BREAKING: Will Lewis resigns, Washington Post names new acting CEO

Here's what Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray told Puck about the layoffs and state of the Post.

Trump posting a racist video of the Obamas underscores how imagery long recognized as among the most explicit racist tropes in U.S. history have become normalized in the Trump era, @russcontreras.bsky.social writes.

The AI investment surge that powered economic growth in 2025 looks likely to do even more so in 2026.

NEW: Racist video of Obamas removed from Trump social account A White House official blamed a staffer for erroneously posting the video.

Senate's lone Black Republican says Trump video "most racist thing I've seen out of this White House"

NEW: U.S. and Iran plan to continue nuclear talks after first round in Oman

Trump posts racist video of Obamas

NEW: For the first time, GOP strategists are telling Axios that losing the Senate — where Republicans have a 53-47 majority — is a distinct possibility. The House is already expected to be lost, based on history.

The Trump administration is moving forward with a field test of a citizenship question as part of early 2030 U.S. Census planning — raising fresh alarm that the question could make a comeback after being blocked in 2019.

President Trump last month offered to drop his hold on billions of dollars for a major infrastructure project in New York, but only if Chuck Schumer agreed to rename New York's Penn Station and Washington's Dulles International Airport after Trump.

House Democrats reacted with swift fury this evening over reports that President Trump floated renaming Dulles Airport and Penn Station after himself in exchange for unfreezing $16 billion in funds for the Gateway Development Project.

Press freedom groups denounced Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's declaration this week that a journalist was "down another source" after her department "caught another prolific leaker," whom she'll refer for criminal prosecution.

Power players like Bill Gates and Elon Musk continue to weather scrutiny over their ties to Epstein, but have so far avoided professional repercussions. Other corporate titans, however, as well as some politicians, have joined the list of those announcing resignations.

There is fewer than one open job (0.9) for every unemployed worker as of December. That's a big turnaround from just four years ago, when there was a peak of two open jobs for every available worker, @neilirwin.bsky.social writes.

The Trump administration just green-lit a rule making it easier to fire senior-level federal employees. An estimated 50,000 workers would fall into this new category.

Exclusive: Anthropic's new model is a pro at finding security flaws

Trump contradicts Gabbard on who sent her to Georgia

NEW: Trump to launch TrumpRx drug discount site tonight

SCOOP: The U.S. and Russia are closing in on a deal to continue to observe the expiring New START arms control treaty beyond its expiration today

The obesity drug boom is bigger than you may have thought. www.axios.com/2026/02/05/o...

As of early this morning, neither Washington Post CEO Will Lewis nor Jeff Bezos had made any public statements about the cuts, which will impact roughly 30% of the Post's staff.

Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have released 10 policy demands to "rein in ICE" in a letter to Republican leadership amid a standoff over DHS funding.

Scoop: FBI Director Kash Patel is heading to Tucson, Arizona, as President Trump deploys federal resources to find "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie's mother, per an Federal Bureau of Investigation source.

Trump is honoring these Black icons for Black History Month — even as his administration broadly suppresses Black history, culture, and DEI efforts across the U.S.

JUST IN: Plans for U.S.-Iran nuclear talks on Friday are back on, after several Middle Eastern leaders urgently lobbied the Trump administration this afternoon not to follow through on threats to walk away, two U.S. officials told Axios.

Americans say the country's biggest problem right now is politics, per a new global Gallup survey out today. Only eight other countries — out of 107 — ranked politics first.

JUST IN: Nike facing federal probe of alleged discrimination against white employees

🏠 Trump appears torn between wanting to preserve the housing wealth of current homeowners and making homebuying more accessible for new buyers.

BREAKING: Ryan Routh sentenced to life in prison for Trump assassination attempt

SCOOP: Plans for Iran nuclear talks are collapsing, U.S. officials say

The Trump administration has effectively blocked all non-citizens from the federal government's small business loans, which could spell further trouble for the economy.

Anthropic pledges ad-free Claude, with a Super Bowl shot at ChatGPT

Washington Post announces sweeping layoffs amid financial distress

BREAKING: Trump administration pulling 700 immigration agents from Minnesota

Americans say the country's biggest problem right now is politics, per a new global Gallup survey out today.

The Justice Department last week released the final 3 million-plus Epstein files — but President Trump and Vice President JD Vance appear to be diverging over what, if anything, should come next.

NEW: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was hospitalized after "experiencing flu-like symptoms" over the weekend, a spokesperson confirmed in a statement to Axios.

The House Ethics Committee is poised to hold a rare public hearing to consider charges of financial misconduct against Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.), Axios has learned.

Multiple segments of border wall construction are being held up by lack of final sign-off from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Axios has learned from two sources familiar with the delays.

House Democrats vote to help Mike Johnson end the government shutdown. The vote created harsh divisions among Democrats, some of whom argued that the party should use the shutdown as leverage to force drastic reforms of ICE and Customs and Border Protection.

Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed to testify before Congress. Here's what the Epstein files say.

Tariffs could be supercharging that historic trend: Companies might finally be raising prices to address the costs they ate throughout much of last year.

NEW: Mike Johnson clears critical hurdle to ending government shutdown

Paris prosecutors raided X offices and summoned Musk as global crackdown on Grok intensifies

BREAKING: Disney names Josh D'Amaro as new CEO

The DOJ's final release has delivered tantalizing revelations about Epstein's ties to elite society. But it brought neither clarity nor closure to the fundamental questions that have kept the scandal alive — reasons that the public obsession may continue.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard defended her presence during an FBI search of an election center in Georgia last week, saying President Trump had requested it.

President Trump's forthcoming closure of the Kennedy Center — announced with few details — casts real doubt over the future of Washington's most prominent cultural institutions.

More than 500,000 Haitian refugees living under temporary residency in the U.S. can remain and continue working in the country, a federal judge ruled this evening.