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{"entries": [{"title": "Israel and Hamas start detailed hostage negotiations for first time in months", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Israel and Hamas start detailed hostage negotiations for first time in months"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/israel-hamas-hostage-negotiations"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/israel-hamas-hostage-negotiations", "summary": "<p>Israel and Hamas for the first time in months are negotiating details of a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/ramadan-israel-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\">possible deal</a> to release Israeli hostages and for a temporary ceasefire in the enclave, according to two Israeli officials and a source with direct knowledge.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Both Israel and Hamas are under intense pressure to reach an agreement that would release the hostages and begin a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, where more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed.</p><hr /><ul><li>Since December of last year, the talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt have been deadlocked in discussion about a framework for negotiations, rather than details of the actual agreement.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-progress-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\">current proposal</a> being negotiated could lead to a six-week ceasefire in Gaza and to the release of 40 hostages \u2014 women, female soldiers, men over the age of 50 and men in critical medical conditions \u2014 in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The<strong> </strong>ongoing effort<strong> </strong>to reach a deal made progress last week when Hamas responded to a hostage deal framework proposed by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt. </p><ul><li>There are still gaps between the parties, but Hamas' response approached the original framework and allowed negotiations to progress to hammering out the details of a deal, Israeli officials said.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/04/ceasefire-palestinians-hostage-northern-gaza-israel-hamas\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. framework</a> included the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners, including<strong> </strong>15 who are serving life sentences for murdering Israelis, in return for 40 hostages.</li><li>The Hamas response delivered last Thursday included the release of 950 prisoners, including 150 who are serving life sentences.</li></ul><p><strong>Friction point: </strong>Hamas wants choose which prisoners will be released, especially those who are serving life sentences. Israel has rejected that demand, per Israeli officials.</p><ul><li>On the other hand, Israel demands to receive in advance a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/gaza-hostage-israel-hamas-list-biden\" target=\"_blank\">list of the hostages</a> who are alive and to deport the prisoners who are released to another country. Hamas has refused that, the officials said.</li><li>But the two most widest gaps are Hamas' demand that the IDF withdraw from the corridor it created south of Gaza City, which prevents the return of Palestinians to the north of the Strip.</li><li>The other sticking point is Hamas's demand that the next phase of the deal, which could include release of soldiers, includes a permanent ceasefire.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Israeli negotiators headed by Barnea met on Monday in Doha with Qatari and Egyptian mediators led by Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.</p><ul><li>A source with direct knowledge of the opening session of talks said it was positive. \"Both parties came with some compromises and willingness to negotiate,\" the source said.</li><li>A senior Israeli official said an Israeli negotiations team will stay in Doha to continue the detailed talks with Qatari and Egyptian mediators moving between the parties who are<strong> </strong>located in separate parts of the same compound in Doha.</li><li>The official said the current round of talks could take at least two weeks. \"It is going to be a long, difficult and complex process but we want to try and get a deal,\" he said.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes:</strong> The hostage deal is a political hot potato in Israel with Netanyahu's ultranationalist coalition partners objecting to any deal that will include a mass release of Palestinian prisoners and that could lead to a permanent ceasefire.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu last week<strong> </strong>postponed a cabinet meeting to discuss the mandate of the Israeli negotiations team for several days. On Sunday, he narrowed the mandate negotiators asked for in the hostage talks and laid stricter red lines for what they could accept in the negotiations, Israeli officials said.</li><li>Some on the Israeli negotiations team are concerned Netanyahu's red lines will make a deal harder to achieve, but Mossad director David Barnea, who is heading the team, thinks it is still doable, an Israeli official said.</li><li>\"The negotiations team didn't get what it wanted but it got enough rope. If we will be close to a good deal, Netanyahu will give even more rope,\" a senior Israeli official said.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Israel and Hamas for the first time in months are negotiating details of a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/ramadan-israel-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\">possible deal</a> to release Israeli hostages and for a temporary ceasefire in the enclave, according to two Israeli officials and a source with direct knowledge.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Both Israel and Hamas are under intense pressure to reach an agreement that would release the hostages and begin a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, where more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed.</p><hr /><ul><li>Since December of last year, the talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt have been deadlocked in discussion about a framework for negotiations, rather than details of the actual agreement.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-progress-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\">current proposal</a> being negotiated could lead to a six-week ceasefire in Gaza and to the release of 40 hostages \u2014 women, female soldiers, men over the age of 50 and men in critical medical conditions \u2014 in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The<strong> </strong>ongoing effort<strong> </strong>to reach a deal made progress last week when Hamas responded to a hostage deal framework proposed by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt. </p><ul><li>There are still gaps between the parties, but Hamas' response approached the original framework and allowed negotiations to progress to hammering out the details of a deal, Israeli officials said.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/04/ceasefire-palestinians-hostage-northern-gaza-israel-hamas\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. framework</a> included the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners, including<strong> </strong>15 who are serving life sentences for murdering Israelis, in return for 40 hostages.</li><li>The Hamas response delivered last Thursday included the release of 950 prisoners, including 150 who are serving life sentences.</li></ul><p><strong>Friction point: </strong>Hamas wants choose which prisoners will be released, especially those who are serving life sentences. Israel has rejected that demand, per Israeli officials.</p><ul><li>On the other hand, Israel demands to receive in advance a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/gaza-hostage-israel-hamas-list-biden\" target=\"_blank\">list of the hostages</a> who are alive and to deport the prisoners who are released to another country. Hamas has refused that, the officials said.</li><li>But the two most widest gaps are Hamas' demand that the IDF withdraw from the corridor it created south of Gaza City, which prevents the return of Palestinians to the north of the Strip.</li><li>The other sticking point is Hamas's demand that the next phase of the deal, which could include release of soldiers, includes a permanent ceasefire.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Israeli negotiators headed by Barnea met on Monday in Doha with Qatari and Egyptian mediators led by Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.</p><ul><li>A source with direct knowledge of the opening session of talks said it was positive. \"Both parties came with some compromises and willingness to negotiate,\" the source said.</li><li>A senior Israeli official said an Israeli negotiations team will stay in Doha to continue the detailed talks with Qatari and Egyptian mediators moving between the parties who are<strong> </strong>located in separate parts of the same compound in Doha.</li><li>The official said the current round of talks could take at least two weeks. \"It is going to be a long, difficult and complex process but we want to try and get a deal,\" he said.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes:</strong> The hostage deal is a political hot potato in Israel with Netanyahu's ultranationalist coalition partners objecting to any deal that will include a mass release of Palestinian prisoners and that could lead to a permanent ceasefire.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu last week<strong> </strong>postponed a cabinet meeting to discuss the mandate of the Israeli negotiations team for several days. On Sunday, he narrowed the mandate negotiators asked for in the hostage talks and laid stricter red lines for what they could accept in the negotiations, Israeli officials said.</li><li>Some on the Israeli negotiations team are concerned Netanyahu's red lines will make a deal harder to achieve, but Mossad director David Barnea, who is heading the team, thinks it is still doable, an Israeli official said.</li><li>\"The negotiations team didn't get what it wanted but it got enough rope. If we will be close to a good deal, Netanyahu will give even more rope,\" a senior Israeli official said.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Israel and Hamas for the first time in months are negotiating details of a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/ramadan-israel-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\">possible deal</a> to release Israeli hostages and for a temporary ceasefire in the enclave, according to two Israeli officials and a source with direct knowledge.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Both Israel and Hamas are under intense pressure to reach an agreement that would release the hostages and begin a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, where more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed.</p><hr /><ul><li>Since December of last year, the talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt have been deadlocked in discussion about a framework for negotiations, rather than details of the actual agreement.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-progress-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\">current proposal</a> being negotiated could lead to a six-week ceasefire in Gaza and to the release of 40 hostages \u2014 women, female soldiers, men over the age of 50 and men in critical medical conditions \u2014 in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The<strong> </strong>ongoing effort<strong> </strong>to reach a deal made progress last week when Hamas responded to a hostage deal framework proposed by the U.S., Qatar and Egypt. </p><ul><li>There are still gaps between the parties, but Hamas' response approached the original framework and allowed negotiations to progress to hammering out the details of a deal, Israeli officials said.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/04/ceasefire-palestinians-hostage-northern-gaza-israel-hamas\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. framework</a> included the release of 400 Palestinian prisoners, including<strong> </strong>15 who are serving life sentences for murdering Israelis, in return for 40 hostages.</li><li>The Hamas response delivered last Thursday included the release of 950 prisoners, including 150 who are serving life sentences.</li></ul><p><strong>Friction point: </strong>Hamas wants choose which prisoners will be released, especially those who are serving life sentences. Israel has rejected that demand, per Israeli officials.</p><ul><li>On the other hand, Israel demands to receive in advance a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/gaza-hostage-israel-hamas-list-biden\" target=\"_blank\">list of the hostages</a> who are alive and to deport the prisoners who are released to another country. Hamas has refused that, the officials said.</li><li>But the two most widest gaps are Hamas' demand that the IDF withdraw from the corridor it created south of Gaza City, which prevents the return of Palestinians to the north of the Strip.</li><li>The other sticking point is Hamas's demand that the next phase of the deal, which could include release of soldiers, includes a permanent ceasefire.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Israeli negotiators headed by Barnea met on Monday in Doha with Qatari and Egyptian mediators led by Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.</p><ul><li>A source with direct knowledge of the opening session of talks said it was positive. \"Both parties came with some compromises and willingness to negotiate,\" the source said.</li><li>A senior Israeli official said an Israeli negotiations team will stay in Doha to continue the detailed talks with Qatari and Egyptian mediators moving between the parties who are<strong> </strong>located in separate parts of the same compound in Doha.</li><li>The official said the current round of talks could take at least two weeks. \"It is going to be a long, difficult and complex process but we want to try and get a deal,\" he said.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes:</strong> The hostage deal is a political hot potato in Israel with Netanyahu's ultranationalist coalition partners objecting to any deal that will include a mass release of Palestinian prisoners and that could lead to a permanent ceasefire.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu last week<strong> </strong>postponed a cabinet meeting to discuss the mandate of the Israeli negotiations team for several days. On Sunday, he narrowed the mandate negotiators asked for in the hostage talks and laid stricter red lines for what they could accept in the negotiations, Israeli officials said.</li><li>Some on the Israeli negotiations team are concerned Netanyahu's red lines will make a deal harder to achieve, but Mossad director David Barnea, who is heading the team, thinks it is still doable, an Israeli official said.</li><li>\"The negotiations team didn't get what it wanted but it got enough rope. If we will be close to a good deal, Netanyahu will give even more rope,\" a senior Israeli official said.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "A protester during a demonstration on Mar. 16, 2024 in Tel Aviv. Photo: Syndi Pilar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/Kv43MtcO7UYA0hDDjN8_zf7zVek=/0x0:5000x2812/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710803865387.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/0aSvB149wOW7G-waCpmv2Tlc5kg=/812x0:4145x3333/128x128/2024/03/18/1710803865387.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:28:15 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 23, 28, 15, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/israel-hamas-hostage-negotiations", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Netanyahu to send delegation to D.C. to discuss Rafah invasion alternatives", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Netanyahu to send delegation to D.C. to discuss Rafah invasion alternatives"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/netanyahu-delegation-rafah-invasion-talks-sullivan"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/netanyahu-delegation-rafah-invasion-talks-sullivan", "summary": "<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a senior delegation to Washington in the next few days to discuss an alternative strategy to an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli ground invasion</a> of Rafah, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in briefing with reporters on Monday.\n<strong>\nWhy it matters: </strong>This is a signal that both Biden and Netanyahu are trying to avoid a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/netanyahu-biden-criticism-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">public clash</a> over an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-red-lines\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli invasion of Rafah</a>, where more than a million displaced Palestinians have taken refuge.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Netanyahu recently reiterated for the third time that he has approved plans for an operation in Rafah to destroy the remaining Hamas battalions there.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu has stressed, including in interviews with U.S. television networks, that whomever opposes an Israeli operation in Rafah opposes the destruction of Hamas and doesn't want Israel to win the war.</li><li>Sullivan said Monday that President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> rejects that argument as \"nonsense,\" saying: \"A major ground operation in Rafah will be a mistake. More civilians will die, Israel will be further isolated internationally. The key goals Israel want to achieve could be achieved by other means.\"</li><li>Sullivan said Israel hasn't presented the U.S. with a plan as to where the civilians sheltering in Rafah are supposed to go, or who will feed and house them. Additionally, he said an invasion will make it harder to get aid into Gaza via Egypt.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>The possible operation in Rafah was a key issue in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-netanyahu-first-call-tensions\" target=\"_blank\">phone call between Biden and Netanyahu</a> on Monday \u2014 their first in over a month.</p><ul><li>Biden told Netanyahu that while he shares the goal of destroying Hamas, there must be a coherent strategy to do that, Sullivan said.\u00a0</li><li>\"Instead of a pause to reevaluate the campaign and see what adjustments are needed, instead of a focus on stabilizing the areas Israel has cleared so that Hamas doesn't resurface, the Israeli government is talking about a major military operation in Rafah,\" Sullivan said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next:</strong> Biden proposed that Netanyahu send a team of senior military, intelligence and policy officials to Washington to hear the U.S. concerns and lay out an alternative approach that will not include a major ground invasion, Sullivan said.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu agreed, and the delegation will arrive Washington later this week or early next week, Sullivan said.</li><li>\"We want to have a strategic discussion about how to defeat Hamas in a way that will be long-term. There are ways to defeat Hamas without smashing into Rafah,\" Sullivan said.</li></ul><p><strong>Meanwhile, </strong>Sullivan confirmed for the first time that Hamas' number three commander, Marwan Issa, was killed in an Israeli operation last week.</p><ul><li>He said the rest of the group's leaders are in hiding in the tunnels. \"Justice will come for them too and we are helping to ensure that\", Sullivan said.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch:</strong> Israeli officials arrived in Qatar on Monday for negotiations over a hostage deal that could lead to a six-week ceasefire in Gaza.</p><p><strong>G0 deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/gaza-famine-starvation-imminent-israel-war-un\" target=\"_blank\">Famine imminent in northern Gaza, report finds</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a senior delegation to Washington in the next few days to discuss an alternative strategy to an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli ground invasion</a> of Rafah, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in briefing with reporters on Monday.\n<strong>\nWhy it matters: </strong>This is a signal that both Biden and Netanyahu are trying to avoid a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/netanyahu-biden-criticism-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">public clash</a> over an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-red-lines\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli invasion of Rafah</a>, where more than a million displaced Palestinians have taken refuge.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Netanyahu recently reiterated for the third time that he has approved plans for an operation in Rafah to destroy the remaining Hamas battalions there.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu has stressed, including in interviews with U.S. television networks, that whomever opposes an Israeli operation in Rafah opposes the destruction of Hamas and doesn't want Israel to win the war.</li><li>Sullivan said Monday that President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> rejects that argument as \"nonsense,\" saying: \"A major ground operation in Rafah will be a mistake. More civilians will die, Israel will be further isolated internationally. The key goals Israel want to achieve could be achieved by other means.\"</li><li>Sullivan said Israel hasn't presented the U.S. with a plan as to where the civilians sheltering in Rafah are supposed to go, or who will feed and house them. Additionally, he said an invasion will make it harder to get aid into Gaza via Egypt.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>The possible operation in Rafah was a key issue in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-netanyahu-first-call-tensions\" target=\"_blank\">phone call between Biden and Netanyahu</a> on Monday \u2014 their first in over a month.</p><ul><li>Biden told Netanyahu that while he shares the goal of destroying Hamas, there must be a coherent strategy to do that, Sullivan said.\u00a0</li><li>\"Instead of a pause to reevaluate the campaign and see what adjustments are needed, instead of a focus on stabilizing the areas Israel has cleared so that Hamas doesn't resurface, the Israeli government is talking about a major military operation in Rafah,\" Sullivan said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next:</strong> Biden proposed that Netanyahu send a team of senior military, intelligence and policy officials to Washington to hear the U.S. concerns and lay out an alternative approach that will not include a major ground invasion, Sullivan said.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu agreed, and the delegation will arrive Washington later this week or early next week, Sullivan said.</li><li>\"We want to have a strategic discussion about how to defeat Hamas in a way that will be long-term. There are ways to defeat Hamas without smashing into Rafah,\" Sullivan said.</li></ul><p><strong>Meanwhile, </strong>Sullivan confirmed for the first time that Hamas' number three commander, Marwan Issa, was killed in an Israeli operation last week.</p><ul><li>He said the rest of the group's leaders are in hiding in the tunnels. \"Justice will come for them too and we are helping to ensure that\", Sullivan said.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch:</strong> Israeli officials arrived in Qatar on Monday for negotiations over a hostage deal that could lead to a six-week ceasefire in Gaza.</p><p><strong>G0 deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/gaza-famine-starvation-imminent-israel-war-un\" target=\"_blank\">Famine imminent in northern Gaza, report finds</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a senior delegation to Washington in the next few days to discuss an alternative strategy to an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli ground invasion</a> of Rafah, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in briefing with reporters on Monday.\n<strong>\nWhy it matters: </strong>This is a signal that both Biden and Netanyahu are trying to avoid a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/netanyahu-biden-criticism-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">public clash</a> over an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-red-lines\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli invasion of Rafah</a>, where more than a million displaced Palestinians have taken refuge.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Netanyahu recently reiterated for the third time that he has approved plans for an operation in Rafah to destroy the remaining Hamas battalions there.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu has stressed, including in interviews with U.S. television networks, that whomever opposes an Israeli operation in Rafah opposes the destruction of Hamas and doesn't want Israel to win the war.</li><li>Sullivan said Monday that President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> rejects that argument as \"nonsense,\" saying: \"A major ground operation in Rafah will be a mistake. More civilians will die, Israel will be further isolated internationally. The key goals Israel want to achieve could be achieved by other means.\"</li><li>Sullivan said Israel hasn't presented the U.S. with a plan as to where the civilians sheltering in Rafah are supposed to go, or who will feed and house them. Additionally, he said an invasion will make it harder to get aid into Gaza via Egypt.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>The possible operation in Rafah was a key issue in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-netanyahu-first-call-tensions\" target=\"_blank\">phone call between Biden and Netanyahu</a> on Monday \u2014 their first in over a month.</p><ul><li>Biden told Netanyahu that while he shares the goal of destroying Hamas, there must be a coherent strategy to do that, Sullivan said.\u00a0</li><li>\"Instead of a pause to reevaluate the campaign and see what adjustments are needed, instead of a focus on stabilizing the areas Israel has cleared so that Hamas doesn't resurface, the Israeli government is talking about a major military operation in Rafah,\" Sullivan said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next:</strong> Biden proposed that Netanyahu send a team of senior military, intelligence and policy officials to Washington to hear the U.S. concerns and lay out an alternative approach that will not include a major ground invasion, Sullivan said.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu agreed, and the delegation will arrive Washington later this week or early next week, Sullivan said.</li><li>\"We want to have a strategic discussion about how to defeat Hamas in a way that will be long-term. There are ways to defeat Hamas without smashing into Rafah,\" Sullivan said.</li></ul><p><strong>Meanwhile, </strong>Sullivan confirmed for the first time that Hamas' number three commander, Marwan Issa, was killed in an Israeli operation last week.</p><ul><li>He said the rest of the group's leaders are in hiding in the tunnels. \"Justice will come for them too and we are helping to ensure that\", Sullivan said.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch:</strong> Israeli officials arrived in Qatar on Monday for negotiations over a hostage deal that could lead to a six-week ceasefire in Gaza.</p><p><strong>G0 deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/gaza-famine-starvation-imminent-israel-war-un\" target=\"_blank\">Famine imminent in northern Gaza, report finds</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "The ruins of a mosque in Rafah following an Israeli bombardment. Photo: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/BQ2NdoYtBuI0A9PrerAlWN0zC5Y=/0x856:8192x5464/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710795621675.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/MT3QZLZm8lnoI4HE7XyVwXf-Nmk=/1061x0:6525x5464/128x128/2024/03/18/1710795621675.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:05:37 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 21, 5, 37, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/netanyahu-delegation-rafah-invasion-talks-sullivan", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Famine imminent in northern Gaza, report finds", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Famine imminent in northern Gaza, report finds"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/gaza-famine-starvation-imminent-israel-war-un"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/gaza-famine-starvation-imminent-israel-war-un", "summary": "<p>Some 300,000 people in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/04/ceasefire-palestinians-hostage-northern-gaza-israel-hamas\" target=\"_blank\">northern Gaza</a> are expected to face famine conditions as early as this month, a UN-backed body warned in <a href=\"https://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_Gaza_Strip_Acute_Food_Insecurity_Feb_July2024_Special_Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a report</a> released Monday.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/ramadan-israel-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_self\">Negotiations</a> toward a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continue as the Gaza Strip faces a humanitarian <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/14/gaza-israel-palestinians-famine-disease-hospitals-humanitarian\" target=\"_self\">crisis</a>. The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing war</a> has made it difficult to deliver aid into Gaza.</p><hr /><ul><li>Half of Gaza's population, more than 1.1 million people, have completely exhausted their food supply, per the new report.</li><li>That marks the highest number of people ever recorded as facing catastrophic hunger by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a group of governments, UN agencies, and aid groups that monitor global hunger.</li><li>\"The speed at which this man-made hunger and malnutrition crisis has ripped through Gaza is terrifying,\" World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain said in <a href=\"https://www.wfp.org/news/famine-imminent-northern-gaza-new-report-warns\" target=\"_blank\">a statement</a>. McCain warned of a \"small window\" to prevent an outright famine.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Gaza's entire population \u2014 more than 2.2 million people \u2014 are now facing high levels of food insecurity.</p><ul><li>The IPC <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/21/gaza-starvation-famine-risk-israel-war-un\" target=\"_blank\">previously warned</a> in December that famine could occur by the end of May if hostilities did not end and if there wasn't access to essential supplies for the local population. </li><li>\"Since then, the conditions necessary to prevent famine have not been met,\" the latest report found, making famine imminent in northern Gaza between mid-March and May.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> Back in December, aid groups called the projection an \"extreme warning\" to the international community.</p><ul><li>The latest report now \"sheds light on the undeniable extent of starvation and deprivation for civilians\" in the region, Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna said in <a href=\"https://www.mercycorps.org/press-room/releases/Gaza-IPC\" target=\"_blank\">a statement</a>.</li><li>\"Sadly, this news comes as little surprise as Northern Gaza has been almost entirely cut off from life-sustaining aid and actively deprived of food, clean water, and healthcare,\" McKenna said, adding that \"the ongoing denial of humanitarian access\" is a violation of international humanitarian law.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The need for humanitarian assistance in Gaza remains critical, with some 1.7 million people having been displaced.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_self\">President Biden</a> earlier in March<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/biden-port-gaza-humanitarian-aid-state-union\" target=\"_self\">ordered the U.S. military</a> to build a temporary port in Gaza to receive shipments of aid by sea.</li><li>Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s, the celebrity chef and founder of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/02/24/jose-andres-turkey-syria-earthquake-aid\" target=\"_self\">World Central Kitchen</a>, is working on a faster yet riskier solution with the United Arab Emirates to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/jose-andres-gaza-aid-mission\" target=\"_blank\">land amphibious crafts</a> with food on the shores of Gaza. </li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/ramadan-israel-gaza-war\" target=\"_blank\">In photos: Ramadan begins in Gaza amid growing humanitarian crisis</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Some 300,000 people in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/04/ceasefire-palestinians-hostage-northern-gaza-israel-hamas\" target=\"_blank\">northern Gaza</a> are expected to face famine conditions as early as this month, a UN-backed body warned in <a href=\"https://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_Gaza_Strip_Acute_Food_Insecurity_Feb_July2024_Special_Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a report</a> released Monday.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/ramadan-israel-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_self\">Negotiations</a> toward a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continue as the Gaza Strip faces a humanitarian <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/14/gaza-israel-palestinians-famine-disease-hospitals-humanitarian\" target=\"_self\">crisis</a>. The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing war</a> has made it difficult to deliver aid into Gaza.</p><hr /><ul><li>Half of Gaza's population, more than 1.1 million people, have completely exhausted their food supply, per the new report.</li><li>That marks the highest number of people ever recorded as facing catastrophic hunger by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a group of governments, UN agencies, and aid groups that monitor global hunger.</li><li>\"The speed at which this man-made hunger and malnutrition crisis has ripped through Gaza is terrifying,\" World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain said in <a href=\"https://www.wfp.org/news/famine-imminent-northern-gaza-new-report-warns\" target=\"_blank\">a statement</a>. McCain warned of a \"small window\" to prevent an outright famine.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Gaza's entire population \u2014 more than 2.2 million people \u2014 are now facing high levels of food insecurity.</p><ul><li>The IPC <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/21/gaza-starvation-famine-risk-israel-war-un\" target=\"_blank\">previously warned</a> in December that famine could occur by the end of May if hostilities did not end and if there wasn't access to essential supplies for the local population. </li><li>\"Since then, the conditions necessary to prevent famine have not been met,\" the latest report found, making famine imminent in northern Gaza between mid-March and May.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> Back in December, aid groups called the projection an \"extreme warning\" to the international community.</p><ul><li>The latest report now \"sheds light on the undeniable extent of starvation and deprivation for civilians\" in the region, Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna said in <a href=\"https://www.mercycorps.org/press-room/releases/Gaza-IPC\" target=\"_blank\">a statement</a>.</li><li>\"Sadly, this news comes as little surprise as Northern Gaza has been almost entirely cut off from life-sustaining aid and actively deprived of food, clean water, and healthcare,\" McKenna said, adding that \"the ongoing denial of humanitarian access\" is a violation of international humanitarian law.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The need for humanitarian assistance in Gaza remains critical, with some 1.7 million people having been displaced.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_self\">President Biden</a> earlier in March<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/biden-port-gaza-humanitarian-aid-state-union\" target=\"_self\">ordered the U.S. military</a> to build a temporary port in Gaza to receive shipments of aid by sea.</li><li>Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s, the celebrity chef and founder of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/02/24/jose-andres-turkey-syria-earthquake-aid\" target=\"_self\">World Central Kitchen</a>, is working on a faster yet riskier solution with the United Arab Emirates to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/jose-andres-gaza-aid-mission\" target=\"_blank\">land amphibious crafts</a> with food on the shores of Gaza. </li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/ramadan-israel-gaza-war\" target=\"_blank\">In photos: Ramadan begins in Gaza amid growing humanitarian crisis</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Some 300,000 people in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/04/ceasefire-palestinians-hostage-northern-gaza-israel-hamas\" target=\"_blank\">northern Gaza</a> are expected to face famine conditions as early as this month, a UN-backed body warned in <a href=\"https://www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_Gaza_Strip_Acute_Food_Insecurity_Feb_July2024_Special_Brief.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a report</a> released Monday.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/ramadan-israel-gaza-ceasefire\" target=\"_self\">Negotiations</a> toward a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continue as the Gaza Strip faces a humanitarian <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/14/gaza-israel-palestinians-famine-disease-hospitals-humanitarian\" target=\"_self\">crisis</a>. The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing war</a> has made it difficult to deliver aid into Gaza.</p><hr /><ul><li>Half of Gaza's population, more than 1.1 million people, have completely exhausted their food supply, per the new report.</li><li>That marks the highest number of people ever recorded as facing catastrophic hunger by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a group of governments, UN agencies, and aid groups that monitor global hunger.</li><li>\"The speed at which this man-made hunger and malnutrition crisis has ripped through Gaza is terrifying,\" World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain said in <a href=\"https://www.wfp.org/news/famine-imminent-northern-gaza-new-report-warns\" target=\"_blank\">a statement</a>. McCain warned of a \"small window\" to prevent an outright famine.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Gaza's entire population \u2014 more than 2.2 million people \u2014 are now facing high levels of food insecurity.</p><ul><li>The IPC <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/21/gaza-starvation-famine-risk-israel-war-un\" target=\"_blank\">previously warned</a> in December that famine could occur by the end of May if hostilities did not end and if there wasn't access to essential supplies for the local population. </li><li>\"Since then, the conditions necessary to prevent famine have not been met,\" the latest report found, making famine imminent in northern Gaza between mid-March and May.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> Back in December, aid groups called the projection an \"extreme warning\" to the international community.</p><ul><li>The latest report now \"sheds light on the undeniable extent of starvation and deprivation for civilians\" in the region, Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna said in <a href=\"https://www.mercycorps.org/press-room/releases/Gaza-IPC\" target=\"_blank\">a statement</a>.</li><li>\"Sadly, this news comes as little surprise as Northern Gaza has been almost entirely cut off from life-sustaining aid and actively deprived of food, clean water, and healthcare,\" McKenna said, adding that \"the ongoing denial of humanitarian access\" is a violation of international humanitarian law.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The need for humanitarian assistance in Gaza remains critical, with some 1.7 million people having been displaced.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_self\">President Biden</a> earlier in March<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/biden-port-gaza-humanitarian-aid-state-union\" target=\"_self\">ordered the U.S. military</a> to build a temporary port in Gaza to receive shipments of aid by sea.</li><li>Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s, the celebrity chef and founder of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2023/02/24/jose-andres-turkey-syria-earthquake-aid\" target=\"_self\">World Central Kitchen</a>, is working on a faster yet riskier solution with the United Arab Emirates to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/jose-andres-gaza-aid-mission\" target=\"_blank\">land amphibious crafts</a> with food on the shores of Gaza. </li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/ramadan-israel-gaza-war\" target=\"_blank\">In photos: Ramadan begins in Gaza amid growing humanitarian crisis</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Sareen Habeshian"}], "author": "Sareen Habeshian", "author_detail": {"name": "Sareen Habeshian"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Displaced Palestinians arrive at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on March 18. Photo: AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/y-Hb4PLuFrexfv4Lm13wXLgIjP0=/0x0:6000x3375/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710790356504.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/4cTbw_q4s2qyBLgTzMAf3ZGw43M=/860x0:4860x4000/128x128/2024/03/18/1710790356504.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:44:04 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 20, 44, 4, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/gaza-famine-starvation-imminent-israel-war-un", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Americans are pumped for the eclipse", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Americans are pumped for the eclipse"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/solar-eclipse-april-8-travel-hype"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/solar-eclipse-april-8-travel-hype", "summary": "<div>Data: NASA; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals</div><p>A glimpse of next month's once-in-a-lifetime <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/19/solar-eclipse-glasses-safe-2024-april\" target=\"_blank\">solar eclipse</a> is already one of the country's hottest attractions.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Millions of people are planning to travel to areas with the best views, and businesses are cashing in on the hype by offering eclipse-themed goodies.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> Come April 8, as the moon's shadow passes northeast across North America, it should completely engulf several major U.S. cities in shadow.</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2024/03/14/one-map-to-go-our-path-of-totality\" target=\"_blank\">Texas</a> appears to be</strong> this year's prime eclipse destination \u2014 specifically Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, according to <a href=\"https://newsroom.aaa.com/2024/03/its-not-too-late-to-plan-a-road-trip-for-the-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\">AAA booking data</a>.</p><ul><li>Indianapolis, Cleveland and Buffalo are also among the top eclipse-viewing cities.</li><li>They're all in or near the \"<a href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/\" target=\"_blank\">path of totality</a>\" \u2014 or the track of the moon's shadow across the Earth's surface.</li></ul><p><strong>Nearly everyone </strong>in the U.S. should be able to see at least a partial eclipse, barring bad weather.</p><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong><a href=\"https://districtadministration.com/on-the-right-path-more-schools-districts-closing-for-solar-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\">Some school districts</a> along the path of totality, anticipating a major influx of sightseers, will close for the day, while <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2024/03/15/solar-eclipse-2024-events-near-me/72949281007/\" target=\"_blank\">hundreds of festivals</a> will be held across the country for the celestial event.</p><ul><li>Beyond just the traditional solar safety glasses, some businesses are offering eclipse beer, snacks, clothes, jewelry and other souvenirs, <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-promotions-beer-food-c2e881062d0c366ab72b5d6ca1db3b59\" target=\"_blank\">AP</a> reports.</li><li>Delta Airlines offered two special flights, one in <a href=\"https://news.delta.com/eclipse-viewing-30000-feet-delta-offer-path-totality-flight\" target=\"_blank\">Texas</a> and another <a href=\"https://news.delta.com/popular-demand-delta-adds-second-eclipse-path-totality-flight\" target=\"_blank\">from Texas to Michigan</a>, to view the eclipse at 30,000 feet.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: NASA; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals</div><p>A glimpse of next month's once-in-a-lifetime <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/19/solar-eclipse-glasses-safe-2024-april\" target=\"_blank\">solar eclipse</a> is already one of the country's hottest attractions.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Millions of people are planning to travel to areas with the best views, and businesses are cashing in on the hype by offering eclipse-themed goodies.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> Come April 8, as the moon's shadow passes northeast across North America, it should completely engulf several major U.S. cities in shadow.</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2024/03/14/one-map-to-go-our-path-of-totality\" target=\"_blank\">Texas</a> appears to be</strong> this year's prime eclipse destination \u2014 specifically Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, according to <a href=\"https://newsroom.aaa.com/2024/03/its-not-too-late-to-plan-a-road-trip-for-the-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\">AAA booking data</a>.</p><ul><li>Indianapolis, Cleveland and Buffalo are also among the top eclipse-viewing cities.</li><li>They're all in or near the \"<a href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/\" target=\"_blank\">path of totality</a>\" \u2014 or the track of the moon's shadow across the Earth's surface.</li></ul><p><strong>Nearly everyone </strong>in the U.S. should be able to see at least a partial eclipse, barring bad weather.</p><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong><a href=\"https://districtadministration.com/on-the-right-path-more-schools-districts-closing-for-solar-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\">Some school districts</a> along the path of totality, anticipating a major influx of sightseers, will close for the day, while <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2024/03/15/solar-eclipse-2024-events-near-me/72949281007/\" target=\"_blank\">hundreds of festivals</a> will be held across the country for the celestial event.</p><ul><li>Beyond just the traditional solar safety glasses, some businesses are offering eclipse beer, snacks, clothes, jewelry and other souvenirs, <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-promotions-beer-food-c2e881062d0c366ab72b5d6ca1db3b59\" target=\"_blank\">AP</a> reports.</li><li>Delta Airlines offered two special flights, one in <a href=\"https://news.delta.com/eclipse-viewing-30000-feet-delta-offer-path-totality-flight\" target=\"_blank\">Texas</a> and another <a href=\"https://news.delta.com/popular-demand-delta-adds-second-eclipse-path-totality-flight\" target=\"_blank\">from Texas to Michigan</a>, to view the eclipse at 30,000 feet.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: NASA; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals</div><p>A glimpse of next month's once-in-a-lifetime <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/19/solar-eclipse-glasses-safe-2024-april\" target=\"_blank\">solar eclipse</a> is already one of the country's hottest attractions.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Millions of people are planning to travel to areas with the best views, and businesses are cashing in on the hype by offering eclipse-themed goodies.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> Come April 8, as the moon's shadow passes northeast across North America, it should completely engulf several major U.S. cities in shadow.</p><p><strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/dallas/2024/03/14/one-map-to-go-our-path-of-totality\" target=\"_blank\">Texas</a> appears to be</strong> this year's prime eclipse destination \u2014 specifically Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, according to <a href=\"https://newsroom.aaa.com/2024/03/its-not-too-late-to-plan-a-road-trip-for-the-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\">AAA booking data</a>.</p><ul><li>Indianapolis, Cleveland and Buffalo are also among the top eclipse-viewing cities.</li><li>They're all in or near the \"<a href=\"https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/where-when/\" target=\"_blank\">path of totality</a>\" \u2014 or the track of the moon's shadow across the Earth's surface.</li></ul><p><strong>Nearly everyone </strong>in the U.S. should be able to see at least a partial eclipse, barring bad weather.</p><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong><a href=\"https://districtadministration.com/on-the-right-path-more-schools-districts-closing-for-solar-eclipse/\" target=\"_blank\">Some school districts</a> along the path of totality, anticipating a major influx of sightseers, will close for the day, while <a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2024/03/15/solar-eclipse-2024-events-near-me/72949281007/\" target=\"_blank\">hundreds of festivals</a> will be held across the country for the celestial event.</p><ul><li>Beyond just the traditional solar safety glasses, some businesses are offering eclipse beer, snacks, clothes, jewelry and other souvenirs, <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/total-solar-eclipse-promotions-beer-food-c2e881062d0c366ab72b5d6ca1db3b59\" target=\"_blank\">AP</a> reports.</li><li>Delta Airlines offered two special flights, one in <a href=\"https://news.delta.com/eclipse-viewing-30000-feet-delta-offer-path-totality-flight\" target=\"_blank\">Texas</a> and another <a href=\"https://news.delta.com/popular-demand-delta-adds-second-eclipse-path-totality-flight\" target=\"_blank\">from Texas to Michigan</a>, to view the eclipse at 30,000 feet.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jacob Knutson"}], "author": "Jacob Knutson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jacob Knutson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Data: NASA; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/WUqAs/fallback.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/GTiiBKuvfiTq5ikYRQeSRNQXUEo=/128x128/smart/2024/03/18/1710786033989.png"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:45:59 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 18, 45, 59, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/solar-eclipse-april-8-travel-hype", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "The UAW is calling for a vote to unionize the VW plant in Tennessee", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "The UAW is calling for a vote to unionize the VW plant in Tennessee"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/uaw-volkswagen-chattanooga-union-united-auto-workers-vw"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/uaw-volkswagen-chattanooga-union-united-auto-workers-vw", "summary": "<p>The UAW is calling for a federally sanctioned vote to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/uaw-volkswagen-chattanooga-tennessee-union\" target=\"_blank\">unionize the Volkswagen plant</a> in Chattanooga, Tennessee.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>With more than 4,000 workers, the factory would be <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/uaw-vw-volkswagen-united-auto-workers-chattanooga-tennessee\" target=\"_blank\">the only non-Detroit Three automotive assembly plant in the U.S. </a>to be unionized.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The UAW said Monday that it's filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to hold the unionization vote after a \"supermajority\" of workers at the plant signed cards signaling their willingness to join.</p><ul><li>The NLRB confirmed that it received the petition.</li><li>The union publicly launched its organization campaign at the factory after it <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/30/uaw-strike-united-auto-workers-update-deal\" target=\"_blank\">won record contracts</a> following an unprecedentedly simultaneously strike of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis in the fall.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>The UAW has lost two previous votes to organize the Chattanooga factory \u2014 in 2014 and 2019 \u2014 both times by narrow margins.</p><ul><li>Factories in the South have historically been extremely difficult places to organize.</li><li>But the union is hoping that this time is different after substantial employee turnover at the factory and after positive publicity about the new Detroit Three contracts.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>VW has said it will be neutral in the organizing campaign.</p><ul><li>The automaker did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.</li><li>But the company has indicated it won't be quiet: \"Neutral doesn't mean silent. Neutral means we're impartial to what the employees decide,\" a VW official said in February. But \"we'll continue to express our voice directly\" and call out any \"misinformation\" in the UAW's campaign.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>Once the NLRB confirms that at least 30% of the employees at the site have signed authorization cards, the vote is next.</p><ul><li>If the UAW and VW agree on terms of the election \u2014 including which workers are part of the bargaining unit and the timing of the vote \u2014 they  could sign a stipulated election agreement.</li><li>\"If they don't agree, the Regional Director could order a pre-election hearing and then she would order an appropriate election,\" NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado said in an email.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>A win in Tennessee would give the UAW momentum in its campaign to organize other automakers, including Tesla, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai.</p><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with a response from the NLRB.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The UAW is calling for a federally sanctioned vote to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/uaw-volkswagen-chattanooga-tennessee-union\" target=\"_blank\">unionize the Volkswagen plant</a> in Chattanooga, Tennessee.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>With more than 4,000 workers, the factory would be <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/uaw-vw-volkswagen-united-auto-workers-chattanooga-tennessee\" target=\"_blank\">the only non-Detroit Three automotive assembly plant in the U.S. </a>to be unionized.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The UAW said Monday that it's filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to hold the unionization vote after a \"supermajority\" of workers at the plant signed cards signaling their willingness to join.</p><ul><li>The NLRB confirmed that it received the petition.</li><li>The union publicly launched its organization campaign at the factory after it <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/30/uaw-strike-united-auto-workers-update-deal\" target=\"_blank\">won record contracts</a> following an unprecedentedly simultaneously strike of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis in the fall.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>The UAW has lost two previous votes to organize the Chattanooga factory \u2014 in 2014 and 2019 \u2014 both times by narrow margins.</p><ul><li>Factories in the South have historically been extremely difficult places to organize.</li><li>But the union is hoping that this time is different after substantial employee turnover at the factory and after positive publicity about the new Detroit Three contracts.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>VW has said it will be neutral in the organizing campaign.</p><ul><li>The automaker did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.</li><li>But the company has indicated it won't be quiet: \"Neutral doesn't mean silent. Neutral means we're impartial to what the employees decide,\" a VW official said in February. But \"we'll continue to express our voice directly\" and call out any \"misinformation\" in the UAW's campaign.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>Once the NLRB confirms that at least 30% of the employees at the site have signed authorization cards, the vote is next.</p><ul><li>If the UAW and VW agree on terms of the election \u2014 including which workers are part of the bargaining unit and the timing of the vote \u2014 they  could sign a stipulated election agreement.</li><li>\"If they don't agree, the Regional Director could order a pre-election hearing and then she would order an appropriate election,\" NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado said in an email.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>A win in Tennessee would give the UAW momentum in its campaign to organize other automakers, including Tesla, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai.</p><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with a response from the NLRB.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The UAW is calling for a federally sanctioned vote to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/uaw-volkswagen-chattanooga-tennessee-union\" target=\"_blank\">unionize the Volkswagen plant</a> in Chattanooga, Tennessee.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>With more than 4,000 workers, the factory would be <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/uaw-vw-volkswagen-united-auto-workers-chattanooga-tennessee\" target=\"_blank\">the only non-Detroit Three automotive assembly plant in the U.S. </a>to be unionized.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The UAW said Monday that it's filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to hold the unionization vote after a \"supermajority\" of workers at the plant signed cards signaling their willingness to join.</p><ul><li>The NLRB confirmed that it received the petition.