it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

Scoop: Kash Patel heads to Tucson to search for Savannah Guthrie’s mom AG Pam Bondi, who has known Guthrie for 25+ years, spoke to her on the phone today & is getting constant updates, @Axios has learned And Trump has pledged support w/@BecFalconer www.axios.com/2026/02/05/s...

On Friday, Trump heads into talks with Iran bearing significant leverage: A massive military buildup in the Gulf that presents a credible military threat, and an Iranian regime left weaker and more isolated by massive protests @barakravid.bsky.social & I www.axios.com/2026/02/03/t...

For the second time since he was impeached in 1998, questions about Bill Clinton’s penis are part of the national news cycle —this time due to a “hung like a horse” message sent by Epstein’s co-conspirator to the former president’s email www.axios.com/2026/01/30/e...

You’re fired? Not so much this go around with Trump 3 reasons why w/@nrothschild3 www.axios.com/2026/01/29/t...

Scoop: Trump expecting favorable Panama Canal ruling to further "Donroe Doctrine.” www.axios.com/2026/01/29/t...

The man behind the Minnesota 'massacre' misinformation: Stephen Miller Noem is telling others she feels hung out to dry and was just following WH direction www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...

“It's fucked, and POTUS knew he needed to unfuck it:” What we know about Trump’s Monday Minnesota moves w/@brittanyagibson www.axios.com/2026/01/27/t...

'Fundamentally wrong:' Gun groups, Republicans condemn Noem, Patel statements on right to bear arms in Minnesota www.axios.com/2026/01/25/n...

At an airport gate last week, Lewandowski loudly talked on his phone about contracts from DHS vendors last week for all to hear It’s a sign he’s still the full-time power broker while working under as a part-time volunteer w/ @brittanyagibson @axiosalex www.axios.com/2026/01/23/c...

Vance is in Minnesota today, and he's not planning any peace offerings to Twin Cities officials and protesters opposed to the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement tactics. w/@toreyvanoot www.axios.com/2026/01/21/v...

Air Force One turned around en route to Switzerland and is heading back to the U.S. with the president aboard due to “minor electrical issue,” the White House says Trump will board another plane and then continue on to Davos

Trump sees his Board of Peace as a NATO alternative, and he might draw that contrast in his speech in Davos But there’s a giant Greenland-sized wrinkle in all of this… @BarakRavid & I www.axios.com/2026/01/20/t...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright is looking to secure oil and critical minerals deals with Venezuela in the next few weeks ahead of a trip to Caracas, he said in a Friday interview with Axios’s @m_ccuri. www.axios.com/2026/01/16/w...

Trump’s team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling. The results, reflected in public polls, bolstered internal concern about the administration's confrontational enforcement tactics. @axiosalex & I www.axios.com/2026/01/16/t...

Trump and Rubio like to "bro out" over football and they plan to do so in the secretary's hometown of Miami on Monday night at the natty There's some only-in-Miami Cuban American intrigue here as well www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...

Inside Trump's $11 billion health plan to replace "neo-colonial" USAID to extend U.S. influence, particularly in Africa Critics fear catastrophe www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, like others in the admin, was caught off guard by news of the federal investigation of the Fed chair — & he expressed concerns to POTUS about the effects on financial markets and the internal plan to get Powell to leave www.axios.com/2026/01/12/b...

Forget talk about elections and democracy in Venezuela (at least for now) Trump has a simple goal there: Back a pro-U.S. government — and prop it up with millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...

Rubio’s 28-year career has led to this historic inflection point in Venezuela www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...

News: The Trump Administration estimates it has about one week to go —and as many as 700,000 more pages to review— before it finishes releasing all the Jeffrey Epstein files Some news about their thinking the admin & what’s coming next.. www.axios.com/2025/12/24/e...

Trump on seized Venezuelan oil: "We're gonna keep it" www.axios.com/2025/12/23/t...

