Trump blames Democrats, the shutdown and media bias for his party's shellacking last Tuesday. What he leaves out: his own role in Republicans' election wipeout and the contradictions in his policies and messaging. www.axios.com/2025/11/09/t...

The affordability crisis, once Biden's, is now Trump's @BerkowitzBT and I www.axios.com/2025/11/07/t...

The Justice Department's push to investigate a progressive activist accused of doxxing top Trump adviser Stephen Miller has been stymied by two judges and a Virginia prosecutor, according to court records and state and federal law enforcement sources www.axios.com/2025/11/07/d...

Trump has raised a staggering $1.9 billion since taking office to help finance his political committees and White House construction projects —& he’s still going “The midterms are paid for,” we’re told And, yes, he plans to build the Arc de Trump in DC www.axios.com/2025/11/05/t...

Months after abruptly canceling his nomination, President Trump ended a fierce behind-the-scenes tussle and restored @rookisaacman as his nominee to run NASA. Here’s how he did it www.axios.com/2025/11/05/t...

If the shutdown continues and Senate Republicans don’t exercise the “nuclear option” to kill the filibuster that sustains the closure, Trump is ready to go nuclear on them w/@StefWKight & @stephen_neukam www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...

Scoop: Trump is directing staff to brief more members of Congress on his administration's aggressive boat bombing in Latin America "I keep getting calls about this from congressmen," Trump explained in a recent meeting with top officials W/ @stefkight.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/11/03/t...

A growing number of unions are pressuring Senate Democrats to reopen the government by voting for a clean CR @AndrewSolender & I www.axios.com/2025/10/30/d...

Earlier in the week, there were doubts Trump could find the $5.3 billion to pay the troops Friday The White House just came up with a solution by raiding 3 accounts Exclusive reporting here www.axios.com/2025/10/29/w...

The Agriculture Department says it can't use contingency funds to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown — and that states won't be reimbursed if they cover the expenses on their own, according to a new memo exclusively obtained by Axios. www.axios.com/2025/10/24/g...

Before his reelection, Trump demanded DOJ pay him $230m in “lawfare”damages— a demand that was going nowhere until Trump blurted out a vague reference to it last week, top officials tell Axios Now its fate is uncertain Here’s what we know so far 👇 www.axios.com/2025/10/21/t...

The U.S. military has killed at least 32 people in seven strikes off the coast of Venezuela without telling Congress or the public who was killed, or on what evidence And it’s probably going to stay that way, admin officials say @DavidLawler10 & I www.axios.com/2025/10/21/t...

The White House paused the judicial nomination of former Florida Deputy Attorney General John Guard due to his involvement with a charity linked to Gov. Ron DeSantis that's under criminal investigation. www.axios.com/2025/10/21/j...

The Trump administration is working to prevent the clashes between Hamas and Israel on Sunday from exploding the Gaza agreement. @barakravid.bsky.social and i write for @axios www.axios.com/2025/10/19/t...

The White House sent Congress a memo Friday arguing that history shows Trump has the right to move money around for military purposes —just like Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln & JFK That’s right, the memo deep cuts to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 www.axios.com/2025/10/18/w...

Donald Trump: America First globalist www.axios.com/2025/10/17/t...

The White House's political operation is telling congressional Republicans to hold firm on the government shutdown, citing internal and external polling that show Democrats' numbers are eroding. Exclusive look at the WH poll #s & thinking here 👇 www.axios.com/2025/10/07/s...

Trump is remodeling the White House & environs like no other president, gilding the Oval, planting trees, creating the Rose Garden patio & a ballroom, hanging portraits, even directing how & where new marble-tiled floors are laid This is Don The Builder www.axios.com/2025/10/15/t...

When Trump announced a new deal Friday to lower prescription drug costs, it was the clearest sign yet that he'd paused his Lutnick’s push to slap 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals that aren't manufactured in the U.S. @axiosalex & I www.axios.com/2025/10/12/t...

The White House isn't just standing by its view that federal law doesn't guaranteeback pay for furloughed workers: It has emails showing this belief dates back to the 2019 shutdown. Here’s what they said. Read it first in @axios www.axios.com/2025/10/09/s...

Melania Trump has now forced 3 media enterprises to apologize to her & retract content over the false claim Epstein was involved in introducing her to her husband ✅HarperCollins UK ✅Carville’s podcast ✅Daily Beast Beware, Michael Wolff www.axios.com/2025/10/08/h...

The conventional wisdom is that furloughed federal workers get backpay when the shutdown ends But a draft White House memo says that’s not the case as the Trump admin considers ratcheting up the pressure on Senate Dems to end the shutdown News here 👇 www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

"Why are you always so fucking negative?” Trump snaps at Netanyahu over Gaza peace plans w/ @barakravid.bsky.social in @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/10/05/t...

🚨Scoop: On Saturday the White House was concerned Netanyahu is going to reject the plan for ending the war in Gaza. Trump then held a tough call with Netanyahu and told him: "If you leave it, we walk away from you". @barakravid.bsky.social and I write for @axios www.axios.com/2025/10/01/s...

Trump's meeting today with Netanyahu could boil down to a binary choice: Accept my plan for ending the war in Gaza, or risk a public rift with the U.S. and face even worse international isolation. @BarakRavid & I www.axios.com/2025/09/29/t...

The U.S. helped Argentina, then Argentine farmers made a deal with China @MadyMills_ & I www.axios.com/2025/09/24/t...

