September, subject to reform commitments

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Jul 30, 2025 - Business

Price increases arrive from P&G, Adidas, others as tariffs hit home

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Trump's DOJ rewrites inclusion rules for grant programs

Photo illustration of Donald Trump with photos of Lyndon B. Johnson and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

6 quick questions to help you understand the Epstein probe

A blue legal case board titled "U.S. v. Jeffrey Epstein" with a photo of Epstein and text about his arrest for alleged sex trafficking. A hand points at the board near an FBI tip line.

Trump ends de minimis tariff exemption, sets copper and Brazil levies

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Kamala Harris won't run for governor in 2026

Kamala Harris waits to speak at a campaign rally at United Auto Workers Local 900 on August 8, 2024 in Wayne, Michigan. Kamala Harris and her newly selected running mate Tim Walz are campaigning across the country this week. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Updated Jul 30, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Democrat who froze up on House floor faces primary challenge

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Jul 30, 2025 - Business

The White House is pushing to embed crypto everywhere, from taxes to retirement

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Jul 30, 2025 - World
Axios Explains: Israel-Hamas war

How Israel's blockade caused starvation in Gaza

Scoop: Senate Dems launching last-ditch bid to block Trump tariffs

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat from New Hampshire and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks during a confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Updated Jul 30, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Democrats invoke rare Senate rule to force release of Epstein documents

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer holding a news conference following the weekly Senate Democrat policy luncheon at the US Capitol on Tuesday, July 15, 2025.
Updated Jul 30, 2025 - Politics & Policy

There's a massive bipartisan housing bill moving forward in Congress

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The GDP report's case for rate cuts

Rep. Danny Davis set to be House Democrats' latest retirement

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Rep. Jerry Nadler draws a 26-year-old primary challenger

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) speaks at a news conference in Lower Manhattan on June 18, 2025.

U.S. economy returns to growth in second quarter on trade swings

Jul 30, 2025 - World

Scoop: Trump envoy Witkoff heads to Israel to discuss Gaza crisis

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Updated Jul 30, 2025 - Science

Tsunami waves lash Hawai'i, U.S. West Coast, Japan, Russia after 8.8M quake

Map shows a magnitude 8.8 earthquake at 20.7 km depth off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and Severo-Kurilsk, dated July 30, 2025.

The Pentagon's dramatic divorce from D.C. orthodoxy

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Scoop: U.S. intelligence intervened with DOJ to push HPE-Juniper merger

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Trump's billion-dollar settlement spree

Heat streaks are getting more common nationwide

Trump is winning trade battles. The war? We'll see

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Musk's "America Party" is failing to launch

Illustration of a political campaign pin that reads NEVER MIND, with a shrug emoji in the middle.
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