</li><li>The union publicly launched its organization campaign at the factory after it <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/30/uaw-strike-united-auto-workers-update-deal\" target=\"_blank\">won record contracts</a> following an unprecedentedly simultaneously strike of General Motors, Ford and Stellantis in the fall.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>The UAW has lost two previous votes to organize the Chattanooga factory \u2014 in 2014 and 2019 \u2014 both times by narrow margins.</p><ul><li>Factories in the South have historically been extremely difficult places to organize.</li><li>But the union is hoping that this time is different after substantial employee turnover at the factory and after positive publicity about the new Detroit Three contracts.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>VW has said it will be neutral in the organizing campaign.</p><ul><li>The automaker did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.</li><li>But the company has indicated it won't be quiet: \"Neutral doesn't mean silent. Neutral means we're impartial to what the employees decide,\" a VW official said in February. But \"we'll continue to express our voice directly\" and call out any \"misinformation\" in the UAW's campaign.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>Once the NLRB confirms that at least 30% of the employees at the site have signed authorization cards, the vote is next.</p><ul><li>If the UAW and VW agree on terms of the election \u2014 including which workers are part of the bargaining unit and the timing of the vote \u2014 they  could sign a stipulated election agreement.</li><li>\"If they don't agree, the Regional Director could order a pre-election hearing and then she would order an appropriate election,\" NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado said in an email.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>A win in Tennessee would give the UAW momentum in its campaign to organize other automakers, including Tesla, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai.</p><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with a response from the NLRB.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Nathan Bomey"}], "author": "Nathan Bomey", "author_detail": {"name": "Nathan Bomey"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "The UAW is attempting to organize the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo: Mark Elias/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/wXFNNuFEP9DT6e4LEF6AWTYdhUg=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710771156751.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/geXIFKyQ9UxsI9zlGbPq9PyDlFA=/662x0:1742x1080/128x128/2024/03/18/1710771156751.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:24:28 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 17, 24, 28, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/uaw-volkswagen-chattanooga-union-united-auto-workers-vw", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trump can't post $464 million bond to appeal New York fraud case, lawyers say", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trump can't post $464 million bond to appeal New York fraud case, lawyers say"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/trump-new-york-fraud-case-appeal-bond"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/trump-new-york-fraud-case-appeal-bond", "summary": "<p>Lawyers for former President Trump and his co-defendants said in a court filing on Monday it is \"impossible\" for them to secure a $464 million bond to appeal <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/trump-new-york-civil-fraud-trial-pay-letitia-james\" target=\"_blank\">New York's fraud case</a> against them.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> If Trump and others can't secure the bond as required by New York law, they may be unable to appeal the damages and interest they were ordered to pay.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Trump and his co-defendants were ordered to pay $464 million in damages and interest after being found <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/trump-fraud-ny-exaggerated-wealth\" target=\"_self\">liable for financial fraud</a>. Trump is on the hook for $454 million of that amount.</p><ul><li>In New York, defendants in civil cases are required to post a bond worth at least 110% of the judgment amount in order delay paying the penalty as they appeal, so Trump's appeal bond total is $464 million.</li><li>Trump's lawyers have asked an appeals court to delay the bond posting until his appeal of the case has run its court.</li></ul><p><strong>What's inside: </strong>In Monday's filing, Trump's lawyers said he has been unable to find a company willing to cover the $464 million bond.</p><ul><li>They said they've approached around over two dozen companies through four separate brokers and have spent \"countless hours negotiating\" without securing an underwriter.</li><li>\"Defendants' ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment's full amount is 'a practical impossibility,'\" the lawyers wrote.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>Earlier this month, Trump posted <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-posts-nearly-92m-bond-to-appeal-e-jean-carroll-defamation-damages\" target=\"_blank\">a nearly $92 million bond</a> to appeal the $83.3 million in damages a jury ordered him to pay to writer <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/16/trump-e-jean-carroll-case-defamation-iowa\" target=\"_self\">E. Jean Carroll</a> for defamation by denying her sexual assault allegations.</p><ul><li>To do so, the bond was underwritten by insurance company Chubb, an international insurance provider based in Switzerland, but other terms of the bond, such as how much money or collateral Trump put down, were not disclosed.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> If he posts the bond in the New York civil fraud case, Trump could owe millions to a bonding company that posts the money on his behalf.</p><ul><li>Trump has until next week to post the bond and prevent New York Attorney General Letitia James from collecting the court-ordered damages while he appeals.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/trump-new-york-criminal-trial-delay\" target=\"_blank\">Judge delays Trump New York hush money trial</a></p><p><strong><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details. </em></strong></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Lawyers for former President Trump and his co-defendants said in a court filing on Monday it is \"impossible\" for them to secure a $464 million bond to appeal <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/trump-new-york-civil-fraud-trial-pay-letitia-james\" target=\"_blank\">New York's fraud case</a> against them.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> If Trump and others can't secure the bond as required by New York law, they may be unable to appeal the damages and interest they were ordered to pay.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Trump and his co-defendants were ordered to pay $464 million in damages and interest after being found <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/trump-fraud-ny-exaggerated-wealth\" target=\"_self\">liable for financial fraud</a>. Trump is on the hook for $454 million of that amount.</p><ul><li>In New York, defendants in civil cases are required to post a bond worth at least 110% of the judgment amount in order delay paying the penalty as they appeal, so Trump's appeal bond total is $464 million.</li><li>Trump's lawyers have asked an appeals court to delay the bond posting until his appeal of the case has run its court.</li></ul><p><strong>What's inside: </strong>In Monday's filing, Trump's lawyers said he has been unable to find a company willing to cover the $464 million bond.</p><ul><li>They said they've approached around over two dozen companies through four separate brokers and have spent \"countless hours negotiating\" without securing an underwriter.</li><li>\"Defendants' ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment's full amount is 'a practical impossibility,'\" the lawyers wrote.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>Earlier this month, Trump posted <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-posts-nearly-92m-bond-to-appeal-e-jean-carroll-defamation-damages\" target=\"_blank\">a nearly $92 million bond</a> to appeal the $83.3 million in damages a jury ordered him to pay to writer <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/16/trump-e-jean-carroll-case-defamation-iowa\" target=\"_self\">E. Jean Carroll</a> for defamation by denying her sexual assault allegations.</p><ul><li>To do so, the bond was underwritten by insurance company Chubb, an international insurance provider based in Switzerland, but other terms of the bond, such as how much money or collateral Trump put down, were not disclosed.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> If he posts the bond in the New York civil fraud case, Trump could owe millions to a bonding company that posts the money on his behalf.</p><ul><li>Trump has until next week to post the bond and prevent New York Attorney General Letitia James from collecting the court-ordered damages while he appeals.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/trump-new-york-criminal-trial-delay\" target=\"_blank\">Judge delays Trump New York hush money trial</a></p><p><strong><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details. </em></strong></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Lawyers for former President Trump and his co-defendants said in a court filing on Monday it is \"impossible\" for them to secure a $464 million bond to appeal <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/trump-new-york-civil-fraud-trial-pay-letitia-james\" target=\"_blank\">New York's fraud case</a> against them.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> If Trump and others can't secure the bond as required by New York law, they may be unable to appeal the damages and interest they were ordered to pay.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Trump and his co-defendants were ordered to pay $464 million in damages and interest after being found <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/26/trump-fraud-ny-exaggerated-wealth\" target=\"_self\">liable for financial fraud</a>. Trump is on the hook for $454 million of that amount.</p><ul><li>In New York, defendants in civil cases are required to post a bond worth at least 110% of the judgment amount in order delay paying the penalty as they appeal, so Trump's appeal bond total is $464 million.</li><li>Trump's lawyers have asked an appeals court to delay the bond posting until his appeal of the case has run its court.</li></ul><p><strong>What's inside: </strong>In Monday's filing, Trump's lawyers said he has been unable to find a company willing to cover the $464 million bond.</p><ul><li>They said they've approached around over two dozen companies through four separate brokers and have spent \"countless hours negotiating\" without securing an underwriter.</li><li>\"Defendants' ongoing diligent efforts have proven that a bond in the judgment's full amount is 'a practical impossibility,'\" the lawyers wrote.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>Earlier this month, Trump posted <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-posts-nearly-92m-bond-to-appeal-e-jean-carroll-defamation-damages\" target=\"_blank\">a nearly $92 million bond</a> to appeal the $83.3 million in damages a jury ordered him to pay to writer <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/16/trump-e-jean-carroll-case-defamation-iowa\" target=\"_self\">E. Jean Carroll</a> for defamation by denying her sexual assault allegations.</p><ul><li>To do so, the bond was underwritten by insurance company Chubb, an international insurance provider based in Switzerland, but other terms of the bond, such as how much money or collateral Trump put down, were not disclosed.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> If he posts the bond in the New York civil fraud case, Trump could owe millions to a bonding company that posts the money on his behalf.</p><ul><li>Trump has until next week to post the bond and prevent New York Attorney General Letitia James from collecting the court-ordered damages while he appeals.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/trump-new-york-criminal-trial-delay\" target=\"_blank\">Judge delays Trump New York hush money trial</a></p><p><strong><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details. </em></strong></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jacob Knutson"}], "author": "Jacob Knutson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jacob Knutson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Former President Trump speaking at a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/6UzxpSH1gY3ZiaLc3C8lwN5nX6k=/0x17:6000x3392/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710773551369.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/YGmSBgIpBVxN-vHT8lOg2K7cMio=/1219x0:5219x4000/128x128/2024/03/18/1710773551369.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:28:38 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 16, 28, 38, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/trump-new-york-fraud-case-appeal-bond", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Biden and Netanyahu to hold first call in a month amid public split", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Biden and Netanyahu to hold first call in a month amid public split"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-netanyahu-first-call-tensions"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-netanyahu-first-call-tensions", "summary": "<p>President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> held his first phone call in a month with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu</a> on Monday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Since their last call on Feb. 15, private tensions between the two leaders over the war in Gaza have started to spill into public.</p><hr /><ul><li>On Friday, Biden backed a harsh speech in which Senate Majority Leader Chuck <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">Schumer said</a> Netanyahu had lost his way and called for a new election in Israel once the war winds\u00a0down.</li><li>In his own recent remarks, Biden has been attempting a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-netanyahu-hurting-israel-red-line\" target=\"_self\">tricky maneuver</a>: <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">breaking with Netanyahu</a> and his Gaza war strategy while sticking with Israel and its fight against Hamas.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> Netanyahu said on Monday in a meeting with AIPAC leaders in Jerusalem that he is being portrayed in the U.S. as a leader who is detached from his people and backed by fringe groups. \"This is a lie,\" Netanyahu said.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu also said Biden and U.S. officials may be right that domestic politics is interfering in policy about the war in Gaza, but asked: \"on which side of the Atlantic is this happening?\"</li></ul><p><strong>The latest: </strong>A White House spokesperson confirmed the call took place and said the leaders discussed \"the latest developments in Israel and Gaza, including the situation in Rafah and efforts to surge humanitarian assistance to Gaza.\"</p><ul><li>Netanyahu said in a statement that he and Biden had discussed \"Israel's commitment to achieving all the goals\" of its operation, including \"making sure Gaza is not a threat\" to Israel, as well as ensuring the supply of humanitarian aid.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story was updated with confirmation from the White House that the call took place.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> held his first phone call in a month with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu</a> on Monday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Since their last call on Feb. 15, private tensions between the two leaders over the war in Gaza have started to spill into public.</p><hr /><ul><li>On Friday, Biden backed a harsh speech in which Senate Majority Leader Chuck <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">Schumer said</a> Netanyahu had lost his way and called for a new election in Israel once the war winds\u00a0down.</li><li>In his own recent remarks, Biden has been attempting a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-netanyahu-hurting-israel-red-line\" target=\"_self\">tricky maneuver</a>: <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">breaking with Netanyahu</a> and his Gaza war strategy while sticking with Israel and its fight against Hamas.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> Netanyahu said on Monday in a meeting with AIPAC leaders in Jerusalem that he is being portrayed in the U.S. as a leader who is detached from his people and backed by fringe groups. \"This is a lie,\" Netanyahu said.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu also said Biden and U.S. officials may be right that domestic politics is interfering in policy about the war in Gaza, but asked: \"on which side of the Atlantic is this happening?\"</li></ul><p><strong>The latest: </strong>A White House spokesperson confirmed the call took place and said the leaders discussed \"the latest developments in Israel and Gaza, including the situation in Rafah and efforts to surge humanitarian assistance to Gaza.\"</p><ul><li>Netanyahu said in a statement that he and Biden had discussed \"Israel's commitment to achieving all the goals\" of its operation, including \"making sure Gaza is not a threat\" to Israel, as well as ensuring the supply of humanitarian aid.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story was updated with confirmation from the White House that the call took place.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> held his first phone call in a month with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu</a> on Monday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Since their last call on Feb. 15, private tensions between the two leaders over the war in Gaza have started to spill into public.</p><hr /><ul><li>On Friday, Biden backed a harsh speech in which Senate Majority Leader Chuck <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">Schumer said</a> Netanyahu had lost his way and called for a new election in Israel once the war winds\u00a0down.</li><li>In his own recent remarks, Biden has been attempting a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-netanyahu-hurting-israel-red-line\" target=\"_self\">tricky maneuver</a>: <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">breaking with Netanyahu</a> and his Gaza war strategy while sticking with Israel and its fight against Hamas.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> Netanyahu said on Monday in a meeting with AIPAC leaders in Jerusalem that he is being portrayed in the U.S. as a leader who is detached from his people and backed by fringe groups. \"This is a lie,\" Netanyahu said.</p><ul><li>Netanyahu also said Biden and U.S. officials may be right that domestic politics is interfering in policy about the war in Gaza, but asked: \"on which side of the Atlantic is this happening?\"</li></ul><p><strong>The latest: </strong>A White House spokesperson confirmed the call took place and said the leaders discussed \"the latest developments in Israel and Gaza, including the situation in Rafah and efforts to surge humanitarian assistance to Gaza.\"</p><ul><li>Netanyahu said in a statement that he and Biden had discussed \"Israel's commitment to achieving all the goals\" of its operation, including \"making sure Gaza is not a threat\" to Israel, as well as ensuring the supply of humanitarian aid.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story was updated with confirmation from the White House that the call took place.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Biden and Netenyahu in Tel Aviv in 2023. Photo: GPO Handout via Getty", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/8C5W7BjbB7-ypxq_wbaNBa05k6k=/0x72:1280x792/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710771611166.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/0-P0J5r6if4QAEkydkyFRKONwE4=/273x0:1065x792/128x128/2024/03/18/1710771611166.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:11:30 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 16, 11, 30, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-netanyahu-first-call-tensions", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Bracket boom: Sports betting set to take off as March Madness begins", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Bracket boom: Sports betting set to take off as March Madness begins"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/sports-betting-march-madness-2024"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/sports-betting-march-madness-2024", "summary": "<p>Basketball fans across the country are gearing up for the start of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/espn-tournament-challenge-march-madness\" target=\"_blank\">March Madness</a> \u2014 and for many, that will mean making big bets on their teams.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The American Gaming Association estimates that $2.72 billion worth of legal bets will be placed on this year's NCAA tournaments.</p><hr /><ul><li>March Madness is \"the largest betting event in the U.S.,\" Cait DeBaun, vice president of strategic communications and responsibility at AGA, told Axios.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/03/15/march-madness-sports-betting-record\" target=\"_blank\">Sports betting</a> has been on the rise in recent years as more states have legalized it.</li><li>Currently, 38 states and Washington, D.C. have some form of legal <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/espn-gambling-penn-gaming-barstool-portnoy\" target=\"_blank\">sports betting</a>, per the <a href=\"https://www.americangaming.org/research/state-gaming-map/\" target=\"_blank\">AGA</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>The $2.72 billion estimate is around 2.2% of the total number of legal sports bets placed last year, the AGA wrote in a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmericanGaming/status/1768309768257519898\" target=\"_blank\">post on X</a>.</p><ul><li>A total of $121 billion in bets were placed on all sports in 2023, a 30% increase from 2022, DeBaun said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The NCAA on Sunday revealed the top seeds for both the men's and women's tournaments. </p><ul><li>Leading the men's slots are UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina.</li><li>On the women's side, South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are top of the pack.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/referral/local-signup\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Local</a> is keeping close tabs on the tournaments and several cities have their own bracket challenges with ESPN.</p><p><strong>Follow along here:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2024/03/18/bracket-challenge-ncaa-tournament-2024-march-madness\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus</a> </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2024/03/18/purdue-indiana-state-march-madness-bracket-contest\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/03/18/march-madness-caitlin-clark-final-four\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/03/18/colorado-schools-march-madness-ncaa-basketball-tournament\" target=\"_blank\">Denver</a>   </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/03/18/join-axios-ncaa-march-madness-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Salt Lake City</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2024/03/18/tennessee-teams-in-march-madness-bracket\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/03/17/march-madness-destinations-for-illini-wildcats\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2023/03/15/how-to-fake-it-march-madness-arizona\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/03/18/aztecs-face-uab-friday-in-ncaa-tourney-first-round\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego</a></li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Basketball fans across the country are gearing up for the start of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/espn-tournament-challenge-march-madness\" target=\"_blank\">March Madness</a> \u2014 and for many, that will mean making big bets on their teams.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The American Gaming Association estimates that $2.72 billion worth of legal bets will be placed on this year's NCAA tournaments.</p><hr /><ul><li>March Madness is \"the largest betting event in the U.S.,\" Cait DeBaun, vice president of strategic communications and responsibility at AGA, told Axios.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/03/15/march-madness-sports-betting-record\" target=\"_blank\">Sports betting</a> has been on the rise in recent years as more states have legalized it.</li><li>Currently, 38 states and Washington, D.C. have some form of legal <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/espn-gambling-penn-gaming-barstool-portnoy\" target=\"_blank\">sports betting</a>, per the <a href=\"https://www.americangaming.org/research/state-gaming-map/\" target=\"_blank\">AGA</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>The $2.72 billion estimate is around 2.2% of the total number of legal sports bets placed last year, the AGA wrote in a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmericanGaming/status/1768309768257519898\" target=\"_blank\">post on X</a>.</p><ul><li>A total of $121 billion in bets were placed on all sports in 2023, a 30% increase from 2022, DeBaun said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The NCAA on Sunday revealed the top seeds for both the men's and women's tournaments. </p><ul><li>Leading the men's slots are UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina.</li><li>On the women's side, South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are top of the pack.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/referral/local-signup\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Local</a> is keeping close tabs on the tournaments and several cities have their own bracket challenges with ESPN.</p><p><strong>Follow along here:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2024/03/18/bracket-challenge-ncaa-tournament-2024-march-madness\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus</a> </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2024/03/18/purdue-indiana-state-march-madness-bracket-contest\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/03/18/march-madness-caitlin-clark-final-four\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/03/18/colorado-schools-march-madness-ncaa-basketball-tournament\" target=\"_blank\">Denver</a>   </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/03/18/join-axios-ncaa-march-madness-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Salt Lake City</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2024/03/18/tennessee-teams-in-march-madness-bracket\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/03/17/march-madness-destinations-for-illini-wildcats\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2023/03/15/how-to-fake-it-march-madness-arizona\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/03/18/aztecs-face-uab-friday-in-ncaa-tourney-first-round\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego</a></li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Basketball fans across the country are gearing up for the start of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/espn-tournament-challenge-march-madness\" target=\"_blank\">March Madness</a> \u2014 and for many, that will mean making big bets on their teams.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The American Gaming Association estimates that $2.72 billion worth of legal bets will be placed on this year's NCAA tournaments.</p><hr /><ul><li>March Madness is \"the largest betting event in the U.S.,\" Cait DeBaun, vice president of strategic communications and responsibility at AGA, told Axios.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/03/15/march-madness-sports-betting-record\" target=\"_blank\">Sports betting</a> has been on the rise in recent years as more states have legalized it.</li><li>Currently, 38 states and Washington, D.C. have some form of legal <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/espn-gambling-penn-gaming-barstool-portnoy\" target=\"_blank\">sports betting</a>, per the <a href=\"https://www.americangaming.org/research/state-gaming-map/\" target=\"_blank\">AGA</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>The $2.72 billion estimate is around 2.2% of the total number of legal sports bets placed last year, the AGA wrote in a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmericanGaming/status/1768309768257519898\" target=\"_blank\">post on X</a>.</p><ul><li>A total of $121 billion in bets were placed on all sports in 2023, a 30% increase from 2022, DeBaun said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The NCAA on Sunday revealed the top seeds for both the men's and women's tournaments. </p><ul><li>Leading the men's slots are UConn, Purdue, Houston and North Carolina.</li><li>On the women's side, South Carolina, Iowa, USC and Texas are top of the pack.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/referral/local-signup\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Local</a> is keeping close tabs on the tournaments and several cities have their own bracket challenges with ESPN.</p><p><strong>Follow along here:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2024/03/18/bracket-challenge-ncaa-tournament-2024-march-madness\" target=\"_blank\">Columbus</a> </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2024/03/18/purdue-indiana-state-march-madness-bracket-contest\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/03/18/march-madness-caitlin-clark-final-four\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/03/18/colorado-schools-march-madness-ncaa-basketball-tournament\" target=\"_blank\">Denver</a>   </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/03/18/join-axios-ncaa-march-madness-challenge\" target=\"_blank\">Salt Lake City</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/nashville/2024/03/18/tennessee-teams-in-march-madness-bracket\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/03/17/march-madness-destinations-for-illini-wildcats\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2023/03/15/how-to-fake-it-march-madness-arizona\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/03/18/aztecs-face-uab-friday-in-ncaa-tourney-first-round\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego</a></li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Ivana Saric"}], "author": "Ivana Saric", "author_detail": {"name": "Ivana Saric"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "A NCAA March Madness logo on Feb. 26. Photo: Katharine Lotze/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/-0Q_LScrMTWcqeMlDbX-EgG9WIk=/0x20:3000x1708/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710766163439.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/clBcA2ticHxaeTTSbNOx9e6_aTk=/420x0:2420x2000/128x128/2024/03/18/1710766163439.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:32:04 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 15, 32, 4, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/sports-betting-march-madness-2024", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Silicon Valley's next great fraud trial begins", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Silicon Valley's next great fraud trial begins"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/silicon-valley-fraud-trial-hp-autonomy-michael-lynch"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/silicon-valley-fraud-trial-hp-autonomy-michael-lynch", "summary": "<p>Michael Lynch on Monday goes on trial in San Francisco for allegedly defrauding Hewlett-Packard during the $11.7 billion sale of Autonomy, an enterprise software company he co-founded and led as CEO.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>This is the highest-profile Silicon Valley fraud case since <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-prison-sentence-may-30\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos</a>, and much larger in terms of dollars lost.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Buying Autonomy might have been the worst of HP's many disastrous deals, resulting in an $8.8 billion write-down and setting the stage for its 2016 breakup.</p><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Prosecutors allege that Lynch and a colleague inflated Autonomy's revenue, thus tricking HP.</p><ul><li>Lynch has long argued that HP and its former CEO Meg Whitman bungled Autonomy post-acquisition, but neither he nor other former Autonomy executives have gotten U.S. or U.K. courts to agree in prior civil and criminal cases.</li><li>He also raised around $1.2 billion for a venture capital fund called Invoke Capital after being fired by HP, and was extradited to the U.S. last spring.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> If found guilty, Lynch could be sentenced to prison.</p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Michael Lynch on Monday goes on trial in San Francisco for allegedly defrauding Hewlett-Packard during the $11.7 billion sale of Autonomy, an enterprise software company he co-founded and led as CEO.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>This is the highest-profile Silicon Valley fraud case since <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-prison-sentence-may-30\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos</a>, and much larger in terms of dollars lost.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Buying Autonomy might have been the worst of HP's many disastrous deals, resulting in an $8.8 billion write-down and setting the stage for its 2016 breakup.</p><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Prosecutors allege that Lynch and a colleague inflated Autonomy's revenue, thus tricking HP.</p><ul><li>Lynch has long argued that HP and its former CEO Meg Whitman bungled Autonomy post-acquisition, but neither he nor other former Autonomy executives have gotten U.S. or U.K. courts to agree in prior civil and criminal cases.</li><li>He also raised around $1.2 billion for a venture capital fund called Invoke Capital after being fired by HP, and was extradited to the U.S. last spring.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> If found guilty, Lynch could be sentenced to prison.</p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Michael Lynch on Monday goes on trial in San Francisco for allegedly defrauding Hewlett-Packard during the $11.7 billion sale of Autonomy, an enterprise software company he co-founded and led as CEO.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>This is the highest-profile Silicon Valley fraud case since <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/theranos-founder-elizabeth-holmes-prison-sentence-may-30\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos</a>, and much larger in terms of dollars lost.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Buying Autonomy might have been the worst of HP's many disastrous deals, resulting in an $8.8 billion write-down and setting the stage for its 2016 breakup.</p><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Prosecutors allege that Lynch and a colleague inflated Autonomy's revenue, thus tricking HP.</p><ul><li>Lynch has long argued that HP and its former CEO Meg Whitman bungled Autonomy post-acquisition, but neither he nor other former Autonomy executives have gotten U.S. or U.K. courts to agree in prior civil and criminal cases.</li><li>He also raised around $1.2 billion for a venture capital fund called Invoke Capital after being fired by HP, and was extradited to the U.S. last spring.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> If found guilty, Lynch could be sentenced to prison.</p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Dan Primack"}], "author": "Dan Primack", "author_detail": {"name": "Dan Primack"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/8pBqkYcBt37pO0uGveNSnp9PZxc=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710772936561.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/-F8itD6qaIQZJ86Je9QAm7WCXx8=/189x0:1269x1080/128x128/2024/03/18/1710772936561.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:49:53 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 14, 49, 53, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/silicon-valley-fraud-trial-hp-autonomy-michael-lynch", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "A court settlement is about to change how we buy and sell homes. Here's how.", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "A court settlement is about to change how we buy and sell homes. Here's how."}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/nar-settlement-home-buying"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/nar-settlement-home-buying", "summary": "<p>The powerful National Association of Realtors last week agreed to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/national-association-of-realtors-settlement-commissions\" target=\"_blank\">settle a big lawsuit</a> and change the way real estate agents get paid <strong>\u2014 </strong>from effectively a standard commission to something truly negotiable.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The deal could open up a tightly controlled market to genuine competition, and create opportunities for new players and business models in a relatively old-fashioned world.</p><hr /><ul><li>It could do for real estate what the internet did for stock trading \u2014 bring down broker fees.</li></ul><p><strong>The impact:</strong> That'll likely mean lower costs for sellers, who brought the lawsuit as a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/23/lawsuit-trial-broker-fees-real-estate-news\" target=\"_blank\">class action</a>. The impact on buyers is more complicated.</p><p><strong>How it works now: </strong>Sellers pay a 5%-6% commission on the sale price of their home<strong>.</strong> </p><ul><li>Typically, the seller's agent and buyer's agent split the commission.</li><li>It effectively means the buyer's agent is working for the seller \u2014\u00a0a conflict of interest. (Agents, of course, dispute this characterization and say their reputations depend on them doing a good job for buyers.)</li></ul><p><strong>Under NAR rules </strong>sellers are <em>required</em> to advertise the buyer agent commission on the Multiple Listing Service, the database where real estate agents put homes for sale.</p><ul><li>There's even a specific box just for this number. </li><li>Homebuyers don't see the number, but their agents do. The risk is that agents are incentivized to steer clients to the higher-fee deals \u2014\u00a0putting their interest in a higher fee above the buyer's interest in finding a good house.</li></ul><p><strong>That box goes away</strong> if the court approves this settlement. Sellers could no longer promise a commission to buyers' agents. </p><ul><li>It seems like a bureaucratic little detail \u2014\u00a0a box! \u2014\u00a0but the implications are massive. </li></ul><p><strong>Key question:</strong> How will buyer agents get paid? A few possibilities:</p><ul><li>A flat fee out of the buyer's pocket. </li><li>Buyer agrees to pay a percentage of the sale price to the broker or pays an hourly rate. Maybe they skip having a broker at all.</li><li>The real estate industry is emphasizing that a seller could still actually cover the buyer agent's fee. But that would have to be negotiated later on in the deal process \u2014\u00a0as a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/01/05/home-sellers-are-basically-throwing-money-at-buyers-right-now\" target=\"_blank\">concession</a>. Just as now sellers sometimes offer a cash credit on a deal to cover repairs or other things.</li></ul><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>Future<strong> </strong>home sellers are clear winners here.<strong> </strong>They should be able to keep more of the proceeds when they sell a house.</p><ul><li><strong>Another potential winner:</strong> Online and discount real estate brokerages that offer lower commission rates, per a note from TD Cowen.  </li><li>\"You'll probably see a cottage industry of no-frills Realtors,\" says Marty Green, a real estate lawyer based in Dallas. </li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The picture for first-time buyers and those with tight budgets is murkier. </p><ul><li>They'll no longer get a real estate agent for free <strong>\u2014 </strong>and\u00a0might wind up paying out of pocket for the service, depleting cash they need for that down payment and other fees. And it's not clear if they can roll an agent's fee into a mortgage. That may require regulatory changes.</li><li>But were buyers ever getting a <em>free</em> agent? </li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>Most observers believe<strong> </strong>commissions will fall \u2014\u00a0a lot. Possibly to as low as 1%-1.5% per agent on each side, says Steve Brobeck, a senior fellow at the Consumer Federation of America.</p><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The settlement could go into effect as early as July, but the big changes won't happen fast.</p><ul><li>\"It'll take a long time for a truly competitive marketplace to emerge,\" says Brobeck, who's pushed for reforms like this for decades. \"The industry will resist this.\"</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The powerful National Association of Realtors last week agreed to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/national-association-of-realtors-settlement-commissions\" target=\"_blank\">settle a big lawsuit</a> and change the way real estate agents get paid <strong>\u2014 </strong>from effectively a standard commission to something truly negotiable.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The deal could open up a tightly controlled market to genuine competition, and create opportunities for new players and business models in a relatively old-fashioned world.</p><hr /><ul><li>It could do for real estate what the internet did for stock trading \u2014 bring down broker fees.</li></ul><p><strong>The impact:</strong> That'll likely mean lower costs for sellers, who brought the lawsuit as a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/23/lawsuit-trial-broker-fees-real-estate-news\" target=\"_blank\">class action</a>. The impact on buyers is more complicated.</p><p><strong>How it works now: </strong>Sellers pay a 5%-6% commission on the sale price of their home<strong>.</strong> </p><ul><li>Typically, the seller's agent and buyer's agent split the commission.</li><li>It effectively means the buyer's agent is working for the seller \u2014\u00a0a conflict of interest. (Agents, of course, dispute this characterization and say their reputations depend on them doing a good job for buyers.)</li></ul><p><strong>Under NAR rules </strong>sellers are <em>required</em> to advertise the buyer agent commission on the Multiple Listing Service, the database where real estate agents put homes for sale.</p><ul><li>There's even a specific box just for this number. </li><li>Homebuyers don't see the number, but their agents do. The risk is that agents are incentivized to steer clients to the higher-fee deals \u2014\u00a0putting their interest in a higher fee above the buyer's interest in finding a good house.</li></ul><p><strong>That box goes away</strong> if the court approves this settlement. Sellers could no longer promise a commission to buyers' agents. </p><ul><li>It seems like a bureaucratic little detail \u2014\u00a0a box! \u2014\u00a0but the implications are massive. </li></ul><p><strong>Key question:</strong> How will buyer agents get paid? A few possibilities:</p><ul><li>A flat fee out of the buyer's pocket. </li><li>Buyer agrees to pay a percentage of the sale price to the broker or pays an hourly rate. Maybe they skip having a broker at all.</li><li>The real estate industry is emphasizing that a seller could still actually cover the buyer agent's fee. But that would have to be negotiated later on in the deal process \u2014\u00a0as a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/01/05/home-sellers-are-basically-throwing-money-at-buyers-right-now\" target=\"_blank\">concession</a>. Just as now sellers sometimes offer a cash credit on a deal to cover repairs or other things.</li></ul><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>Future<strong> </strong>home sellers are clear winners here.<strong> </strong>They should be able to keep more of the proceeds when they sell a house.</p><ul><li><strong>Another potential winner:</strong> Online and discount real estate brokerages that offer lower commission rates, per a note from TD Cowen.  </li><li>\"You'll probably see a cottage industry of no-frills Realtors,\" says Marty Green, a real estate lawyer based in Dallas. </li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The picture for first-time buyers and those with tight budgets is murkier. </p><ul><li>They'll no longer get a real estate agent for free <strong>\u2014 </strong>and\u00a0might wind up paying out of pocket for the service, depleting cash they need for that down payment and other fees. And it's not clear if they can roll an agent's fee into a mortgage. That may require regulatory changes.</li><li>But were buyers ever getting a <em>free</em> agent? </li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>Most observers believe<strong> </strong>commissions will fall \u2014\u00a0a lot. Possibly to as low as 1%-1.5% per agent on each side, says Steve Brobeck, a senior fellow at the Consumer Federation of America.</p><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The settlement could go into effect as early as July, but the big changes won't happen fast.</p><ul><li>\"It'll take a long time for a truly competitive marketplace to emerge,\" says Brobeck, who's pushed for reforms like this for decades. \"The industry will resist this.\"</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The powerful National Association of Realtors last week agreed to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/national-association-of-realtors-settlement-commissions\" target=\"_blank\">settle a big lawsuit</a> and change the way real estate agents get paid <strong>\u2014 </strong>from effectively a standard commission to something truly negotiable.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The deal could open up a tightly controlled market to genuine competition, and create opportunities for new players and business models in a relatively old-fashioned world.</p><hr /><ul><li>It could do for real estate what the internet did for stock trading \u2014 bring down broker fees.</li></ul><p><strong>The impact:</strong> That'll likely mean lower costs for sellers, who brought the lawsuit as a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/23/lawsuit-trial-broker-fees-real-estate-news\" target=\"_blank\">class action</a>. The impact on buyers is more complicated.</p><p><strong>How it works now: </strong>Sellers pay a 5%-6% commission on the sale price of their home<strong>.</strong> </p><ul><li>Typically, the seller's agent and buyer's agent split the commission.</li><li>It effectively means the buyer's agent is working for the seller \u2014\u00a0a conflict of interest. (Agents, of course, dispute this characterization and say their reputations depend on them doing a good job for buyers.)</li></ul><p><strong>Under NAR rules </strong>sellers are <em>required</em> to advertise the buyer agent commission on the Multiple Listing Service, the database where real estate agents put homes for sale.</p><ul><li>There's even a specific box just for this number. </li><li>Homebuyers don't see the number, but their agents do. The risk is that agents are incentivized to steer clients to the higher-fee deals \u2014\u00a0putting their interest in a higher fee above the buyer's interest in finding a good house.</li></ul><p><strong>That box goes away</strong> if the court approves this settlement. Sellers could no longer promise a commission to buyers' agents. </p><ul><li>It seems like a bureaucratic little detail \u2014\u00a0a box! \u2014\u00a0but the implications are massive. </li></ul><p><strong>Key question:</strong> How will buyer agents get paid? A few possibilities:</p><ul><li>A flat fee out of the buyer's pocket. </li><li>Buyer agrees to pay a percentage of the sale price to the broker or pays an hourly rate. Maybe they skip having a broker at all.</li><li>The real estate industry is emphasizing that a seller could still actually cover the buyer agent's fee. But that would have to be negotiated later on in the deal process \u2014\u00a0as a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/01/05/home-sellers-are-basically-throwing-money-at-buyers-right-now\" target=\"_blank\">concession</a>. Just as now sellers sometimes offer a cash credit on a deal to cover repairs or other things.</li></ul><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>Future<strong> </strong>home sellers are clear winners here.<strong> </strong>They should be able to keep more of the proceeds when they sell a house.</p><ul><li><strong>Another potential winner:</strong> Online and discount real estate brokerages that offer lower commission rates, per a note from TD Cowen.  </li><li>\"You'll probably see a cottage industry of no-frills Realtors,\" says Marty Green, a real estate lawyer based in Dallas. </li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The picture for first-time buyers and those with tight budgets is murkier. </p><ul><li>They'll no longer get a real estate agent for free <strong>\u2014 </strong>and\u00a0might wind up paying out of pocket for the service, depleting cash they need for that down payment and other fees. And it's not clear if they can roll an agent's fee into a mortgage. That may require regulatory changes.</li><li>But were buyers ever getting a <em>free</em> agent? </li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>Most observers believe<strong> </strong>commissions will fall \u2014\u00a0a lot. Possibly to as low as 1%-1.5% per agent on each side, says Steve Brobeck, a senior fellow at the Consumer Federation of America.</p><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The settlement could go into effect as early as July, but the big changes won't happen fast.</p><ul><li>\"It'll take a long time for a truly competitive marketplace to emerge,\" says Brobeck, who's pushed for reforms like this for decades. \"The industry will resist this.\"</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Emily Peck"}], "author": "Emily Peck", "author_detail": {"name": "Emily Peck"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/QGFItaMYsVqFzQZjjPet5aK_e6I=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710688524880.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/07ZIBjvxiPIfnkBZ_r6wYqLr_-g=/437x0:1517x1080/128x128/2024/03/17/1710688524880.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:06:21 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 14, 6, 21, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/nar-settlement-home-buying", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Minute Media reaches deal to publish Sports Illustrated", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Minute Media reaches deal to publish Sports Illustrated"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/sports-illustrated-minute-media-publisher"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/sports-illustrated-minute-media-publisher", "summary": "<p>Minute Media, a sports-focused digital media publisher, has reached a 10-year licensing deal for digital and print rights to publish <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/20/sports-illustrated-arena-group-deal-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated</a>. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The deal puts an end to a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs-arena-group\" target=\"_blank\">tumultuous two months</a> that had left the fate of the venerated sports outlet up in the air.</p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Financial terms were not disclosed, but Sports Illustrated's owner Authentic Brands Group will take a stake in Minute Media, per a press release Monday.</p><ul><li>Minute Media obtaining print rights signals a desire to maintain SI's print edition. </li><li>The deal could be extended to 30 years, which would take the magazine through its centenary, Axios has confirmed. </li><li>The deal is a significant move for Minute Media, which is best known for owning websites including The Players' Tribune, FanSided and 90min.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> The Arena Group, a publicly traded digital holding company, acquired the rights to publish Sports Illustrated from Authentic Brands Group in 2019.</p><ul><li>Those rights became available <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs-arena-group\" target=\"_blank\">in January</a> after the Arena Group failed to pay Authentic. Most of Sports Illustrated's unionized staff were laid off following the announcement.</li><li>The union representing SI's editorial workers filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Arena Group, accusing the company of \"discharging employees because of their support of the union, engagement in union activities and engagement in other protected activities.\"</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Minute Media, a sports-focused digital media publisher, has reached a 10-year licensing deal for digital and print rights to publish <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/20/sports-illustrated-arena-group-deal-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated</a>. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The deal puts an end to a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs-arena-group\" target=\"_blank\">tumultuous two months</a> that had left the fate of the venerated sports outlet up in the air.</p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Financial terms were not disclosed, but Sports Illustrated's owner Authentic Brands Group will take a stake in Minute Media, per a press release Monday.</p><ul><li>Minute Media obtaining print rights signals a desire to maintain SI's print edition. </li><li>The deal could be extended to 30 years, which would take the magazine through its centenary, Axios has confirmed. </li><li>The deal is a significant move for Minute Media, which is best known for owning websites including The Players' Tribune, FanSided and 90min.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> The Arena Group, a publicly traded digital holding company, acquired the rights to publish Sports Illustrated from Authentic Brands Group in 2019.</p><ul><li>Those rights became available <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs-arena-group\" target=\"_blank\">in January</a> after the Arena Group failed to pay Authentic. Most of Sports Illustrated's unionized staff were laid off following the announcement.</li><li>The union representing SI's editorial workers filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Arena Group, accusing the company of \"discharging employees because of their support of the union, engagement in union activities and engagement in other protected activities.\"</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Minute Media, a sports-focused digital media publisher, has reached a 10-year licensing deal for digital and print rights to publish <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/20/sports-illustrated-arena-group-deal-layoffs\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated</a>. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The deal puts an end to a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs-arena-group\" target=\"_blank\">tumultuous two months</a> that had left the fate of the venerated sports outlet up in the air.</p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Financial terms were not disclosed, but Sports Illustrated's owner Authentic Brands Group will take a stake in Minute Media, per a press release Monday.</p><ul><li>Minute Media obtaining print rights signals a desire to maintain SI's print edition. </li><li>The deal could be extended to 30 years, which would take the magazine through its centenary, Axios has confirmed. </li><li>The deal is a significant move for Minute Media, which is best known for owning websites including The Players' Tribune, FanSided and 90min.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> The Arena Group, a publicly traded digital holding company, acquired the rights to publish Sports Illustrated from Authentic Brands Group in 2019.</p><ul><li>Those rights became available <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/sports-illustrated-layoffs-arena-group\" target=\"_blank\">in January</a> after the Arena Group failed to pay Authentic. Most of Sports Illustrated's unionized staff were laid off following the announcement.</li><li>The union representing SI's editorial workers filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Arena Group, accusing the company of \"discharging employees because of their support of the union, engagement in union activities and engagement in other protected activities.\"</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Tim Baysinger"}, {"name": "Sara Fischer"}], "author": "Sara Fischer", "author_detail": {"name": "Tim Baysinger"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "An October 1972 Sports Illustrated cover and signed limited edition Wilt Chamberlain sports porcelain figurine on display during the press preview at Sotheby's Auction House on Aug. 1, 2023, in Los Angeles. Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images.", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/5BVdJcfq9lKGXVLwpQEaCLIKgzY=/0x0:3000x1688/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710770353356.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/NchN6zFtDHxBsLPuCDJehLV9O1E=/0x0:2038x2038/128x128/2024/03/18/1710770353356.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 14:02:11 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 14, 2, 11, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/sports-illustrated-minute-media-publisher", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Copernicus takes the \"pulse\" of a warming planet", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Copernicus takes the \"pulse\" of a warming planet"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/copernicus-climate-pulse"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/copernicus-climate-pulse", "summary": "<p>The Copernicus Climate Change Service has an intriguing new tool for tracking <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/earth-2023-hottest-year-neared-paris-target\" target=\"_blank\">global average</a> temperatures<em>. </em></p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The aptly named \"<a href=\"https://pulse.climate.copernicus.eu/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Pulse</a>\" allows the public to keep tabs on global air temperature trends and anomalies, as well as ocean temperatures. