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@axios.comPoll after poll spells trouble for GOP candidates — in purple states and deep-red ones alike — but while Democrats see a blue wave coming, some Republicans see a polling mirage. Pollsters worry they're flying partly blind.
@axios.comNEW: Trump says he reached a diesel supply deal with Putin
@axios.comJUST IN: Katie Zacharia tapped as next White House press secretary
@axios.comNEW: JD Vance says he won't watch livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter
@axios.comHere's where plague strikes most as Russia rejects outbreak scare
@axios.comNEW: Trump orders new investigation of Fed's Lisa Cook
@axios.comSCOOP: Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event.
@axios.comDemocrats are guaranteed to win more than half a dozen California House races in November, but several establishment Democrats face insurgent challengers — and Hakeem Jeffries' office had some choice words when Axios asked about the contests.
@axios.comPresidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet with Ukrainian negotiators and European officials in Miami on Friday to present "new ideas and proposals" to break the stalemate in the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. and Ukrainian officials say.
@axios.comDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the public will be able to watch the Fort Hood shooter's execution
@axios.comH-1B visas aren't suspended. Here's what Vance is really targeting with the foreign worker crackdown.
@axios.comTrump says anyone saying "AI" is "THE ENEMY!" The White House uses it.
@axios.comJUST IN: Trump rules out Iran strikes before midterms
@axios.comJUST IN: Trump's foreign worker crackdown comes for Microsoft, Adobe, IT firms
@axios.comRepublicans can dismiss bad polls as noise, or the result of liberal bias. But their concern about a potential blue wave is evident in their thundering attack ads in Kansas, South Carolina and Texas.
@axios.comTrump and the World Health organization are pressuring Russia over the suspected plague case. Here's where the mystery stands.
@herbscribner.bsky.socialReposted by @axios.comNEW from me -- The U.S. is tracking Siberia travelers after suspected plague case in Russia, per the CDC director
"We're very well positioned to make sure that we are protected from a potential threat like that," she said.
@axios.comNEW: U.S. tracking Siberia travelers after suspected plague case, CDC director says
@axios.comIsrael is marking the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attacks three weeks before an election where Benjamin Netanyahu's personal culpability for the country's worst-ever security failure will be a central issue.
@axios.comEXCLUSIVE: Ken Paxton privately lamented the impact of the Iran war and gas prices on his Texas Senate campaign in a meeting last month, telling a group of donors and lobbyists: "I don't make the decisions."
