politics
Scoop: Powerful Anthropic model, Fable 5, on track to return soon
The Trump administration is close to allowing Anthropic to restore access to its powerful Fable 5 model, which has been offline for 15 days because...
Trump's "communist" midterm message
President Trump needs a potent message to reverse his party's bleak midterm outlook — and he's found it in the rise of democratic socialists in...
GOP's new election model: Colombia
Senate Republicans are elevating Colombia as a role model in their push for stricter voting rules in the U.S. — and using California as their...
The World Cup game the White House cares most about today
SEATTLE — Iran faces off against Egypt tonight in a match that will have wide-ranging implications for the nation and its U.S. hosts, just hours...
A ‘pride match’ between Iran and Egypt — and Washington state’s gay leaders couldn’t be happier about it
SEATTLE — On Thursday, the Washington state House speaker and its Senate majority leader — likely the country’s first-ever pairing of openly gay state capital...
The drone war over World Cup skies
The federal government wants credit for mounting the World Cup’s best defense. The Transportation Security Administration this week said its federal air marshals have seized...
Ukraine's drones take the war to Russia
Ukraine's sustained and sophisticated drone warfare has knocked out refineries, tilted the battlefield balance and brought the war home to some Russians for the first...
U.S. strikes Iranian targets near strait after Iran fires at ships
The U.S. military conducted strikes against Iranian targets around the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. Why it matters: These are...
Scoop: Cori Bush won't commit to voting for Jeffries in 2027 if she wins her seat back
Former Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), in an interview with Axios on Friday, declined to commit to voting for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) as...
A drag queen, a rainbow festival and a game beyond FIFA's control
SEATTLE — FIFA has not endorsed the Seattle host-city committee’s "Pride Match" designation, which will not be part of the official branding when Iran and...
The world's not big on the US. The World Cup might help.
America’s stint hosting the World Cup is drawing mostly positive reviews to date — and it couldn’t come at a better time. According to a...
Pete Buttigeig targeted by false abuse allegation in Michigan
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says he was kept apart from his two young children for 24 hours after someone made a false complaint about...