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>A big question facing climate scientists for the second half of this year is whether global average surface temperature anomalies will lessen from the incredible heights reached in 2023, especially with the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hurricane-season-la-nina\" target=\"_blank\">expected arrival of a La Ni\u00f1a event</a> in the tropical Pacific Ocean.</p><ul><li>Typically with La Ni\u00f1a episodes, this <em>does</em> take place, since they bring <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/weather-la-nina-el-nino-climate\" target=\"_blank\">cooler than average waters</a> to the equatorial Pacific. </li><li>However, the warming seen last year during an El Ni\u00f1o, particularly in the oceans, was so unusually high that some scientists are paying extra close attention to this year's trends. </li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>While Climate Pulse gives one the sense that they are monitoring the climate in real-time, it's important not to overemphasize day-to-day variability. </p><ul><li>Instead, it's the longer-term trends that are more important in climate science, including annual and decadal timescales. </li><li>Still, keeping tabs on shorter-term trends has its pluses and can help people understand how unusual current conditions are compared with historical data. </li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The Copernicus Climate Change Service has an intriguing new tool for tracking <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/earth-2023-hottest-year-neared-paris-target\" target=\"_blank\">global average</a> temperatures<em>. </em></p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The aptly named \"<a href=\"https://pulse.climate.copernicus.eu/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Pulse</a>\" allows the public to keep tabs on global air temperature trends and anomalies, as well as ocean temperatures. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>A big question facing climate scientists for the second half of this year is whether global average surface temperature anomalies will lessen from the incredible heights reached in 2023, especially with the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hurricane-season-la-nina\" target=\"_blank\">expected arrival of a La Ni\u00f1a event</a> in the tropical Pacific Ocean.</p><ul><li>Typically with La Ni\u00f1a episodes, this <em>does</em> take place, since they bring <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/weather-la-nina-el-nino-climate\" target=\"_blank\">cooler than average waters</a> to the equatorial Pacific. </li><li>However, the warming seen last year during an El Ni\u00f1o, particularly in the oceans, was so unusually high that some scientists are paying extra close attention to this year's trends. </li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>While Climate Pulse gives one the sense that they are monitoring the climate in real-time, it's important not to overemphasize day-to-day variability. </p><ul><li>Instead, it's the longer-term trends that are more important in climate science, including annual and decadal timescales. </li><li>Still, keeping tabs on shorter-term trends has its pluses and can help people understand how unusual current conditions are compared with historical data. </li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The Copernicus Climate Change Service has an intriguing new tool for tracking <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/earth-2023-hottest-year-neared-paris-target\" target=\"_blank\">global average</a> temperatures<em>. </em></p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The aptly named \"<a href=\"https://pulse.climate.copernicus.eu/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Pulse</a>\" allows the public to keep tabs on global air temperature trends and anomalies, as well as ocean temperatures. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>A big question facing climate scientists for the second half of this year is whether global average surface temperature anomalies will lessen from the incredible heights reached in 2023, especially with the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hurricane-season-la-nina\" target=\"_blank\">expected arrival of a La Ni\u00f1a event</a> in the tropical Pacific Ocean.</p><ul><li>Typically with La Ni\u00f1a episodes, this <em>does</em> take place, since they bring <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/weather-la-nina-el-nino-climate\" target=\"_blank\">cooler than average waters</a> to the equatorial Pacific. </li><li>However, the warming seen last year during an El Ni\u00f1o, particularly in the oceans, was so unusually high that some scientists are paying extra close attention to this year's trends. </li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>While Climate Pulse gives one the sense that they are monitoring the climate in real-time, it's important not to overemphasize day-to-day variability. </p><ul><li>Instead, it's the longer-term trends that are more important in climate science, including annual and decadal timescales. </li><li>Still, keeping tabs on shorter-term trends has its pluses and can help people understand how unusual current conditions are compared with historical data. </li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Andrew Freedman"}], "author": "Andrew Freedman", "author_detail": {"name": "Andrew Freedman"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Chart showing daily sea surface temperatures in 2024 to date, compared with the 1979-2024 period. Image: Copernicus Climate Change Service/Climate Pulse. ", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/gepBbHSlsqVetz5dn7H2pA8N_EI=/0x22:1980x1136/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710696691900.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/AYj2qynPTNbYEySfsVBizrOMgoY=/128x128/smart/2024/03/18/1710734762824.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:40:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 12, 40, 0, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/copernicus-climate-pulse", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "The era of the AI home broker is coming", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "The era of the AI home broker is coming"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/ai-home-broker-real-estate-housing"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/ai-home-broker-real-estate-housing", "summary": "<p>With the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/national-association-of-realtors-settlement-commissions\" target=\"_blank\">breakup</a> of the NAR cartel, the biggest potential disruption in the real estate industry is if buyers' brokers are replaced by AI bots. </p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>A well-trained AI would probably provide a better, more reliable service than most human brokers \u2014 at a tiny fraction of the cost. </p><hr /><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>The U.S. has what Business Insider<em> </em>has <a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/bad-real-estate-agents-realtors-homebuyers-sellers-housing-market-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\">described</a> as \"a glut of mediocre Realtors\" who are \"screwing over homebuyers.\" </p><ul><li>As many as <a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/real-estate-agent-commissions-steering-hiding-homes-housing-market-lawsuits-2024-3?utm_source=Iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=campaign_Insider%2520Today%2520%E2%80%94%25C2%25A0March%252016%2C%25202024\" target=\"_blank\">2.8 million</a> Americans are licensed as brokers, and even the National Association of Realtors said in a 2015 <a href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.organiclead.com/Site-f57ce37d-8432-40f4-95b0-76e369b223b8/resources/Roya%2BDesign%2B-%2BDanger-Report-small.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report</a> that \"the real estate industry is saddled with a large number of part-time, untrained, unethical, and/or incompetent agents.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What's next:</strong> An AI trained on the actions of very good brokers would be able to forward new listings to clients within seconds of them appearing; would be up to speed on the plethora of documents and payments that need to be brought to a closing; and could answer questions in an approachable, conversational style 24 hours a day. </p><ul><li>While a robot couldn't go on home visits, it could certainly recommend local surveyors and other home inspectors. </li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>While buyers' agents do provide <em>some</em> value to buyers, it's never been clear that the value to the buyer is remotely commensurate with the amount they are paid. </p><ul><li>If a robot can provide 80% of the value at 1% of the price, that's a bargain many Americans might find very attractive. </li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>With the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/national-association-of-realtors-settlement-commissions\" target=\"_blank\">breakup</a> of the NAR cartel, the biggest potential disruption in the real estate industry is if buyers' brokers are replaced by AI bots. </p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>A well-trained AI would probably provide a better, more reliable service than most human brokers \u2014 at a tiny fraction of the cost. </p><hr /><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>The U.S. has what Business Insider<em> </em>has <a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/bad-real-estate-agents-realtors-homebuyers-sellers-housing-market-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\">described</a> as \"a glut of mediocre Realtors\" who are \"screwing over homebuyers.\" </p><ul><li>As many as <a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/real-estate-agent-commissions-steering-hiding-homes-housing-market-lawsuits-2024-3?utm_source=Iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=campaign_Insider%2520Today%2520%E2%80%94%25C2%25A0March%252016%2C%25202024\" target=\"_blank\">2.8 million</a> Americans are licensed as brokers, and even the National Association of Realtors said in a 2015 <a href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.organiclead.com/Site-f57ce37d-8432-40f4-95b0-76e369b223b8/resources/Roya%2BDesign%2B-%2BDanger-Report-small.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report</a> that \"the real estate industry is saddled with a large number of part-time, untrained, unethical, and/or incompetent agents.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What's next:</strong> An AI trained on the actions of very good brokers would be able to forward new listings to clients within seconds of them appearing; would be up to speed on the plethora of documents and payments that need to be brought to a closing; and could answer questions in an approachable, conversational style 24 hours a day. </p><ul><li>While a robot couldn't go on home visits, it could certainly recommend local surveyors and other home inspectors. </li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>While buyers' agents do provide <em>some</em> value to buyers, it's never been clear that the value to the buyer is remotely commensurate with the amount they are paid. </p><ul><li>If a robot can provide 80% of the value at 1% of the price, that's a bargain many Americans might find very attractive. </li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>With the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/national-association-of-realtors-settlement-commissions\" target=\"_blank\">breakup</a> of the NAR cartel, the biggest potential disruption in the real estate industry is if buyers' brokers are replaced by AI bots. </p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>A well-trained AI would probably provide a better, more reliable service than most human brokers \u2014 at a tiny fraction of the cost. </p><hr /><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>The U.S. has what Business Insider<em> </em>has <a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/bad-real-estate-agents-realtors-homebuyers-sellers-housing-market-2023-7\" target=\"_blank\">described</a> as \"a glut of mediocre Realtors\" who are \"screwing over homebuyers.\" </p><ul><li>As many as <a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/real-estate-agent-commissions-steering-hiding-homes-housing-market-lawsuits-2024-3?utm_source=Iterable&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=campaign_Insider%2520Today%2520%E2%80%94%25C2%25A0March%252016%2C%25202024\" target=\"_blank\">2.8 million</a> Americans are licensed as brokers, and even the National Association of Realtors said in a 2015 <a href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.organiclead.com/Site-f57ce37d-8432-40f4-95b0-76e369b223b8/resources/Roya%2BDesign%2B-%2BDanger-Report-small.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report</a> that \"the real estate industry is saddled with a large number of part-time, untrained, unethical, and/or incompetent agents.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What's next:</strong> An AI trained on the actions of very good brokers would be able to forward new listings to clients within seconds of them appearing; would be up to speed on the plethora of documents and payments that need to be brought to a closing; and could answer questions in an approachable, conversational style 24 hours a day. </p><ul><li>While a robot couldn't go on home visits, it could certainly recommend local surveyors and other home inspectors. </li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>While buyers' agents do provide <em>some</em> value to buyers, it's never been clear that the value to the buyer is remotely commensurate with the amount they are paid. </p><ul><li>If a robot can provide 80% of the value at 1% of the price, that's a bargain many Americans might find very attractive. </li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Felix Salmon"}], "author": "Felix Salmon", "author_detail": {"name": "Felix Salmon"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/re2nH5OMyQuyKAnLvV5TsfX4OD0=/0x0:1280x720/1280x720/filters:no_upscale()/2024/03/17/1710710049660.gif"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/ZWZRMQPvzO9nWrhoCIjsERNkECA=/128x128/smart/2024/03/17/1710714597001.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:31:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 11, 31, 0, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/ai-home-broker-real-estate-housing", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Retailers pile on new tech to deter theft", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Retailers pile on new tech to deter theft"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/retail-theft-stores-security-cameras-ai"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/retail-theft-stores-security-cameras-ai", "summary": "<p>Locked cases, security turnstiles, AI-equipped cameras, receipt scanners, off-duty cops, license plate recognition \u2014 retailers are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/shoplifting-store-closings-price-increases-locked-cases\" target=\"_blank\">piling on</a> anti-theft technologies as shoppers <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/02/retail-shopping-in-store-closing-theft\" target=\"_blank\">grit their teeth</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Striking the right \"convenience vs. security\" balance is critical for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/retail-sales-rebound-february\" target=\"_blank\">retailers</a>, who need to thwart <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/02/11/shoplifting-retail-crisis-online-resale\" target=\"_blank\">shoplifting</a> without turning off legit customers.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> Stores are taking increasingly muscular loss-prevention measures.</p><ul><li>In <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/15/crime-theft-dmv-security-police\" target=\"_blank\">Washington, D.C.,</a> some Giant and Safeway supermarkets are locking up items, installing security gates and checking customers' receipts before they leave.</li><li>New York City drugstores are so rife with plastic lockup cases that one crook was forced to use a <a href=\"https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/bandit-uses-blowtorch-to-steal-from-nyc-walgreens-video/\" target=\"_blank\">blowtorch</a> to blast one open, making off with $448 in skin care products.</li><li>Under Lowe's' \"<a href=\"https://lowesinnovationlabs.com/projects/project-unlock\" target=\"_blank\">Project Unlock</a>,\" you can't use your new power drill unless it's been activated at the register. </li></ul><p><strong>Friction point: </strong>Such<strong> </strong>anti-theft efforts can deter legit consumers.</p><ul><li>Retailers \"know that locking up items<strong> </strong>does impact their sales,\" says David Johnston, vice president of asset protection and retail operations at the National Retail Federation.</li><li>\"They spend millions of dollars on displays and creating the shopping experience,\" he notes. Locking up merchandise is \"something they really don't want to do.\"</li><li>Retailers are \"looking at various technologies that allow them the freedom of a positive shopping experience, with the control of inventory,\" Johnston says.</li></ul><p><strong>Case in point: </strong>\"Anti-sweeping\" shelves use rails, tracks or sensors to keep people from grabbing lots of items at once.</p><ul><li>New AI cameras use \"loitering analytics\" and face-matching tech designed to spot known offenders.</li><li>RFID systems \u2014 which mark each item with a tiny tag about the size of a piece of glitter \u2014 are increasingly used to track stolen merchandise.</li><li>Audio detection alerts store managers to the sound of gunshots or breaking glass.</li><li>\"Pushout prevention\" systems lock shopping carts before they exit a store.</li><li>License plate recognition cameras monitor store parking lots.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Some stores are deploying the <a href=\"https://indyme.com/loss-prevention/self-service-locked-case/\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom Case</a>, which shoppers can unlock by sharing their phone number or using the store's loyalty app.</p><ul><li>\"You're making this value exchange,\" Joe Budano, CEO of Freedom Case maker Indyme, tells Axios. </li><li>\"You're trading some form of personal information\" for the ability to take a product yourself \u2014 which 85% of people do, the company says.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/cfvS6mIMahiu6ziPHO94C8Y17BE=/2024/03/15/1710507369200.jpg\" /> <div>A Freedom Case invites shoppers to give personal information in order to unlock a store shelf without assistance. Photo courtesy of Indyme</div><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> Today's security camera technology, meanwhile, is \"much more searchable\" with \"much greater resolution,\" says Read Hayes, director of the <a href=\"https://lpresearch.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Loss Prevention Research Council</a>, which lab-tests anti-theft products.</p><ul><li>AI obviates the need to watch eight hours of video to find a thief \u2014\u00a0it can flag suspicious behavior in real time, Hayes tells Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Stores must be mindful of privacy concerns and false accusations.</p><ul><li>Case in point: Rite Aid was recently <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/business/rite-aid-ai-facial-recognition.html\" target=\"_blank\">barred</a> from using facial recognition for five years after the Federal Trade Commission found that its system erroneously flagged people of color as shoplifters.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> A <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/nyregion/shoplifting-arrests-nyc.html#:~:text=373-,A%20Tiny%20Number%20of%20Shoplifters%20Commit%20Thousands%20of%20New%20York,say%20they%20have%20little%20defense.\" target=\"_blank\">tiny number</a> of shoplifters account for the vast majority of the crimes \u2014 but everyone suffers when shampoo and toothpaste gets locked behind barriers.</p><ul><li>Store clerks suffer very real trauma from violence and threats against them.</li></ul><p><strong>Threat level: </strong>Some consumers complain that physical stores are putting themselves out of business with heavy-handed security.</p><ul><li>On the other hand, there's sympathy and understanding for store owners, according to surveys from the Loss Prevention Research Council.</li><li>\"I think people are saying, 'You know, these poor places are losing so much \u2014 they've got to protect themselves,\" says Hayes, who's also a criminologist at the University of Florida.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>Stores of the future could develop a TSA-type system in which trusted shoppers gain easier access to shelves, dressing rooms, self-checkout and more, Budano says.</p><ul><li>Verified shoppers \u2014 who might one day be recognized by AI cameras \u2014 could get a green light to use the store freely.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The latest anti-theft technologies deter thieves and catch criminals, experts say \u2014 so expect to see more of them.</p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Locked cases, security turnstiles, AI-equipped cameras, receipt scanners, off-duty cops, license plate recognition \u2014 retailers are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/shoplifting-store-closings-price-increases-locked-cases\" target=\"_blank\">piling on</a> anti-theft technologies as shoppers <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/02/retail-shopping-in-store-closing-theft\" target=\"_blank\">grit their teeth</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Striking the right \"convenience vs. security\" balance is critical for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/retail-sales-rebound-february\" target=\"_blank\">retailers</a>, who need to thwart <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/02/11/shoplifting-retail-crisis-online-resale\" target=\"_blank\">shoplifting</a> without turning off legit customers.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> Stores are taking increasingly muscular loss-prevention measures.</p><ul><li>In <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/15/crime-theft-dmv-security-police\" target=\"_blank\">Washington, D.C.,</a> some Giant and Safeway supermarkets are locking up items, installing security gates and checking customers' receipts before they leave.</li><li>New York City drugstores are so rife with plastic lockup cases that one crook was forced to use a <a href=\"https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/bandit-uses-blowtorch-to-steal-from-nyc-walgreens-video/\" target=\"_blank\">blowtorch</a> to blast one open, making off with $448 in skin care products.</li><li>Under Lowe's' \"<a href=\"https://lowesinnovationlabs.com/projects/project-unlock\" target=\"_blank\">Project Unlock</a>,\" you can't use your new power drill unless it's been activated at the register. </li></ul><p><strong>Friction point: </strong>Such<strong> </strong>anti-theft efforts can deter legit consumers.</p><ul><li>Retailers \"know that locking up items<strong> </strong>does impact their sales,\" says David Johnston, vice president of asset protection and retail operations at the National Retail Federation.</li><li>\"They spend millions of dollars on displays and creating the shopping experience,\" he notes. Locking up merchandise is \"something they really don't want to do.\"</li><li>Retailers are \"looking at various technologies that allow them the freedom of a positive shopping experience, with the control of inventory,\" Johnston says.</li></ul><p><strong>Case in point: </strong>\"Anti-sweeping\" shelves use rails, tracks or sensors to keep people from grabbing lots of items at once.</p><ul><li>New AI cameras use \"loitering analytics\" and face-matching tech designed to spot known offenders.</li><li>RFID systems \u2014 which mark each item with a tiny tag about the size of a piece of glitter \u2014 are increasingly used to track stolen merchandise.</li><li>Audio detection alerts store managers to the sound of gunshots or breaking glass.</li><li>\"Pushout prevention\" systems lock shopping carts before they exit a store.</li><li>License plate recognition cameras monitor store parking lots.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Some stores are deploying the <a href=\"https://indyme.com/loss-prevention/self-service-locked-case/\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom Case</a>, which shoppers can unlock by sharing their phone number or using the store's loyalty app.</p><ul><li>\"You're making this value exchange,\" Joe Budano, CEO of Freedom Case maker Indyme, tells Axios. </li><li>\"You're trading some form of personal information\" for the ability to take a product yourself \u2014 which 85% of people do, the company says.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/cfvS6mIMahiu6ziPHO94C8Y17BE=/2024/03/15/1710507369200.jpg\" /> <div>A Freedom Case invites shoppers to give personal information in order to unlock a store shelf without assistance. Photo courtesy of Indyme</div><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> Today's security camera technology, meanwhile, is \"much more searchable\" with \"much greater resolution,\" says Read Hayes, director of the <a href=\"https://lpresearch.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Loss Prevention Research Council</a>, which lab-tests anti-theft products.</p><ul><li>AI obviates the need to watch eight hours of video to find a thief \u2014\u00a0it can flag suspicious behavior in real time, Hayes tells Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Stores must be mindful of privacy concerns and false accusations.</p><ul><li>Case in point: Rite Aid was recently <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/business/rite-aid-ai-facial-recognition.html\" target=\"_blank\">barred</a> from using facial recognition for five years after the Federal Trade Commission found that its system erroneously flagged people of color as shoplifters.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> A <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/nyregion/shoplifting-arrests-nyc.html#:~:text=373-,A%20Tiny%20Number%20of%20Shoplifters%20Commit%20Thousands%20of%20New%20York,say%20they%20have%20little%20defense.\" target=\"_blank\">tiny number</a> of shoplifters account for the vast majority of the crimes \u2014 but everyone suffers when shampoo and toothpaste gets locked behind barriers.</p><ul><li>Store clerks suffer very real trauma from violence and threats against them.</li></ul><p><strong>Threat level: </strong>Some consumers complain that physical stores are putting themselves out of business with heavy-handed security.</p><ul><li>On the other hand, there's sympathy and understanding for store owners, according to surveys from the Loss Prevention Research Council.</li><li>\"I think people are saying, 'You know, these poor places are losing so much \u2014 they've got to protect themselves,\" says Hayes, who's also a criminologist at the University of Florida.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>Stores of the future could develop a TSA-type system in which trusted shoppers gain easier access to shelves, dressing rooms, self-checkout and more, Budano says.</p><ul><li>Verified shoppers \u2014 who might one day be recognized by AI cameras \u2014 could get a green light to use the store freely.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The latest anti-theft technologies deter thieves and catch criminals, experts say \u2014 so expect to see more of them.</p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Locked cases, security turnstiles, AI-equipped cameras, receipt scanners, off-duty cops, license plate recognition \u2014 retailers are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/02/20/shoplifting-store-closings-price-increases-locked-cases\" target=\"_blank\">piling on</a> anti-theft technologies as shoppers <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/02/retail-shopping-in-store-closing-theft\" target=\"_blank\">grit their teeth</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Striking the right \"convenience vs. security\" balance is critical for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/retail-sales-rebound-february\" target=\"_blank\">retailers</a>, who need to thwart <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/02/11/shoplifting-retail-crisis-online-resale\" target=\"_blank\">shoplifting</a> without turning off legit customers.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> Stores are taking increasingly muscular loss-prevention measures.</p><ul><li>In <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/15/crime-theft-dmv-security-police\" target=\"_blank\">Washington, D.C.,</a> some Giant and Safeway supermarkets are locking up items, installing security gates and checking customers' receipts before they leave.</li><li>New York City drugstores are so rife with plastic lockup cases that one crook was forced to use a <a href=\"https://nypost.com/2023/06/22/bandit-uses-blowtorch-to-steal-from-nyc-walgreens-video/\" target=\"_blank\">blowtorch</a> to blast one open, making off with $448 in skin care products.</li><li>Under Lowe's' \"<a href=\"https://lowesinnovationlabs.com/projects/project-unlock\" target=\"_blank\">Project Unlock</a>,\" you can't use your new power drill unless it's been activated at the register. </li></ul><p><strong>Friction point: </strong>Such<strong> </strong>anti-theft efforts can deter legit consumers.</p><ul><li>Retailers \"know that locking up items<strong> </strong>does impact their sales,\" says David Johnston, vice president of asset protection and retail operations at the National Retail Federation.</li><li>\"They spend millions of dollars on displays and creating the shopping experience,\" he notes. Locking up merchandise is \"something they really don't want to do.\"</li><li>Retailers are \"looking at various technologies that allow them the freedom of a positive shopping experience, with the control of inventory,\" Johnston says.</li></ul><p><strong>Case in point: </strong>\"Anti-sweeping\" shelves use rails, tracks or sensors to keep people from grabbing lots of items at once.</p><ul><li>New AI cameras use \"loitering analytics\" and face-matching tech designed to spot known offenders.</li><li>RFID systems \u2014 which mark each item with a tiny tag about the size of a piece of glitter \u2014 are increasingly used to track stolen merchandise.</li><li>Audio detection alerts store managers to the sound of gunshots or breaking glass.</li><li>\"Pushout prevention\" systems lock shopping carts before they exit a store.</li><li>License plate recognition cameras monitor store parking lots.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Some stores are deploying the <a href=\"https://indyme.com/loss-prevention/self-service-locked-case/\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom Case</a>, which shoppers can unlock by sharing their phone number or using the store's loyalty app.</p><ul><li>\"You're making this value exchange,\" Joe Budano, CEO of Freedom Case maker Indyme, tells Axios. </li><li>\"You're trading some form of personal information\" for the ability to take a product yourself \u2014 which 85% of people do, the company says.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/cfvS6mIMahiu6ziPHO94C8Y17BE=/2024/03/15/1710507369200.jpg\" /> <div>A Freedom Case invites shoppers to give personal information in order to unlock a store shelf without assistance. Photo courtesy of Indyme</div><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> Today's security camera technology, meanwhile, is \"much more searchable\" with \"much greater resolution,\" says Read Hayes, director of the <a href=\"https://lpresearch.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Loss Prevention Research Council</a>, which lab-tests anti-theft products.</p><ul><li>AI obviates the need to watch eight hours of video to find a thief \u2014\u00a0it can flag suspicious behavior in real time, Hayes tells Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Stores must be mindful of privacy concerns and false accusations.</p><ul><li>Case in point: Rite Aid was recently <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/21/business/rite-aid-ai-facial-recognition.html\" target=\"_blank\">barred</a> from using facial recognition for five years after the Federal Trade Commission found that its system erroneously flagged people of color as shoplifters.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> A <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/nyregion/shoplifting-arrests-nyc.html#:~:text=373-,A%20Tiny%20Number%20of%20Shoplifters%20Commit%20Thousands%20of%20New%20York,say%20they%20have%20little%20defense.\" target=\"_blank\">tiny number</a> of shoplifters account for the vast majority of the crimes \u2014 but everyone suffers when shampoo and toothpaste gets locked behind barriers.</p><ul><li>Store clerks suffer very real trauma from violence and threats against them.</li></ul><p><strong>Threat level: </strong>Some consumers complain that physical stores are putting themselves out of business with heavy-handed security.</p><ul><li>On the other hand, there's sympathy and understanding for store owners, according to surveys from the Loss Prevention Research Council.</li><li>\"I think people are saying, 'You know, these poor places are losing so much \u2014 they've got to protect themselves,\" says Hayes, who's also a criminologist at the University of Florida.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>Stores of the future could develop a TSA-type system in which trusted shoppers gain easier access to shelves, dressing rooms, self-checkout and more, Budano says.</p><ul><li>Verified shoppers \u2014 who might one day be recognized by AI cameras \u2014 could get a green light to use the store freely.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The latest anti-theft technologies deter thieves and catch criminals, experts say \u2014 so expect to see more of them.</p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jennifer A. Kingson"}], "author": "Jennifer A. Kingson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jennifer A. Kingson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/PV5hVzi3MhQncCv2vKJgIVsqfno=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710504455784.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/iXVMjlpFxz_sw5-uqy4TJkt8qiA=/0x0:1080x1080/128x128/2024/03/15/1710504455784.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:01:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 9, 1, 0, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/retail-theft-stores-security-cameras-ai", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Pandemic pact crunch time: Final treaty talks start to prevent future deaths", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Pandemic pact crunch time: Final treaty talks start to prevent future deaths"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/drugmaker-mandatory-sharing-pandemic-treaty-covid"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/drugmaker-mandatory-sharing-pandemic-treaty-covid", "summary": "<p>An international draft treaty aimed at bolstering <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/covid-political-vaccine-skepticism-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\">readiness for the next pandemic</a> enters a final round of scheduled negotiations Monday, with key disagreements remaining about how much knowledge and product drugmakers must share with the world. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>COVID-19 laid bare global health inequities \u2014 and exacerbated them, as low- and middle-income countries received vaccines far later than other countries despite <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/06/07/gavi-covax-covid-vaccines\" target=\"_blank\">global sharing efforts</a> hatched during the crisis. </p><hr /><ul><li>That <a href=\"https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2822%2900320-6/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\">led to</a> hundreds of thousands of deaths that could have been averted, and the inequity reverberated around the hyperconnected planet as variants arose and spread through an uneven patchwork of vaccine access.</li><li>An <a href=\"https://pandem-ic.com/mapping-our-unvaccinated-world/\" target=\"_blank\">estimated one-quarter</a> of the world's population still hasn't received a single dose of COVID vaccine.</li></ul><p><strong>\"There's a need</strong> for a new international legal instrument to capture political momentum to prevent this from happening again and to recognize and rectify gaps that existed even before COVID,\" said Alexandra Phelan, a global health lawyer and associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.</p><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The world's first pandemic treaty<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/pandemic-prevention--preparedness-and-response-accord\" target=\"_blank\">aims</a> to \"strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response\" with \"equity as the goal and outcome.\"</p><ul><li>The draft negotiating text <a href=\"https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pandemic-Agreement-DRAFT-revised-negotiating-text-WHO-Pandemic-Agreement_for-circulation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">covers</a> a number of issues, including pathogen surveillance, health care workforce capacity, supply chain and logistics, and tech transfer to support production of vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments.</li></ul><p><strong>A key sticking point </strong>is whether countries<strong> </strong>must provide viral specimens or genome sequences to a global repository managed by the World Health Organization, which would enable others to use that information to create vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments.</p><ul><li>Drugmakers, who'd have to pay into the system, would in exchange contribute diagnostics, treatments or vaccines in real time to a network coordinated by WHO \u2014 10% free of charge to countries and 10% at not-for-profit prices, with some flexibility based on availability.</li><li>The draft text \"serves the interests of developed countries and their biotech industries by forcing developing countries to share biological materials and information without adequate legal certainty of benefit sharing,\" Nithin Ramakrishnan of the Third World Network, an international research and advocacy group, told Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>But <a href=\"https://www.ifpma.org/news/delivering-equitable-access-in-pandemics-biopharmaceutical-industry-commitments/\" target=\"_blank\">drugmakers say</a> mandatory sharing rules</strong> would undermine valuable intellectual property rights and chill the incentive to develop treatments and vaccines. Some Republican lawmakers <a href=\"https://rollcall.com/2024/02/05/gop-lawmakers-argue-pandemic-treaty-threatens-us-sovereignty/\" target=\"_blank\">have also argued</a> the treaty will cost American taxpayers and threaten U.S. intellectual property rights.<strong> </strong></p><ul><li>The mRNA platform that Pfizer and Moderna used to create COVID vaccines was already three decades in development. That may not be the case in a future pandemic, which could require considerably more research and development.</li><li>\"The biopharmaceutical industry is committed to equitable access to vaccines and treatments, which is not possible unless we protect the innovation ecosystem,\" said Larry Kerr, global health deputy vice president for lobbying group PhRMA.</li><li>The draft text states IP protection is \"important for the development of new medical products,\" while also saying it also does not prevent countries from<strong> \"</strong>taking measures to protect public health.\" </li><li>The U.S. \"supports an access and benefits sharing system that pairs strong commitments to share information, pathogen samples, and genetic sequence data before and during a pandemic; and contractual commitments from manufacturers participating in the system to set aside a dedicated percentage of production for equitable distribution during pandemics,\" a National Security Council spokesperson said in a statement to Axios, adding it also supports stronger systems of voluntary technology transfer.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Pharmaceutical companies could benefit from the treaty by having guaranteed demand for their product \"beyond the high-income market they're already in,\" said Raj Panjabi, a former White House official who oversaw the U.S. global response to COVID. </p><ul><li>Its difficult to predict whether a pathogen will disappear as quickly as it emerges like the first SARS virus in 2003, or take hold around the world like SARS-CoV-2.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>There is no guarantee the U.S. would be the first country to develop a vaccine or treatment in the next pandemic.</p><ul><li>China, <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/100-days-mission-to-respond-to-future-pandemic-threats\" target=\"_blank\">the UK</a> and other countries are investing heavily in their ability to quickly develop vaccines. </li><li>\"If another nation develops a pandemic vaccine or therapeutic before the U.S., the U.S., like any other country, will be guaranteed access to that network of vaccines, therapeutics and tests,\" Panjabi said. </li><li>The agreement says it will take special interest in developing countries, \"but nowhere does it say U.S. and rich countries won't have access,\" he said.</li><li>\"It is the smarter thing to do because it buys down risk, the right thing to do because it provides access to those in highest need, and the safer thing to do because it meets the highest need at the beginning of a pandemic and decreases the chance of future variants affecting Americans,\" he said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The current round of negotiations in Geneva ends March 28, with a goal of reaching a consensus decision by the World Health Assembly at the end of May.</p><ul><li>Some officials have expressed concern the deadline won't be met, the Financial Times <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/afd0b4ba-bdd0-4450-ad51-26326eacad1d\" target=\"_blank\">reports</a>, but Phelan, the Johns Hopkins associate professor, is more optimistic and said countries could choose to extend negotiations.</li><li>\"There is an extremely high level of good faith to meet this deadline,\" said Phelan, who was involved in negotiations around the High Seas Treaty.</li><li>\"It always feel precarious until it's done,\" she said.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>An international draft treaty aimed at bolstering <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/covid-political-vaccine-skepticism-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\">readiness for the next pandemic</a> enters a final round of scheduled negotiations Monday, with key disagreements remaining about how much knowledge and product drugmakers must share with the world. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>COVID-19 laid bare global health inequities \u2014 and exacerbated them, as low- and middle-income countries received vaccines far later than other countries despite <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/06/07/gavi-covax-covid-vaccines\" target=\"_blank\">global sharing efforts</a> hatched during the crisis. </p><hr /><ul><li>That <a href=\"https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2822%2900320-6/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\">led to</a> hundreds of thousands of deaths that could have been averted, and the inequity reverberated around the hyperconnected planet as variants arose and spread through an uneven patchwork of vaccine access.</li><li>An <a href=\"https://pandem-ic.com/mapping-our-unvaccinated-world/\" target=\"_blank\">estimated one-quarter</a> of the world's population still hasn't received a single dose of COVID vaccine.</li></ul><p><strong>\"There's a need</strong> for a new international legal instrument to capture political momentum to prevent this from happening again and to recognize and rectify gaps that existed even before COVID,\" said Alexandra Phelan, a global health lawyer and associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.</p><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The world's first pandemic treaty<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/pandemic-prevention--preparedness-and-response-accord\" target=\"_blank\">aims</a> to \"strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response\" with \"equity as the goal and outcome.\"</p><ul><li>The draft negotiating text <a href=\"https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pandemic-Agreement-DRAFT-revised-negotiating-text-WHO-Pandemic-Agreement_for-circulation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">covers</a> a number of issues, including pathogen surveillance, health care workforce capacity, supply chain and logistics, and tech transfer to support production of vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments.</li></ul><p><strong>A key sticking point </strong>is whether countries<strong> </strong>must provide viral specimens or genome sequences to a global repository managed by the World Health Organization, which would enable others to use that information to create vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments.</p><ul><li>Drugmakers, who'd have to pay into the system, would in exchange contribute diagnostics, treatments or vaccines in real time to a network coordinated by WHO \u2014 10% free of charge to countries and 10% at not-for-profit prices, with some flexibility based on availability.</li><li>The draft text \"serves the interests of developed countries and their biotech industries by forcing developing countries to share biological materials and information without adequate legal certainty of benefit sharing,\" Nithin Ramakrishnan of the Third World Network, an international research and advocacy group, told Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>But <a href=\"https://www.ifpma.org/news/delivering-equitable-access-in-pandemics-biopharmaceutical-industry-commitments/\" target=\"_blank\">drugmakers say</a> mandatory sharing rules</strong> would undermine valuable intellectual property rights and chill the incentive to develop treatments and vaccines. Some Republican lawmakers <a href=\"https://rollcall.com/2024/02/05/gop-lawmakers-argue-pandemic-treaty-threatens-us-sovereignty/\" target=\"_blank\">have also argued</a> the treaty will cost American taxpayers and threaten U.S. intellectual property rights.<strong> </strong></p><ul><li>The mRNA platform that Pfizer and Moderna used to create COVID vaccines was already three decades in development. That may not be the case in a future pandemic, which could require considerably more research and development.</li><li>\"The biopharmaceutical industry is committed to equitable access to vaccines and treatments, which is not possible unless we protect the innovation ecosystem,\" said Larry Kerr, global health deputy vice president for lobbying group PhRMA.</li><li>The draft text states IP protection is \"important for the development of new medical products,\" while also saying it also does not prevent countries from<strong> \"</strong>taking measures to protect public health.\" </li><li>The U.S. \"supports an access and benefits sharing system that pairs strong commitments to share information, pathogen samples, and genetic sequence data before and during a pandemic; and contractual commitments from manufacturers participating in the system to set aside a dedicated percentage of production for equitable distribution during pandemics,\" a National Security Council spokesperson said in a statement to Axios, adding it also supports stronger systems of voluntary technology transfer.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Pharmaceutical companies could benefit from the treaty by having guaranteed demand for their product \"beyond the high-income market they're already in,\" said Raj Panjabi, a former White House official who oversaw the U.S. global response to COVID. </p><ul><li>Its difficult to predict whether a pathogen will disappear as quickly as it emerges like the first SARS virus in 2003, or take hold around the world like SARS-CoV-2.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>There is no guarantee the U.S. would be the first country to develop a vaccine or treatment in the next pandemic.</p><ul><li>China, <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/100-days-mission-to-respond-to-future-pandemic-threats\" target=\"_blank\">the UK</a> and other countries are investing heavily in their ability to quickly develop vaccines. </li><li>\"If another nation develops a pandemic vaccine or therapeutic before the U.S., the U.S., like any other country, will be guaranteed access to that network of vaccines, therapeutics and tests,\" Panjabi said. </li><li>The agreement says it will take special interest in developing countries, \"but nowhere does it say U.S. and rich countries won't have access,\" he said.</li><li>\"It is the smarter thing to do because it buys down risk, the right thing to do because it provides access to those in highest need, and the safer thing to do because it meets the highest need at the beginning of a pandemic and decreases the chance of future variants affecting Americans,\" he said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The current round of negotiations in Geneva ends March 28, with a goal of reaching a consensus decision by the World Health Assembly at the end of May.</p><ul><li>Some officials have expressed concern the deadline won't be met, the Financial Times <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/afd0b4ba-bdd0-4450-ad51-26326eacad1d\" target=\"_blank\">reports</a>, but Phelan, the Johns Hopkins associate professor, is more optimistic and said countries could choose to extend negotiations.</li><li>\"There is an extremely high level of good faith to meet this deadline,\" said Phelan, who was involved in negotiations around the High Seas Treaty.</li><li>\"It always feel precarious until it's done,\" she said.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>An international draft treaty aimed at bolstering <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/covid-political-vaccine-skepticism-misinformation\" target=\"_blank\">readiness for the next pandemic</a> enters a final round of scheduled negotiations Monday, with key disagreements remaining about how much knowledge and product drugmakers must share with the world. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>COVID-19 laid bare global health inequities \u2014 and exacerbated them, as low- and middle-income countries received vaccines far later than other countries despite <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/06/07/gavi-covax-covid-vaccines\" target=\"_blank\">global sharing efforts</a> hatched during the crisis. </p><hr /><ul><li>That <a href=\"https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099%2822%2900320-6/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\">led to</a> hundreds of thousands of deaths that could have been averted, and the inequity reverberated around the hyperconnected planet as variants arose and spread through an uneven patchwork of vaccine access.</li><li>An <a href=\"https://pandem-ic.com/mapping-our-unvaccinated-world/\" target=\"_blank\">estimated one-quarter</a> of the world's population still hasn't received a single dose of COVID vaccine.</li></ul><p><strong>\"There's a need</strong> for a new international legal instrument to capture political momentum to prevent this from happening again and to recognize and rectify gaps that existed even before COVID,\" said Alexandra Phelan, a global health lawyer and associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.</p><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The world's first pandemic treaty<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/pandemic-prevention--preparedness-and-response-accord\" target=\"_blank\">aims</a> to \"strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response\" with \"equity as the goal and outcome.\"</p><ul><li>The draft negotiating text <a href=\"https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Pandemic-Agreement-DRAFT-revised-negotiating-text-WHO-Pandemic-Agreement_for-circulation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">covers</a> a number of issues, including pathogen surveillance, health care workforce capacity, supply chain and logistics, and tech transfer to support production of vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments.</li></ul><p><strong>A key sticking point </strong>is whether countries<strong> </strong>must provide viral specimens or genome sequences to a global repository managed by the World Health Organization, which would enable others to use that information to create vaccines, diagnostic tests and treatments.</p><ul><li>Drugmakers, who'd have to pay into the system, would in exchange contribute diagnostics, treatments or vaccines in real time to a network coordinated by WHO \u2014 10% free of charge to countries and 10% at not-for-profit prices, with some flexibility based on availability.</li><li>The draft text \"serves the interests of developed countries and their biotech industries by forcing developing countries to share biological materials and information without adequate legal certainty of benefit sharing,\" Nithin Ramakrishnan of the Third World Network, an international research and advocacy group, told Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>But <a href=\"https://www.ifpma.org/news/delivering-equitable-access-in-pandemics-biopharmaceutical-industry-commitments/\" target=\"_blank\">drugmakers say</a> mandatory sharing rules</strong> would undermine valuable intellectual property rights and chill the incentive to develop treatments and vaccines. Some Republican lawmakers <a href=\"https://rollcall.com/2024/02/05/gop-lawmakers-argue-pandemic-treaty-threatens-us-sovereignty/\" target=\"_blank\">have also argued</a> the treaty will cost American taxpayers and threaten U.S. intellectual property rights.<strong> </strong></p><ul><li>The mRNA platform that Pfizer and Moderna used to create COVID vaccines was already three decades in development. That may not be the case in a future pandemic, which could require considerably more research and development.</li><li>\"The biopharmaceutical industry is committed to equitable access to vaccines and treatments, which is not possible unless we protect the innovation ecosystem,\" said Larry Kerr, global health deputy vice president for lobbying group PhRMA.</li><li>The draft text states IP protection is \"important for the development of new medical products,\" while also saying it also does not prevent countries from<strong> \"</strong>taking measures to protect public health.\" </li><li>The U.S. \"supports an access and benefits sharing system that pairs strong commitments to share information, pathogen samples, and genetic sequence data before and during a pandemic; and contractual commitments from manufacturers participating in the system to set aside a dedicated percentage of production for equitable distribution during pandemics,\" a National Security Council spokesperson said in a statement to Axios, adding it also supports stronger systems of voluntary technology transfer.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Pharmaceutical companies could benefit from the treaty by having guaranteed demand for their product \"beyond the high-income market they're already in,\" said Raj Panjabi, a former White House official who oversaw the U.S. global response to COVID. </p><ul><li>Its difficult to predict whether a pathogen will disappear as quickly as it emerges like the first SARS virus in 2003, or take hold around the world like SARS-CoV-2.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>There is no guarantee the U.S. would be the first country to develop a vaccine or treatment in the next pandemic.</p><ul><li>China, <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/100-days-mission-to-respond-to-future-pandemic-threats\" target=\"_blank\">the UK</a> and other countries are investing heavily in their ability to quickly develop vaccines. </li><li>\"If another nation develops a pandemic vaccine or therapeutic before the U.S., the U.S., like any other country, will be guaranteed access to that network of vaccines, therapeutics and tests,\" Panjabi said. </li><li>The agreement says it will take special interest in developing countries, \"but nowhere does it say U.S. and rich countries won't have access,\" he said.</li><li>\"It is the smarter thing to do because it buys down risk, the right thing to do because it provides access to those in highest need, and the safer thing to do because it meets the highest need at the beginning of a pandemic and decreases the chance of future variants affecting Americans,\" he said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The current round of negotiations in Geneva ends March 28, with a goal of reaching a consensus decision by the World Health Assembly at the end of May.</p><ul><li>Some officials have expressed concern the deadline won't be met, the Financial Times <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/afd0b4ba-bdd0-4450-ad51-26326eacad1d\" target=\"_blank\">reports</a>, but Phelan, the Johns Hopkins associate professor, is more optimistic and said countries could choose to extend negotiations.</li><li>\"There is an extremely high level of good faith to meet this deadline,\" said Phelan, who was involved in negotiations around the High Seas Treaty.</li><li>\"It always feel precarious until it's done,\" she said.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Alison Snyder"}], "author": "Alison Snyder", "author_detail": {"name": "Alison Snyder"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/-SbMBZn1fJFVRkcks5KAXXbZLpE=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710704780446.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/XDjcGCVNLugrJz6ukTW1Lh_LXgw=/398x0:1478x1080/128x128/2024/03/17/1710704780446.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 9, 0, 0, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/drugmaker-mandatory-sharing-pandemic-treaty-covid", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "DHS tests new generative AI programs", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "DHS tests new generative AI programs"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/homeland-security-dhs-generative-ai"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/homeland-security-dhs-generative-ai", "summary": "<p>The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it's expanding its use of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/28/mayorkas-homeland-security-ai-risks\" target=\"_blank\">generative artificial intelligence</a> with a trio of new pilot projects.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Like many government agencies, DHS is trying to figure out where it can harness generative AI despite risks related to accuracy, bias and other issues.