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Senate control could hang in limbo for weeks after Election Day

Illustration of the Capitol Dome on top of a Jenga tower with a hand pulling out a block.

DOJ fails to indict Cassidy Hutchinson, a key Jan. 6 witness

TOPSHOT - Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in during the sixth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2022.

Trump escalates anti-Muslim rhetoric before midterms

Photo illustration of Abdel El-Sayed, Ilhan Omar, and Muslim Americans arranged as a collage.
Oct 27, 2026 - World

Trump praises Canadian separatists amid delicate trade talks

Illustration of a hand putting a maple leaf into a ballot box.
Updated Oct 27, 2026 - World

Israeli turnout hits three-decade high in warning sign for Netanyahu

Election officials prepare a polling station for voters in the Arab-Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm on Tuesday.

Key Senate Democrats set high bar for permitting bill support

Illustration of a hurdle with a thin solar panel as the bar.

Socialist civil war engulfs Los Angeles mayor race

Smiling mayoral candidate Nithya Raman in a maroon pinstripe dress sits on stage with a large orange Axios backdrop to the right; a small microphone is clipped to her chest.
Oct 27, 2026 - World

Israel braces for an election each side warns could bring ruin

Photo illustration of a collage featuring Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot facing away from each other over a background of horizontal bands of different shades of blue.
Oct 27, 2026 - Technology

Anthropic IPO leads AI's $235 billion dealmaking blitz

Illustration of a US flag, but the stars are replaced with binary numbers.

Rubio warns Venezuela's Machado: Street protests won't get you democracy

A demonstrator waves a Venezuelan flag atop a vehicle.
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