The prosecution of former CIA chief John Brennan in what Trump calls the “Russia hoax” became much more challenging after many of the potential witnesses in the case had their security clearances yanked by ODNI last month —without adequately informing DOJ www.axios.com/2025/09/24/t...

“On-ramp to Jesus:” Charlie Kirk’s funeral signals an evangelical shift www.axios.com/2025/09/22/c...

X algo serves me back-to-back videos of ✅a guy mocking Charlie Kirk’s murder ✅a gal who claims she’s in a relationship with an AI Luigi Mangioni chatbot It can’t be good to be exposed to this much rage and insanity on devices we’re all looking at all the time

Lots of folks in Trump's orbit & MAGAville aren't happy with Kash Patel's performance as FBI director. But Trump is. So for the foreseeable future, he's not going anywhere @talstales & me www.axios.com/2025/09/15/t...

The online left quickly spread a baseless theory over the weekend that Charlie Kirk was killed by a rightwing Groyper There's 0 real evidence of that, officials say the killer's a leftist & so many wondered "what's a Groyper" that internet traffic spiked www.axios.com/2025/09/15/g...

Investigators think Tyler Robinson’s romantic relationship w/his transgender roommate may b a motive in killing Charlie Kirk for his views on gender ID The roommate’s cooperating & “aghast” @ the killing UT leftist groups are also being examined www.axios.com/2025/09/13/k...

An administration official confirms to @axios that Trump did not misspeak: There's a new suspect in Kirk's murder who was taken into custody overnight www.axios.com/2025/09/12/c...

Charlie Kirk didn't just found a wildly successful pro-Trump group. He was a true Trump adviser, called top officials friends & helped populate the admin with Cabinet secretaries & staff It's why the White House is reeling from his murder w/@axiosalex www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...

The grisly video of a woman’s murder in North Carolina became a campaign issue in the swing state’s Senate race this weekend, drew Trump’s attention and fueled conservative criticisms of Democratic policies and the way the news media covers race &’crime www.axios.com/2025/09/08/i...

More missiles. Fewer arrests. President Trump's war on drugs is now a real war Narcotraffickers are considered terrorists. & the US claims the right to kill them in the Caribbean just as it neutralizes jihadists in the Middle East It’s a major escalation www.axios.com/2025/09/04/t...

The Department of Homeland Security blindsided Argentina last week by unexpectedly pausing a visa-waiver agreement as officials from Buenos Aires were already en route to Washington to sign the deal. www.axios.com/2025/09/03/a...

Trump gets a two-for-one Gaza briefing today: ✅A post-war development plan briefed by Tony Blair & Jared Kushner ✅An update on options for expanding food delivery, both by volume and by speed @BarakRavid & me www.axios.com/2025/08/27/b...

After Argentina snafu with Noem, White House, Rubio seeks better foreign policy coordination www.axios.com/2025/08/21/n...

48% of non-immigration arrests during Trump's D.C. takeover took place in two of the most crime-ridden areas The White House shared the stats to refute critics who say the takeover is not operating in high crime areas @cuneytdil & me www.axios.com/2025/08/19/t... @cuneytdil

Zelensky plans to suit up for his White House meeting today with Trump, a stark contrast with the last Oval Office meeting that ended poorly @BarakRavid & me www.axios.com/2025/08/18/t...

Forget about a ceasefire right now. Trump's sole short-term goal for his Russia-Ukraine diplomacy: get the countries' leaders face-to-face to talk peace. “Everything else is foreplay," an adviser said Step 1 was Friday Step 2 is today Will 3 happen? www.axios.com/2025/08/18/t...

Trump just upped the ante for Friday's summit with Putin — both for the war in Ukraine and his own credibility Trump advisers are adamant he sn’t bluffing & could slap sanctions on Russia if there’s 0 progress @DavidLawler10 & me www.axios.com/2025/08/14/t...

Corey Lewandowski doesn't want to clock out of his temporary government gig. So, administration officials believe, he's avoiding clocking in at Homeland Security Now there’s a White House memo & lots of suspicion @brittanyagibson & me www.axios.com/2025/08/14/w...

Zelensky scrambles to avert disaster as Trump meets Putin. @DavidLawler10 @barakravid.bsky.social and me write for @axios www.axios.com/2025/08/13/z...

When Trump announced a federal takeover of D.C.'s law enforcement Monday, he figured it would draw muted opposition from the city's mayor — and would garner support among many residents, including reporters He was right w/@AlexThomp www.axios.com/2025/08/12/t...

Trump is “becoming fixated” on the idea that “the starvation problem in Gaza is getting worse” —& last night his special envoy presented a plan to alleviate that w/@barakravid www.axios.com/2025/08/05/t...

Ghislaine Maxwell pressed ahead with an appeal to the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to overturn her conviction on the grounds that she was unlawfully prosecuted for sex trafficking minors with Jeffrey Epstein. www.axios.com/2025/07/28/g...

"Bibi acted like a madman": Trump's team frets about Netanyahu after Syria strikes. @barakravid.bsky.social and I write for @axios www.axios.com/2025/07/20/i...

Trump’s audacious plan to convert Alcatraz back to a maximum- security prison could cost $2 billion. Officials have made preliminary cost estimates and made repeated visits to the site. Secs. Bondi and Burgum toured yesterday. www.axios.com/2025/07/18/t...