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The agency announced three new efforts across its work.</p><ul><li>Investigators will be able to use open source large language models to more quickly summarize investigative reports and to improve the process of searching through reports. The agency hopes the pilot program will improve detection of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/fentanyl-trafficking-ai-border-patrol\" target=\"_blank\">fentanyl-related networks</a> and help identify perpetrators and victims of child exploitation.</li><li>Another project aims to use generative AI to improve training of immigration officers through more personalized materials while covering the latest legal issues and policies.</li><li>Under FEMA, DHS hopes to help local communities  by easing the time-consuming  hazard mitigation planning process. The pilot could allow more communities to submit grants and gain funding to improve resilience and reduce disaster risks.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture</strong>: DHS, like other agencies, is under pressure to increase its use of AI, while civil liberties groups are pushing to ensure privacy and equity.</p><ul><li>The agency <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/07/mayorkas-homeland-security-ai-talent-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\">held a recruiting event</a> in Silicon Valley last month to add at least 50 artificial intelligence experts to its new \"AI Corps\" modeled on the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/09/02/new-boss-us-digital-service-mina-hsiang\" target=\"_self\">U.S. Digital Service</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch:</strong> I'll be interviewing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at Axios' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/whats-next-summit\" target=\"_blank\">What's Next Summit</a> on Tuesday, where I plan to explore these new projects and the broader issues around the agency's use of AI.</p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it's expanding its use of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/28/mayorkas-homeland-security-ai-risks\" target=\"_blank\">generative artificial intelligence</a> with a trio of new pilot projects.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Like many government agencies, DHS is trying to figure out where it can harness generative AI despite risks related to accuracy, bias and other issues.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The agency announced three new efforts across its work.</p><ul><li>Investigators will be able to use open source large language models to more quickly summarize investigative reports and to improve the process of searching through reports. The agency hopes the pilot program will improve detection of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/fentanyl-trafficking-ai-border-patrol\" target=\"_blank\">fentanyl-related networks</a> and help identify perpetrators and victims of child exploitation.</li><li>Another project aims to use generative AI to improve training of immigration officers through more personalized materials while covering the latest legal issues and policies.</li><li>Under FEMA, DHS hopes to help local communities  by easing the time-consuming  hazard mitigation planning process. The pilot could allow more communities to submit grants and gain funding to improve resilience and reduce disaster risks.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture</strong>: DHS, like other agencies, is under pressure to increase its use of AI, while civil liberties groups are pushing to ensure privacy and equity.</p><ul><li>The agency <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/07/mayorkas-homeland-security-ai-talent-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\">held a recruiting event</a> in Silicon Valley last month to add at least 50 artificial intelligence experts to its new \"AI Corps\" modeled on the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/09/02/new-boss-us-digital-service-mina-hsiang\" target=\"_self\">U.S. Digital Service</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch:</strong> I'll be interviewing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at Axios' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/whats-next-summit\" target=\"_blank\">What's Next Summit</a> on Tuesday, where I plan to explore these new projects and the broader issues around the agency's use of AI.</p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it's expanding its use of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/28/mayorkas-homeland-security-ai-risks\" target=\"_blank\">generative artificial intelligence</a> with a trio of new pilot projects.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Like many government agencies, DHS is trying to figure out where it can harness generative AI despite risks related to accuracy, bias and other issues.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The agency announced three new efforts across its work.</p><ul><li>Investigators will be able to use open source large language models to more quickly summarize investigative reports and to improve the process of searching through reports. The agency hopes the pilot program will improve detection of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/07/fentanyl-trafficking-ai-border-patrol\" target=\"_blank\">fentanyl-related networks</a> and help identify perpetrators and victims of child exploitation.</li><li>Another project aims to use generative AI to improve training of immigration officers through more personalized materials while covering the latest legal issues and policies.</li><li>Under FEMA, DHS hopes to help local communities  by easing the time-consuming  hazard mitigation planning process. The pilot could allow more communities to submit grants and gain funding to improve resilience and reduce disaster risks.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture</strong>: DHS, like other agencies, is under pressure to increase its use of AI, while civil liberties groups are pushing to ensure privacy and equity.</p><ul><li>The agency <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/07/mayorkas-homeland-security-ai-talent-silicon-valley\" target=\"_blank\">held a recruiting event</a> in Silicon Valley last month to add at least 50 artificial intelligence experts to its new \"AI Corps\" modeled on the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/09/02/new-boss-us-digital-service-mina-hsiang\" target=\"_self\">U.S. Digital Service</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch:</strong> I'll be interviewing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at Axios' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/whats-next-summit\" target=\"_blank\">What's Next Summit</a> on Tuesday, where I plan to explore these new projects and the broader issues around the agency's use of AI.</p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Ina Fried"}, {"name": "Ryan Heath"}], "author": "Ryan Heath", "author_detail": {"name": "Ina Fried"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at Axios' AI+ Summit in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 28, 2023. Photo: Eric Lee/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/DmwaD1AoO3t1wUO86JqysA7Sa4s=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710720221611.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/Wv8-Uwq-KseWRuip45Xy_k8lscQ=/405x0:1485x1080/128x128/2024/03/18/1710720221611.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 9, 0, 0, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/homeland-security-dhs-generative-ai", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Biden order boosts women's health research as he presses for more funding", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Biden order boosts women's health research as he presses for more funding"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-executive-order-womens-health-resarch"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-executive-order-womens-health-resarch", "summary": "<p>President Biden on Monday will issue an executive order to bolster <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2024/02/21/white-house-jill-biden-womens-health-research-arpa\" target=\"_blank\">women's health research</a>, while federal agencies are announcing new steps to close long-standing gender gaps in clinical trials and care.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>They're among the first concrete steps the White House is taking on a new women's health research initiative led by first lady Jill Biden, and they come shortly after the president in his State of the Union <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/biden-state-of-the-union-2024-sotu\" target=\"_blank\">address</a> called on Congress to provide $12 billion for the effort.</p><hr /><ul><li>Historical underfunding of women's health research and underrepresentation of women in clinical studies has led to knowledge gaps on how to manage and treat diseases that disproportionately affect women or how certain diseases affect women differently from men.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The executive order, which the White House describes as \"the most comprehensive\" set of actions ever to advance women's health research, directs agencies participating in the initiative to develop and strengthen research and data standards to ensure women's health \"is being considered at every step in the research process.\"</p><ul><li>The order specifically calls for more data collection and a comprehensive research agenda related to women's midlife health to study conditions more likely to occur after menopause, including rheumatoid arthritis and heart attack.</li><li>It also directs the administration to encourage innovation through the new biomedical agency ARPA-H and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, among other efforts. Jill Biden last month announced $100 million for women's health research and product development during a visit to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2023/09/26/new-federal-agency-cambridge-arpa-h\" target=\"_blank\">ARPA-H</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The NIH is also launching a $200 million effort</strong> for interdisciplinary research that cuts across the agency's institutes. For example, it would support research on the impact of menopause on heart and brain health, according to a White House fact sheet.</p><ul><li>Among other agency actions announced Monday: The National Science Foundation is calling for research and education proposals related to women's health, the NIH is created a clearinghouse for women's health research funding, and the Pentagon and the VA are collaborating on efforts to improve research and care across the lifespan of women service members and veterans.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> Even as Congress <a href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/final-u-s-spending-bills-offer-gloomy-outlook-science\" target=\"_blank\">cuts back</a> on categories of science funding, a senior administration official sounded optimistic about the prospects for advancing Biden's $12 billion request.  </p><ul><li>\"There have been long-standing champions of women's health research on both sides of the aisle,\" the official told reporters. \"I think this is an area where there will be a huge opportunity to work together.\"</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>President Biden on Monday will issue an executive order to bolster <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2024/02/21/white-house-jill-biden-womens-health-research-arpa\" target=\"_blank\">women's health research</a>, while federal agencies are announcing new steps to close long-standing gender gaps in clinical trials and care.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>They're among the first concrete steps the White House is taking on a new women's health research initiative led by first lady Jill Biden, and they come shortly after the president in his State of the Union <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/biden-state-of-the-union-2024-sotu\" target=\"_blank\">address</a> called on Congress to provide $12 billion for the effort.</p><hr /><ul><li>Historical underfunding of women's health research and underrepresentation of women in clinical studies has led to knowledge gaps on how to manage and treat diseases that disproportionately affect women or how certain diseases affect women differently from men.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The executive order, which the White House describes as \"the most comprehensive\" set of actions ever to advance women's health research, directs agencies participating in the initiative to develop and strengthen research and data standards to ensure women's health \"is being considered at every step in the research process.\"</p><ul><li>The order specifically calls for more data collection and a comprehensive research agenda related to women's midlife health to study conditions more likely to occur after menopause, including rheumatoid arthritis and heart attack.</li><li>It also directs the administration to encourage innovation through the new biomedical agency ARPA-H and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, among other efforts. Jill Biden last month announced $100 million for women's health research and product development during a visit to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2023/09/26/new-federal-agency-cambridge-arpa-h\" target=\"_blank\">ARPA-H</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The NIH is also launching a $200 million effort</strong> for interdisciplinary research that cuts across the agency's institutes. For example, it would support research on the impact of menopause on heart and brain health, according to a White House fact sheet.</p><ul><li>Among other agency actions announced Monday: The National Science Foundation is calling for research and education proposals related to women's health, the NIH is created a clearinghouse for women's health research funding, and the Pentagon and the VA are collaborating on efforts to improve research and care across the lifespan of women service members and veterans.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> Even as Congress <a href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/final-u-s-spending-bills-offer-gloomy-outlook-science\" target=\"_blank\">cuts back</a> on categories of science funding, a senior administration official sounded optimistic about the prospects for advancing Biden's $12 billion request.  </p><ul><li>\"There have been long-standing champions of women's health research on both sides of the aisle,\" the official told reporters. \"I think this is an area where there will be a huge opportunity to work together.\"</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>President Biden on Monday will issue an executive order to bolster <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2024/02/21/white-house-jill-biden-womens-health-research-arpa\" target=\"_blank\">women's health research</a>, while federal agencies are announcing new steps to close long-standing gender gaps in clinical trials and care.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>They're among the first concrete steps the White House is taking on a new women's health research initiative led by first lady Jill Biden, and they come shortly after the president in his State of the Union <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/biden-state-of-the-union-2024-sotu\" target=\"_blank\">address</a> called on Congress to provide $12 billion for the effort.</p><hr /><ul><li>Historical underfunding of women's health research and underrepresentation of women in clinical studies has led to knowledge gaps on how to manage and treat diseases that disproportionately affect women or how certain diseases affect women differently from men.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The executive order, which the White House describes as \"the most comprehensive\" set of actions ever to advance women's health research, directs agencies participating in the initiative to develop and strengthen research and data standards to ensure women's health \"is being considered at every step in the research process.\"</p><ul><li>The order specifically calls for more data collection and a comprehensive research agenda related to women's midlife health to study conditions more likely to occur after menopause, including rheumatoid arthritis and heart attack.</li><li>It also directs the administration to encourage innovation through the new biomedical agency ARPA-H and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, among other efforts. Jill Biden last month announced $100 million for women's health research and product development during a visit to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2023/09/26/new-federal-agency-cambridge-arpa-h\" target=\"_blank\">ARPA-H</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The NIH is also launching a $200 million effort</strong> for interdisciplinary research that cuts across the agency's institutes. For example, it would support research on the impact of menopause on heart and brain health, according to a White House fact sheet.</p><ul><li>Among other agency actions announced Monday: The National Science Foundation is calling for research and education proposals related to women's health, the NIH is created a clearinghouse for women's health research funding, and the Pentagon and the VA are collaborating on efforts to improve research and care across the lifespan of women service members and veterans.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> Even as Congress <a href=\"https://www.science.org/content/article/final-u-s-spending-bills-offer-gloomy-outlook-science\" target=\"_blank\">cuts back</a> on categories of science funding, a senior administration official sounded optimistic about the prospects for advancing Biden's $12 billion request.  </p><ul><li>\"There have been long-standing champions of women's health research on both sides of the aisle,\" the official told reporters. \"I think this is an area where there will be a huge opportunity to work together.\"</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jason Millman"}], "author": "Jason Millman", "author_detail": {"name": "Jason Millman"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/UbBIUZO6W5oGO6dSFYEtiAqHflk=/0x0:5352x3011/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710711634629.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/fBf7QgCiMvxoe_kD65ZlL-LWKwE=/860x0:4428x3568/128x128/2024/03/17/1710711634629.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 9, 0, 0, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-executive-order-womens-health-resarch", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "\"Obama would be jealous\": How Biden's rivalry with his ex-boss shapes his presidency", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "\"Obama would be jealous\": How Biden's rivalry with his ex-boss shapes his presidency"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-obama-rivalry-presidency"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-obama-rivalry-presidency", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> doesn't speak frequently with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/03/scoop-obama-inclusive-capitalism-reunion-weekend\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama</a> \u2014 but behind closed doors, he talks about him a lot.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Biden often measures himself against the man he served as vice president, current and former aides say. It's a complex relationship in which there is a rivalry \u2014 particularly on Biden's side.</p><hr /><ul><li>\"Obama would be jealous,\" Biden sometimes says when speaking about a perceived accomplishment, according to two Biden aides familiar with such instances.</li><li>The competitive dynamic has informed Biden's approach to several issues \u2014 including how he's dealt with Afghanistan, Israel and Congress.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> On a personal level, the Biden-Obama relationship is respectful and even affectionate. </p><ul><li>Obama often praises Biden publicly and is set to be a key surrogate on the campaign trail this fall to help Biden get re-elected.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Biden's range of feelings about Obama is apparent in the recently released transcript of Biden's interview with special counsel <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/robert-hur-biden-testimony-hearing\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Hur</a>, who investigated Biden's handling of classified documents.</p><ul><li>Unprompted, Biden told Hur about the wounding experience of Obama favoring Hillary Clinton over him to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016.</li><li>Biden recalled that \"a lot of people ... were encouraging me to run in this period, except the president .... He just thought that [Clinton] had a better shot of winning the presidency than I did.\"</li><li>Biden privately has told aides that he believed he could have beaten <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a> if he had run in 2016.</li><li>Biden speaks more often with former President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/09/18/bill-clinton-democratscongress-midterms-gop\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Clinton</a> than Obama, the <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/01/how-biden-leads-gets-information/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post</a> has reported.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"President Biden does not make such comments in private. As President Biden has said, President Obama is family to him,\" White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Axios.</p><ul><li>Biden \"talks to both former President Obama and President Clinton often,\" Bates added.</li><li>A spokesperson for Obama declined to comment.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Many longtime Biden aides have long felt that Obama and his team <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/14/obama-biden-relationship-393570\" target=\"_blank\">did not fully appreciate</a> Biden's experience with foreign policy, Congress and grip-and-grin politicking \u2014 and were disrespectful.</p><ul><li>Many strong relationships remain between Biden and Obama worlds, but there is some hostility.  </li><li>One former Biden aide told Axios: \"The Obama people thought Biden would suck as president. They didn't think he'd be organized enough to execute.\" </li></ul><p><strong>Some Biden aides</strong> resent the large number of Obama veterans Biden and his top aides decided to bring into the current administration at levels above people who had worked with Biden for much longer.</p><ul><li><strong>\"</strong>We do have too many Obama people who don't care about Joe Biden. It's about them,\" one former White House official told Axios.</li><li>Obama himself acknowledged in 2021 the overlap between his team and Biden's, telling <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-barack-obama.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times</a>, \"Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job ... 90% of the folks who were there in my administration, they are continuing and building on the policies we talked about.\"</li></ul><p><strong>This has created tension </strong>between the two camps ahead of the 2024 election \u2014 especially when some Obama-era operatives offer advice.</p><ul><li>\"When people say, 'This is what worked for Obama,' their first response is often, 'We're not Obama,' \" one<strong> </strong>senior Democrat<strong> </strong>who<strong> </strong>has been in touch with the White House said of Biden's team.</li><li>But Biden's White House does regularly consult some Obama aides \u2014 especially former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina. He's in frequent touch with Biden senior adviser Anita<strong> </strong>Dunn and campaign manager Julie Ch\u00e1vez Rodr\u00edguez.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>At times, Biden's competitiveness with Obama has affected how he governs. He's tried to correct for what he sees as the former president's mistakes and shortcomings.</p><ul><li>Biden was adamant about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in 2021 \u2014 in part because he felt vindicated that Obama should have followed his advice in 2009 to largely withdraw them then.</li><li>When talking about lobbying Obama against surging troops to Afghanistan in 2009, Biden told Hur that he was trying to \"quite frankly, save his ass.\"</li><li>Biden ordered a withdrawal from Afghanistan in his first months as president. The chaos at the end of that operation \u2014 including the killing of 13 U.S. service members \u2014 was the lowest moment of Biden's presidency for many in the administration.  </li></ul><p><strong>Biden White House officials </strong>also recall there was a push to \"go big\" in early 2021 with their first legislative package \u2014 the $1.9 trillion <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/american-rescue-plan/\" target=\"_blank\">American Rescue Plan</a>, which included COVID aid and expansions of the social safety net.</p><ul><li>That was partly because they believed Obama hadn't gotten enough money approved for the $787 billion <a href=\"https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/economy/jobs/recovery-act\" target=\"_blank\">Recovery Act</a> during the 2009 financial crisis.</li></ul><p><strong>Biden's experience </strong>during the Obama administration also has affected how he's dealing with the aftermath of Hamas' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 7 attack </a>on Israel.</p><ul><li>Biden had a warmer relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than Obama, and embraced him after the attacks with a trip to Israel. Biden has since become publicly critical of Netanyahu's direction of the war in Gaza, however.</li></ul><p><strong>Especially early</strong> in his presidency, Biden paid extra attention to cultivating relationships with members of Congress \u2014 something he thought Obama should have done more.</p><ul><li>Biden told Hur that as vice president he often had lawmakers over for breakfast just to get their take on matters \u2014 and that he'd push Obama to take a similar approach: \"With President Obama, I would always say to him, 'Mr. President, all politics is personal.'\"</li><li>People close to Biden's White House <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/transition-playbook/2021/02/26/biden-bets-on-the-oval-effect-491924\" target=\"_blank\">cheered</a> when Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) told a reporter in early 2021 that Biden was the first president to host him in the Oval Office, even though Tester had been in the Senate all eight years of Obama's presidency.</li></ul><p><strong>Some former Obama aides</strong> had scoffed at the possibility that Republicans would work with a Democratic president, and Biden took pride in passing big bipartisan legislation on infrastructure and industrial policy. </p><ul><li>One former Biden administration official noted that \"there's a little bit of 'right back at you' attitude with Biden. You know, picking up the phone and calling senators does work, actually.\"</li><li>Like Obama, Biden had big legislative wins in his first two years with a supportive Congress \u2014 but far less success after Republicans took control of the House two years into his term. </li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> doesn't speak frequently with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/03/scoop-obama-inclusive-capitalism-reunion-weekend\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama</a> \u2014 but behind closed doors, he talks about him a lot.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Biden often measures himself against the man he served as vice president, current and former aides say. It's a complex relationship in which there is a rivalry \u2014 particularly on Biden's side.</p><hr /><ul><li>\"Obama would be jealous,\" Biden sometimes says when speaking about a perceived accomplishment, according to two Biden aides familiar with such instances.</li><li>The competitive dynamic has informed Biden's approach to several issues \u2014 including how he's dealt with Afghanistan, Israel and Congress.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> On a personal level, the Biden-Obama relationship is respectful and even affectionate. </p><ul><li>Obama often praises Biden publicly and is set to be a key surrogate on the campaign trail this fall to help Biden get re-elected.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Biden's range of feelings about Obama is apparent in the recently released transcript of Biden's interview with special counsel <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/robert-hur-biden-testimony-hearing\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Hur</a>, who investigated Biden's handling of classified documents.</p><ul><li>Unprompted, Biden told Hur about the wounding experience of Obama favoring Hillary Clinton over him to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016.</li><li>Biden recalled that \"a lot of people ... were encouraging me to run in this period, except the president .... He just thought that [Clinton] had a better shot of winning the presidency than I did.\"</li><li>Biden privately has told aides that he believed he could have beaten <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a> if he had run in 2016.</li><li>Biden speaks more often with former President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/09/18/bill-clinton-democratscongress-midterms-gop\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Clinton</a> than Obama, the <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/01/how-biden-leads-gets-information/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post</a> has reported.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"President Biden does not make such comments in private. As President Biden has said, President Obama is family to him,\" White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Axios.</p><ul><li>Biden \"talks to both former President Obama and President Clinton often,\" Bates added.</li><li>A spokesperson for Obama declined to comment.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Many longtime Biden aides have long felt that Obama and his team <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/14/obama-biden-relationship-393570\" target=\"_blank\">did not fully appreciate</a> Biden's experience with foreign policy, Congress and grip-and-grin politicking \u2014 and were disrespectful.</p><ul><li>Many strong relationships remain between Biden and Obama worlds, but there is some hostility.  </li><li>One former Biden aide told Axios: \"The Obama people thought Biden would suck as president. They didn't think he'd be organized enough to execute.\" </li></ul><p><strong>Some Biden aides</strong> resent the large number of Obama veterans Biden and his top aides decided to bring into the current administration at levels above people who had worked with Biden for much longer.</p><ul><li><strong>\"</strong>We do have too many Obama people who don't care about Joe Biden. It's about them,\" one former White House official told Axios.</li><li>Obama himself acknowledged in 2021 the overlap between his team and Biden's, telling <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-barack-obama.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times</a>, \"Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job ... 90% of the folks who were there in my administration, they are continuing and building on the policies we talked about.\"</li></ul><p><strong>This has created tension </strong>between the two camps ahead of the 2024 election \u2014 especially when some Obama-era operatives offer advice.</p><ul><li>\"When people say, 'This is what worked for Obama,' their first response is often, 'We're not Obama,' \" one<strong> </strong>senior Democrat<strong> </strong>who<strong> </strong>has been in touch with the White House said of Biden's team.</li><li>But Biden's White House does regularly consult some Obama aides \u2014 especially former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina. He's in frequent touch with Biden senior adviser Anita<strong> </strong>Dunn and campaign manager Julie Ch\u00e1vez Rodr\u00edguez.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>At times, Biden's competitiveness with Obama has affected how he governs. He's tried to correct for what he sees as the former president's mistakes and shortcomings.</p><ul><li>Biden was adamant about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in 2021 \u2014 in part because he felt vindicated that Obama should have followed his advice in 2009 to largely withdraw them then.</li><li>When talking about lobbying Obama against surging troops to Afghanistan in 2009, Biden told Hur that he was trying to \"quite frankly, save his ass.\"</li><li>Biden ordered a withdrawal from Afghanistan in his first months as president. The chaos at the end of that operation \u2014 including the killing of 13 U.S. service members \u2014 was the lowest moment of Biden's presidency for many in the administration.  </li></ul><p><strong>Biden White House officials </strong>also recall there was a push to \"go big\" in early 2021 with their first legislative package \u2014 the $1.9 trillion <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/american-rescue-plan/\" target=\"_blank\">American Rescue Plan</a>, which included COVID aid and expansions of the social safety net.</p><ul><li>That was partly because they believed Obama hadn't gotten enough money approved for the $787 billion <a href=\"https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/economy/jobs/recovery-act\" target=\"_blank\">Recovery Act</a> during the 2009 financial crisis.</li></ul><p><strong>Biden's experience </strong>during the Obama administration also has affected how he's dealing with the aftermath of Hamas' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 7 attack </a>on Israel.</p><ul><li>Biden had a warmer relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than Obama, and embraced him after the attacks with a trip to Israel. Biden has since become publicly critical of Netanyahu's direction of the war in Gaza, however.</li></ul><p><strong>Especially early</strong> in his presidency, Biden paid extra attention to cultivating relationships with members of Congress \u2014 something he thought Obama should have done more.</p><ul><li>Biden told Hur that as vice president he often had lawmakers over for breakfast just to get their take on matters \u2014 and that he'd push Obama to take a similar approach: \"With President Obama, I would always say to him, 'Mr. President, all politics is personal.'\"</li><li>People close to Biden's White House <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/transition-playbook/2021/02/26/biden-bets-on-the-oval-effect-491924\" target=\"_blank\">cheered</a> when Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) told a reporter in early 2021 that Biden was the first president to host him in the Oval Office, even though Tester had been in the Senate all eight years of Obama's presidency.</li></ul><p><strong>Some former Obama aides</strong> had scoffed at the possibility that Republicans would work with a Democratic president, and Biden took pride in passing big bipartisan legislation on infrastructure and industrial policy. </p><ul><li>One former Biden administration official noted that \"there's a little bit of 'right back at you' attitude with Biden. You know, picking up the phone and calling senators does work, actually.\"</li><li>Like Obama, Biden had big legislative wins in his first two years with a supportive Congress \u2014 but far less success after Republicans took control of the House two years into his term. </li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> doesn't speak frequently with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/03/scoop-obama-inclusive-capitalism-reunion-weekend\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama</a> \u2014 but behind closed doors, he talks about him a lot.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Biden often measures himself against the man he served as vice president, current and former aides say. It's a complex relationship in which there is a rivalry \u2014 particularly on Biden's side.</p><hr /><ul><li>\"Obama would be jealous,\" Biden sometimes says when speaking about a perceived accomplishment, according to two Biden aides familiar with such instances.</li><li>The competitive dynamic has informed Biden's approach to several issues \u2014 including how he's dealt with Afghanistan, Israel and Congress.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> On a personal level, the Biden-Obama relationship is respectful and even affectionate. </p><ul><li>Obama often praises Biden publicly and is set to be a key surrogate on the campaign trail this fall to help Biden get re-elected.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Biden's range of feelings about Obama is apparent in the recently released transcript of Biden's interview with special counsel <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/robert-hur-biden-testimony-hearing\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Hur</a>, who investigated Biden's handling of classified documents.</p><ul><li>Unprompted, Biden told Hur about the wounding experience of Obama favoring Hillary Clinton over him to be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016.</li><li>Biden recalled that \"a lot of people ... were encouraging me to run in this period, except the president .... He just thought that [Clinton] had a better shot of winning the presidency than I did.\"</li><li>Biden privately has told aides that he believed he could have beaten <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a> if he had run in 2016.</li><li>Biden speaks more often with former President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/09/18/bill-clinton-democratscongress-midterms-gop\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Clinton</a> than Obama, the <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/01/how-biden-leads-gets-information/\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post</a> has reported.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"President Biden does not make such comments in private. As President Biden has said, President Obama is family to him,\" White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Axios.</p><ul><li>Biden \"talks to both former President Obama and President Clinton often,\" Bates added.</li><li>A spokesperson for Obama declined to comment.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Many longtime Biden aides have long felt that Obama and his team <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/08/14/obama-biden-relationship-393570\" target=\"_blank\">did not fully appreciate</a> Biden's experience with foreign policy, Congress and grip-and-grin politicking \u2014 and were disrespectful.</p><ul><li>Many strong relationships remain between Biden and Obama worlds, but there is some hostility.  </li><li>One former Biden aide told Axios: \"The Obama people thought Biden would suck as president. They didn't think he'd be organized enough to execute.\" </li></ul><p><strong>Some Biden aides</strong> resent the large number of Obama veterans Biden and his top aides decided to bring into the current administration at levels above people who had worked with Biden for much longer.</p><ul><li><strong>\"</strong>We do have too many Obama people who don't care about Joe Biden. It's about them,\" one former White House official told Axios.</li><li>Obama himself acknowledged in 2021 the overlap between his team and Biden's, telling <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-barack-obama.html\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times</a>, \"Joe and the administration are essentially finishing the job ... 90% of the folks who were there in my administration, they are continuing and building on the policies we talked about.\"</li></ul><p><strong>This has created tension </strong>between the two camps ahead of the 2024 election \u2014 especially when some Obama-era operatives offer advice.</p><ul><li>\"When people say, 'This is what worked for Obama,' their first response is often, 'We're not Obama,' \" one<strong> </strong>senior Democrat<strong> </strong>who<strong> </strong>has been in touch with the White House said of Biden's team.</li><li>But Biden's White House does regularly consult some Obama aides \u2014 especially former Obama campaign manager Jim Messina. He's in frequent touch with Biden senior adviser Anita<strong> </strong>Dunn and campaign manager Julie Ch\u00e1vez Rodr\u00edguez.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>At times, Biden's competitiveness with Obama has affected how he governs. He's tried to correct for what he sees as the former president's mistakes and shortcomings.</p><ul><li>Biden was adamant about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in 2021 \u2014 in part because he felt vindicated that Obama should have followed his advice in 2009 to largely withdraw them then.</li><li>When talking about lobbying Obama against surging troops to Afghanistan in 2009, Biden told Hur that he was trying to \"quite frankly, save his ass.\"</li><li>Biden ordered a withdrawal from Afghanistan in his first months as president. The chaos at the end of that operation \u2014 including the killing of 13 U.S. service members \u2014 was the lowest moment of Biden's presidency for many in the administration.  </li></ul><p><strong>Biden White House officials </strong>also recall there was a push to \"go big\" in early 2021 with their first legislative package \u2014 the $1.9 trillion <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/american-rescue-plan/\" target=\"_blank\">American Rescue Plan</a>, which included COVID aid and expansions of the social safety net.</p><ul><li>That was partly because they believed Obama hadn't gotten enough money approved for the $787 billion <a href=\"https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/economy/jobs/recovery-act\" target=\"_blank\">Recovery Act</a> during the 2009 financial crisis.</li></ul><p><strong>Biden's experience </strong>during the Obama administration also has affected how he's dealing with the aftermath of Hamas' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 7 attack </a>on Israel.</p><ul><li>Biden had a warmer relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than Obama, and embraced him after the attacks with a trip to Israel. Biden has since become publicly critical of Netanyahu's direction of the war in Gaza, however.</li></ul><p><strong>Especially early</strong> in his presidency, Biden paid extra attention to cultivating relationships with members of Congress \u2014 something he thought Obama should have done more.</p><ul><li>Biden told Hur that as vice president he often had lawmakers over for breakfast just to get their take on matters \u2014 and that he'd push Obama to take a similar approach: \"With President Obama, I would always say to him, 'Mr. President, all politics is personal.'\"</li><li>People close to Biden's White House <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/newsletters/transition-playbook/2021/02/26/biden-bets-on-the-oval-effect-491924\" target=\"_blank\">cheered</a> when Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) told a reporter in early 2021 that Biden was the first president to host him in the Oval Office, even though Tester had been in the Senate all eight years of Obama's presidency.</li></ul><p><strong>Some former Obama aides</strong> had scoffed at the possibility that Republicans would work with a Democratic president, and Biden took pride in passing big bipartisan legislation on infrastructure and industrial policy. </p><ul><li>One former Biden administration official noted that \"there's a little bit of 'right back at you' attitude with Biden. You know, picking up the phone and calling senators does work, actually.\"</li><li>Like Obama, Biden had big legislative wins in his first two years with a supportive Congress \u2014 but far less success after Republicans took control of the House two years into his term. </li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Alex Thompson"}], "author": "Alex Thompson", "author_detail": {"name": "Alex Thompson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "President Biden and former President Obama campaign together in Philadelphia just before the 2022 midterm elections. Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/nupd15m0gOwbhjmwTMSg8O8Ym6s=/0x0:3937x2215/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710718052733.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/B_XGgkSNDqkjcZ7FBxxTFHjaEn4=/128x128/smart/2024/03/17/1710719803749.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 8, 30, 0, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/biden-obama-rivalry-presidency", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "A touchy AI boost for Reddit IPO", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "A touchy AI boost for Reddit IPO"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/reddit-ipo-community-moderators-ai"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/reddit-ipo-community-moderators-ai", "summary": "<p>Reddit's plan to start <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/reddit-ipo-valuation\" target=\"_blank\">selling shares</a> to the public later this week is dropping the popular discussion site into the center of a sprawling struggle between AI companies and content creators over rights and compensation.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Every post and photo that humans have added to the internet over the last 30 years is now potentially fodder for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/24/ai-chatgpt-blogs-web-writing-training-data\" target=\"_blank\">training AI</a>, but the conflict over who should pay for what has only just started. </p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> The Federal Trade Commission <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/reddit-generative-ai-license-user-data\" target=\"_blank\">is investigating</a> Reddit's effort to boost revenue by selling the rights to its content to an unnamed large AI company, Axios' Dan Primack reported Friday.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-16/reddit-is-said-to-sign-ai-content-licensing-deal-ahead-of-ipo\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg reported</a> Reddit's deal last month and pegged it at roughly $60 million in annual revenue.</li></ul><p><strong>Reddit's AI deal </strong>resembles those more traditional media publishers, like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/openai-chatgpt-axel-springer-news-deal\" target=\"_blank\">Axel Springer</a>, are making with AI providers in an effort to participate in the AI boom.</p><ul><li>Many media companies believe they got rolled by Google 20 years ago and have decided that, as AI takes off, they're going to insist on their <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/nyt-microsoft-openai-lawsuit-copyright-infringement\" target=\"_blank\">share of the pie</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Reddit isn't a traditional media company \u2014 it's more like a bulletin board or a coffee shop than a newspaper or a TV station \u2014 and its attempt to put a price tag on its users' words could backfire.</p><p><strong>Friction point: </strong>Reddit is one of the last flourishing remnants of the early web ideal of online community, in which users freely offer their content and moderation labor.</p><ul><li>Most contributors are motivated not by a potential payday but by the desire to share enthusiasms and give back to the community.</li><li>Reddit's volunteer moderators have already staged <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/inside-reddit-protest-ipo/\" target=\"_blank\">protests and walkouts</a>, most notably last summer, when they succeeded in shutting down most of the site.</li><li>But their protest failed to derail the plan that sparked it\u2014 Reddit's effort to start charging third-party developers and apps for access to Reddit's API.</li></ul><p><strong>Reddit wants to let </strong>some of its most dedicated volunteers <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/reddit-stock-ipo-buyers-users-58744446\" target=\"_blank\">buy into its IPO</a>. But efforts to sell IPO shares to wide bases of users have had mixed results in the past. </p><ul><li>Other community-based sites, from <a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/online-retailer-etsy-files-for-ipo-valued-at-up-to-100m/\" target=\"_blank\">Etsy</a> to <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/10/airbnb-hosts-profit-from-ipo-pop-spreading-wealth-beyond-investors.html#:~:text=In%20its%20public%20debut%20this,about%20how%20they%20typically%20perform\" target=\"_blank\">Airbnb</a>, have tried to let their users participate in their IPOs \u2014 but that has proven easier to manage for e-commerce and service-focused sites than for information and social media providers.</li><li>Google's 2004 attempt to use <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2014/08/19/es-took-off-but-the-auction-didnt.html\" target=\"_blank\">a \"Dutch auction\"</a> to distribute IPO shares to its users, like a similar previous effort in 1999 by news site <a href=\"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1999/05/what-is-a-dutch-auction-ipo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Salon.com</a>, was generally viewed as a flop.</li></ul><p><strong>Our thought bubble: </strong>In theory, letting key Redditors participate in its IPO should align their interests and the company's.</p><ul><li>But in practice it's more likely to speed the transformation of what once was labor-of-love participation into pure transactional behavior.</li></ul><p><strong>Once Reddit is publicly traded,</strong> it will face overwhelming pressure to speedily monetize everything in sight.</p><ul><li>The site has already rolled out a <a href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/reddits-new-paid-ads-look-exactly-like-user-posts/\" target=\"_blank\">new format for its ads</a> that makes them look just like other Reddit posts.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The concept of \"user-generated content\" has fostered confusion and conflict all the way back to the 1980s, when the pioneering online community The Well started telling participants, \"<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOYOW\" target=\"_blank\">You own your own words</a>\" \u2014 but AI is bringing that conflict new urgency.</p><p>\n</p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Reddit's plan to start <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/reddit-ipo-valuation\" target=\"_blank\">selling shares</a> to the public later this week is dropping the popular discussion site into the center of a sprawling struggle between AI companies and content creators over rights and compensation.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Every post and photo that humans have added to the internet over the last 30 years is now potentially fodder for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/24/ai-chatgpt-blogs-web-writing-training-data\" target=\"_blank\">training AI</a>, but the conflict over who should pay for what has only just started. </p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> The Federal Trade Commission <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/reddit-generative-ai-license-user-data\" target=\"_blank\">is investigating</a> Reddit's effort to boost revenue by selling the rights to its content to an unnamed large AI company, Axios' Dan Primack reported Friday.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-16/reddit-is-said-to-sign-ai-content-licensing-deal-ahead-of-ipo\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg reported</a> Reddit's deal last month and pegged it at roughly $60 million in annual revenue.</li></ul><p><strong>Reddit's AI deal </strong>resembles those more traditional media publishers, like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/openai-chatgpt-axel-springer-news-deal\" target=\"_blank\">Axel Springer</a>, are making with AI providers in an effort to participate in the AI boom.</p><ul><li>Many media companies believe they got rolled by Google 20 years ago and have decided that, as AI takes off, they're going to insist on their <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/nyt-microsoft-openai-lawsuit-copyright-infringement\" target=\"_blank\">share of the pie</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Reddit isn't a traditional media company \u2014 it's more like a bulletin board or a coffee shop than a newspaper or a TV station \u2014 and its attempt to put a price tag on its users' words could backfire.</p><p><strong>Friction point: </strong>Reddit is one of the last flourishing remnants of the early web ideal of online community, in which users freely offer their content and moderation labor.</p><ul><li>Most contributors are motivated not by a potential payday but by the desire to share enthusiasms and give back to the community.</li><li>Reddit's volunteer moderators have already staged <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/inside-reddit-protest-ipo/\" target=\"_blank\">protests and walkouts</a>, most notably last summer, when they succeeded in shutting down most of the site.</li><li>But their protest failed to derail the plan that sparked it\u2014 Reddit's effort to start charging third-party developers and apps for access to Reddit's API.</li></ul><p><strong>Reddit wants to let </strong>some of its most dedicated volunteers <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/reddit-stock-ipo-buyers-users-58744446\" target=\"_blank\">buy into its IPO</a>. But efforts to sell IPO shares to wide bases of users have had mixed results in the past. </p><ul><li>Other community-based sites, from <a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/online-retailer-etsy-files-for-ipo-valued-at-up-to-100m/\" target=\"_blank\">Etsy</a> to <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/10/airbnb-hosts-profit-from-ipo-pop-spreading-wealth-beyond-investors.html#:~:text=In%20its%20public%20debut%20this,about%20how%20they%20typically%20perform\" target=\"_blank\">Airbnb</a>, have tried to let their users participate in their IPOs \u2014 but that has proven easier to manage for e-commerce and service-focused sites than for information and social media providers.</li><li>Google's 2004 attempt to use <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2014/08/19/es-took-off-but-the-auction-didnt.html\" target=\"_blank\">a \"Dutch auction\"</a> to distribute IPO shares to its users, like a similar previous effort in 1999 by news site <a href=\"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1999/05/what-is-a-dutch-auction-ipo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Salon.com</a>, was generally viewed as a flop.</li></ul><p><strong>Our thought bubble: </strong>In theory, letting key Redditors participate in its IPO should align their interests and the company's.</p><ul><li>But in practice it's more likely to speed the transformation of what once was labor-of-love participation into pure transactional behavior.</li></ul><p><strong>Once Reddit is publicly traded,</strong> it will face overwhelming pressure to speedily monetize everything in sight.</p><ul><li>The site has already rolled out a <a href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/reddits-new-paid-ads-look-exactly-like-user-posts/\" target=\"_blank\">new format for its ads</a> that makes them look just like other Reddit posts.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The concept of \"user-generated content\" has fostered confusion and conflict all the way back to the 1980s, when the pioneering online community The Well started telling participants, \"<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOYOW\" target=\"_blank\">You own your own words</a>\" \u2014 but AI is bringing that conflict new urgency.</p><p>\n</p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Reddit's plan to start <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/reddit-ipo-valuation\" target=\"_blank\">selling shares</a> to the public later this week is dropping the popular discussion site into the center of a sprawling struggle between AI companies and content creators over rights and compensation.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Every post and photo that humans have added to the internet over the last 30 years is now potentially fodder for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/24/ai-chatgpt-blogs-web-writing-training-data\" target=\"_blank\">training AI</a>, but the conflict over who should pay for what has only just started. </p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> The Federal Trade Commission <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/reddit-generative-ai-license-user-data\" target=\"_blank\">is investigating</a> Reddit's effort to boost revenue by selling the rights to its content to an unnamed large AI company, Axios' Dan Primack reported Friday.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-16/reddit-is-said-to-sign-ai-content-licensing-deal-ahead-of-ipo\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg reported</a> Reddit's deal last month and pegged it at roughly $60 million in annual revenue.</li></ul><p><strong>Reddit's AI deal </strong>resembles those more traditional media publishers, like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/openai-chatgpt-axel-springer-news-deal\" target=\"_blank\">Axel Springer</a>, are making with AI providers in an effort to participate in the AI boom.</p><ul><li>Many media companies believe they got rolled by Google 20 years ago and have decided that, as AI takes off, they're going to insist on their <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/27/nyt-microsoft-openai-lawsuit-copyright-infringement\" target=\"_blank\">share of the pie</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Reddit isn't a traditional media company \u2014 it's more like a bulletin board or a coffee shop than a newspaper or a TV station \u2014 and its attempt to put a price tag on its users' words could backfire.</p><p><strong>Friction point: </strong>Reddit is one of the last flourishing remnants of the early web ideal of online community, in which users freely offer their content and moderation labor.</p><ul><li>Most contributors are motivated not by a potential payday but by the desire to share enthusiasms and give back to the community.</li><li>Reddit's volunteer moderators have already staged <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/inside-reddit-protest-ipo/\" target=\"_blank\">protests and walkouts</a>, most notably last summer, when they succeeded in shutting down most of the site.</li><li>But their protest failed to derail the plan that sparked it\u2014 Reddit's effort to start charging third-party developers and apps for access to Reddit's API.