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Collins wins Georgia Senate runoff, to challenge Ossoff
Republican Rep. Mike Collins on Tuesday defeated Derek Dooley and will face off against Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in November.Why it matters: President Trump endorsed...
An explosion of AI deepfakes is redefining American elections
Campaign ads featuring AI-generated clips and images once sounded like a laughable concept. Now they're everywhere, with attack ads that place candidates in a wide...
Microsoft's Brad Smith on AI-era jobs: "Let's not panic"
Brad Smith, vice chair and president of Microsoft, slammed tech moguls for hypocritical, grandiose warnings that are alienating Americans at a time of huge workforce...
What Newsom's team is telling allies in Congress about Trump's DOJ investigating him
California Gov. Gavin Newsom's team is urging congressional Democrats to frame the Justice Department's investigation into him as part of a campaign of political retribution,...
Trump's AI export strategy runs into Trump's export controls
The Trump administration has made exporting American AI a key part of its plans for global AI dominance, but ad hoc policy decisions around the...
SpaceX soars above Amazon in market cap
Data: FactSet ; Chart: Matt Phillips/AxiosSpaceX jumped another 4.8% Tuesday, enabling Elon Musk's space launch/satellite services/AI/social media conglomerate to leapfrog Amazon.com in market value.In just...
FIFA or ... FISA?
Arriving in the U.S. from Belgium to cover the World Cup, one overarching controversy stood out from the Iran war, visas and commercial exploitation: Should...
Trump’s World Cup czar calls early entry for Iran team a ‘goodwill gesture’
DALLAS — Andrew Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s point person on the 2026 World Cup, said allowing Iran’s national team to enter the U.S. a day...
Five arrested in alleged plot targeting UFC event
Multiple people are in custody after the FBI disrupted an alleged threat against President Trump's White House UFC event, FBI Director Kash Patel said Tuesday.The...
Trump's fight with Anthropic is now a fight over cybersecurity
AI researchers and cybersecurity leaders fear the U.S. government is setting a precedent that may discourage American AI companies from building tools that help defenders...
Breaking down the billions Iran could receive under Trump's deal
The still-secret terms of President Trump's Iran deal have triggered a furious debate over how much Tehran stands to gain financially — and how soon.The...
DC braces for change — and a collision with Trump
Washington will soon enter a new chapter after voters pick the capital’s first new mayor in a dozen years and its first new Congressional delegate...