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Scoop: U.S. suggests Cuba complicit in helping Russia fight Ukraine

  • Hans Nichols
ICE deported 442k people in fiscal year 2025
ICE deported 442k people in fiscal year 2025
Women snatch MAGA's megaphone
Women snatch MAGA's megaphone
Scoop: Senate plans to grill six Cabinet officials on Trump's budget
Scoop: Senate plans to grill six Cabinet officials on Trump's budget
OpenAI opens powerful cyber tools to verified users
OpenAI opens powerful cyber tools to verified users
    • Andrew Solender
    13 hours ago
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    Politics & Policy
    Swalwell and Gonzales formally submit resignations from Congress
    Split image: left, man in a dark suit and maroon striped tie with stubble; American flag in background. Right, man in a blue suit with red patterned tie outdoors against blue sky.

    Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales. Photos: Anna Moneymaker, Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images

    Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) submitted their formal resignations from Congress on Tuesday following sexual misconduct scandals.

    State of play: Swalwell's resignation took effect at 2pm ET on Tuesday — meaning he has already resigned — while Gonzales' takes effect at 11:59 pm ET, according to the House clerk.

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    • Marc Caputo
    14 hours ago
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    Politics & Policy
    Scoop: U.S. eases bank sanctions amid Venezuela's economic woes
    Venezuela protesters carry a large Venezuela flag.

    Opponents of interim President Delcy Rodriguez's government demonstrate with a Venezuelan national flag to demand higher wages and pensions in Caracas last week. Photo: Jonathan Lanza/NurPhoto via Getty Images

    The Trump administration eased sanctions on Venezuela's state-run financial system Tuesday to try to boost the country's economy amid protests by public workers demanding higher pay.

    Why it matters: Venezuela's government-run bank and other large financial institutions can now begin legally using U.S. currency, directly receive billions of dollars in oil sales and reenter the U.S.-controlled global financial system to help its damaged economy.

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    • Josephine Walker
    14 hours ago
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    Politics & Policy
    The first AI-era war is a "slopaganda" battle to control memes
    Illustration of soldiers on Iwo Jima lifting up a giant cursor.

    Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios

    A LEGO man rapping about President Trump's TACO trades and an image of the commander-in-chief as a Jesus-like figure healing the sick are both symptoms of an AI-fueled propaganda boom driven by the Iran war.

    Why it matters: AI "slopaganda," as such content is called, is the new reality moving forward when it comes to warfare, propaganda and information warfare experts tell Axios.

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