</li></ul><p><strong>Reddit wants to let </strong>some of its most dedicated volunteers <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/reddit-stock-ipo-buyers-users-58744446\" target=\"_blank\">buy into its IPO</a>. But efforts to sell IPO shares to wide bases of users have had mixed results in the past. </p><ul><li>Other community-based sites, from <a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/online-retailer-etsy-files-for-ipo-valued-at-up-to-100m/\" target=\"_blank\">Etsy</a> to <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/10/airbnb-hosts-profit-from-ipo-pop-spreading-wealth-beyond-investors.html#:~:text=In%20its%20public%20debut%20this,about%20how%20they%20typically%20perform\" target=\"_blank\">Airbnb</a>, have tried to let their users participate in their IPOs \u2014 but that has proven easier to manage for e-commerce and service-focused sites than for information and social media providers.</li><li>Google's 2004 attempt to use <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2014/08/19/es-took-off-but-the-auction-didnt.html\" target=\"_blank\">a \"Dutch auction\"</a> to distribute IPO shares to its users, like a similar previous effort in 1999 by news site <a href=\"https://slate.com/news-and-politics/1999/05/what-is-a-dutch-auction-ipo.html\" target=\"_blank\">Salon.com</a>, was generally viewed as a flop.</li></ul><p><strong>Our thought bubble: </strong>In theory, letting key Redditors participate in its IPO should align their interests and the company's.</p><ul><li>But in practice it's more likely to speed the transformation of what once was labor-of-love participation into pure transactional behavior.</li></ul><p><strong>Once Reddit is publicly traded,</strong> it will face overwhelming pressure to speedily monetize everything in sight.</p><ul><li>The site has already rolled out a <a href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/reddits-new-paid-ads-look-exactly-like-user-posts/\" target=\"_blank\">new format for its ads</a> that makes them look just like other Reddit posts.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The concept of \"user-generated content\" has fostered confusion and conflict all the way back to the 1980s, when the pioneering online community The Well started telling participants, \"<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YOYOW\" target=\"_blank\">You own your own words</a>\" \u2014 but AI is bringing that conflict new urgency.</p><p>\n</p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Scott Rosenberg"}], "author": "Scott Rosenberg", "author_detail": {"name": "Scott Rosenberg"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/cvE2E9bcDy5GBUvFQCeTxxFgzew=/0x0:1280x720/1280x720/filters:no_upscale()/2024/03/17/1710714938821.gif"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/l9TVdkT_LaApBVBAsCvwaa2EFPg=/128x128/smart/2024/03/17/1710714993680.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:00:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 8, 0, 0, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/reddit-ipo-community-moderators-ai", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Putin wins what Russia claims was an \"election\" for its presidency", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Putin wins what Russia claims was an \"election\" for its presidency"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/putin-russia-claimed-presidential-election"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/putin-russia-claimed-presidential-election", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/biden-putin-alexei-navalny-death\" target=\"_blank\">Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin</a> late on Sunday unsurprisingly claimed victory in what <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/russia?page=2\" target=\"_blank\">Russia</a> said was an election for its presidency, solidifying his rule throughout the remainder of this decade and into the 2030s.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>What millions of people voted in over the past few days \u2014 <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-occupied-election-voting-arrests-eb0b0d872cf55e561dc221bbc53d63d4\" target=\"_blank\">in some cases against their will</a> \u2014 and what 71-year-old Putin won wasn't an election in any traditional sense of the word. </p><hr /><ul><li>It was instead a rigged box-checking performance with only three opponents who had been previously vetted by the country's Kremlin-controlled elections commission.</li><li>All opposition candidates who could have challenged Putin or his brutal invasion of Ukraine <a href=\"https://www.dw.com/en/the-long-list-of-putin-critics-targeted-by-the-kremlin/a-66624689\" target=\"_blank\">were either barred</a> from the contest or have been exiled, imprisoned or <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/alexei-navanly-dies-russian-prison\" target=\"_blank\">have died under suspicious circumstances</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Putin won 15,759,224 votes \u2014 87.97% of all votes cast, said Central Electoral Commission chief Ella Pamfilova on Russian state TV in announcing initial official results, beating his <a href=\"https://www.rferl.org/a/vladimir-putin-record-vote/29109462.html\" target=\"_blank\">2018 vote share record</a>. State-run exit polls predicted he had won 87% of ballots to be elected for a fifth term.</p><ul><li>Nationwide turnout was 74.22% \u2014\u00a0the biggest in history, Russian officials proclaimed.</li></ul><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>Putin in claiming victory during a news conference called Sunday's election \"transparent and absolutely objective, not like in the U.S. with mail-in voting,\" per a <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-68536879?src_origin=BBCS_BBC\" target=\"_blank\">BBC</a> translation \u2014 echoing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/04/trump-mail-voting-fraud-charges\" target=\"_blank\">baseless claims</a> about the voting method (such instances are <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks/2020/06/08/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">extremely rare</a>).</p><ul><li>\"Out of every voice, we are building a common will of the people of Russian Federation,\" he said.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/11/25/vladimir-putin-20-year-anniversary-president\" target=\"_blank\">former KGB operative</a> said that he had \"special gratitude to our warriors on the line of contact,\" in reference to his invading forces in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/axios-explains-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> This year's <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/03/russia-2024-rigged-election/677717/\" target=\"_blank\">\"election-style event,\"</a> as well <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/11/when-the-russians-fake-their-election-results-they-may-be-giving-us-the-statistical-finger/\" target=\"_blank\">as previous ones</a>, operated this way because Russia remains <a href=\"https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2022\" target=\"_blank\">one of the least-free countries</a> in the world as a result of power being amassed by Putin while he has continuously held positions as president or prime minister since 1999.</p><ul><li>Throughout his rule, the <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/886440694/referendum-in-russia-passes-allowing-putin-to-remain-president-until-2036\" target=\"_blank\">constitution was altered</a> to formally extend his presidency by over a decade, the party he by de facto leads has come to dominate the legislature and the Kremlin has <a href=\"https://hrf.org/show-trials-and-political-persecution-judiciary-in-putins-russia/\" target=\"_blank\">tightened its iron grip</a> over the country's frail judiciary.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The Kremlin has many tools to <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSDEE824084/\" target=\"_blank\">inflate votes</a> and to ensure that <a href=\"https://meduza.io/feature/2024/03/04/rossiyane-sovsem-ne-interesuyutsya-vyborami-kak-zhe-obespechit-yavku-70-80\" target=\"_blank\">voter turnout</a> reaches certain levels.</p><ul><li>There's also <a href=\"https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1740-9713.01438\" target=\"_blank\">strong evidence</a> Russian authorities simply falsify electoral figures.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Even though the outcome is known well in advance, Russia holds these election-style events in part because it must project at least a veneer of legitimacy domestically and abroad. </p><ul><li>Domestically, they serve as demonstrations of power from the Kremlin to regional and local leaders and loyalty tests, Carnegie Endowment's <a href=\"https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/90619\" target=\"_blank\">Ekaterina Kurbangaleeva writes</a>.</li><li>And they allow the Kremlin to internationally profess that the Russian people are united and that the president is implementing foreign policy based on people's demands, former Kremlin adviser Konstantin Kalachev told <a href=\"https://www.dw.com/en/the-long-list-of-putin-critics-targeted-by-the-kremlin/a-66624689\" target=\"_blank\">Deutsche Welle</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Though the Russian opposition movement suffered a major blow with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/navalny-death-putin-russia\" target=\"_blank\">Alexei Navalny's suspicious death</a> in an Arctic prison last month, it worked throughout the election-style event to undermine Putin's victory.</p><ul><li>Russian authorities arrested and detained more than 85 people in 21 cities for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/russia-putin-elections-navalny\" target=\"_blank\">protesting the country's elections</a>, according to <a href=\"https://ovd.info/2024/03/17/vybory-prezidenta-rossii-spisok-zaderzhannykh-17032024-g\" target=\"_blank\">OVD-Info</a>, a Russia-based human rights monitoring group.</li><li>Putin called the protest movement's attempts to ruin ballots \"not democratic.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The U.S. and other nations condemned Russia's elections. </p><ul><li>A spokesperson for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden's</a> National Security Council said in <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/17/world/russia-election-putin-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\">a statement</a> to media the elections \"were obviously not free nor fair given how Mr. Putin has imprisoned political opponents and prevented others from running against him.\"</li><li>U.K. Foreign Secretary <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/08/david-cameron-china-policy-changed\" target=\"_self\">David Cameron</a> noted there had been no independent monitoring and that Russian officials were also holding illegal elections on occupied Ukrainian territory. \"This is not what free and fair elections look like,\" he <a href=\"https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/1769436775473135966\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X</a>.</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These days, the Russian dictator imitates another &quot;elections.&quot; Everyone in the world understands that this person, like many others throughout history, has become sick with power and will stop at nothing to rule forever.<br /><br />There is no evil he would not do to maintain his personal\u2026 <a href=\"https://t.co/zu1see37kl\">pic.twitter.com/zu1see37kl</a></p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy / \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1769437078352187655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/putin-navalny-prisoner-swap-russian-dissident\" target=\"_blank\">Putin says he agreed to Navalny prisoner swap days before dissident's death</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/biden-putin-alexei-navalny-death\" target=\"_blank\">Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin</a> late on Sunday unsurprisingly claimed victory in what <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/russia?page=2\" target=\"_blank\">Russia</a> said was an election for its presidency, solidifying his rule throughout the remainder of this decade and into the 2030s.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>What millions of people voted in over the past few days \u2014 <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-occupied-election-voting-arrests-eb0b0d872cf55e561dc221bbc53d63d4\" target=\"_blank\">in some cases against their will</a> \u2014 and what 71-year-old Putin won wasn't an election in any traditional sense of the word. </p><hr /><ul><li>It was instead a rigged box-checking performance with only three opponents who had been previously vetted by the country's Kremlin-controlled elections commission.</li><li>All opposition candidates who could have challenged Putin or his brutal invasion of Ukraine <a href=\"https://www.dw.com/en/the-long-list-of-putin-critics-targeted-by-the-kremlin/a-66624689\" target=\"_blank\">were either barred</a> from the contest or have been exiled, imprisoned or <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/alexei-navanly-dies-russian-prison\" target=\"_blank\">have died under suspicious circumstances</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Putin won 15,759,224 votes \u2014 87.97% of all votes cast, said Central Electoral Commission chief Ella Pamfilova on Russian state TV in announcing initial official results, beating his <a href=\"https://www.rferl.org/a/vladimir-putin-record-vote/29109462.html\" target=\"_blank\">2018 vote share record</a>. State-run exit polls predicted he had won 87% of ballots to be elected for a fifth term.</p><ul><li>Nationwide turnout was 74.22% \u2014\u00a0the biggest in history, Russian officials proclaimed.</li></ul><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>Putin in claiming victory during a news conference called Sunday's election \"transparent and absolutely objective, not like in the U.S. with mail-in voting,\" per a <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-68536879?src_origin=BBCS_BBC\" target=\"_blank\">BBC</a> translation \u2014 echoing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/04/trump-mail-voting-fraud-charges\" target=\"_blank\">baseless claims</a> about the voting method (such instances are <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks/2020/06/08/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">extremely rare</a>).</p><ul><li>\"Out of every voice, we are building a common will of the people of Russian Federation,\" he said.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/11/25/vladimir-putin-20-year-anniversary-president\" target=\"_blank\">former KGB operative</a> said that he had \"special gratitude to our warriors on the line of contact,\" in reference to his invading forces in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/axios-explains-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> This year's <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/03/russia-2024-rigged-election/677717/\" target=\"_blank\">\"election-style event,\"</a> as well <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/11/when-the-russians-fake-their-election-results-they-may-be-giving-us-the-statistical-finger/\" target=\"_blank\">as previous ones</a>, operated this way because Russia remains <a href=\"https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2022\" target=\"_blank\">one of the least-free countries</a> in the world as a result of power being amassed by Putin while he has continuously held positions as president or prime minister since 1999.</p><ul><li>Throughout his rule, the <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/886440694/referendum-in-russia-passes-allowing-putin-to-remain-president-until-2036\" target=\"_blank\">constitution was altered</a> to formally extend his presidency by over a decade, the party he by de facto leads has come to dominate the legislature and the Kremlin has <a href=\"https://hrf.org/show-trials-and-political-persecution-judiciary-in-putins-russia/\" target=\"_blank\">tightened its iron grip</a> over the country's frail judiciary.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The Kremlin has many tools to <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSDEE824084/\" target=\"_blank\">inflate votes</a> and to ensure that <a href=\"https://meduza.io/feature/2024/03/04/rossiyane-sovsem-ne-interesuyutsya-vyborami-kak-zhe-obespechit-yavku-70-80\" target=\"_blank\">voter turnout</a> reaches certain levels.</p><ul><li>There's also <a href=\"https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1740-9713.01438\" target=\"_blank\">strong evidence</a> Russian authorities simply falsify electoral figures.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Even though the outcome is known well in advance, Russia holds these election-style events in part because it must project at least a veneer of legitimacy domestically and abroad. </p><ul><li>Domestically, they serve as demonstrations of power from the Kremlin to regional and local leaders and loyalty tests, Carnegie Endowment's <a href=\"https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/90619\" target=\"_blank\">Ekaterina Kurbangaleeva writes</a>.</li><li>And they allow the Kremlin to internationally profess that the Russian people are united and that the president is implementing foreign policy based on people's demands, former Kremlin adviser Konstantin Kalachev told <a href=\"https://www.dw.com/en/the-long-list-of-putin-critics-targeted-by-the-kremlin/a-66624689\" target=\"_blank\">Deutsche Welle</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Though the Russian opposition movement suffered a major blow with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/navalny-death-putin-russia\" target=\"_blank\">Alexei Navalny's suspicious death</a> in an Arctic prison last month, it worked throughout the election-style event to undermine Putin's victory.</p><ul><li>Russian authorities arrested and detained more than 85 people in 21 cities for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/russia-putin-elections-navalny\" target=\"_blank\">protesting the country's elections</a>, according to <a href=\"https://ovd.info/2024/03/17/vybory-prezidenta-rossii-spisok-zaderzhannykh-17032024-g\" target=\"_blank\">OVD-Info</a>, a Russia-based human rights monitoring group.</li><li>Putin called the protest movement's attempts to ruin ballots \"not democratic.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The U.S. and other nations condemned Russia's elections. </p><ul><li>A spokesperson for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden's</a> National Security Council said in <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/17/world/russia-election-putin-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\">a statement</a> to media the elections \"were obviously not free nor fair given how Mr. Putin has imprisoned political opponents and prevented others from running against him.\"</li><li>U.K. Foreign Secretary <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/08/david-cameron-china-policy-changed\" target=\"_self\">David Cameron</a> noted there had been no independent monitoring and that Russian officials were also holding illegal elections on occupied Ukrainian territory. \"This is not what free and fair elections look like,\" he <a href=\"https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/1769436775473135966\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X</a>.</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These days, the Russian dictator imitates another &quot;elections.&quot; Everyone in the world understands that this person, like many others throughout history, has become sick with power and will stop at nothing to rule forever.<br /><br />There is no evil he would not do to maintain his personal\u2026 <a href=\"https://t.co/zu1see37kl\">pic.twitter.com/zu1see37kl</a></p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy / \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1769437078352187655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/putin-navalny-prisoner-swap-russian-dissident\" target=\"_blank\">Putin says he agreed to Navalny prisoner swap days before dissident's death</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/biden-putin-alexei-navalny-death\" target=\"_blank\">Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin</a> late on Sunday unsurprisingly claimed victory in what <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/russia?page=2\" target=\"_blank\">Russia</a> said was an election for its presidency, solidifying his rule throughout the remainder of this decade and into the 2030s.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>What millions of people voted in over the past few days \u2014 <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-occupied-election-voting-arrests-eb0b0d872cf55e561dc221bbc53d63d4\" target=\"_blank\">in some cases against their will</a> \u2014 and what 71-year-old Putin won wasn't an election in any traditional sense of the word. </p><hr /><ul><li>It was instead a rigged box-checking performance with only three opponents who had been previously vetted by the country's Kremlin-controlled elections commission.</li><li>All opposition candidates who could have challenged Putin or his brutal invasion of Ukraine <a href=\"https://www.dw.com/en/the-long-list-of-putin-critics-targeted-by-the-kremlin/a-66624689\" target=\"_blank\">were either barred</a> from the contest or have been exiled, imprisoned or <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/alexei-navanly-dies-russian-prison\" target=\"_blank\">have died under suspicious circumstances</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Putin won 15,759,224 votes \u2014 87.97% of all votes cast, said Central Electoral Commission chief Ella Pamfilova on Russian state TV in announcing initial official results, beating his <a href=\"https://www.rferl.org/a/vladimir-putin-record-vote/29109462.html\" target=\"_blank\">2018 vote share record</a>. State-run exit polls predicted he had won 87% of ballots to be elected for a fifth term.</p><ul><li>Nationwide turnout was 74.22% \u2014\u00a0the biggest in history, Russian officials proclaimed.</li></ul><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>Putin in claiming victory during a news conference called Sunday's election \"transparent and absolutely objective, not like in the U.S. with mail-in voting,\" per a <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-68536879?src_origin=BBCS_BBC\" target=\"_blank\">BBC</a> translation \u2014 echoing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/04/trump-mail-voting-fraud-charges\" target=\"_blank\">baseless claims</a> about the voting method (such instances are <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/minuscule-number-of-potentially-fraudulent-ballots-in-states-with-universal-mail-voting-undercuts-trump-claims-about-election-risks/2020/06/08/1e78aa26-a5c5-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">extremely rare</a>).</p><ul><li>\"Out of every voice, we are building a common will of the people of Russian Federation,\" he said.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/11/25/vladimir-putin-20-year-anniversary-president\" target=\"_blank\">former KGB operative</a> said that he had \"special gratitude to our warriors on the line of contact,\" in reference to his invading forces in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/axios-explains-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> This year's <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/03/russia-2024-rigged-election/677717/\" target=\"_blank\">\"election-style event,\"</a> as well <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/01/11/when-the-russians-fake-their-election-results-they-may-be-giving-us-the-statistical-finger/\" target=\"_blank\">as previous ones</a>, operated this way because Russia remains <a href=\"https://freedomhouse.org/country/russia/freedom-world/2022\" target=\"_blank\">one of the least-free countries</a> in the world as a result of power being amassed by Putin while he has continuously held positions as president or prime minister since 1999.</p><ul><li>Throughout his rule, the <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/07/01/886440694/referendum-in-russia-passes-allowing-putin-to-remain-president-until-2036\" target=\"_blank\">constitution was altered</a> to formally extend his presidency by over a decade, the party he by de facto leads has come to dominate the legislature and the Kremlin has <a href=\"https://hrf.org/show-trials-and-political-persecution-judiciary-in-putins-russia/\" target=\"_blank\">tightened its iron grip</a> over the country's frail judiciary.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The Kremlin has many tools to <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSDEE824084/\" target=\"_blank\">inflate votes</a> and to ensure that <a href=\"https://meduza.io/feature/2024/03/04/rossiyane-sovsem-ne-interesuyutsya-vyborami-kak-zhe-obespechit-yavku-70-80\" target=\"_blank\">voter turnout</a> reaches certain levels.</p><ul><li>There's also <a href=\"https://rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1740-9713.01438\" target=\"_blank\">strong evidence</a> Russian authorities simply falsify electoral figures.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Even though the outcome is known well in advance, Russia holds these election-style events in part because it must project at least a veneer of legitimacy domestically and abroad. </p><ul><li>Domestically, they serve as demonstrations of power from the Kremlin to regional and local leaders and loyalty tests, Carnegie Endowment's <a href=\"https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/90619\" target=\"_blank\">Ekaterina Kurbangaleeva writes</a>.</li><li>And they allow the Kremlin to internationally profess that the Russian people are united and that the president is implementing foreign policy based on people's demands, former Kremlin adviser Konstantin Kalachev told <a href=\"https://www.dw.com/en/the-long-list-of-putin-critics-targeted-by-the-kremlin/a-66624689\" target=\"_blank\">Deutsche Welle</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Though the Russian opposition movement suffered a major blow with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/navalny-death-putin-russia\" target=\"_blank\">Alexei Navalny's suspicious death</a> in an Arctic prison last month, it worked throughout the election-style event to undermine Putin's victory.</p><ul><li>Russian authorities arrested and detained more than 85 people in 21 cities for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/russia-putin-elections-navalny\" target=\"_blank\">protesting the country's elections</a>, according to <a href=\"https://ovd.info/2024/03/17/vybory-prezidenta-rossii-spisok-zaderzhannykh-17032024-g\" target=\"_blank\">OVD-Info</a>, a Russia-based human rights monitoring group.</li><li>Putin called the protest movement's attempts to ruin ballots \"not democratic.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The U.S. and other nations condemned Russia's elections. </p><ul><li>A spokesperson for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden's</a> National Security Council said in <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/17/world/russia-election-putin-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\">a statement</a> to media the elections \"were obviously not free nor fair given how Mr. Putin has imprisoned political opponents and prevented others from running against him.\"</li><li>U.K. Foreign Secretary <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/08/david-cameron-china-policy-changed\" target=\"_self\">David Cameron</a> noted there had been no independent monitoring and that Russian officials were also holding illegal elections on occupied Ukrainian territory. \"This is not what free and fair elections look like,\" he <a href=\"https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/1769436775473135966\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on X</a>.</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These days, the Russian dictator imitates another &quot;elections.&quot; Everyone in the world understands that this person, like many others throughout history, has become sick with power and will stop at nothing to rule forever.<br /><br />There is no evil he would not do to maintain his personal\u2026 <a href=\"https://t.co/zu1see37kl\">pic.twitter.com/zu1see37kl</a></p>&mdash; Volodymyr Zelenskyy / \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1769437078352187655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/putin-navalny-prisoner-swap-russian-dissident\" target=\"_blank\">Putin says he agreed to Navalny prisoner swap days before dissident's death</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jacob Knutson"}], "author": "Jacob Knutson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jacob Knutson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a press conference at his campaign headquarters in Moscow early on Monday after claiming victory in the country's presidential elections. Photo: Contributor/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/WMKs2w_ul0iE_iSCJqXW-HbH78g=/0x0:8192x4608/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710738054216.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/cr59Qfcf4fEg-o-poS703JgmvaI=/518x0:5982x5464/128x128/2024/03/18/1710738054216.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 04:51:50 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 4, 51, 50, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/putin-russia-claimed-presidential-election", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Cherry blossoms from D.C. to Japan are hitting earlier peaks due to climate change, data shows", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Cherry blossoms from D.C. to Japan are hitting earlier peaks due to climate change, data shows"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/cherry-blossoms-dc-japan-climate-change-peak-bloom"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/cherry-blossoms-dc-japan-climate-change-peak-bloom", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/29/cherry-blossom-bars-pop-up-restaurants\" target=\"_blank\">Cherry blossoms</a> in Washington, D.C., tied for their second-earliest peak bloom record on Sunday following some <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/28/weather-warm-winter-fake-spring\" target=\"_blank\">warm final days of winter</a> that have seen temperatures reach the <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/17/weather-warmwashington-spring-march-/\" target=\"_blank\">70s</a>, per the National Park Service.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Research shows <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/03/15/cherry-blossom-peak-bloom-activities\" target=\"_blank\">cherry trees</a> are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/03/30/cherry-blossoms-early-peak-climate-change-link\" target=\"_blank\">blossoming earlier</a> in D.C. and Japan due to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/energy-environment/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">climate change</a>, and new data indicates that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/spring-2024-warmer-temperatures-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">spring is getting warmer</a> on average in the District of Columbia and nationwide.</p><hr /><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! Did we say PEAK BLOOM?!<br />The blossoms are opening &amp; putting on  a splendid spring spectacle. See you soon.<br />\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38! <a href=\"https://t.co/h04Gu0ksc1\">https://t.co/h04Gu0ksc1</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CherryBlossom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CherryBlossom</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BloomWatch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BloomWatch</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/WashingtonDC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WashingtonDC</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/ElYKjPB3UH\">pic.twitter.com/ElYKjPB3UH</a></p>&mdash; National Mall NPS (@NationalMallNPS) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NationalMallNPS/status/1769454755229610218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Cherry trees blossoming early makes them vulnerable to any quick cold snap,\u00a0which can still occur at this time of year, even if temperatures have been warmer overall.</p><ul><li>\"Approximately half of the Yoshino blossoms were lost due to a late frost that occurred March 14-16, 2017,\" per a statement by the <a href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/cherryblossom/bloom-watch.htm#:~:text=You%20may%20see%20individual%20trees,surviving%20blossoms%20reach%20those%20stages.\" target=\"_blank\">National Park Service</a> in analysis of the trees' peak bloom trends.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong><a href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Central</a> analysis of National Weather Service data out last week shows the average spring temperature in D.C. has increased 3.6 degrees from 1970 to 2023.</p><ul><li>And while spring is warming, the season is also coming in sooner at the winter margin.</li><li>This trend is also happening in Japan, where meteorologists <a href=\"https://www.jwa.or.jp/news/2024/03/22431/\" target=\"_blank\">forecast</a> the national flower would peak bloom on March 25 \u2014\u00a0the earliest date on record.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Across Japan, \"since 1953, the average start date for the sakura to bloom has become earlier, at a pace of 1.2 days every 10 years,\" said Daisuke Sasano, a climate risk management officer at the Japan Meteorological Agency, in an <a href=\"https://fpcj.jp/en/worldnews-en/briefings-en/p%3D109364/\" target=\"_blank\">online briefing</a> referring to the Japanese word for the tree's flowering.</p><ul><li>This is due to the long-term effects of global warming, according to Sasano, who spoke in Japanese via an English translator during last Tuesday's briefing.</li><li>Sasano said if increasing temperatures continued to cause earlier blooms or shorter blossom phases it could \"impact tourist destinations where the flowers are considered as important resources.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/03/15/stumpy-cut-down-cherry-tree\" target=\"_self\">RIP Stumpy: D.C.'s favorite short king will be cut down this year</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/29/cherry-blossom-bars-pop-up-restaurants\" target=\"_blank\">Cherry blossoms</a> in Washington, D.C., tied for their second-earliest peak bloom record on Sunday following some <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/28/weather-warm-winter-fake-spring\" target=\"_blank\">warm final days of winter</a> that have seen temperatures reach the <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/17/weather-warmwashington-spring-march-/\" target=\"_blank\">70s</a>, per the National Park Service.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Research shows <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/03/15/cherry-blossom-peak-bloom-activities\" target=\"_blank\">cherry trees</a> are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/03/30/cherry-blossoms-early-peak-climate-change-link\" target=\"_blank\">blossoming earlier</a> in D.C. and Japan due to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/energy-environment/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">climate change</a>, and new data indicates that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/spring-2024-warmer-temperatures-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">spring is getting warmer</a> on average in the District of Columbia and nationwide.</p><hr /><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! Did we say PEAK BLOOM?!<br />The blossoms are opening &amp; putting on  a splendid spring spectacle. See you soon.<br />\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38! <a href=\"https://t.co/h04Gu0ksc1\">https://t.co/h04Gu0ksc1</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CherryBlossom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CherryBlossom</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BloomWatch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BloomWatch</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/WashingtonDC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WashingtonDC</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/ElYKjPB3UH\">pic.twitter.com/ElYKjPB3UH</a></p>&mdash; National Mall NPS (@NationalMallNPS) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NationalMallNPS/status/1769454755229610218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Cherry trees blossoming early makes them vulnerable to any quick cold snap,\u00a0which can still occur at this time of year, even if temperatures have been warmer overall.</p><ul><li>\"Approximately half of the Yoshino blossoms were lost due to a late frost that occurred March 14-16, 2017,\" per a statement by the <a href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/cherryblossom/bloom-watch.htm#:~:text=You%20may%20see%20individual%20trees,surviving%20blossoms%20reach%20those%20stages.\" target=\"_blank\">National Park Service</a> in analysis of the trees' peak bloom trends.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong><a href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Central</a> analysis of National Weather Service data out last week shows the average spring temperature in D.C. has increased 3.6 degrees from 1970 to 2023.</p><ul><li>And while spring is warming, the season is also coming in sooner at the winter margin.</li><li>This trend is also happening in Japan, where meteorologists <a href=\"https://www.jwa.or.jp/news/2024/03/22431/\" target=\"_blank\">forecast</a> the national flower would peak bloom on March 25 \u2014\u00a0the earliest date on record.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Across Japan, \"since 1953, the average start date for the sakura to bloom has become earlier, at a pace of 1.2 days every 10 years,\" said Daisuke Sasano, a climate risk management officer at the Japan Meteorological Agency, in an <a href=\"https://fpcj.jp/en/worldnews-en/briefings-en/p%3D109364/\" target=\"_blank\">online briefing</a> referring to the Japanese word for the tree's flowering.</p><ul><li>This is due to the long-term effects of global warming, according to Sasano, who spoke in Japanese via an English translator during last Tuesday's briefing.</li><li>Sasano said if increasing temperatures continued to cause earlier blooms or shorter blossom phases it could \"impact tourist destinations where the flowers are considered as important resources.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/03/15/stumpy-cut-down-cherry-tree\" target=\"_self\">RIP Stumpy: D.C.'s favorite short king will be cut down this year</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/29/cherry-blossom-bars-pop-up-restaurants\" target=\"_blank\">Cherry blossoms</a> in Washington, D.C., tied for their second-earliest peak bloom record on Sunday following some <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/02/28/weather-warm-winter-fake-spring\" target=\"_blank\">warm final days of winter</a> that have seen temperatures reach the <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/17/weather-warmwashington-spring-march-/\" target=\"_blank\">70s</a>, per the National Park Service.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Research shows <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/03/15/cherry-blossom-peak-bloom-activities\" target=\"_blank\">cherry trees</a> are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/03/30/cherry-blossoms-early-peak-climate-change-link\" target=\"_blank\">blossoming earlier</a> in D.C. and Japan due to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/energy-environment/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">climate change</a>, and new data indicates that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/spring-2024-warmer-temperatures-climate-change\" target=\"_blank\">spring is getting warmer</a> on average in the District of Columbia and nationwide.</p><hr /><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! Did we say PEAK BLOOM?!<br />The blossoms are opening &amp; putting on  a splendid spring spectacle. See you soon.<br />\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf38! <a href=\"https://t.co/h04Gu0ksc1\">https://t.co/h04Gu0ksc1</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/CherryBlossom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CherryBlossom</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/BloomWatch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BloomWatch</a> <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/WashingtonDC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WashingtonDC</a> <a href=\"https://t.co/ElYKjPB3UH\">pic.twitter.com/ElYKjPB3UH</a></p>&mdash; National Mall NPS (@NationalMallNPS) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NationalMallNPS/status/1769454755229610218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Cherry trees blossoming early makes them vulnerable to any quick cold snap,\u00a0which can still occur at this time of year, even if temperatures have been warmer overall.</p><ul><li>\"Approximately half of the Yoshino blossoms were lost due to a late frost that occurred March 14-16, 2017,\" per a statement by the <a href=\"https://www.nps.gov/subjects/cherryblossom/bloom-watch.htm#:~:text=You%20may%20see%20individual%20trees,surviving%20blossoms%20reach%20those%20stages.\" target=\"_blank\">National Park Service</a> in analysis of the trees' peak bloom trends.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong><a href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Central</a> analysis of National Weather Service data out last week shows the average spring temperature in D.C. has increased 3.6 degrees from 1970 to 2023.</p><ul><li>And while spring is warming, the season is also coming in sooner at the winter margin.</li><li>This trend is also happening in Japan, where meteorologists <a href=\"https://www.jwa.or.jp/news/2024/03/22431/\" target=\"_blank\">forecast</a> the national flower would peak bloom on March 25 \u2014\u00a0the earliest date on record.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Across Japan, \"since 1953, the average start date for the sakura to bloom has become earlier, at a pace of 1.2 days every 10 years,\" said Daisuke Sasano, a climate risk management officer at the Japan Meteorological Agency, in an <a href=\"https://fpcj.jp/en/worldnews-en/briefings-en/p%3D109364/\" target=\"_blank\">online briefing</a> referring to the Japanese word for the tree's flowering.</p><ul><li>This is due to the long-term effects of global warming, according to Sasano, who spoke in Japanese via an English translator during last Tuesday's briefing.</li><li>Sasano said if increasing temperatures continued to cause earlier blooms or shorter blossom phases it could \"impact tourist destinations where the flowers are considered as important resources.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/03/15/stumpy-cut-down-cherry-tree\" target=\"_self\">RIP Stumpy: D.C.'s favorite short king will be cut down this year</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Rebecca Falconer"}, {"name": "Andrew Freedman"}], "author": "Andrew Freedman", "author_detail": {"name": "Rebecca Falconer"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "The Washington Memorial behind blooming cherry trees near the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/cy_YafdVPZ3I1S6hD4krMkImWJQ=/0x845:8256x5489/1280x720/2024/03/18/1710724258988.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/vxwLLgQNRreuMxti7nYEmx9qeiU=/1150x0:6654x5504/128x128/2024/03/18/1710724258988.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Mon, 18 Mar 2024 02:32:47 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 18, 2, 32, 47, 0, 78, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/18/cherry-blossoms-dc-japan-climate-change-peak-bloom", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trump says Israel should quickly end the Gaza war, \"we need peace\"", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trump says Israel should quickly end the Gaza war, \"we need peace\""}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/trump-says-israel-should-quickly-end-the-gaza-war-we-need-peace"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/trump-says-israel-should-quickly-end-the-gaza-war-we-need-peace", "summary": "<p>Former President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump </a>called on Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/netanyahu-gaza-war-palestinian-authority-reconstruction\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> to end the war in Gaza quickly during an interview with Fox News Channel's \"MediaBuzz.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> This is the first time Trump has called to end the war in Gaza since the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7. </p><hr /><ul><li>Trump's comments in Sunday's aired interview follow calls he made on Friday with FNC's \"Fox and Friends\" host Brian Kilmeade that Israel should \"finish the problem.\"</li><li>\"You had a horrible invasion. It took place. It would have never happened if I was president, by the way,\" he added Friday.</li><li>On Sunday, the former president didn't mention hostages or any other conditions that he would back to broker a ceasefire. </li></ul><p><strong>What they are saying:</strong> \"You have to finish it up and do it quickly and get back to the world of peace. We need peace in the world\u2026we need peace in the Middle East,\" Trump said when asked by \"MediaBuzz\" host Howard Kurtz what he would tell Netanyahu about the war in Gaza.</p><ul><li>Trump added that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) criticism of Israel was motivated by domestic politics. </li><li>\"He looks at 'where do I get more votes' and I guess he's seeing, you know, the Palestinians and he's seeing marches and, you know, they are big, and he says 'I want to go that way instead of Israel,'\" Trump said, later adding that Schumer \"dumped Israel.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> In the early days after the Hamas attack, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/politics/trump-criticizes-netanyahu-hamas-attack/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Trump criticized Netanyahu</a> for failure to prevent it.</p><ul><li>Since the war began, Trump has said multiple times that he was <a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-netanyahu-let-us-down-before-the-2020-airstrike-that-killed-iranian-gen-soleimani#:~:text=Soleimani,-Politics%20Oct%2012&amp;text=MIAMI%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Former%20President,responds%20to%20Hamas&#x27;%20deadly%20attack.\" target=\"_blank\">disappointed by Netanyahu</a> for not helping <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/12/15/trump-soleimani-strike-netanyahu-israel\" target=\"_blank\">in the mission</a> that led to the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. </li><li>Trump has expressed support for Israel in recent months, but has avoided publicly backing Netanyahu.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump </a>called on Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/netanyahu-gaza-war-palestinian-authority-reconstruction\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> to end the war in Gaza quickly during an interview with Fox News Channel's \"MediaBuzz.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> This is the first time Trump has called to end the war in Gaza since the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7. </p><hr /><ul><li>Trump's comments in Sunday's aired interview follow calls he made on Friday with FNC's \"Fox and Friends\" host Brian Kilmeade that Israel should \"finish the problem.\"</li><li>\"You had a horrible invasion. It took place. It would have never happened if I was president, by the way,\" he added Friday.</li><li>On Sunday, the former president didn't mention hostages or any other conditions that he would back to broker a ceasefire. </li></ul><p><strong>What they are saying:</strong> \"You have to finish it up and do it quickly and get back to the world of peace. We need peace in the world\u2026we need peace in the Middle East,\" Trump said when asked by \"MediaBuzz\" host Howard Kurtz what he would tell Netanyahu about the war in Gaza.</p><ul><li>Trump added that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) criticism of Israel was motivated by domestic politics. </li><li>\"He looks at 'where do I get more votes' and I guess he's seeing, you know, the Palestinians and he's seeing marches and, you know, they are big, and he says 'I want to go that way instead of Israel,'\" Trump said, later adding that Schumer \"dumped Israel.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> In the early days after the Hamas attack, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/politics/trump-criticizes-netanyahu-hamas-attack/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Trump criticized Netanyahu</a> for failure to prevent it.</p><ul><li>Since the war began, Trump has said multiple times that he was <a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-netanyahu-let-us-down-before-the-2020-airstrike-that-killed-iranian-gen-soleimani#:~:text=Soleimani,-Politics%20Oct%2012&amp;text=MIAMI%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Former%20President,responds%20to%20Hamas&#x27;%20deadly%20attack.\" target=\"_blank\">disappointed by Netanyahu</a> for not helping <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/12/15/trump-soleimani-strike-netanyahu-israel\" target=\"_blank\">in the mission</a> that led to the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. </li><li>Trump has expressed support for Israel in recent months, but has avoided publicly backing Netanyahu.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump </a>called on Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/netanyahu-gaza-war-palestinian-authority-reconstruction\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> to end the war in Gaza quickly during an interview with Fox News Channel's \"MediaBuzz.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> This is the first time Trump has called to end the war in Gaza since the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7. </p><hr /><ul><li>Trump's comments in Sunday's aired interview follow calls he made on Friday with FNC's \"Fox and Friends\" host Brian Kilmeade that Israel should \"finish the problem.\"</li><li>\"You had a horrible invasion. It took place. It would have never happened if I was president, by the way,\" he added Friday.</li><li>On Sunday, the former president didn't mention hostages or any other conditions that he would back to broker a ceasefire. </li></ul><p><strong>What they are saying:</strong> \"You have to finish it up and do it quickly and get back to the world of peace. We need peace in the world\u2026we need peace in the Middle East,\" Trump said when asked by \"MediaBuzz\" host Howard Kurtz what he would tell Netanyahu about the war in Gaza.</p><ul><li>Trump added that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) criticism of Israel was motivated by domestic politics. </li><li>\"He looks at 'where do I get more votes' and I guess he's seeing, you know, the Palestinians and he's seeing marches and, you know, they are big, and he says 'I want to go that way instead of Israel,'\" Trump said, later adding that Schumer \"dumped Israel.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> In the early days after the Hamas attack, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/12/politics/trump-criticizes-netanyahu-hamas-attack/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Trump criticized Netanyahu</a> for failure to prevent it.</p><ul><li>Since the war began, Trump has said multiple times that he was <a href=\"https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-says-netanyahu-let-us-down-before-the-2020-airstrike-that-killed-iranian-gen-soleimani#:~:text=Soleimani,-Politics%20Oct%2012&amp;text=MIAMI%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Former%20President,responds%20to%20Hamas&#x27;%20deadly%20attack.\" target=\"_blank\">disappointed by Netanyahu</a> for not helping <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/12/15/trump-soleimani-strike-netanyahu-israel\" target=\"_blank\">in the mission</a> that led to the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. </li><li>Trump has expressed support for Israel in recent months, but has avoided publicly backing Netanyahu.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/qtua6gyWtWzI4wRWPJsH_R30GFU=/0x159:5928x3494/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710700409887.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/GJtWrQd7cI_Vr_Y_mw4DAY2GMpQ=/1336x0:5168x3832/128x128/2024/03/17/1710700409887.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:05:37 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 17, 19, 5, 37, 6, 77, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/trump-says-israel-should-quickly-end-the-gaza-war-we-need-peace", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Top Republican calls for canceling future Biden State of the Union speeches", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Top Republican calls for canceling future Biden State of the Union speeches"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/biden-state-of-the-union-invitation-republicans"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/biden-state-of-the-union-invitation-republicans", "summary": "<p>WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 House Majority Whip <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/01/03/trump-2024-endorsement-tom-emmer-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Emmer</a> (R-Minn.) said GOP leadership should reconsider how they invite presidents to give the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/biden-state-of-the-union-2024-sotu\" target=\"_blank\">State of the Union address</a>, citing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a>'s \"divisive\" speech.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Emmer argued Biden's remarks were a \"hyper-partisan\" campaign speech, telling Axios the president should not be invited to address Congress next year if he's elected to a second term.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>The Minnesota Republican said he's bullish on <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a>'s odds of defeating Biden in November, but felt Biden's speech should have had a more unifying tone. </p><ul><li>\"That was about the most divisive State of the Union \u2014 I wouldn't extend him an invitation next year, if that's what we're going to get,\" Emmer said during an interview at the House GOP retreat.   </li><li>\"He's not going to be there next year \u2014 it'll be a different president. But I think you've got to rethink issuing invitations for a State of the Union if it's not going to be a State of the Union, and that was not. That was a campaign speech,\" he added. </li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>Emmer is not the first Republican to float blocking Biden from giving the annual speech, with multiple members having sought to prevent the president from speaking this year. </p><ul><li>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) <a href=\"https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gops-ernst-wants-stop-biden-delivering-state-union-rcna141821\" target=\"_blank\">introduced a bill</a> aimed at barring Biden from delivering the speech unless he submitted his budget and national security proposal on time. </li><li>Former House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-Pa.) called for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/4489178-rep-perry-says-house-gop-should-cancel-bidens-sotu-address/\" target=\"_blank\">rescind his invitation</a> unless Biden took stronger action to address securing the border. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>As political polarization has grown, the State of the Union has become an increasingly tense and partisan affair \u2014 with Republicans heckling Biden each of the last two years.</p><ul><li>While Johnson called for his members to maintain decorum, members \u2014including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) \u2014 repeatedly interrupted Biden during his speech this month.</li><li>Republicans have attempted to paint Biden's speech as \"angry and divisive\" ahead of the 2024 election, with multiple members pointing to the lack of a bump in the polls as a sign it wasn't well received. </li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 House Majority Whip <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/01/03/trump-2024-endorsement-tom-emmer-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Emmer</a> (R-Minn.) said GOP leadership should reconsider how they invite presidents to give the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/biden-state-of-the-union-2024-sotu\" target=\"_blank\">State of the Union address</a>, citing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a>'s \"divisive\" speech.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Emmer argued Biden's remarks were a \"hyper-partisan\" campaign speech, telling Axios the president should not be invited to address Congress next year if he's elected to a second term.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>The Minnesota Republican said he's bullish on <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a>'s odds of defeating Biden in November, but felt Biden's speech should have had a more unifying tone. </p><ul><li>\"That was about the most divisive State of the Union \u2014 I wouldn't extend him an invitation next year, if that's what we're going to get,\" Emmer said during an interview at the House GOP retreat.   </li><li>\"He's not going to be there next year \u2014 it'll be a different president. But I think you've got to rethink issuing invitations for a State of the Union if it's not going to be a State of the Union, and that was not. That was a campaign speech,\" he added. </li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>Emmer is not the first Republican to float blocking Biden from giving the annual speech, with multiple members having sought to prevent the president from speaking this year. </p><ul><li>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) <a href=\"https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gops-ernst-wants-stop-biden-delivering-state-union-rcna141821\" target=\"_blank\">introduced a bill</a> aimed at barring Biden from delivering the speech unless he submitted his budget and national security proposal on time. </li><li>Former House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-Pa.) called for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/4489178-rep-perry-says-house-gop-should-cancel-bidens-sotu-address/\" target=\"_blank\">rescind his invitation</a> unless Biden took stronger action to address securing the border. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>As political polarization has grown, the State of the Union has become an increasingly tense and partisan affair \u2014 with Republicans heckling Biden each of the last two years.