Trump’s new immigration weapon: investigating money lenders on the border www.axios.com/2025/12/22/t...

The U.S. is intercepting its third oil tanker off Venezuela, this time a sanctioned vessel that was on its way to get loaded up with crude We have conflicting sources on whether the vessel, identified by one source as Bella 1, has been fully boarded yet www.axios.com/2025/12/21/u...

U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade It's another escalation by Trump and a sign that, sanctioned or not, the U.S. military will interdict ships carrying Venezuela's crude. www.axios.com/2025/12/20/v...

🐈‍⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪 No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade It’s a recipe for armed conflict www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...

🐈‍⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪 No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade It’s a recipe for armed conflict www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...

In labeling Venezuela’s govt a terrorist org, Trump is echoing the cause of oil companies with claims against the regime At least 2 firms that once had business in Venezuela have inquired about the fate of the oil seized last week, Axios has learned www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...

The U.S. is preparing to seize more sanctioned oil-filled tankers off Venezuela as the Trump administration opens a new phase of its pressure campaign on Maduro www.axios.com/2025/12/16/t...

Trump’s pinning his 2026 hopes on the economy soaring next year, starting around tax season www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...

Scoop: Trump sanctions 3 nephews of Maduro, a regime businessman and 6 companies and ships carrying Venezuelan oil www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...

Trump hasn’t told anyone he wants to get rid of Noem. So where did the rumor come from? Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan The two of them just don’t get along Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me www.axios.com/2025/12/11/t...

From a U.S. prison cell, Honduras' ex-president secured a likely pardon for drug trafficking thanks to a letter he penned praising President Trump and a persistent lobbying campaign by longtime POTUS pal Roger Stone Read the letter here first www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...

Scoop: Trump kickstarted the latest peace talks in Ukraine in a Nov. 18 White House meeting with Vance & Rubio, who made the case that a new 28-point plan could help end the war www.axios.com/2025/11/27/i...

SCOOP: President Trump's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week got tense when they discussed the possibility of Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel. @barakravid.bsky.social and I report for @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...

Trump has told advisers he's ready to talk with Nicolás Maduro —as the U.S. ramps up pressure on the Venezuelan dictator by designating him the head of a terrorist org There are no imminent plans to strike inside Venezuela nor snatch Maduro —not yet www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...

How Trump's 28-point plan for Ukraine shocked the world —the story of how the U.S. assembled and pushed its latest proposal to end the war @BarakRavid @DavidLawler10 @demarest_colin & I www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...

Zohran Mamdani stars in Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice: White House” @axiosalex, @hollyotterbein & I www.axios.com/2025/11/22/t...

Saudi Crown Prince MBS on Tuesday downplayed the kingdom's role in 9/11 attacks. But a major lawsuit —and a recent judge’s ruling— implicates the kingdom www.axios.com/2025/11/21/9...

Scoop: a CIA whistleblower goes public with @Axios about a secret CIA report he saw that boasted about tricking Congress in an investigation of JFK’s assassination www.axios.com/2025/11/19/w...

Jared Isaacman’s tortured path to become the next NASA chief is entangled in Senate rules & folkways The White House wants a quick vote The Senate? Eh It’s complicated @HansNichols, @StefWKight & I www.axios.com/2025/11/18/t...

It's too early to call President Trump a lame duck. But Congress is ready to clip his wings over the Epstein files. Trump still thinks it’s “bullshit” the GOP is here —& he still wields great power— but he had to accept reality www.axios.com/2025/11/18/e...

Forget retaliation: To cut tariffs President Trump imposed on their country, the Swiss sent a delegation of industry tycoons bearing gifts — a special Rolex desktop clock, a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar, and loads of flattery. www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...

Four months ago, Trump blocked the release of the Epstein files. Wednesday's disclosure of thousands of Epstein emails showed why: the disclosure shed new light on their relationship, dominated the conversation —and put Trump on defense www.axios.com/2025/11/13/t...

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...