</p><ul><li>While Johnson called for his members to maintain decorum, members \u2014including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) \u2014 repeatedly interrupted Biden during his speech this month.</li><li>Republicans have attempted to paint Biden's speech as \"angry and divisive\" ahead of the 2024 election, with multiple members pointing to the lack of a bump in the polls as a sign it wasn't well received. </li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 House Majority Whip <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2024/01/03/trump-2024-endorsement-tom-emmer-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Emmer</a> (R-Minn.) said GOP leadership should reconsider how they invite presidents to give the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/biden-state-of-the-union-2024-sotu\" target=\"_blank\">State of the Union address</a>, citing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a>'s \"divisive\" speech.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Emmer argued Biden's remarks were a \"hyper-partisan\" campaign speech, telling Axios the president should not be invited to address Congress next year if he's elected to a second term.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>The Minnesota Republican said he's bullish on <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a>'s odds of defeating Biden in November, but felt Biden's speech should have had a more unifying tone. </p><ul><li>\"That was about the most divisive State of the Union \u2014 I wouldn't extend him an invitation next year, if that's what we're going to get,\" Emmer said during an interview at the House GOP retreat.   </li><li>\"He's not going to be there next year \u2014 it'll be a different president. But I think you've got to rethink issuing invitations for a State of the Union if it's not going to be a State of the Union, and that was not. That was a campaign speech,\" he added. </li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>Emmer is not the first Republican to float blocking Biden from giving the annual speech, with multiple members having sought to prevent the president from speaking this year. </p><ul><li>Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) <a href=\"https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gops-ernst-wants-stop-biden-delivering-state-union-rcna141821\" target=\"_blank\">introduced a bill</a> aimed at barring Biden from delivering the speech unless he submitted his budget and national security proposal on time. </li><li>Former House Freedom Caucus Chairman Scott Perry (R-Pa.) called for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/4489178-rep-perry-says-house-gop-should-cancel-bidens-sotu-address/\" target=\"_blank\">rescind his invitation</a> unless Biden took stronger action to address securing the border. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>As political polarization has grown, the State of the Union has become an increasingly tense and partisan affair \u2014 with Republicans heckling Biden each of the last two years.</p><ul><li>While Johnson called for his members to maintain decorum, members \u2014including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) \u2014 repeatedly interrupted Biden during his speech this month.</li><li>Republicans have attempted to paint Biden's speech as \"angry and divisive\" ahead of the 2024 election, with multiple members pointing to the lack of a bump in the polls as a sign it wasn't well received. </li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Juliegrace Brufke"}], "author": "Juliegrace Brufke", "author_detail": {"name": "Juliegrace Brufke"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo: Emmer looks on as House Speaker Mike Johnson gives a press conference. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/iIAJYaxDKR9lPjf6Yq6khKjuU7o=/0x0:6000x3375/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710692360143.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/37KZUFSAJGUlBkoCyEI5PdCpwd8=/2000x0:6000x4000/128x128/2024/03/17/1710692360143.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:21:21 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 17, 18, 21, 21, 6, 77, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/biden-state-of-the-union-invitation-republicans", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Border looms large over Senate races hundreds of miles away", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Border looms large over Senate races hundreds of miles away"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/border-immigration-senate-races-2024-election"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/border-immigration-senate-races-2024-election", "summary": "<p>The crisis at the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/how-biden-botched-border\" target=\"_blank\">southern border</a> is surging as a top issue in states hundreds of miles away, allowing GOP Senate candidates the chance to capitalize in critical races in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Montana.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Immigration has long been one of Democrats' most <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/22/biden-border-executive-action-asylum\" target=\"_blank\">vulnerable issues</a>, but rarely has it found such traction outside of border areas. This year, the border crisis has become a top concern nationwide.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>All three Ohio GOP Senate candidates \u2014 Matt Dolan, Bernie Moreno and Frank LaRose \u2014 have sought to outflank each other on the border as they battle to win Tuesday's primary.</p><ul><li>At a rally with former President Trump over the weekend, Moreno warned undocumented immigrants that \"starting in January of 2025, you will be deported.\"</li><li>The candidates have touted their <a href=\"https://twitter.com/dolan4ohio/status/1733488343378227459\" target=\"_blank\">visits to the border</a>, repeatedly condemned the immigrant \"invasion,\" urged <a href=\"https://twitter.com/berniemoreno/status/1487533186301284352\" target=\"_blank\">construction of the border wall</a> and <a href=\"https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2023/05/02/sherrod-brown-alejandro-mayorkas-should-be-fired-for-border-crisis-matt-dolan-senator-ohio-fentanyl/70172903007/\" target=\"_blank\">floated</a> using U.S. military force against Mexican drug cartels.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), one of two red-state Democrats up for re-election, is a top Republican target.</p><ul><li>In a sign of immigration's significance in the race, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/1765915678836511085\" target=\"_blank\">Brown invited</a> a county sheriff as his State of the Union guest after the two visited the southern border together.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers:</strong> Emerson polls over the past month have found immigration to be a top three issue for voters not only in the border state of <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/arizona-2024-poll-trump-46-biden-43/#:~:text=Immigration%20is%20the%20top%20issue,%2C%2034%25%20to%2028%25.\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona</a>, but also in <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/ohio-2024-poll-dolan-26-moreno-23-larose-16-32-undecided-in-gop-primary/\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio</a> and <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/pennsylvania-2024-poll-trump-47-biden-43/\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania</a>.</p><ul><li>A plurality of Americans overall said immigration was the most important problem facing the U.S. \u2014 beating out government and the economy, according to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/immigration-americans-top-problem-us-poll-election\" target=\"_blank\">Gallup polling</a> last month.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The fentanyl crisis and cities' struggles to shelter and care for new immigrant arrivals have moved the border front and center in a new way.</p><ul><li>Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and asylum-seekers who recently crossed the border have been arriving in cities across the U.S. over the past year, aided by Texas' busing program.</li><li>Local and state resources have been drained and tensions have escalated between Biden and state and local Democrats.</li><li>Republicans' favorite issue has been given new potency in the very states they need to take control of the Senate.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying</strong>: \"[E]very town in America from El Paso to New York City is a border town,\" National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) told Axios in a statement.</p><ul><li>\"Every single Republican Senate candidate will spend the next eight months reminding voters of that fact,\" he added.</li><li>\"Republican Senate candidates lost their message on the border the minute they opposed the border security bill that was written by their own party,\" Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee communications director David Bergstein said in a statement.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Senate Republican candidates have seized on Democrats' history of downplaying the border issue or voting against border security measures.</p><ul><li>Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde routinely talks about <a href=\"https://x.com/EricHovde/status/1768713786435997870?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">a small college town</a> in the state that has struggled to care for the roughly 1,000 immigrants who have arrived in recent years.</li><li>The NRSC and Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy have already launched ads focused entirely on the southwest border and targeting vulnerable Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.).</li><li>Pennsylvania Republican Dave McCormick's Senate campaign <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/13/david-mccormick-pennsylvania-senate-primary\" target=\"_blank\">plans to zero in on the border issue</a>, especially fentanyl trafficking.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>The failure of the bipartisan border deal in the Senate at the hands of Republicans \u2014 spurred on by former President Trump \u2014 has given Democrats some breathing room and an opportunity to go on offense.</p><ul><li>\"McCormick pretends to care about border security, but he said himself that he would have voted no on the bipartisan border deal,\" Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Bob_Casey/status/1755356846573973667\" target=\"_blank\">posted last month</a>.</li><li>Several Wisconsin swing voters in a focus group said they were upset by Trump's interference with the bill, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/swing-voters-focus-groups-trump-border\" target=\"_blank\">Axios reported</a>.</li><li>Still, most said they thought Trump would do better at securing the border over Biden.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The crisis at the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/how-biden-botched-border\" target=\"_blank\">southern border</a> is surging as a top issue in states hundreds of miles away, allowing GOP Senate candidates the chance to capitalize in critical races in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Montana.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Immigration has long been one of Democrats' most <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/22/biden-border-executive-action-asylum\" target=\"_blank\">vulnerable issues</a>, but rarely has it found such traction outside of border areas. This year, the border crisis has become a top concern nationwide.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>All three Ohio GOP Senate candidates \u2014 Matt Dolan, Bernie Moreno and Frank LaRose \u2014 have sought to outflank each other on the border as they battle to win Tuesday's primary.</p><ul><li>At a rally with former President Trump over the weekend, Moreno warned undocumented immigrants that \"starting in January of 2025, you will be deported.\"</li><li>The candidates have touted their <a href=\"https://twitter.com/dolan4ohio/status/1733488343378227459\" target=\"_blank\">visits to the border</a>, repeatedly condemned the immigrant \"invasion,\" urged <a href=\"https://twitter.com/berniemoreno/status/1487533186301284352\" target=\"_blank\">construction of the border wall</a> and <a href=\"https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2023/05/02/sherrod-brown-alejandro-mayorkas-should-be-fired-for-border-crisis-matt-dolan-senator-ohio-fentanyl/70172903007/\" target=\"_blank\">floated</a> using U.S. military force against Mexican drug cartels.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), one of two red-state Democrats up for re-election, is a top Republican target.</p><ul><li>In a sign of immigration's significance in the race, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/1765915678836511085\" target=\"_blank\">Brown invited</a> a county sheriff as his State of the Union guest after the two visited the southern border together.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers:</strong> Emerson polls over the past month have found immigration to be a top three issue for voters not only in the border state of <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/arizona-2024-poll-trump-46-biden-43/#:~:text=Immigration%20is%20the%20top%20issue,%2C%2034%25%20to%2028%25.\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona</a>, but also in <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/ohio-2024-poll-dolan-26-moreno-23-larose-16-32-undecided-in-gop-primary/\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio</a> and <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/pennsylvania-2024-poll-trump-47-biden-43/\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania</a>.</p><ul><li>A plurality of Americans overall said immigration was the most important problem facing the U.S. \u2014 beating out government and the economy, according to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/immigration-americans-top-problem-us-poll-election\" target=\"_blank\">Gallup polling</a> last month.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The fentanyl crisis and cities' struggles to shelter and care for new immigrant arrivals have moved the border front and center in a new way.</p><ul><li>Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and asylum-seekers who recently crossed the border have been arriving in cities across the U.S. over the past year, aided by Texas' busing program.</li><li>Local and state resources have been drained and tensions have escalated between Biden and state and local Democrats.</li><li>Republicans' favorite issue has been given new potency in the very states they need to take control of the Senate.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying</strong>: \"[E]very town in America from El Paso to New York City is a border town,\" National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) told Axios in a statement.</p><ul><li>\"Every single Republican Senate candidate will spend the next eight months reminding voters of that fact,\" he added.</li><li>\"Republican Senate candidates lost their message on the border the minute they opposed the border security bill that was written by their own party,\" Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee communications director David Bergstein said in a statement.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Senate Republican candidates have seized on Democrats' history of downplaying the border issue or voting against border security measures.</p><ul><li>Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde routinely talks about <a href=\"https://x.com/EricHovde/status/1768713786435997870?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">a small college town</a> in the state that has struggled to care for the roughly 1,000 immigrants who have arrived in recent years.</li><li>The NRSC and Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy have already launched ads focused entirely on the southwest border and targeting vulnerable Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.).</li><li>Pennsylvania Republican Dave McCormick's Senate campaign <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/13/david-mccormick-pennsylvania-senate-primary\" target=\"_blank\">plans to zero in on the border issue</a>, especially fentanyl trafficking.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>The failure of the bipartisan border deal in the Senate at the hands of Republicans \u2014 spurred on by former President Trump \u2014 has given Democrats some breathing room and an opportunity to go on offense.</p><ul><li>\"McCormick pretends to care about border security, but he said himself that he would have voted no on the bipartisan border deal,\" Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Bob_Casey/status/1755356846573973667\" target=\"_blank\">posted last month</a>.</li><li>Several Wisconsin swing voters in a focus group said they were upset by Trump's interference with the bill, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/swing-voters-focus-groups-trump-border\" target=\"_blank\">Axios reported</a>.</li><li>Still, most said they thought Trump would do better at securing the border over Biden.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The crisis at the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/how-biden-botched-border\" target=\"_blank\">southern border</a> is surging as a top issue in states hundreds of miles away, allowing GOP Senate candidates the chance to capitalize in critical races in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Montana.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Immigration has long been one of Democrats' most <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/22/biden-border-executive-action-asylum\" target=\"_blank\">vulnerable issues</a>, but rarely has it found such traction outside of border areas. This year, the border crisis has become a top concern nationwide.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>All three Ohio GOP Senate candidates \u2014 Matt Dolan, Bernie Moreno and Frank LaRose \u2014 have sought to outflank each other on the border as they battle to win Tuesday's primary.</p><ul><li>At a rally with former President Trump over the weekend, Moreno warned undocumented immigrants that \"starting in January of 2025, you will be deported.\"</li><li>The candidates have touted their <a href=\"https://twitter.com/dolan4ohio/status/1733488343378227459\" target=\"_blank\">visits to the border</a>, repeatedly condemned the immigrant \"invasion,\" urged <a href=\"https://twitter.com/berniemoreno/status/1487533186301284352\" target=\"_blank\">construction of the border wall</a> and <a href=\"https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2023/05/02/sherrod-brown-alejandro-mayorkas-should-be-fired-for-border-crisis-matt-dolan-senator-ohio-fentanyl/70172903007/\" target=\"_blank\">floated</a> using U.S. military force against Mexican drug cartels.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), one of two red-state Democrats up for re-election, is a top Republican target.</p><ul><li>In a sign of immigration's significance in the race, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SenSherrodBrown/status/1765915678836511085\" target=\"_blank\">Brown invited</a> a county sheriff as his State of the Union guest after the two visited the southern border together.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers:</strong> Emerson polls over the past month have found immigration to be a top three issue for voters not only in the border state of <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/arizona-2024-poll-trump-46-biden-43/#:~:text=Immigration%20is%20the%20top%20issue,%2C%2034%25%20to%2028%25.\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona</a>, but also in <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/ohio-2024-poll-dolan-26-moreno-23-larose-16-32-undecided-in-gop-primary/\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio</a> and <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/pennsylvania-2024-poll-trump-47-biden-43/\" target=\"_blank\">Pennsylvania</a>.</p><ul><li>A plurality of Americans overall said immigration was the most important problem facing the U.S. \u2014 beating out government and the economy, according to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/immigration-americans-top-problem-us-poll-election\" target=\"_blank\">Gallup polling</a> last month.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The fentanyl crisis and cities' struggles to shelter and care for new immigrant arrivals have moved the border front and center in a new way.</p><ul><li>Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and asylum-seekers who recently crossed the border have been arriving in cities across the U.S. over the past year, aided by Texas' busing program.</li><li>Local and state resources have been drained and tensions have escalated between Biden and state and local Democrats.</li><li>Republicans' favorite issue has been given new potency in the very states they need to take control of the Senate.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying</strong>: \"[E]very town in America from El Paso to New York City is a border town,\" National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) told Axios in a statement.</p><ul><li>\"Every single Republican Senate candidate will spend the next eight months reminding voters of that fact,\" he added.</li><li>\"Republican Senate candidates lost their message on the border the minute they opposed the border security bill that was written by their own party,\" Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee communications director David Bergstein said in a statement.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Senate Republican candidates have seized on Democrats' history of downplaying the border issue or voting against border security measures.</p><ul><li>Wisconsin Senate candidate Eric Hovde routinely talks about <a href=\"https://x.com/EricHovde/status/1768713786435997870?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">a small college town</a> in the state that has struggled to care for the roughly 1,000 immigrants who have arrived in recent years.</li><li>The NRSC and Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy have already launched ads focused entirely on the southwest border and targeting vulnerable Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.).</li><li>Pennsylvania Republican Dave McCormick's Senate campaign <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/13/david-mccormick-pennsylvania-senate-primary\" target=\"_blank\">plans to zero in on the border issue</a>, especially fentanyl trafficking.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>The failure of the bipartisan border deal in the Senate at the hands of Republicans \u2014 spurred on by former President Trump \u2014 has given Democrats some breathing room and an opportunity to go on offense.</p><ul><li>\"McCormick pretends to care about border security, but he said himself that he would have voted no on the bipartisan border deal,\" Sen. Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Bob_Casey/status/1755356846573973667\" target=\"_blank\">posted last month</a>.</li><li>Several Wisconsin swing voters in a focus group said they were upset by Trump's interference with the bill, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/swing-voters-focus-groups-trump-border\" target=\"_blank\">Axios reported</a>.</li><li>Still, most said they thought Trump would do better at securing the border over Biden.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Stef W. Kight"}, {"name": "Tyler Buchanan"}], "author": "Tyler Buchanan", "author_detail": {"name": "Stef W. Kight"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Texas National Guard soldiers prevent immigrants from passing through razor wire at the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/51cFi33__afpf5wOpDpTovAEHrE=/0x0:3935x2213/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710536222573.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/bFQdYFRttEkPdSPg1KeRToVeYiQ=/842x0:3056x2214/128x128/2024/03/15/1710536222573.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:20:45 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 17, 18, 20, 45, 6, 77, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/border-immigration-senate-races-2024-election", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trump's dark rally speech offers preview of 2024's outrage cycle", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trump's dark rally speech offers preview of 2024's outrage cycle"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/trump-rally-bloodbath-january-6"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/trump-rally-bloodbath-january-6", "summary": "<p>Former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-election-rhetoric-numb\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump's</a> rally in Dayton, Ohio, opened Saturday with an announcer's voice directing the packed MAGA crowd: \"Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated Jan. 6 hostages.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/trump-free-jan-6-rioters-election-vow\" target=\"_blank\">honoring of supporters</a> prosecuted for storming the Capitol has become a tradition at his rallies \u2014 and a fitting prelude to the type of provocative speeches likely to define his campaign for the next seven months.</p><hr /><ul><li>After <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-salutes-jan-6-hostages-national-anthem-plays-1880028\" target=\"_blank\">standing and saluting</a> the J6 Prison Choir's alternate rendition of the national anthem, Trump praised Jan. 6 defendants as \"unbelievable patriots\" and vowed to help the \"hostages\" on his first day in office.</li><li>What followed was a free-wheeling, headline-seizing speech in which Trump painted an apocalyptic vision of an America <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/16/trump-immigrants-not-people/\" target=\"_blank\">overrun by immigrant</a> \"animals\" if President Biden is re-elected.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"I don't think you're going to have another election, or certainly not an election that's meaningful,\" Trump predicted if he doesn't win in November.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The Biden campaign sees these rallies \u2014 with Saturday's intended to boost <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/ohio-senate-bernie-moreno-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno</a> ahead of Tuesday's Senate GOP primary \u2014 as a gold mine for ad material.</p><ul><li>With many voters only now tuning back in for the general election, Biden is seeking to draw a sharp contrast with Trump on policy, rhetoric and optimism about America's future.</li><li>Key to that effort is a rapid-response team responsible for clipping and blasting out videos of Trump tossing red meat to his MAGA base with <a href=\"https://x.com/atrupar/status/1769096722179838106?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">insults</a>, <a href=\"https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1769104905275359473?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">obscenities</a> and <a href=\"https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1769100098963652664?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">dehumanizing rhetoric</a> about immigrants.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/NzOJsc7Yxa3UmGAfEGZ0Kl_IT5M=/2024/03/17/1710690851030.jpg\" /> <div><a href=\"https://x.com/JDVance1/status/1769329128606773700?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Screenshot via X</a></div><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The cycle of viral sound bites can sometimes play directly into Trump's hands.</p><ul><li>After the Biden campaign <a href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-slams-trump-political-violence-warning-bloodbath-discussing-auto-industry\" target=\"_blank\">issued a statement</a> condemning Trump's warning of a \"bloodbath\" if he loses, Republicans accused critics and the media of taking his comments <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/17/trump-bloodbath-turner-cassidy-rounds-00147465\" target=\"_blank\">out of context</a>.</li><li>The Trump campaign says the former president was referring not to political violence, but to how Biden's policies could impact the auto industry and the U.S. economy.</li><li>\"He always walks up to the edge on that rhetoric,\" <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-bill-cassidy-presidential-race-sorry-state-affairs-rcna143665\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said</a> on NBC's \"Meet the Press.\" \"But sometimes the mainstream media, whether they want to or not, can't resist and they go just a little bit too far.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Now that most of Trump's Republican skeptics have grudgingly accepted he'll be the nominee, they'll face new pressure to defend some of the former president's more extreme rhetoric.</p><ul><li>But plenty of former Trump allies have refused to do that \u2014 including <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video\" target=\"_blank\">former Vice President Mike Pence</a>, who shocked the political world when he said Friday he \"cannot in good conscience\" endorse Trump.</li><li>\"It's just unacceptable,\" Pence told CBS News' \"Face the Nation\" <a href=\"https://x.com/FaceTheNation/status/1769375848149250048?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">when asked</a> Sunday about Trump's description of Jan. 6 prisoners as \"hostages.\"</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-election-rhetoric-numb\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump's</a> rally in Dayton, Ohio, opened Saturday with an announcer's voice directing the packed MAGA crowd: \"Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated Jan. 6 hostages.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/trump-free-jan-6-rioters-election-vow\" target=\"_blank\">honoring of supporters</a> prosecuted for storming the Capitol has become a tradition at his rallies \u2014 and a fitting prelude to the type of provocative speeches likely to define his campaign for the next seven months.</p><hr /><ul><li>After <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-salutes-jan-6-hostages-national-anthem-plays-1880028\" target=\"_blank\">standing and saluting</a> the J6 Prison Choir's alternate rendition of the national anthem, Trump praised Jan. 6 defendants as \"unbelievable patriots\" and vowed to help the \"hostages\" on his first day in office.</li><li>What followed was a free-wheeling, headline-seizing speech in which Trump painted an apocalyptic vision of an America <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/16/trump-immigrants-not-people/\" target=\"_blank\">overrun by immigrant</a> \"animals\" if President Biden is re-elected.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"I don't think you're going to have another election, or certainly not an election that's meaningful,\" Trump predicted if he doesn't win in November.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The Biden campaign sees these rallies \u2014 with Saturday's intended to boost <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/ohio-senate-bernie-moreno-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno</a> ahead of Tuesday's Senate GOP primary \u2014 as a gold mine for ad material.</p><ul><li>With many voters only now tuning back in for the general election, Biden is seeking to draw a sharp contrast with Trump on policy, rhetoric and optimism about America's future.</li><li>Key to that effort is a rapid-response team responsible for clipping and blasting out videos of Trump tossing red meat to his MAGA base with <a href=\"https://x.com/atrupar/status/1769096722179838106?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">insults</a>, <a href=\"https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1769104905275359473?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">obscenities</a> and <a href=\"https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1769100098963652664?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">dehumanizing rhetoric</a> about immigrants.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/NzOJsc7Yxa3UmGAfEGZ0Kl_IT5M=/2024/03/17/1710690851030.jpg\" /> <div><a href=\"https://x.com/JDVance1/status/1769329128606773700?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Screenshot via X</a></div><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The cycle of viral sound bites can sometimes play directly into Trump's hands.</p><ul><li>After the Biden campaign <a href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-slams-trump-political-violence-warning-bloodbath-discussing-auto-industry\" target=\"_blank\">issued a statement</a> condemning Trump's warning of a \"bloodbath\" if he loses, Republicans accused critics and the media of taking his comments <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/17/trump-bloodbath-turner-cassidy-rounds-00147465\" target=\"_blank\">out of context</a>.</li><li>The Trump campaign says the former president was referring not to political violence, but to how Biden's policies could impact the auto industry and the U.S. economy.</li><li>\"He always walks up to the edge on that rhetoric,\" <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-bill-cassidy-presidential-race-sorry-state-affairs-rcna143665\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said</a> on NBC's \"Meet the Press.\" \"But sometimes the mainstream media, whether they want to or not, can't resist and they go just a little bit too far.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Now that most of Trump's Republican skeptics have grudgingly accepted he'll be the nominee, they'll face new pressure to defend some of the former president's more extreme rhetoric.</p><ul><li>But plenty of former Trump allies have refused to do that \u2014 including <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video\" target=\"_blank\">former Vice President Mike Pence</a>, who shocked the political world when he said Friday he \"cannot in good conscience\" endorse Trump.</li><li>\"It's just unacceptable,\" Pence told CBS News' \"Face the Nation\" <a href=\"https://x.com/FaceTheNation/status/1769375848149250048?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">when asked</a> Sunday about Trump's description of Jan. 6 prisoners as \"hostages.\"</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-election-rhetoric-numb\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump's</a> rally in Dayton, Ohio, opened Saturday with an announcer's voice directing the packed MAGA crowd: \"Ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the horribly and unfairly treated Jan. 6 hostages.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/trump-free-jan-6-rioters-election-vow\" target=\"_blank\">honoring of supporters</a> prosecuted for storming the Capitol has become a tradition at his rallies \u2014 and a fitting prelude to the type of provocative speeches likely to define his campaign for the next seven months.</p><hr /><ul><li>After <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-salutes-jan-6-hostages-national-anthem-plays-1880028\" target=\"_blank\">standing and saluting</a> the J6 Prison Choir's alternate rendition of the national anthem, Trump praised Jan. 6 defendants as \"unbelievable patriots\" and vowed to help the \"hostages\" on his first day in office.</li><li>What followed was a free-wheeling, headline-seizing speech in which Trump painted an apocalyptic vision of an America <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/16/trump-immigrants-not-people/\" target=\"_blank\">overrun by immigrant</a> \"animals\" if President Biden is re-elected.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"I don't think you're going to have another election, or certainly not an election that's meaningful,\" Trump predicted if he doesn't win in November.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The Biden campaign sees these rallies \u2014 with Saturday's intended to boost <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/ohio-senate-bernie-moreno-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Ohio businessman Bernie Moreno</a> ahead of Tuesday's Senate GOP primary \u2014 as a gold mine for ad material.</p><ul><li>With many voters only now tuning back in for the general election, Biden is seeking to draw a sharp contrast with Trump on policy, rhetoric and optimism about America's future.</li><li>Key to that effort is a rapid-response team responsible for clipping and blasting out videos of Trump tossing red meat to his MAGA base with <a href=\"https://x.com/atrupar/status/1769096722179838106?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">insults</a>, <a href=\"https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1769104905275359473?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">obscenities</a> and <a href=\"https://x.com/BidenHQ/status/1769100098963652664?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">dehumanizing rhetoric</a> about immigrants.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/NzOJsc7Yxa3UmGAfEGZ0Kl_IT5M=/2024/03/17/1710690851030.jpg\" /> <div><a href=\"https://x.com/JDVance1/status/1769329128606773700?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Screenshot via X</a></div><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The cycle of viral sound bites can sometimes play directly into Trump's hands.</p><ul><li>After the Biden campaign <a href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-campaign-slams-trump-political-violence-warning-bloodbath-discussing-auto-industry\" target=\"_blank\">issued a statement</a> condemning Trump's warning of a \"bloodbath\" if he loses, Republicans accused critics and the media of taking his comments <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/17/trump-bloodbath-turner-cassidy-rounds-00147465\" target=\"_blank\">out of context</a>.</li><li>The Trump campaign says the former president was referring not to political violence, but to how Biden's policies could impact the auto industry and the U.S. economy.</li><li>\"He always walks up to the edge on that rhetoric,\" <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/sen-bill-cassidy-presidential-race-sorry-state-affairs-rcna143665\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said</a> on NBC's \"Meet the Press.\" \"But sometimes the mainstream media, whether they want to or not, can't resist and they go just a little bit too far.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Now that most of Trump's Republican skeptics have grudgingly accepted he'll be the nominee, they'll face new pressure to defend some of the former president's more extreme rhetoric.</p><ul><li>But plenty of former Trump allies have refused to do that \u2014 including <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video\" target=\"_blank\">former Vice President Mike Pence</a>, who shocked the political world when he said Friday he \"cannot in good conscience\" endorse Trump.</li><li>\"It's just unacceptable,\" Pence told CBS News' \"Face the Nation\" <a href=\"https://x.com/FaceTheNation/status/1769375848149250048?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">when asked</a> Sunday about Trump's description of Jan. 6 prisoners as \"hostages.\"</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Zachary Basu"}], "author": "Zachary Basu", "author_detail": {"name": "Zachary Basu"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Trump salutes the J6 Prison Choir. Photo: Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/GL7rixNoUGODpsWbU-WS0pj52V4=/0x119:6000x3494/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710690621931.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/Yr91xacap-nAgapudAe516ISVfc=/702x0:5015x4313/128x128/2024/03/17/1710690621931.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sun, 17 Mar 2024 18:20:13 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 17, 18, 20, 13, 6, 77, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/trump-rally-bloodbath-january-6", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Netanyahu won't commit to elections, calls Schumer's speech \"inappropriate\"", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Netanyahu won't commit to elections, calls Schumer's speech \"inappropriate\""}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections", "summary": "<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to commit to holding new elections once <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">the war in Gaza</a> winds down during an interview with CNN's \"State of the Union\" on Sunday, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">rebuking the call</a> from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) last week.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Recent polls in Israel showed that more than 65% of Israelis support early elections when the war is over, and that if elections were held today Netanyahu and his coalition would be defeated.</p><hr /><ul><li>Netanyahu's critics in the U.S. and Israel say he is prolonging the war for political reasons to delay public protests and calls for his ouster. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">An annual report</a> from the Director of National Intelligence found deepening \"distrust of Netanyahu's ability to rule\" and some intelligence services expect large protests demanding Netanyahu's resignation and new elections in the coming weeks and months.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>On Saturday evening, thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv calling for new elections. </p><ul><li>Several thousand people also demonstrated in the northern city of Haifa.\n</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> The protest movement against Netanyahu is still relatively limited with most Israelis too consumed by the war.</p><p><strong>What they are saying: </strong>Netanyahu was asked four times by CNN's Dana Bash about the polls and whether he would commit to calling for a new election once the war winds down as Schumer suggested.</p><ul><li>The Prime Minister dodged the questions again and again, first claiming the polls Bash cited regarding dwindling support are inaccurate and then saying \"the Israeli people will decide.\" </li><li>Netanyahu also said Schumer's comments in his Senate speech were \"totally inappropriate.\" </li><li>\"It's inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there. That's something the Israeli public does on its own, we're not a banana republic. I think the only government we should be working on to bring down now is the terrorist tyranny, the Hamas tyranny,\" he said.</li><li>During an Israeli cabinet meeting held before the CNN interview, Netanyahu said that there are elements in the international community who are trying to stop the war now before all of Israel's goals have been achieved.</li><li>\"They are doing so by means of an effort to bring about elections now, at the height of the war. They are doing this because they know that elections now will halt the war and paralyze the country for at least six months. We cannot, and will not, succumb to this pressure,\" he told Bash on CNN.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who Bash interviewed immediately after Netanyahu on \"State of the Union\" backed Schumer's comments, and stressed that Netanyahu's interview proved the Senate majority leader was right.</p><ul><li>\"The prime minister's presentation proved the necessity of Chuck Schumer's speech. Chuck Schumer's speech was an act of courage, an act of love for Israel, and I wish the prime minister would read the whole speech,\" she said.</li><li>Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) also defended Schumer's speech Sunday on NBC's \"Meet the Press\" saying, \"I think people should listen to his entire speech. Senator Schumer's speech came from his heart, what he believes is necessary for peace. He's very clear about, Hamas needs to be eliminated, that there can be no peace in the Middle East for either the Palestinians or the Israelis with Hamas.\"</li><li>\"I think he was very clear that it's the Israelis, their system, need to give clear direction as to who they want to be their leaders,\" Cardin said.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with quotes from Nancy Pelosu and Ben Cardin. </em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to commit to holding new elections once <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">the war in Gaza</a> winds down during an interview with CNN's \"State of the Union\" on Sunday, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">rebuking the call</a> from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) last week.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Recent polls in Israel showed that more than 65% of Israelis support early elections when the war is over, and that if elections were held today Netanyahu and his coalition would be defeated.</p><hr /><ul><li>Netanyahu's critics in the U.S. and Israel say he is prolonging the war for political reasons to delay public protests and calls for his ouster. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">An annual report</a> from the Director of National Intelligence found deepening \"distrust of Netanyahu's ability to rule\" and some intelligence services expect large protests demanding Netanyahu's resignation and new elections in the coming weeks and months.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>On Saturday evening, thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv calling for new elections. </p><ul><li>Several thousand people also demonstrated in the northern city of Haifa.\n</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> The protest movement against Netanyahu is still relatively limited with most Israelis too consumed by the war.</p><p><strong>What they are saying: </strong>Netanyahu was asked four times by CNN's Dana Bash about the polls and whether he would commit to calling for a new election once the war winds down as Schumer suggested.</p><ul><li>The Prime Minister dodged the questions again and again, first claiming the polls Bash cited regarding dwindling support are inaccurate and then saying \"the Israeli people will decide.\" </li><li>Netanyahu also said Schumer's comments in his Senate speech were \"totally inappropriate.\" </li><li>\"It's inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there. That's something the Israeli public does on its own, we're not a banana republic. I think the only government we should be working on to bring down now is the terrorist tyranny, the Hamas tyranny,\" he said.</li><li>During an Israeli cabinet meeting held before the CNN interview, Netanyahu said that there are elements in the international community who are trying to stop the war now before all of Israel's goals have been achieved.</li><li>\"They are doing so by means of an effort to bring about elections now, at the height of the war. They are doing this because they know that elections now will halt the war and paralyze the country for at least six months. We cannot, and will not, succumb to this pressure,\" he told Bash on CNN.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who Bash interviewed immediately after Netanyahu on \"State of the Union\" backed Schumer's comments, and stressed that Netanyahu's interview proved the Senate majority leader was right.</p><ul><li>\"The prime minister's presentation proved the necessity of Chuck Schumer's speech. Chuck Schumer's speech was an act of courage, an act of love for Israel, and I wish the prime minister would read the whole speech,\" she said.</li><li>Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) also defended Schumer's speech Sunday on NBC's \"Meet the Press\" saying, \"I think people should listen to his entire speech. Senator Schumer's speech came from his heart, what he believes is necessary for peace. He's very clear about, Hamas needs to be eliminated, that there can be no peace in the Middle East for either the Palestinians or the Israelis with Hamas.\"</li><li>\"I think he was very clear that it's the Israelis, their system, need to give clear direction as to who they want to be their leaders,\" Cardin said.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with quotes from Nancy Pelosu and Ben Cardin. </em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to commit to holding new elections once <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">the war in Gaza</a> winds down during an interview with CNN's \"State of the Union\" on Sunday, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">rebuking the call</a> from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) last week.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Recent polls in Israel showed that more than 65% of Israelis support early elections when the war is over, and that if elections were held today Netanyahu and his coalition would be defeated.</p><hr /><ul><li>Netanyahu's critics in the U.S. and Israel say he is prolonging the war for political reasons to delay public protests and calls for his ouster. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">An annual report</a> from the Director of National Intelligence found deepening \"distrust of Netanyahu's ability to rule\" and some intelligence services expect large protests demanding Netanyahu's resignation and new elections in the coming weeks and months.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>On Saturday evening, thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv calling for new elections. </p><ul><li>Several thousand people also demonstrated in the northern city of Haifa.\n</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> The protest movement against Netanyahu is still relatively limited with most Israelis too consumed by the war.</p><p><strong>What they are saying: </strong>Netanyahu was asked four times by CNN's Dana Bash about the polls and whether he would commit to calling for a new election once the war winds down as Schumer suggested.</p><ul><li>The Prime Minister dodged the questions again and again, first claiming the polls Bash cited regarding dwindling support are inaccurate and then saying \"the Israeli people will decide.\" </li><li>Netanyahu also said Schumer's comments in his Senate speech were \"totally inappropriate.\" </li><li>\"It's inappropriate to go to a sister democracy and try to replace the elected leadership there. That's something the Israeli public does on its own, we're not a banana republic. I think the only government we should be working on to bring down now is the terrorist tyranny, the Hamas tyranny,\" he said.</li><li>During an Israeli cabinet meeting held before the CNN interview, Netanyahu said that there are elements in the international community who are trying to stop the war now before all of Israel's goals have been achieved.</li><li>\"They are doing so by means of an effort to bring about elections now, at the height of the war. They are doing this because they know that elections now will halt the war and paralyze the country for at least six months. We cannot, and will not, succumb to this pressure,\" he told Bash on CNN.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who Bash interviewed immediately after Netanyahu on \"State of the Union\" backed Schumer's comments, and stressed that Netanyahu's interview proved the Senate majority leader was right.</p><ul><li>\"The prime minister's presentation proved the necessity of Chuck Schumer's speech. Chuck Schumer's speech was an act of courage, an act of love for Israel, and I wish the prime minister would read the whole speech,\" she said.</li><li>Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) also defended Schumer's speech Sunday on NBC's \"Meet the Press\" saying, \"I think people should listen to his entire speech. Senator Schumer's speech came from his heart, what he believes is necessary for peace. He's very clear about, Hamas needs to be eliminated, that there can be no peace in the Middle East for either the Palestinians or the Israelis with Hamas.\"</li><li>\"I think he was very clear that it's the Israelis, their system, need to give clear direction as to who they want to be their leaders,\" Cardin said.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with quotes from Nancy Pelosu and Ben Cardin. </em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu waits for the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/aqVJrsfQiRgQVbivHcFqBPXWF_4=/0x451:8640x5311/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710683656819.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/Tmef8WUgdC9ZVbTyr5XsCoV8TT4=/1876x0:7636x5760/128x128/2024/03/17/1710683656819.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:41:09 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 17, 16, 41, 9, 6, 77, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "U.S. doesn't \"agree with everything\" Israel does, but elections up to them: Kirby", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "U.S. doesn't \"agree with everything\" Israel does, but elections up to them: Kirby"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/israel-election-netanyahu-john-kirby"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/israel-election-netanyahu-john-kirby", "summary": "<p>White House National Security Communications Adviser <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/biden-national-security-john-kirby-expanded-role-white-house\" target=\"_blank\">John Kirby</a> said Sunday that it's up to the Israeli people and their government to decide to hold new elections, days after Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-N.Y.) urged such a move occur.  </p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Schumer levied some of the harshest criticism yet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from a senior U.S. official, as <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-netanyahu-hurting-israel-red-line\" target=\"_blank\">discontent grows among President Biden</a> and members of his administration about the prime minister's policies. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Schumer slammed Netanyahu in a Senate floor speech last week, saying new elections are the \"only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.\"</p><ul><li>Biden <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech\" target=\"_blank\">expressed his support</a> for Schumer's remarks, saying it was a \"good speech,\" though he said he would not elaborate.</li><li>On Sunday, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu refused</a> to commit to holding new elections, calling comments in Schumer's speech \"totally inappropriate.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>Kirby said Biden \"understands that that's up to the Israeli people\" concerning whether they hold new elections, per an interview on ABC's \"This Week\" Sunday.</p><ul><li>Kirby said it's also \"up to the Israeli government that they elect to determine whether and how, if there's going to be new elections, what that would look like.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Kirby added</strong> that Israel is \"a democratic country\" and cited the U.S.' need to \"respect their sovereignty.\"</p><ul><li>\"In the meantime, [Netanyahu] is the prime minister of Israel. [Biden and Netanyahu] are two leaders that have had a long working relationship,\" he said. </li><li>\"They don't agree on everything. We don't agree on everything with respect to what's going on in Gaza, but that's the government that is in place, and that's the government, the war cabinet, that we're gonna continue to work with.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Recent polls in Israel showed that more than 65% of Israelis support early elections when the war is over, and that if elections were held today Netanyahu and his coalition would be defeated, Axios' Barak Ravid <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">reports</a>.</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu won't commit to elections, calls Schumer's speech \"inappropriate\"</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>White House National Security Communications Adviser <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/biden-national-security-john-kirby-expanded-role-white-house\" target=\"_blank\">John Kirby</a> said Sunday that it's up to the Israeli people and their government to decide to hold new elections, days after Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-N.Y.) urged such a move occur.  </p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Schumer levied some of the harshest criticism yet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from a senior U.S. official, as <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-netanyahu-hurting-israel-red-line\" target=\"_blank\">discontent grows among President Biden</a> and members of his administration about the prime minister's policies. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Schumer slammed Netanyahu in a Senate floor speech last week, saying new elections are the \"only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.\"</p><ul><li>Biden <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech\" target=\"_blank\">expressed his support</a> for Schumer's remarks, saying it was a \"good speech,\" though he said he would not elaborate.</li><li>On Sunday, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu refused</a> to commit to holding new elections, calling comments in Schumer's speech \"totally inappropriate.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>Kirby said Biden \"understands that that's up to the Israeli people\" concerning whether they hold new elections, per an interview on ABC's \"This Week\" Sunday.</p><ul><li>Kirby said it's also \"up to the Israeli government that they elect to determine whether and how, if there's going to be new elections, what that would look like.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Kirby added</strong> that Israel is \"a democratic country\" and cited the U.S.' need to \"respect their sovereignty.\"</p><ul><li>\"In the meantime, [Netanyahu] is the prime minister of Israel. [Biden and Netanyahu] are two leaders that have had a long working relationship,\" he said. </li><li>\"They don't agree on everything. We don't agree on everything with respect to what's going on in Gaza, but that's the government that is in place, and that's the government, the war cabinet, that we're gonna continue to work with.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Recent polls in Israel showed that more than 65% of Israelis support early elections when the war is over, and that if elections were held today Netanyahu and his coalition would be defeated, Axios' Barak Ravid <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">reports</a>.</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu won't commit to elections, calls Schumer's speech \"inappropriate\"</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>White House National Security Communications Adviser <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/biden-national-security-john-kirby-expanded-role-white-house\" target=\"_blank\">John Kirby</a> said Sunday that it's up to the Israeli people and their government to decide to hold new elections, days after Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-N.Y.) urged such a move occur.  </p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Schumer levied some of the harshest criticism yet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from a senior U.S. official, as <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-netanyahu-hurting-israel-red-line\" target=\"_blank\">discontent grows among President Biden</a> and members of his administration about the prime minister's policies. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Schumer slammed Netanyahu in a Senate floor speech last week, saying new elections are the \"only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.\"</p><ul><li>Biden <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech\" target=\"_blank\">expressed his support</a> for Schumer's remarks, saying it was a \"good speech,\" though he said he would not elaborate.</li><li>On Sunday, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu refused</a> to commit to holding new elections, calling comments in Schumer's speech \"totally inappropriate.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>Kirby said Biden \"understands that that's up to the Israeli people\" concerning whether they hold new elections, per an interview on ABC's \"This Week\" Sunday.</p><ul><li>Kirby said it's also \"up to the Israeli government that they elect to determine whether and how, if there's going to be new elections, what that would look like.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Kirby added</strong> that Israel is \"a democratic country\" and cited the U.S.' need to \"respect their sovereignty.\"</p><ul><li>\"In the meantime, [Netanyahu] is the prime minister of Israel. [Biden and Netanyahu] are two leaders that have had a long working relationship,\" he said. </li><li>\"They don't agree on everything. We don't agree on everything with respect to what's going on in Gaza, but that's the government that is in place, and that's the government, the war cabinet, that we're gonna continue to work with.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Recent polls in Israel showed that more than 65% of Israelis support early elections when the war is over, and that if elections were held today Netanyahu and his coalition would be defeated, Axios' Barak Ravid <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">reports</a>.</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/benjamin-netanyahu-chuck-schumer-israel-elections\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu won't commit to elections, calls Schumer's speech \"inappropriate\"</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Shauneen Miranda"}], "author": "Shauneen Miranda", "author_detail": {"name": "Shauneen Miranda"}, "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/mjjXt9wQI5HG-IcgvEteMFi40d8=/128x128/smart/2024/03/17/1710691805963.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:32:58 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 17, 16, 32, 58, 6, 77, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/israel-election-netanyahu-john-kirby", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trump \"walking away\" from the Constitution among reasons Pence won't endorse", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trump \"walking away\" from the Constitution among reasons Pence won't endorse"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/donald-trump-endorsement-mike-pence-jan-6"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/donald-trump-endorsement-mike-pence-jan-6", "summary": "<p>Former Vice President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Pence</a> expanded Sunday on what he sees as \"profound differences\" between himself and former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a>, the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-clinches-republican-nomination-2024-biden\" target=\"_blank\">presumptive GOP nominee</a>, after announcing he would not endorse Trump in this year's election.</p><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Pence said Trump is \"walking away\" from \"keeping faith with the Constitution\" on Jan. 6 and went on to list other policy differences he has with the former president.</p><hr /><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>\"I said it during my presidential campaign \u2014 the president and I have profound differences. Many people think it's just over January 6th and, frankly, the fact that the president continues to insist that I had the right to overturn the election that day is a fundamental difference,\" Pence said Sunday on CBS' \"Face the Nation.\"</p><ul><li>\"But, I want to be clear that I've forgiven the president in my heart for what happened that day,\" Pence said. </li><li>Pence listed Trump's \"walking away\" from \"a commitment to fiscal responsibility, a commitment to the sanctity of life [and] a commitment to American leadership in the world\" as other reasons he wouldn't endorse the former president. </li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Pence said his decision not to back Trump \"should come as no surprise,\" per an interview Friday on FOX News Channel's \"The Story with Martha MacCallum.\"</p><ul><li>Pence said he preferred to keep his vote private, though he specified that he would \"never vote for Joe Biden,\" who recently became the presumptive <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-democrat-nomination-2024-trump-presidential\" target=\"_self\">Democratic nominee</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Pence, who served under Trump as vice president for four years, has been vocal in his criticism of the former president following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.</p><ul><li>He ended his <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/mike-pence-suspends-republican-campaign-trump\" target=\"_self\">own presidential bid</a> last October amid a crowded Republican primary.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video\" target=\"_blank\">Pence says he won't endorse Trump</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former Vice President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Pence</a> expanded Sunday on what he sees as \"profound differences\" between himself and former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a>, the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-clinches-republican-nomination-2024-biden\" target=\"_blank\">presumptive GOP nominee</a>, after announcing he would not endorse Trump in this year's election.</p><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Pence said Trump is \"walking away\" from \"keeping faith with the Constitution\" on Jan. 6 and went on to list other policy differences he has with the former president.</p><hr /><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>\"I said it during my presidential campaign \u2014 the president and I have profound differences. Many people think it's just over January 6th and, frankly, the fact that the president continues to insist that I had the right to overturn the election that day is a fundamental difference,\" Pence said Sunday on CBS' \"Face the Nation.\"</p><ul><li>\"But, I want to be clear that I've forgiven the president in my heart for what happened that day,\" Pence said. </li><li>Pence listed Trump's \"walking away\" from \"a commitment to fiscal responsibility, a commitment to the sanctity of life [and] a commitment to American leadership in the world\" as other reasons he wouldn't endorse the former president. </li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Pence said his decision not to back Trump \"should come as no surprise,\" per an interview Friday on FOX News Channel's \"The Story with Martha MacCallum.\"</p><ul><li>Pence said he preferred to keep his vote private, though he specified that he would \"never vote for Joe Biden,\" who recently became the presumptive <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-democrat-nomination-2024-trump-presidential\" target=\"_self\">Democratic nominee</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Pence, who served under Trump as vice president for four years, has been vocal in his criticism of the former president following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.</p><ul><li>He ended his <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/mike-pence-suspends-republican-campaign-trump\" target=\"_self\">own presidential bid</a> last October amid a crowded Republican primary.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video\" target=\"_blank\">Pence says he won't endorse Trump</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former Vice President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Pence</a> expanded Sunday on what he sees as \"profound differences\" between himself and former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a>, the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-clinches-republican-nomination-2024-biden\" target=\"_blank\">presumptive GOP nominee</a>, after announcing he would not endorse Trump in this year's election.</p><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Pence said Trump is \"walking away\" from \"keeping faith with the Constitution\" on Jan. 6 and went on to list other policy differences he has with the former president.</p><hr /><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>\"I said it during my presidential campaign \u2014 the president and I have profound differences. Many people think it's just over January 6th and, frankly, the fact that the president continues to insist that I had the right to overturn the election that day is a fundamental difference,\" Pence said Sunday on CBS' \"Face the Nation.\"</p><ul><li>\"But, I want to be clear that I've forgiven the president in my heart for what happened that day,\" Pence said. </li><li>Pence listed Trump's \"walking away\" from \"a commitment to fiscal responsibility, a commitment to the sanctity of life [and] a commitment to American leadership in the world\" as other reasons he wouldn't endorse the former president. </li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Pence said his decision not to back Trump \"should come as no surprise,\" per an interview Friday on FOX News Channel's \"The Story with Martha MacCallum.\"</p><ul><li>Pence said he preferred to keep his vote private, though he specified that he would \"never vote for Joe Biden,\" who recently became the presumptive <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-democrat-nomination-2024-trump-presidential\" target=\"_self\">Democratic nominee</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Pence, who served under Trump as vice president for four years, has been vocal in his criticism of the former president following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.</p><ul><li>He ended his <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/mike-pence-suspends-republican-campaign-trump\" target=\"_self\">own presidential bid</a> last October amid a crowded Republican primary.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video\" target=\"_blank\">Pence says he won't endorse Trump</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Shauneen Miranda"}], "author": "Shauneen Miranda", "author_detail": {"name": "Shauneen Miranda"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a summit on Oct. 14, 2023, in New Hampshire. Photo: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/TXLFNd6JvY9XArWDGsLCVgFB29Y=/0x0:5318x2991/1280x720/2024/03/17/1710687248150.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/6POqnASy8XDlEsmpTSp9qtV_oFY=/1080x0:4625x3545/128x128/2024/03/17/1710687248150.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:32:29 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 17, 15, 32, 29, 6, 77, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/17/donald-trump-endorsement-mike-pence-jan-6", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trump and Biden's key campaign stances in sequel election", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trump and Biden's key campaign stances in sequel election"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/trump-biden-2024-presidential-election"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/trump-biden-2024-presidential-election", "summary": "<p>The 2024 presidential election between <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> and former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a> is the first presidential <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-biden-nominations-election-rematch-history\" target=\"_blank\">rematch</a> since 1956, but this is no re-run of the 2020 election. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Reproductive rights, border security, the economic well-being of Americans and democratic values are on the ballot, and Axios looked into candidates' stances<strong> </strong>on the key issues. </p><hr /><h2>Abortion and reproductive rights</h2><p><strong>Trump </strong>has <a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-abortion-brags-about-role-in-overturning-roe-v-wade-urges-gop-caution-on-issue/\" target=\"_blank\">repeatedly boasted</a> about appointing the conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, making abortion a state-level policy.</p><ul><li>But since the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/27/republicans-democrats-abortion-rights-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\">Dobbs decision</a>, Trump has warned Republicans against embracing abortion restrictions with no exceptions, seeing it as a clear political vulnerability.</li><li>Many of the strict abortion bans in GOP-led states begin at or around <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/13/florida-6-week-abortion-ban\" target=\"_blank\">six</a> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/north-dakota-abortion-six-week-ban\" target=\"_blank\">weeks</a> of pregnancy.</li><li>Recently, Trump has <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/us/politics/trump-abortion-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\">privately</a> expressed support for a <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/16/trump-16-week-abortion-ban-00142007\" target=\"_blank\">16-week</a> national abortion ban with exceptions in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening pregnancy complications. </li></ul><p><strong>Biden, </strong>a practicing Catholic, has said he's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/biden-abortion-private-views\" target=\"_blank\">personally uncomfortable</a> with abortion, but he has made protecting a woman's right to choose one of the centerpieces of his 2024 campaign.</p><ul><li>Biden has called for Congress to codify Roe v. Wade at the federal level, and he <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\">warned in his State of the Union speech</a> that anti-abortion Republicans \"have\u00a0no clue\u00a0about the power of women in America.\"</li><li>Vice President Kamala Harris, who has led much of the campaign's messaging on reproductive rights, in March became the highest-ranking elected official to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/kamala-harris-abortion-clinic-minnesota-visit\" target=\"_blank\">visit an abortion clinic</a> while in office.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Attempts to expand abortion rights <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/08/abortion-rights-2023-elections\" target=\"_blank\">have succeeded every time</a> they've been on the ballot since the federal right to an abortion was taken away. </p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Alabama's Supreme Court ruled in February that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/22/alabama-ivf-legal-uncertainy\" target=\"_blank\">frozen embryos</a> are considered children under state law. </p><ul><li>The decision temporarily halted <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/alabama-legislature-protects-ivf-treatment-embryo\" target=\"_self\">in vitro fertilization</a> treatments in Alabama and raised legal questions about the continuing fallout from the end of Roe v. Wade. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/trump-ivf-alabama-2024-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">Trump</a> said he supports the availability of IVF, but Biden's campaign and Democrats have <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/senate-ivf-bill-trump-biden-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">sought to pressure Republicans</a> to codify fertility protections at the federal level.</li></ul><h2>Immigration and border policy</h2><p>Immigration has become a top concern for voters leading into the 2024 election, according to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/immigration-americans-top-problem-us-poll-election\" target=\"_blank\">polling</a>. Last month, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/biden-trump-border-security-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/trump-biden-border-security-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Trump</a> both visited border cities in Texas to discuss their policies.</p><p><strong>Trump, </strong>who campaigned in 2016 on a pledge to \"build the wall,\" is now <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/20/trump-mass-deportations-immigration/\" target=\"_blank\">vowing to launch</a> \"the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.\" </p><ul><li>Trump has said undocumented immigrants are \"poisoning the blood of our country\" and warned of a wave of \"migrant crime\" enabled by Biden's policies.</li></ul><p><strong>Biden </strong>has struggled to manage the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/02/data-biden-border-crisis-immigration-8-million-detention\" target=\"_blank\">record flow of migrants</a> at the southern border, which has <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/25/migrant-immigration-cost-city-budgets\" target=\"_blank\">strained the resources</a> of major American cities and led to a shift in Democratic thinking about immigration.</p><ul><li>Biden endorsed a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/27/senate-border-deal-biden-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">bipartisan border security deal</a> in February that would have enacted much stricter asylum laws, but the legislation <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/biden-trump-border-security-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\">failed</a> after Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/trump-republicans-border-deal-senate-immigration\" target=\"_blank\">ordered his Republican allies</a> in Congress to oppose it.</li></ul><h2>Ukraine funding</h2><p><strong>Biden</strong> has <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/world/europe/biden-nato-cold-war-russia-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\">vowed to support Ukraine</a> against Russia's invasion \"for as long as it takes,\" but House Republicans have refused to hold a vote on new foreign aid amid pressure from their \"America First\" base.</p><ul><li>House Republicans once said they would back Ukraine aid if it was paired with stronger <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/senate-border-security-aid-ukraine-bill-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">border laws</a>, but then claimed the bipartisan border security deal negotiated by Senate Republicans was not tough enough.</li></ul><p><strong>Trump </strong>has said he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, but has not provided details on how he would do so.</p><ul><li>Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Trump told him he would \"not give a penny\" to Ukraine as president, forcing Kyiv to negotiate with Russia.</li><li>Trump has also been a vocal critic of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/trump-nato-history\" target=\"_blank\">NATO</a>, saying he would \"encourage\" Russia \"to do whatever the hell they want\" to a NATO ally if it didn't meet its <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/14/nato-spending-trump-threat-russia\" target=\"_blank\">military budget obligations</a>. </li></ul><h2>Economy </h2><p>Polling shows that Americans are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/14/biden-economy-message-election\" target=\"_blank\">worried</a> about the economy ahead of the presidential election. </p><p><strong>Biden </strong>has led the U.S. economy through a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/31/us-economy-2024-gdp-g7-nations\" target=\"_blank\">strong recovery</a> from the pandemic, but persistent inflation has left many Americans dissatisfied with \"Bidenomics.\"</p><ul><li>On the campaign trail, Biden has touted his signature economic legislation, including the Inflation Reduction Act, the bipartisan infrastructure law and the CHIPS and Science Act.</li><li>Biden proposed a fiscal year 2025 <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/biden-budget-strategy-tax-wealthy\" target=\"_blank\">budget</a> with tax increases for the wealthiest Americans and large corporations to provide tax breaks for families and lower the deficit. </li></ul><p><strong>Trump </strong>has promised to \"drill, baby, drill\" on Day 1 of his presidency, claiming \u2014 despite record energy production \u2014 that unleashing the oil and gas industry will be key to easing inflation.</p><ul><li>Trump also <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/04/trump-floats-more-than-60percent-tariffs-on-chinese-imports.html\" target=\"_blank\">wants to impose a 60% tariffs</a> on all Chinese imports, dramatically escalating the trade war with Beijing he started in office.</li><li>Many of the provisions of the 2017 Trump tax cuts <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/4479162-trump-tax-cuts-at-stake-in-2024-election/\" target=\"_blank\">will expire in 2025</a>, meaning their renewal will be a key decision for the next president and Congress.</li></ul><h2>Fate of democracy</h2><p><strong>Trump </strong>is the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/09/trump-president-run-criminal-charges-indictment\" target=\"_blank\">first</a> former U.S. president to face criminal charges. Two of his cases are related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, both at the federal level and in Georgia.</p><ul><li>Among Trump's first acts if elected president would be to \"free the January 6 hostages being wrongfully imprisoned,\" he said on <a href=\"https://truthsocial.com/%40realDonaldTrump/posts/112079753989223875\" target=\"_blank\">Truth Social</a>.</li><li>\"We all saw with our own eyes the insurrectionists were not patriots,\" Biden said in his State of the Union address. \"They had come to stop the peaceful transfer of power, to overturn the will of the people.\"</li><li><a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4448963-trump-concede-election-denialism-biden-2024/\" target=\"_blank\">74% of Americans believe</a> Trump will refuse to concede if he loses in November, according to February polling.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Biden and Trump have both secured enough delegates to clinch their parties' nominations, but the two men are far more unpopular than they were in 2020.</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/01/11/trump-biden-classified-documents-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">How Biden and Trump's classified doc discoveries have differed</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-biden-nominations-election-rematch-history\" target=\"_blank\">Trump, Biden quickly clinch nominations for first presidential rematch since '56</a></li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The 2024 presidential election between <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> and former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a> is the first presidential <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-biden-nominations-election-rematch-history\" target=\"_blank\">rematch</a> since 1956, but this is no re-run of the 2020 election. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Reproductive rights, border security, the economic well-being of Americans and democratic values are on the ballot, and Axios looked into candidates' stances<strong> </strong>on the key issues. </p><hr /><h2>Abortion and reproductive rights</h2><p><strong>Trump </strong>has <a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-abortion-brags-about-role-in-overturning-roe-v-wade-urges-gop-caution-on-issue/\" target=\"_blank\">repeatedly boasted</a> about appointing the conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, making abortion a state-level policy.</p><ul><li>But since the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/27/republicans-democrats-abortion-rights-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\">Dobbs decision</a>, Trump has warned Republicans against embracing abortion restrictions with no exceptions, seeing it as a clear political vulnerability.</li><li>Many of the strict abortion bans in GOP-led states begin at or around <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/13/florida-6-week-abortion-ban\" target=\"_blank\">six</a> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/north-dakota-abortion-six-week-ban\" target=\"_blank\">weeks</a> of pregnancy.</li><li>Recently, Trump has <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/us/politics/trump-abortion-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\">privately</a> expressed support for a <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/16/trump-16-week-abortion-ban-00142007\" target=\"_blank\">16-week</a> national abortion ban with exceptions in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening pregnancy complications. </li></ul><p><strong>Biden, </strong>a practicing Catholic, has said he's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/biden-abortion-private-views\" target=\"_blank\">personally uncomfortable</a> with abortion, but he has made protecting a woman's right to choose one of the centerpieces of his 2024 campaign.</p><ul><li>Biden has called for Congress to codify Roe v. Wade at the federal level, and he <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\">warned in his State of the Union speech</a> that anti-abortion Republicans \"have\u00a0no clue\u00a0about the power of women in America.\"</li><li>Vice President Kamala Harris, who has led much of the campaign's messaging on reproductive rights, in March became the highest-ranking elected official to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/kamala-harris-abortion-clinic-minnesota-visit\" target=\"_blank\">visit an abortion clinic</a> while in office.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Attempts to expand abortion rights <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/08/abortion-rights-2023-elections\" target=\"_blank\">have succeeded every time</a> they've been on the ballot since the federal right to an abortion was taken away. </p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Alabama's Supreme Court ruled in February that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/22/alabama-ivf-legal-uncertainy\" target=\"_blank\">frozen embryos</a> are considered children under state law. </p><ul><li>The decision temporarily halted <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/alabama-legislature-protects-ivf-treatment-embryo\" target=\"_self\">in vitro fertilization</a> treatments in Alabama and raised legal questions about the continuing fallout from the end of Roe v. Wade. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/trump-ivf-alabama-2024-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">Trump</a> said he supports the availability of IVF, but Biden's campaign and Democrats have <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/senate-ivf-bill-trump-biden-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">sought to pressure Republicans</a> to codify fertility protections at the federal level.</li></ul><h2>Immigration and border policy</h2><p>Immigration has become a top concern for voters leading into the 2024 election, according to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/immigration-americans-top-problem-us-poll-election\" target=\"_blank\">polling</a>. Last month, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/biden-trump-border-security-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/trump-biden-border-security-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Trump</a> both visited border cities in Texas to discuss their policies.</p><p><strong>Trump, </strong>who campaigned in 2016 on a pledge to \"build the wall,\" is now <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/20/trump-mass-deportations-immigration/\" target=\"_blank\">vowing to launch</a> \"the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.\" </p><ul><li>Trump has said undocumented immigrants are \"poisoning the blood of our country\" and warned of a wave of \"migrant crime\" enabled by Biden's policies.</li></ul><p><strong>Biden </strong>has struggled to manage the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/02/data-biden-border-crisis-immigration-8-million-detention\" target=\"_blank\">record flow of migrants</a> at the southern border, which has <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/25/migrant-immigration-cost-city-budgets\" target=\"_blank\">strained the resources</a> of major American cities and led to a shift in Democratic thinking about immigration.</p><ul><li>Biden endorsed a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/27/senate-border-deal-biden-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">bipartisan border security deal</a> in February that would have enacted much stricter asylum laws, but the legislation <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/biden-trump-border-security-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\">failed</a> after Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/trump-republicans-border-deal-senate-immigration\" target=\"_blank\">ordered his Republican allies</a> in Congress to oppose it.</li></ul><h2>Ukraine funding</h2><p><strong>Biden</strong> has <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/world/europe/biden-nato-cold-war-russia-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\">vowed to support Ukraine</a> against Russia's invasion \"for as long as it takes,\" but House Republicans have refused to hold a vote on new foreign aid amid pressure from their \"America First\" base.</p><ul><li>House Republicans once said they would back Ukraine aid if it was paired with stronger <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/senate-border-security-aid-ukraine-bill-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">border laws</a>, but then claimed the bipartisan border security deal negotiated by Senate Republicans was not tough enough.</li></ul><p><strong>Trump </strong>has said he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, but has not provided details on how he would do so.</p><ul><li>Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Trump told him he would \"not give a penny\" to Ukraine as president, forcing Kyiv to negotiate with Russia.</li><li>Trump has also been a vocal critic of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/trump-nato-history\" target=\"_blank\">NATO</a>, saying he would \"encourage\" Russia \"to do whatever the hell they want\" to a NATO ally if it didn't meet its <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/14/nato-spending-trump-threat-russia\" target=\"_blank\">military budget obligations</a>. </li></ul><h2>Economy </h2><p>Polling shows that Americans are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/14/biden-economy-message-election\" target=\"_blank\">worried</a> about the economy ahead of the presidential election. </p><p><strong>Biden </strong>has led the U.S. economy through a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/31/us-economy-2024-gdp-g7-nations\" target=\"_blank\">strong recovery</a> from the pandemic, but persistent inflation has left many Americans dissatisfied with \"Bidenomics.\"</p><ul><li>On the campaign trail, Biden has touted his signature economic legislation, including the Inflation Reduction Act, the bipartisan infrastructure law and the CHIPS and Science Act.</li><li>Biden proposed a fiscal year 2025 <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/biden-budget-strategy-tax-wealthy\" target=\"_blank\">budget</a> with tax increases for the wealthiest Americans and large corporations to provide tax breaks for families and lower the deficit. </li></ul><p><strong>Trump </strong>has promised to \"drill, baby, drill\" on Day 1 of his presidency, claiming \u2014 despite record energy production \u2014 that unleashing the oil and gas industry will be key to easing inflation.</p><ul><li>Trump also <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/04/trump-floats-more-than-60percent-tariffs-on-chinese-imports.html\" target=\"_blank\">wants to impose a 60% tariffs</a> on all Chinese imports, dramatically escalating the trade war with Beijing he started in office.</li><li>Many of the provisions of the 2017 Trump tax cuts <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/4479162-trump-tax-cuts-at-stake-in-2024-election/\" target=\"_blank\">will expire in 2025</a>, meaning their renewal will be a key decision for the next president and Congress.</li></ul><h2>Fate of democracy</h2><p><strong>Trump </strong>is the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/09/trump-president-run-criminal-charges-indictment\" target=\"_blank\">first</a> former U.S. president to face criminal charges. Two of his cases are related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, both at the federal level and in Georgia.</p><ul><li>Among Trump's first acts if elected president would be to \"free the January 6 hostages being wrongfully imprisoned,\" he said on <a href=\"https://truthsocial.com/%40realDonaldTrump/posts/112079753989223875\" target=\"_blank\">Truth Social</a>.</li><li>\"We all saw with our own eyes the insurrectionists were not patriots,\" Biden said in his State of the Union address. \"They had come to stop the peaceful transfer of power, to overturn the will of the people.\"</li><li><a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4448963-trump-concede-election-denialism-biden-2024/\" target=\"_blank\">74% of Americans believe</a> Trump will refuse to concede if he loses in November, according to February polling.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Biden and Trump have both secured enough delegates to clinch their parties' nominations, but the two men are far more unpopular than they were in 2020.</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/01/11/trump-biden-classified-documents-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">How Biden and Trump's classified doc discoveries have differed</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-biden-nominations-election-rematch-history\" target=\"_blank\">Trump, Biden quickly clinch nominations for first presidential rematch since '56</a></li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The 2024 presidential election between <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> and former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a> is the first presidential <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-biden-nominations-election-rematch-history\" target=\"_blank\">rematch</a> since 1956, but this is no re-run of the 2020 election. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Reproductive rights, border security, the economic well-being of Americans and democratic values are on the ballot, and Axios looked into candidates' stances<strong> </strong>on the key issues. </p><hr /><h2>Abortion and reproductive rights</h2><p><strong>Trump </strong>has <a href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-abortion-brags-about-role-in-overturning-roe-v-wade-urges-gop-caution-on-issue/\" target=\"_blank\">repeatedly boasted</a> about appointing the conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, making abortion a state-level policy.</p><ul><li>But since the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/27/republicans-democrats-abortion-rights-2024-election\" target=\"_blank\">Dobbs decision</a>, Trump has warned Republicans against embracing abortion restrictions with no exceptions, seeing it as a clear political vulnerability.</li><li>Many of the strict abortion bans in GOP-led states begin at or around <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/13/florida-6-week-abortion-ban\" target=\"_blank\">six</a> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/north-dakota-abortion-six-week-ban\" target=\"_blank\">weeks</a> of pregnancy.</li><li>Recently, Trump has <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/us/politics/trump-abortion-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\">privately</a> expressed support for a <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/16/trump-16-week-abortion-ban-00142007\" target=\"_blank\">16-week</a> national abortion ban with exceptions in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening pregnancy complications. </li></ul><p><strong>Biden, </strong>a practicing Catholic, has said he's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/biden-abortion-private-views\" target=\"_blank\">personally uncomfortable</a> with abortion, but he has made protecting a woman's right to choose one of the centerpieces of his 2024 campaign.</p><ul><li>Biden has called for Congress to codify Roe v. Wade at the federal level, and he <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\">warned in his State of the Union speech</a> that anti-abortion Republicans \"have\u00a0no clue\u00a0about the power of women in America.\"</li><li>Vice President Kamala Harris, who has led much of the campaign's messaging on reproductive rights, in March became the highest-ranking elected official to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/kamala-harris-abortion-clinic-minnesota-visit\" target=\"_blank\">visit an abortion clinic</a> while in office.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Attempts to expand abortion rights <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/08/abortion-rights-2023-elections\" target=\"_blank\">have succeeded every time</a> they've been on the ballot since the federal right to an abortion was taken away. </p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Alabama's Supreme Court ruled in February that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/22/alabama-ivf-legal-uncertainy\" target=\"_blank\">frozen embryos</a> are considered children under state law. </p><ul><li>The decision temporarily halted <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/alabama-legislature-protects-ivf-treatment-embryo\" target=\"_self\">in vitro fertilization</a> treatments in Alabama and raised legal questions about the continuing fallout from the end of Roe v. Wade. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/trump-ivf-alabama-2024-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">Trump</a> said he supports the availability of IVF, but Biden's campaign and Democrats have <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/senate-ivf-bill-trump-biden-campaign\" target=\"_blank\">sought to pressure Republicans</a> to codify fertility protections at the federal level.</li></ul><h2>Immigration and border policy</h2><p>Immigration has become a top concern for voters leading into the 2024 election, according to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/immigration-americans-top-problem-us-poll-election\" target=\"_blank\">polling</a>. Last month, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/biden-trump-border-security-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/trump-biden-border-security-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\">Trump</a> both visited border cities in Texas to discuss their policies.</p><p><strong>Trump, </strong>who campaigned in 2016 on a pledge to \"build the wall,\" is now <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/20/trump-mass-deportations-immigration/\" target=\"_blank\">vowing to launch</a> \"the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.\" </p><ul><li>Trump has said undocumented immigrants are \"poisoning the blood of our country\" and warned of a wave of \"migrant crime\" enabled by Biden's policies.</li></ul><p><strong>Biden </strong>has struggled to manage the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/02/data-biden-border-crisis-immigration-8-million-detention\" target=\"_blank\">record flow of migrants</a> at the southern border, which has <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/25/migrant-immigration-cost-city-budgets\" target=\"_blank\">strained the resources</a> of major American cities and led to a shift in Democratic thinking about immigration.</p><ul><li>Biden endorsed a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/27/senate-border-deal-biden-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">bipartisan border security deal</a> in February that would have enacted much stricter asylum laws, but the legislation <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/biden-trump-border-security-immigration-policy\" target=\"_blank\">failed</a> after Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/trump-republicans-border-deal-senate-immigration\" target=\"_blank\">ordered his Republican allies</a> in Congress to oppose it.</li></ul><h2>Ukraine funding</h2><p><strong>Biden</strong> has <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/world/europe/biden-nato-cold-war-russia-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\">vowed to support Ukraine</a> against Russia's invasion \"for as long as it takes,\" but House Republicans have refused to hold a vote on new foreign aid amid pressure from their \"America First\" base.</p><ul><li>House Republicans once said they would back Ukraine aid if it was paired with stronger <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/senate-border-security-aid-ukraine-bill-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">border laws</a>, but then claimed the bipartisan border security deal negotiated by Senate Republicans was not tough enough.</li></ul><p><strong>Trump </strong>has said he would end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, but has not provided details on how he would do so.</p><ul><li>Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Trump told him he would \"not give a penny\" to Ukraine as president, forcing Kyiv to negotiate with Russia.</li><li>Trump has also been a vocal critic of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/trump-nato-history\" target=\"_blank\">NATO</a>, saying he would \"encourage\" Russia \"to do whatever the hell they want\" to a NATO ally if it didn't meet its <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/14/nato-spending-trump-threat-russia\" target=\"_blank\">military budget obligations</a>. </li></ul><h2>Economy </h2><p>Polling shows that Americans are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/14/biden-economy-message-election\" target=\"_blank\">worried</a> about the economy ahead of the presidential election. </p><p><strong>Biden </strong>has led the U.S. economy through a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/31/us-economy-2024-gdp-g7-nations\" target=\"_blank\">strong recovery</a> from the pandemic, but persistent inflation has left many Americans dissatisfied with \"Bidenomics.\"</p><ul><li>On the campaign trail, Biden has touted his signature economic legislation, including the Inflation Reduction Act, the bipartisan infrastructure law and the CHIPS and Science Act.</li><li>Biden proposed a fiscal year 2025 <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/biden-budget-strategy-tax-wealthy\" target=\"_blank\">budget</a> with tax increases for the wealthiest Americans and large corporations to provide tax breaks for families and lower the deficit. </li></ul><p><strong>Trump </strong>has promised to \"drill, baby, drill\" on Day 1 of his presidency, claiming \u2014 despite record energy production \u2014 that unleashing the oil and gas industry will be key to easing inflation.</p><ul><li>Trump also <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/04/trump-floats-more-than-60percent-tariffs-on-chinese-imports.html\" target=\"_blank\">wants to impose a 60% tariffs</a> on all Chinese imports, dramatically escalating the trade war with Beijing he started in office.</li><li>Many of the provisions of the 2017 Trump tax cuts <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/4479162-trump-tax-cuts-at-stake-in-2024-election/\" target=\"_blank\">will expire in 2025</a>, meaning their renewal will be a key decision for the next president and Congress.</li></ul><h2>Fate of democracy</h2><p><strong>Trump </strong>is the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/09/trump-president-run-criminal-charges-indictment\" target=\"_blank\">first</a> former U.S. president to face criminal charges. Two of his cases are related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, both at the federal level and in Georgia.</p><ul><li>Among Trump's first acts if elected president would be to \"free the January 6 hostages being wrongfully imprisoned,\" he said on <a href=\"https://truthsocial.com/%40realDonaldTrump/posts/112079753989223875\" target=\"_blank\">Truth Social</a>.</li><li>\"We all saw with our own eyes the insurrectionists were not patriots,\" Biden said in his State of the Union address. \"They had come to stop the peaceful transfer of power, to overturn the will of the people.\"</li><li><a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4448963-trump-concede-election-denialism-biden-2024/\" target=\"_blank\">74% of Americans believe</a> Trump will refuse to concede if he loses in November, according to February polling.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Biden and Trump have both secured enough delegates to clinch their parties' nominations, but the two men are far more unpopular than they were in 2020.</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/01/11/trump-biden-classified-documents-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">How Biden and Trump's classified doc discoveries have differed</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-biden-nominations-election-rematch-history\" target=\"_blank\">Trump, Biden quickly clinch nominations for first presidential rematch since '56</a></li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "April Rubin"}], "author": "April Rubin", "author_detail": {"name": "April Rubin"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Then-President Trump and now-President Biden debate each other in October 2020 in Nashville. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/U4SG8Uo2pPGkv443IpOVfRquRjc=/0x52:4000x2302/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710355489079.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/A8UdwoNCMEfoR8q4_P51xmQQASk=/689x0:3338x2649/128x128/2024/03/13/1710355489079.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sat, 16 Mar 2024 20:08:47 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 16, 20, 8, 47, 5, 76, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/trump-biden-2024-presidential-election", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "COVID backlash could leave the U.S. less ready for the next pandemic", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "COVID backlash could leave the U.S. less ready for the next pandemic"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/covid-political-vaccine-skepticism-misinformation"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/covid-political-vaccine-skepticism-misinformation", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/covid-pandemic-march-11\" target=\"_blank\">Four years</a> after COVID-19 emerged, the U.S. in many ways is far less ready for the next major viral threat, despite the pandemic era's significant scientific advances.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Key weaknesses in the country's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/covid-response-national-incompetence-commission\" target=\"_blank\">COVID response</a> have only become more glaring, including the politicization of public health, an understaffed health care workforce and a growing hostility to science.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Experts say it's a matter of when, not if, the world will face another pandemic, and the next one could make the last look mild.</p><ul><li>The U.S. was caught flat-footed by the arrival of the coronavirus in early 2020 and was hit <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/02/01/science/covid-deaths-united-states.html#:~:text=U.S.%20Has%20Far%20Higher%20Covid%20Death%20Rate%20Than%20Other%20Wealthy%20Countries,-By%20Benjamin%20Mueller&amp;text=Two%20years%20into%20the%20pandemic,next%20stages%20of%20the%20pandemic.\" target=\"_blank\">much harder</a> than other developed nations.</li><li>The intense backlash against the muddled U.S. response contributed to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/07/trust-in-cdc-public-health-agencies\" target=\"_blank\">eroded trust in public health</a>, setting back preparedness efforts in important areas.</li><li>In a \"big picture\" way, the U.S. is \"less prepared, because so much of this comes down to political will, public trust \u2014 public trust in government institutions, public trust in the media, public trust in one another,\" said C\u00e9line Gounder, a senior fellow at health policy nonprofit KFF.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The country's early struggles with tracking the virus, testing and supply chains, along with the rapid development of vaccines through <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/01/14/covid-vaccines-operation-warp-speed-biden-kessler\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Warp Speed</a>, yielded important lessons that ultimately have left the U.S. better off, said former Biden administration COVID response coordinator Ashish Jha.</p><ul><li>\"Right now, if we got a novel agent arriving on our shores tomorrow, we could probably pretty rapidly figure out where is it spreading, where is it not,\" he said, adding that the inability to track COVID was a major reason for harsher measures like stay-at-home orders.</li><li>\"If you think about medical countermeasures, surveillance, we're clearly in better shape,\" Jha said.</li></ul><p><strong>The rise of nongovernmental data surveillance efforts </strong>also<strong> </strong>represented a monumental change in how public health data is handled, and the ease of at-home testing enabled people to take charge of their own health, said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health.</p><ul><li>\"We have seen how individuals can take action to protect ourselves,\" Nuzzo told Axios. \"It's not just a matter of government.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Still, the public health force is dangerously depleted</strong> and burnt out, and growing anti-vaccine sentiment could undercut a key tool for curbing the next pandemic. </p><p><strong>Threat level: </strong>Resistance to COVID measures has made it more likely a large segment of the population will ignore public health recommendations. </p><ul><li>It also spurred GOP-led states to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/10/18/32-states-limit-public-health-powers-covid\" target=\"_blank\">curtail public health authorities</a> in a way that could hamstring future responses.</li><li>\"If you look at some of the revisionist history that's taking hold right now, in a bipartisan way honestly, it seems the new consensus is we did too much to protect the elderly and immunocompromised, and I don't know if we'll have the political will to do that next time around,\" Gounder said.</li></ul><p><strong>Though the pandemic-weary public</strong> has long since moved on from COVID, public health experts worry that the country still hasn't fully grappled with why the U.S. response faltered despite its many advantages \u2014 and how to prevent that from happening next time.</p><ul><li>\"There needs to be an accounting, and audit of the response, because some of it is potentially easily fixable,\" Nuzzo said.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/covid-pandemic-march-11\" target=\"_blank\">Four years</a> after COVID-19 emerged, the U.S. in many ways is far less ready for the next major viral threat, despite the pandemic era's significant scientific advances.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Key weaknesses in the country's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/covid-response-national-incompetence-commission\" target=\"_blank\">COVID response</a> have only become more glaring, including the politicization of public health, an understaffed health care workforce and a growing hostility to science.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Experts say it's a matter of when, not if, the world will face another pandemic, and the next one could make the last look mild.</p><ul><li>The U.S. was caught flat-footed by the arrival of the coronavirus in early 2020 and was hit <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/02/01/science/covid-deaths-united-states.html#:~:text=U.S.%20Has%20Far%20Higher%20Covid%20Death%20Rate%20Than%20Other%20Wealthy%20Countries,-By%20Benjamin%20Mueller&amp;text=Two%20years%20into%20the%20pandemic,next%20stages%20of%20the%20pandemic.\" target=\"_blank\">much harder</a> than other developed nations.</li><li>The intense backlash against the muddled U.S. response contributed to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/07/trust-in-cdc-public-health-agencies\" target=\"_blank\">eroded trust in public health</a>, setting back preparedness efforts in important areas.</li><li>In a \"big picture\" way, the U.S. is \"less prepared, because so much of this comes down to political will, public trust \u2014 public trust in government institutions, public trust in the media, public trust in one another,\" said C\u00e9line Gounder, a senior fellow at health policy nonprofit KFF.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The country's early struggles with tracking the virus, testing and supply chains, along with the rapid development of vaccines through <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/01/14/covid-vaccines-operation-warp-speed-biden-kessler\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Warp Speed</a>, yielded important lessons that ultimately have left the U.S. better off, said former Biden administration COVID response coordinator Ashish Jha.</p><ul><li>\"Right now, if we got a novel agent arriving on our shores tomorrow, we could probably pretty rapidly figure out where is it spreading, where is it not,\" he said, adding that the inability to track COVID was a major reason for harsher measures like stay-at-home orders.</li><li>\"If you think about medical countermeasures, surveillance, we're clearly in better shape,\" Jha said.</li></ul><p><strong>The rise of nongovernmental data surveillance efforts </strong>also<strong> </strong>represented a monumental change in how public health data is handled, and the ease of at-home testing enabled people to take charge of their own health, said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health.</p><ul><li>\"We have seen how individuals can take action to protect ourselves,\" Nuzzo told Axios. \"It's not just a matter of government.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Still, the public health force is dangerously depleted</strong> and burnt out, and growing anti-vaccine sentiment could undercut a key tool for curbing the next pandemic. </p><p><strong>Threat level: </strong>Resistance to COVID measures has made it more likely a large segment of the population will ignore public health recommendations. </p><ul><li>It also spurred GOP-led states to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/10/18/32-states-limit-public-health-powers-covid\" target=\"_blank\">curtail public health authorities</a> in a way that could hamstring future responses.</li><li>\"If you look at some of the revisionist history that's taking hold right now, in a bipartisan way honestly, it seems the new consensus is we did too much to protect the elderly and immunocompromised, and I don't know if we'll have the political will to do that next time around,\" Gounder said.</li></ul><p><strong>Though the pandemic-weary public</strong> has long since moved on from COVID, public health experts worry that the country still hasn't fully grappled with why the U.S. response faltered despite its many advantages \u2014 and how to prevent that from happening next time.</p><ul><li>\"There needs to be an accounting, and audit of the response, because some of it is potentially easily fixable,\" Nuzzo said.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/covid-pandemic-march-11\" target=\"_blank\">Four years</a> after COVID-19 emerged, the U.S. in many ways is far less ready for the next major viral threat, despite the pandemic era's significant scientific advances.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Key weaknesses in the country's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/25/covid-response-national-incompetence-commission\" target=\"_blank\">COVID response</a> have only become more glaring, including the politicization of public health, an understaffed health care workforce and a growing hostility to science.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Experts say it's a matter of when, not if, the world will face another pandemic, and the next one could make the last look mild.</p><ul><li>The U.S. was caught flat-footed by the arrival of the coronavirus in early 2020 and was hit <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/02/01/science/covid-deaths-united-states.html#:~:text=U.S.%20Has%20Far%20Higher%20Covid%20Death%20Rate%20Than%20Other%20Wealthy%20Countries,-By%20Benjamin%20Mueller&amp;text=Two%20years%20into%20the%20pandemic,next%20stages%20of%20the%20pandemic.\" target=\"_blank\">much harder</a> than other developed nations.</li><li>The intense backlash against the muddled U.S. response contributed to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/07/trust-in-cdc-public-health-agencies\" target=\"_blank\">eroded trust in public health</a>, setting back preparedness efforts in important areas.</li><li>In a \"big picture\" way, the U.S. is \"less prepared, because so much of this comes down to political will, public trust \u2014 public trust in government institutions, public trust in the media, public trust in one another,\" said C\u00e9line Gounder, a senior fellow at health policy nonprofit KFF.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The country's early struggles with tracking the virus, testing and supply chains, along with the rapid development of vaccines through <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/01/14/covid-vaccines-operation-warp-speed-biden-kessler\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Warp Speed</a>, yielded important lessons that ultimately have left the U.S. better off, said former Biden administration COVID response coordinator Ashish Jha.</p><ul><li>\"Right now, if we got a novel agent arriving on our shores tomorrow, we could probably pretty rapidly figure out where is it spreading, where is it not,\" he said, adding that the inability to track COVID was a major reason for harsher measures like stay-at-home orders.</li><li>\"If you think about medical countermeasures, surveillance, we're clearly in better shape,\" Jha said.</li></ul><p><strong>The rise of nongovernmental data surveillance efforts </strong>also<strong> </strong>represented a monumental change in how public health data is handled, and the ease of at-home testing enabled people to take charge of their own health, said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health.</p><ul><li>\"We have seen how individuals can take action to protect ourselves,\" Nuzzo told Axios. \"It's not just a matter of government.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Still, the public health force is dangerously depleted</strong> and burnt out, and growing anti-vaccine sentiment could undercut a key tool for curbing the next pandemic. </p><p><strong>Threat level: </strong>Resistance to COVID measures has made it more likely a large segment of the population will ignore public health recommendations. </p><ul><li>It also spurred GOP-led states to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/10/18/32-states-limit-public-health-powers-covid\" target=\"_blank\">curtail public health authorities</a> in a way that could hamstring future responses.</li><li>\"If you look at some of the revisionist history that's taking hold right now, in a bipartisan way honestly, it seems the new consensus is we did too much to protect the elderly and immunocompromised, and I don't know if we'll have the political will to do that next time around,\" Gounder said.</li></ul><p><strong>Though the pandemic-weary public</strong> has long since moved on from COVID, public health experts worry that the country still hasn't fully grappled with why the U.S. response faltered despite its many advantages \u2014 and how to prevent that from happening next time.</p><ul><li>\"There needs to be an accounting, and audit of the response, because some of it is potentially easily fixable,\" Nuzzo said.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Caitlin Owens"}], "author": "Caitlin Owens", "author_detail": {"name": "Caitlin Owens"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/VG-6Rm7L0ksKIrLYEcy09E_8VnQ=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/12/1710256154227.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/HdNtHPPMtjzkpRLxW9Jc_Od1-AM=/0x0:1080x1080/128x128/2024/03/12/1710256154227.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sat, 16 Mar 2024 18:23:50 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 16, 18, 23, 50, 5, 76, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/covid-political-vaccine-skepticism-misinformation", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Mike Johnson says second term for Trump would be like first but 'on turbo'", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Mike Johnson says second term for Trump would be like first but 'on turbo'"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/mike-johnson-trump-second-term"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/mike-johnson-trump-second-term", "summary": "<p>A second term for former President Trump would be like the first, but \"on turbo,\" <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-republicans-chaos-mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\">House Speaker Mike Johnson</a> (R-La.) <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/25/mike-johnson-profile\" target=\"_blank\">told </a>The New Yorker.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>He was the feature of staff writer David D. Kirkpatrick's profile, which was published Friday, the same day the White House proclaimed that the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-team-johnson-letter-impeachment-over\" target=\"_blank\">speaker's impeachment inquiry</a> of President Biden is over.</p><hr /><p><strong>State of play:</strong> Trump \"learned a lot of painful lessons in his first term,\" including that liberal bureaucrats \"might be working against him,\" Johnson told Kirkpatrick.</p><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Johnson has repeatedly praised Trump's policies. He <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/21/mike-johnson-biden-executive-action-border-security\" target=\"_blank\">called on Biden</a> to follow the former president's agenda on border security, resuming construction of the promised border wall and ending parole programs that allow border crossing.</p><p><strong>The intrigue:</strong> Kirkpatrick, however, writes: \"Saying that you admire Trump for his policies ... recalls the way men used to say that they read <em>Playboy</em> for the articles.\" </p><p><strong>Our thought bubble:</strong> Axios' congressional reporter Andrew Solender writes: \"GOP primaries in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/06/01/trump-endorsement-tracker-midterms\" target=\"_blank\">2022 midterms</a> demonstrated the perils of showing disloyalty to Trump, and ambitious Republicans are taking note.\" </p><ul><li>This can be seen in Republicans <a href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2F2024%2F01%2F23%2Fbiden-district-republicans-trump-endorsement&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjWkZ2QgfmEAxXSM1kFHV4GBLAQFnoECAkQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Vnv43HjNCA1taeV4ur2wX\" target=\"_blank\">endorsing</a> Trump even in districts President Biden won in 2020.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Kirkpatrick described Johnson as \"outwardly deferential but privately ambitious.\"</p><ul><li>The writer called Johnson \"a professed Trump true believer whose courteous, churchy persona is virtually the opposite of the insult-spewing, porn-star-paying former President's.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Kirkpatrick described an environment in which \"rank and file\" Republicans are \"unintimidated\" by Johnson, often leaking what he says to the press.</p><p><strong>Case in point:</strong> House Republicans heckled Biden during his State of the Union address <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">despite pleas of civility from Johnson</a>. </p><ul><li>Rep. <a href=\"https://democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-morelle-urges-speaker-johnson-enforce-rules-decorum\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Morelle</a> (D-N.Y.) <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">begged Johnso</a>n to \"get his conference under control and educate his members on proper decorum.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Johnson urged to get GOP \"under control\" after SOTU outbursts</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A second term for former President Trump would be like the first, but \"on turbo,\" <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-republicans-chaos-mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\">House Speaker Mike Johnson</a> (R-La.) <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/25/mike-johnson-profile\" target=\"_blank\">told </a>The New Yorker.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>He was the feature of staff writer David D. Kirkpatrick's profile, which was published Friday, the same day the White House proclaimed that the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-team-johnson-letter-impeachment-over\" target=\"_blank\">speaker's impeachment inquiry</a> of President Biden is over.</p><hr /><p><strong>State of play:</strong> Trump \"learned a lot of painful lessons in his first term,\" including that liberal bureaucrats \"might be working against him,\" Johnson told Kirkpatrick.</p><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Johnson has repeatedly praised Trump's policies. He <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/21/mike-johnson-biden-executive-action-border-security\" target=\"_blank\">called on Biden</a> to follow the former president's agenda on border security, resuming construction of the promised border wall and ending parole programs that allow border crossing.</p><p><strong>The intrigue:</strong> Kirkpatrick, however, writes: \"Saying that you admire Trump for his policies ... recalls the way men used to say that they read <em>Playboy</em> for the articles.\" </p><p><strong>Our thought bubble:</strong> Axios' congressional reporter Andrew Solender writes: \"GOP primaries in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/06/01/trump-endorsement-tracker-midterms\" target=\"_blank\">2022 midterms</a> demonstrated the perils of showing disloyalty to Trump, and ambitious Republicans are taking note.\" </p><ul><li>This can be seen in Republicans <a href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2F2024%2F01%2F23%2Fbiden-district-republicans-trump-endorsement&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjWkZ2QgfmEAxXSM1kFHV4GBLAQFnoECAkQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Vnv43HjNCA1taeV4ur2wX\" target=\"_blank\">endorsing</a> Trump even in districts President Biden won in 2020.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Kirkpatrick described Johnson as \"outwardly deferential but privately ambitious.\"</p><ul><li>The writer called Johnson \"a professed Trump true believer whose courteous, churchy persona is virtually the opposite of the insult-spewing, porn-star-paying former President's.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Kirkpatrick described an environment in which \"rank and file\" Republicans are \"unintimidated\" by Johnson, often leaking what he says to the press.</p><p><strong>Case in point:</strong> House Republicans heckled Biden during his State of the Union address <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">despite pleas of civility from Johnson</a>. </p><ul><li>Rep. <a href=\"https://democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-morelle-urges-speaker-johnson-enforce-rules-decorum\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Morelle</a> (D-N.Y.) <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">begged Johnso</a>n to \"get his conference under control and educate his members on proper decorum.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Johnson urged to get GOP \"under control\" after SOTU outbursts</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A second term for former President Trump would be like the first, but \"on turbo,\" <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-republicans-chaos-mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\">House Speaker Mike Johnson</a> (R-La.) <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/25/mike-johnson-profile\" target=\"_blank\">told </a>The New Yorker.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>He was the feature of staff writer David D. Kirkpatrick's profile, which was published Friday, the same day the White House proclaimed that the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-team-johnson-letter-impeachment-over\" target=\"_blank\">speaker's impeachment inquiry</a> of President Biden is over.</p><hr /><p><strong>State of play:</strong> Trump \"learned a lot of painful lessons in his first term,\" including that liberal bureaucrats \"might be working against him,\" Johnson told Kirkpatrick.</p><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>Johnson has repeatedly praised Trump's policies. He <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/21/mike-johnson-biden-executive-action-border-security\" target=\"_blank\">called on Biden</a> to follow the former president's agenda on border security, resuming construction of the promised border wall and ending parole programs that allow border crossing.</p><p><strong>The intrigue:</strong> Kirkpatrick, however, writes: \"Saying that you admire Trump for his policies ... recalls the way men used to say that they read <em>Playboy</em> for the articles.\" </p><p><strong>Our thought bubble:</strong> Axios' congressional reporter Andrew Solender writes: \"GOP primaries in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/06/01/trump-endorsement-tracker-midterms\" target=\"_blank\">2022 midterms</a> demonstrated the perils of showing disloyalty to Trump, and ambitious Republicans are taking note.\" </p><ul><li>This can be seen in Republicans <a href=\"https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2F2024%2F01%2F23%2Fbiden-district-republicans-trump-endorsement&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjWkZ2QgfmEAxXSM1kFHV4GBLAQFnoECAkQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Vnv43HjNCA1taeV4ur2wX\" target=\"_blank\">endorsing</a> Trump even in districts President Biden won in 2020.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Kirkpatrick described Johnson as \"outwardly deferential but privately ambitious.\"</p><ul><li>The writer called Johnson \"a professed Trump true believer whose courteous, churchy persona is virtually the opposite of the insult-spewing, porn-star-paying former President's.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Kirkpatrick described an environment in which \"rank and file\" Republicans are \"unintimidated\" by Johnson, often leaking what he says to the press.</p><p><strong>Case in point:</strong> House Republicans heckled Biden during his State of the Union address <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">despite pleas of civility from Johnson</a>. </p><ul><li>Rep. <a href=\"https://democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-morelle-urges-speaker-johnson-enforce-rules-decorum\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Morelle</a> (D-N.Y.) <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">begged Johnso</a>n to \"get his conference under control and educate his members on proper decorum.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Johnson urged to get GOP \"under control\" after SOTU outbursts</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Mike Allen"}], "author": "Mike Allen", "author_detail": {"name": "Mike Allen"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Speaker Johnson walks through the Capitol. Photo: Kent Nishimura for The New Yorker. Used by kind permission", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/NHrNWgrvIlEknUGU8kRgXuTlVNk=/0x0:1280x720/1280x720/2024/03/16/1710600880184.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/nRU--CMFOIQM3Wg0UzGSMS4kM3w=/334x0:1054x720/128x128/2024/03/16/1710600880184.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:32:25 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 16, 15, 32, 25, 5, 76, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/mike-johnson-trump-second-term", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "TikTok's sales pitch to suitors: unwilling seller, unprofitable business", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "TikTok's sales pitch to suitors: unwilling seller, unprofitable business"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/tiktok-ban-divest-ownership-china"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/tiktok-ban-divest-ownership-china", "summary": "<p>If China does the unexpected and allows <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/tiktok-news\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok to be sold</a>, there are big questions as to who would want to buy it and for how much.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>TikTok's popularity hasn't translated into profits.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Wedbush analyst Dan Ives puts the value of TikTok's U.S. operations at $100 billion, although he says that plunges to $40 billion if a buyout doesn't include the company's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/09/10/inside-tiktoks-killer-algorithm\" target=\"_blank\">addictive algorithm</a>.</p><ul><li>TikTok's U.S. revenue reportedly was between <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/275bd036-8bc2-4308-a5c9-d288325b91a9\" target=\"_blank\">$16 billion</a> and <a href=\"https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-ban-bill-spotlights-open-secret-app-loses-money\" target=\"_blank\">$20 billion</a> in 2023, but CEO Shou Zi Chew has said the company is <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-ceos-message-to-washington-a-sale-wont-solve-security-concerns-94a8606\" target=\"_blank\">in the red</a>. Spending is heavy for moving data to servers and it's also paying out to grow its e-commerce business and a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/oracle-auditing-tiktok-algorithms\" target=\"_self\">data security project</a> with Oracle.</li><li>The company touts 170 million U.S. monthly active users. That's nearly as many as <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/insights/facebook-advertising-statistics/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>, more than Instagram, and far more than either <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/snap-distancing-itself-social-media-but-still-must-compete-social-ad-dollars\" target=\"_blank\">Snapchat</a> or <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/press-releases/after-meteoric-rise-threads-growth-stalls/#:~:text=For%20comparison%2C%20X%20this%20year,close%20the%20gap%20with%20X.\" target=\"_blank\">X</a>, according to eMarketer.</li><li>Moreover, it's a heavily engaged audience, with U.S. adults spending nearly an hour per day on the app, <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/time-spent-on-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\">per eMarketer</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> \"Growth\" would be the key buzzword in any TikTok sale process.</p><ul><li>The app <a href=\"https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktoks-u-s-revenues-expected-to-hit-500-million-this-year\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly</a> generated only $200 million to $300 million in 2019, and that was on a <em>global</em> basis. U.S. monthly active users <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/24/tiktok-reveals-us-global-user-growth-numbers-for-first-time.html\" target=\"_blank\">in 2018</a> were just 11 million. </li><li>Comparing those to current figures, that's an astronomical growth spurt in a relatively short time.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Any TikTok suitor would need a strong stomach. Not only because it's still unprofitable, but also because of the migraine headaches inherent in owning and operating a popular social media company.</p><p><strong>Look ahead:</strong> The most logical buyers for TikTok are ByteDance's non-Chinese investors, including General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, and Susquehanna International Group.</p><ul><li>That's because they know the company best, have deep pockets, and can execute the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-us-ban-bytedance-divest-sell\" target=\"_blank\">simplest structure</a> via a share swap with some new money sprinkled on top \u2014 possibly from an influence-thirsty billionaire. </li></ul><p><strong>Still, outside buyers are circling</strong>. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/former-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-is-putting-together-an-investor-group-to-buy-tiktok.html\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Mnuchin</a> and former Activision CEO <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980\" target=\"_blank\">Bobby Kotick</a> are both working to form investor groups, with Mnuchin saying he'd also welcome current investor participation.</p><ul><li>Do not expect a Big Tech company to bid, because it would be a nonstarter on antitrust grounds. And it's hard to see another Fortune 50 player that would have interest, outside of maybe Walmart.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>If China does the unexpected and allows <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/tiktok-news\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok to be sold</a>, there are big questions as to who would want to buy it and for how much.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>TikTok's popularity hasn't translated into profits.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Wedbush analyst Dan Ives puts the value of TikTok's U.S. operations at $100 billion, although he says that plunges to $40 billion if a buyout doesn't include the company's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/09/10/inside-tiktoks-killer-algorithm\" target=\"_blank\">addictive algorithm</a>.</p><ul><li>TikTok's U.S. revenue reportedly was between <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/275bd036-8bc2-4308-a5c9-d288325b91a9\" target=\"_blank\">$16 billion</a> and <a href=\"https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-ban-bill-spotlights-open-secret-app-loses-money\" target=\"_blank\">$20 billion</a> in 2023, but CEO Shou Zi Chew has said the company is <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-ceos-message-to-washington-a-sale-wont-solve-security-concerns-94a8606\" target=\"_blank\">in the red</a>. Spending is heavy for moving data to servers and it's also paying out to grow its e-commerce business and a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/oracle-auditing-tiktok-algorithms\" target=\"_self\">data security project</a> with Oracle.</li><li>The company touts 170 million U.S. monthly active users. That's nearly as many as <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/insights/facebook-advertising-statistics/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>, more than Instagram, and far more than either <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/snap-distancing-itself-social-media-but-still-must-compete-social-ad-dollars\" target=\"_blank\">Snapchat</a> or <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/press-releases/after-meteoric-rise-threads-growth-stalls/#:~:text=For%20comparison%2C%20X%20this%20year,close%20the%20gap%20with%20X.\" target=\"_blank\">X</a>, according to eMarketer.</li><li>Moreover, it's a heavily engaged audience, with U.S. adults spending nearly an hour per day on the app, <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/time-spent-on-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\">per eMarketer</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> \"Growth\" would be the key buzzword in any TikTok sale process.</p><ul><li>The app <a href=\"https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktoks-u-s-revenues-expected-to-hit-500-million-this-year\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly</a> generated only $200 million to $300 million in 2019, and that was on a <em>global</em> basis. U.S. monthly active users <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/24/tiktok-reveals-us-global-user-growth-numbers-for-first-time.html\" target=\"_blank\">in 2018</a> were just 11 million. </li><li>Comparing those to current figures, that's an astronomical growth spurt in a relatively short time.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Any TikTok suitor would need a strong stomach. Not only because it's still unprofitable, but also because of the migraine headaches inherent in owning and operating a popular social media company.</p><p><strong>Look ahead:</strong> The most logical buyers for TikTok are ByteDance's non-Chinese investors, including General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, and Susquehanna International Group.</p><ul><li>That's because they know the company best, have deep pockets, and can execute the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-us-ban-bytedance-divest-sell\" target=\"_blank\">simplest structure</a> via a share swap with some new money sprinkled on top \u2014 possibly from an influence-thirsty billionaire. </li></ul><p><strong>Still, outside buyers are circling</strong>. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/former-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-is-putting-together-an-investor-group-to-buy-tiktok.html\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Mnuchin</a> and former Activision CEO <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980\" target=\"_blank\">Bobby Kotick</a> are both working to form investor groups, with Mnuchin saying he'd also welcome current investor participation.</p><ul><li>Do not expect a Big Tech company to bid, because it would be a nonstarter on antitrust grounds. And it's hard to see another Fortune 50 player that would have interest, outside of maybe Walmart.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>If China does the unexpected and allows <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/tiktok-news\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok to be sold</a>, there are big questions as to who would want to buy it and for how much.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>TikTok's popularity hasn't translated into profits.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Wedbush analyst Dan Ives puts the value of TikTok's U.S. operations at $100 billion, although he says that plunges to $40 billion if a buyout doesn't include the company's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/09/10/inside-tiktoks-killer-algorithm\" target=\"_blank\">addictive algorithm</a>.</p><ul><li>TikTok's U.S. revenue reportedly was between <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/275bd036-8bc2-4308-a5c9-d288325b91a9\" target=\"_blank\">$16 billion</a> and <a href=\"https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-ban-bill-spotlights-open-secret-app-loses-money\" target=\"_blank\">$20 billion</a> in 2023, but CEO Shou Zi Chew has said the company is <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-ceos-message-to-washington-a-sale-wont-solve-security-concerns-94a8606\" target=\"_blank\">in the red</a>. Spending is heavy for moving data to servers and it's also paying out to grow its e-commerce business and a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/oracle-auditing-tiktok-algorithms\" target=\"_self\">data security project</a> with Oracle.</li><li>The company touts 170 million U.S. monthly active users. That's nearly as many as <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/insights/facebook-advertising-statistics/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a>, more than Instagram, and far more than either <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/snap-distancing-itself-social-media-but-still-must-compete-social-ad-dollars\" target=\"_blank\">Snapchat</a> or <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/press-releases/after-meteoric-rise-threads-growth-stalls/#:~:text=For%20comparison%2C%20X%20this%20year,close%20the%20gap%20with%20X.\" target=\"_blank\">X</a>, according to eMarketer.</li><li>Moreover, it's a heavily engaged audience, with U.S. adults spending nearly an hour per day on the app, <a href=\"https://www.insiderintelligence.com/content/time-spent-on-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\">per eMarketer</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> \"Growth\" would be the key buzzword in any TikTok sale process.</p><ul><li>The app <a href=\"https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktoks-u-s-revenues-expected-to-hit-500-million-this-year\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly</a> generated only $200 million to $300 million in 2019, and that was on a <em>global</em> basis. U.S. monthly active users <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/24/tiktok-reveals-us-global-user-growth-numbers-for-first-time.html\" target=\"_blank\">in 2018</a> were just 11 million. </li><li>Comparing those to current figures, that's an astronomical growth spurt in a relatively short time.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Any TikTok suitor would need a strong stomach. Not only because it's still unprofitable, but also because of the migraine headaches inherent in owning and operating a popular social media company.</p><p><strong>Look ahead:</strong> The most logical buyers for TikTok are ByteDance's non-Chinese investors, including General Atlantic, Sequoia Capital, and Susquehanna International Group.</p><ul><li>That's because they know the company best, have deep pockets, and can execute the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-us-ban-bytedance-divest-sell\" target=\"_blank\">simplest structure</a> via a share swap with some new money sprinkled on top \u2014 possibly from an influence-thirsty billionaire. </li></ul><p><strong>Still, outside buyers are circling</strong>. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/former-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-is-putting-together-an-investor-group-to-buy-tiktok.html\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Mnuchin</a> and former Activision CEO <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980\" target=\"_blank\">Bobby Kotick</a> are both working to form investor groups, with Mnuchin saying he'd also welcome current investor participation.</p><ul><li>Do not expect a Big Tech company to bid, because it would be a nonstarter on antitrust grounds. And it's hard to see another Fortune 50 player that would have interest, outside of maybe Walmart.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Kerry Flynn"}, {"name": "Dan Primack"}], "author": "Dan Primack", "author_detail": {"name": "Kerry Flynn"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/2T6fLiIIABTFojpWJYJiT34_ijA=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710510673359.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/ZE9ZOSm7wruRlyszC5YWMF7FUv8=/431x0:1511x1080/128x128/2024/03/15/1710510673359.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sat, 16 Mar 2024 11:55:35 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 16, 11, 55, 35, 5, 76, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/tiktok-ban-divest-ownership-china", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "A new way of looking at inflation", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "A new way of looking at inflation"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/inflation-high-rent-gas-food-chart"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/inflation-high-rent-gas-food-chart", "summary": "<div>Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics via <a href=\"https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1ikdT\" target=\"_blank\">FRED</a>; Note: Year-on-year inflation in the gasoline, food at home, and rent of primary residence components of CPI; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>Inflation is a term that means very different things depending on whether you're talking to an economist or just a normal American. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>If you look at the prices that are top of mind for regular folks, inflation turns out to have been astonishingly high in mid-2022 \u2014 far higher than the headline Consumer Price Index. Now, however, it's at a very benign 2%. </p><hr /><p><strong>How it works: </strong>Axios took the three most salient prices in the U.S. economy \u2014 gasoline, food at home (i.e. groceries), and rent. We weighted them according to their weight in the CPI, and charted how they've changed since 2017. </p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Ultra-broad measures of inflation like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/inflation-federal-reserve-january\" target=\"_blank\">PCE</a> or the <a href=\"https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gdppricedeflator.asp\" target=\"_blank\">GDP deflator</a> tend to be of interest mostly to macroeconomists. The most well-known measure of inflation, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/inflation-report-february-cpi-2024\" target=\"_blank\">CPI</a>, is more focused on things individuals spend money on, from window coverings and indoor plants to airline fares and postage stamps. </p><ul><li>However, when most people think or talk about inflation, they tend to concentrate on a much smaller group of super-salient prices.</li></ul><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>The most salient prices are big enough to be meaningful in the context of a family budget; seen and thought about frequently; and paid out on a regular basis, ensuring that any increases get felt almost immediately.  </p><p><strong>For our chart, </strong>Axios chose three prices in particular. </p><ul><li><strong>Gas prices</strong> were a no-brainer: They're the most visible price in the country, flashed at drivers in neon-green two-foot-high numbers on every car journey. </li><li><strong>Grocery costs</strong> have been driving much of the discourse around inflation in the past couple of years, and are something that affects every family. </li><li><strong>Rent</strong> is less universal \u2014 most Americans own their homes, rather than renting \u2014 but is overwhelmingly important to almost everybody who pays it. It's also a very large part of the reason why the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/biden-us-housing-crisis-2025-budget\" target=\"_blank\">cost of housing</a> is so political.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>The gas-food-lodging inflation chart spiked to an astonishing 18% in June 2022, and then briefly turned negative a year later as gas prices came down fast. </p><ul><li>The peak in gas-food-lodging inflation was <em>double</em> the 9% peak in headline CPI.  </li><li>This time last year, it was still above 7%, but since then it's been much lower.</li><li>The series is volatile, but since mid-2023 it has hovered at decidedly unworrying levels. In February it came in at a benign 2%. </li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> We're reaching the point at which Americans are becoming accustomed to higher \u2014 but no longer sharply rising \u2014 prices. That's the point at which inflation worries tend to dissipate. </p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics via <a href=\"https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1ikdT\" target=\"_blank\">FRED</a>; Note: Year-on-year inflation in the gasoline, food at home, and rent of primary residence components of CPI; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>Inflation is a term that means very different things depending on whether you're talking to an economist or just a normal American. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>If you look at the prices that are top of mind for regular folks, inflation turns out to have been astonishingly high in mid-2022 \u2014 far higher than the headline Consumer Price Index. Now, however, it's at a very benign 2%. </p><hr /><p><strong>How it works: </strong>Axios took the three most salient prices in the U.S. economy \u2014 gasoline, food at home (i.e. groceries), and rent. We weighted them according to their weight in the CPI, and charted how they've changed since 2017. </p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Ultra-broad measures of inflation like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/inflation-federal-reserve-january\" target=\"_blank\">PCE</a> or the <a href=\"https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gdppricedeflator.asp\" target=\"_blank\">GDP deflator</a> tend to be of interest mostly to macroeconomists. The most well-known measure of inflation, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/inflation-report-february-cpi-2024\" target=\"_blank\">CPI</a>, is more focused on things individuals spend money on, from window coverings and indoor plants to airline fares and postage stamps. </p><ul><li>However, when most people think or talk about inflation, they tend to concentrate on a much smaller group of super-salient prices.</li></ul><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>The most salient prices are big enough to be meaningful in the context of a family budget; seen and thought about frequently; and paid out on a regular basis, ensuring that any increases get felt almost immediately.  </p><p><strong>For our chart, </strong>Axios chose three prices in particular. </p><ul><li><strong>Gas prices</strong> were a no-brainer: They're the most visible price in the country, flashed at drivers in neon-green two-foot-high numbers on every car journey. </li><li><strong>Grocery costs</strong> have been driving much of the discourse around inflation in the past couple of years, and are something that affects every family. </li><li><strong>Rent</strong> is less universal \u2014 most Americans own their homes, rather than renting \u2014 but is overwhelmingly important to almost everybody who pays it. It's also a very large part of the reason why the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/biden-us-housing-crisis-2025-budget\" target=\"_blank\">cost of housing</a> is so political.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>The gas-food-lodging inflation chart spiked to an astonishing 18% in June 2022, and then briefly turned negative a year later as gas prices came down fast. </p><ul><li>The peak in gas-food-lodging inflation was <em>double</em> the 9% peak in headline CPI.  </li><li>This time last year, it was still above 7%, but since then it's been much lower.</li><li>The series is volatile, but since mid-2023 it has hovered at decidedly unworrying levels. In February it came in at a benign 2%. </li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> We're reaching the point at which Americans are becoming accustomed to higher \u2014 but no longer sharply rising \u2014 prices. That's the point at which inflation worries tend to dissipate. </p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics via <a href=\"https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1ikdT\" target=\"_blank\">FRED</a>; Note: Year-on-year inflation in the gasoline, food at home, and rent of primary residence components of CPI; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>Inflation is a term that means very different things depending on whether you're talking to an economist or just a normal American. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>If you look at the prices that are top of mind for regular folks, inflation turns out to have been astonishingly high in mid-2022 \u2014 far higher than the headline Consumer Price Index. Now, however, it's at a very benign 2%. </p><hr /><p><strong>How it works: </strong>Axios took the three most salient prices in the U.S. economy \u2014 gasoline, food at home (i.e. groceries), and rent. We weighted them according to their weight in the CPI, and charted how they've changed since 2017. </p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Ultra-broad measures of inflation like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/inflation-federal-reserve-january\" target=\"_blank\">PCE</a> or the <a href=\"https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gdppricedeflator.asp\" target=\"_blank\">GDP deflator</a> tend to be of interest mostly to macroeconomists. The most well-known measure of inflation, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/inflation-report-february-cpi-2024\" target=\"_blank\">CPI</a>, is more focused on things individuals spend money on, from window coverings and indoor plants to airline fares and postage stamps. </p><ul><li>However, when most people think or talk about inflation, they tend to concentrate on a much smaller group of super-salient prices.</li></ul><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>The most salient prices are big enough to be meaningful in the context of a family budget; seen and thought about frequently; and paid out on a regular basis, ensuring that any increases get felt almost immediately.  </p><p><strong>For our chart, </strong>Axios chose three prices in particular. </p><ul><li><strong>Gas prices</strong> were a no-brainer: They're the most visible price in the country, flashed at drivers in neon-green two-foot-high numbers on every car journey. </li><li><strong>Grocery costs</strong> have been driving much of the discourse around inflation in the past couple of years, and are something that affects every family. </li><li><strong>Rent</strong> is less universal \u2014 most Americans own their homes, rather than renting \u2014 but is overwhelmingly important to almost everybody who pays it. It's also a very large part of the reason why the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/biden-us-housing-crisis-2025-budget\" target=\"_blank\">cost of housing</a> is so political.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>The gas-food-lodging inflation chart spiked to an astonishing 18% in June 2022, and then briefly turned negative a year later as gas prices came down fast. </p><ul><li>The peak in gas-food-lodging inflation was <em>double</em> the 9% peak in headline CPI.  </li><li>This time last year, it was still above 7%, but since then it's been much lower.</li><li>The series is volatile, but since mid-2023 it has hovered at decidedly unworrying levels. In February it came in at a benign 2%. </li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> We're reaching the point at which Americans are becoming accustomed to higher \u2014 but no longer sharply rising \u2014 prices. That's the point at which inflation worries tend to dissipate. </p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Felix Salmon"}], "author": "Felix Salmon", "author_detail": {"name": "Felix Salmon"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED; Note: Year-on-year inflation in the gasoline, food at home, and rent of primary residence components of CPI; Chart: Axios Visuals", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://graphics.axios.com/hermesv2/2024-03-15-1217-inflation-in-gas/fallbacks/2024-03-15-1217-inflation-in-gas-fallback.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/bmkwgN9uaeL-a_jK05WIZikFc4Y=/128x128/smart/2024/03/15/1710507494268.png"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sat, 16 Mar 2024 11:37:43 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 16, 11, 37, 43, 5, 76, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/inflation-high-rent-gas-food-chart", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trump's RNC reverses plans to cut programs after backlash", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trump's RNC reverses plans to cut programs after backlash"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/trump-rnc-cuts-backlash"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/trump-rnc-cuts-backlash", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a>'s new team at the Republican National Committee is reversing its plans to cut the party's community centers for minority voters \u2014 and a program to encourage early voting \u2014 after a backlash from RNC members. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's a sign that some of the new RNC leadership's moves \u2014 which included <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/rnc-trump-team-fires-staff-reports\" target=\"_blank\">firing</a> dozens of staffers \u2014\u00a0did not go over well with many RNC members. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Some RNC members worry that the Trump team's plans to cut group's resources at the state level will direct more to his presidential campaign at the expense of the party's long-term future.</p><ul><li>The firings and the Trump team's initial signals about the program cuts seemed to confirm many members' fears about the<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/rnc-trump-allies-leadership-2024\" target=\"_blank\"> Trump takeover</a>, which involved installing North Carolina GOP chair Michael Whatley and Lara Trump \u2014 the ex-president's daughter-in-law \u2014 as the RNC's new leaders.</li><li>\"The Trump campaign should keep in mind, this ain't just about the White House. It's bigger than that, bigger than one candidate,\" one RNC member told Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Late Thursday, Whatley sent a three-page memo to RNC members saying the programs were safe.</p><ul><li>\"Despite what you may have heard, we are not closing community centers,\" Whatley wrote.</li><li>He added that the early voting initiative was safe as well, and \"will continue educating and empowering voters to feel confident in early voting and voting by mail.\"</li></ul><p><strong>That's a departure </strong>from what Trump's campaign had indicated for months as it prepared to take over the RNC.  </p><ul><li>In January, the RNC stopped signing new leases for community centers after the campaign privately told the party it no longer was interested in prioritizing the centers, two people familiar with the matter told Axios. The <a href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/make-the-rnc-white-again-gop-ends-minority-outreach-program\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Beast</a> and the Messenger have since reported on plans to shutter community centers.</li><li>\"Yeah, well, actually, we are keeping those all open,\" Lara Trump told <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4533569-lara-trump-denies-that-rnc-is-shutting-minority-community-centers/\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News</a> on Thursday.</li><li>Since last fall, top Trump officials privately had played down the RNC's early voting initiative. The Washington Post <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/12/rnc-trump-firings-takeover/\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a> just three days ago that it would be replaced by another program, citing top Trump officials.</li><li>Republicans \u2014 led by Trump \u2014 were highly skeptical of mail-in voting in 2020, as Trump falsely linked the practice to \"millions\" of fraudulent votes. Some Republicans remain skeptical, but many figure that not embracing early voting would give Democrats an advantage. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"It looks like the RNC is making an adjustment,\" RNC member Shawn Steel told Axios in an interview Friday. \"I hope they will expand the community centers.\"</p><ul><li>\"I'm glad that [Trump senior adviser Chris] LaCivita and Whatley are tapping the brake and trying to think through some of these changes,\" another RNC member told Axios. </li><li>\"It's important in states where people can vote early that Republicans participate in that,\" the member said.</li><li>\"There are probably 1,000,000 Asian American votes in the five battleground states. Community engagement would be fantastically effective. That would include of course legions of African American males and Latinos in general,\" Steel said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Trump's RNC team cut more than 60 positions last Monday, including nearly all of the state strategies team, which provided communications, digital and data support to state GOP groups. </p><ul><li>\"I don't think it's practical, that they're going to get rid of all those people,\" another RNC member told Axios. \"There's too many things that they're doing \u2014 important programs that go beyond our top priority, which is winning the White House.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Trump campaign</strong> spokesperson Danielle Alvarez told Axios: \"The RNC is undergoing change and is focused on winning in November.\"</p><ul><li>\"Never Trump Republicans and Democrats may complain as we move from the primary to general election, but our commitment remains the same: Deliver a victory for President Trump, Republicans on the ballot, and the American people.\"</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a>'s new team at the Republican National Committee is reversing its plans to cut the party's community centers for minority voters \u2014 and a program to encourage early voting \u2014 after a backlash from RNC members. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's a sign that some of the new RNC leadership's moves \u2014 which included <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/rnc-trump-team-fires-staff-reports\" target=\"_blank\">firing</a> dozens of staffers \u2014\u00a0did not go over well with many RNC members. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Some RNC members worry that the Trump team's plans to cut group's resources at the state level will direct more to his presidential campaign at the expense of the party's long-term future.</p><ul><li>The firings and the Trump team's initial signals about the program cuts seemed to confirm many members' fears about the<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/rnc-trump-allies-leadership-2024\" target=\"_blank\"> Trump takeover</a>, which involved installing North Carolina GOP chair Michael Whatley and Lara Trump \u2014 the ex-president's daughter-in-law \u2014 as the RNC's new leaders.</li><li>\"The Trump campaign should keep in mind, this ain't just about the White House. It's bigger than that, bigger than one candidate,\" one RNC member told Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Late Thursday, Whatley sent a three-page memo to RNC members saying the programs were safe.</p><ul><li>\"Despite what you may have heard, we are not closing community centers,\" Whatley wrote.</li><li>He added that the early voting initiative was safe as well, and \"will continue educating and empowering voters to feel confident in early voting and voting by mail.\"</li></ul><p><strong>That's a departure </strong>from what Trump's campaign had indicated for months as it prepared to take over the RNC.  </p><ul><li>In January, the RNC stopped signing new leases for community centers after the campaign privately told the party it no longer was interested in prioritizing the centers, two people familiar with the matter told Axios. The <a href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/make-the-rnc-white-again-gop-ends-minority-outreach-program\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Beast</a> and the Messenger have since reported on plans to shutter community centers.</li><li>\"Yeah, well, actually, we are keeping those all open,\" Lara Trump told <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4533569-lara-trump-denies-that-rnc-is-shutting-minority-community-centers/\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News</a> on Thursday.</li><li>Since last fall, top Trump officials privately had played down the RNC's early voting initiative. The Washington Post <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/12/rnc-trump-firings-takeover/\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a> just three days ago that it would be replaced by another program, citing top Trump officials.</li><li>Republicans \u2014 led by Trump \u2014 were highly skeptical of mail-in voting in 2020, as Trump falsely linked the practice to \"millions\" of fraudulent votes. Some Republicans remain skeptical, but many figure that not embracing early voting would give Democrats an advantage. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"It looks like the RNC is making an adjustment,\" RNC member Shawn Steel told Axios in an interview Friday. \"I hope they will expand the community centers.\"</p><ul><li>\"I'm glad that [Trump senior adviser Chris] LaCivita and Whatley are tapping the brake and trying to think through some of these changes,\" another RNC member told Axios. </li><li>\"It's important in states where people can vote early that Republicans participate in that,\" the member said.</li><li>\"There are probably 1,000,000 Asian American votes in the five battleground states. Community engagement would be fantastically effective. That would include of course legions of African American males and Latinos in general,\" Steel said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Trump's RNC team cut more than 60 positions last Monday, including nearly all of the state strategies team, which provided communications, digital and data support to state GOP groups. </p><ul><li>\"I don't think it's practical, that they're going to get rid of all those people,\" another RNC member told Axios. \"There's too many things that they're doing \u2014 important programs that go beyond our top priority, which is winning the White House.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Trump campaign</strong> spokesperson Danielle Alvarez told Axios: \"The RNC is undergoing change and is focused on winning in November.\"</p><ul><li>\"Never Trump Republicans and Democrats may complain as we move from the primary to general election, but our commitment remains the same: Deliver a victory for President Trump, Republicans on the ballot, and the American people.\"</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a>'s new team at the Republican National Committee is reversing its plans to cut the party's community centers for minority voters \u2014 and a program to encourage early voting \u2014 after a backlash from RNC members. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's a sign that some of the new RNC leadership's moves \u2014 which included <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/rnc-trump-team-fires-staff-reports\" target=\"_blank\">firing</a> dozens of staffers \u2014\u00a0did not go over well with many RNC members. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Some RNC members worry that the Trump team's plans to cut group's resources at the state level will direct more to his presidential campaign at the expense of the party's long-term future.</p><ul><li>The firings and the Trump team's initial signals about the program cuts seemed to confirm many members' fears about the<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/rnc-trump-allies-leadership-2024\" target=\"_blank\"> Trump takeover</a>, which involved installing North Carolina GOP chair Michael Whatley and Lara Trump \u2014 the ex-president's daughter-in-law \u2014 as the RNC's new leaders.</li><li>\"The Trump campaign should keep in mind, this ain't just about the White House. It's bigger than that, bigger than one candidate,\" one RNC member told Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Late Thursday, Whatley sent a three-page memo to RNC members saying the programs were safe.</p><ul><li>\"Despite what you may have heard, we are not closing community centers,\" Whatley wrote.</li><li>He added that the early voting initiative was safe as well, and \"will continue educating and empowering voters to feel confident in early voting and voting by mail.\"</li></ul><p><strong>That's a departure </strong>from what Trump's campaign had indicated for months as it prepared to take over the RNC.  </p><ul><li>In January, the RNC stopped signing new leases for community centers after the campaign privately told the party it no longer was interested in prioritizing the centers, two people familiar with the matter told Axios. The <a href=\"https://www.thedailybeast.com/make-the-rnc-white-again-gop-ends-minority-outreach-program\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Beast</a> and the Messenger have since reported on plans to shutter community centers.</li><li>\"Yeah, well, actually, we are keeping those all open,\" Lara Trump told <a href=\"https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4533569-lara-trump-denies-that-rnc-is-shutting-minority-community-centers/\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News</a> on Thursday.</li><li>Since last fall, top Trump officials privately had played down the RNC's early voting initiative. The Washington Post <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/12/rnc-trump-firings-takeover/\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a> just three days ago that it would be replaced by another program, citing top Trump officials.</li><li>Republicans \u2014 led by Trump \u2014 were highly skeptical of mail-in voting in 2020, as Trump falsely linked the practice to \"millions\" of fraudulent votes. Some Republicans remain skeptical, but many figure that not embracing early voting would give Democrats an advantage. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"It looks like the RNC is making an adjustment,\" RNC member Shawn Steel told Axios in an interview Friday. \"I hope they will expand the community centers.\"</p><ul><li>\"I'm glad that [Trump senior adviser Chris] LaCivita and Whatley are tapping the brake and trying to think through some of these changes,\" another RNC member told Axios. </li><li>\"It's important in states where people can vote early that Republicans participate in that,\" the member said.</li><li>\"There are probably 1,000,000 Asian American votes in the five battleground states. Community engagement would be fantastically effective. That would include of course legions of African American males and Latinos in general,\" Steel said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Trump's RNC team cut more than 60 positions last Monday, including nearly all of the state strategies team, which provided communications, digital and data support to state GOP groups. </p><ul><li>\"I don't think it's practical, that they're going to get rid of all those people,\" another RNC member told Axios. \"There's too many things that they're doing \u2014 important programs that go beyond our top priority, which is winning the White House.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Trump campaign</strong> spokesperson Danielle Alvarez told Axios: \"The RNC is undergoing change and is focused on winning in November.\"</p><ul><li>\"Never Trump Republicans and Democrats may complain as we move from the primary to general election, but our commitment remains the same: Deliver a victory for President Trump, Republicans on the ballot, and the American people.\"</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Sophia Cai"}], "author": "Sophia Cai", "author_detail": {"name": "Sophia Cai"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/fVf2FIqeTcanrA_LOOzxhU42L0Y=/0x0:1280x720/1280x720/filters:no_upscale()/2024/03/16/1710555785793.gif"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/_ptrNrRQRmVtvAw2Q5fhce8Ohug=/128x128/smart/2024/03/16/1710593283177.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sat, 16 Mar 2024 11:00:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 16, 11, 0, 0, 5, 76, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/trump-rnc-cuts-backlash", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Millennials and Gen Zers are in their dinner party era", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Millennials and Gen Zers are in their dinner party era"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/millennials-gen-z-dinner-party-ideas-spotify-playlist"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/millennials-gen-z-dinner-party-ideas-spotify-playlist", "summary": "<p>Younger generations are setting the table for a different kind of dinner party tradition and new businesses are RSVPing to help.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Entertaining at home is one way for people to get the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/depression-living-alone-national-health\" target=\"_blank\">connection they crave</a>, on a budget.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>A host of <a href=\"https://www.eater.com/dinner-party-ideas/24033621/eater-at-home-dinner-party-intro\" target=\"_blank\">dinner party</a> startups like Hauste and Canary are catering to younger adults, at a time when <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/13/cpi-food-inflation-dining-out\" target=\"_blank\">dining out is still expensive</a> and many have <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/17/drinking-alcohol-unhealthy-gen-z-millennials-poll\" target=\"_blank\">soured on drinking</a>.</p><ul><li>The businesses aim to make food-focused fet\u00eas easier to pull off, offering menu ideas, plate rentals, Spotify playlists and other services.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"You're not going to be <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/15/martha-stewart-sports-illustrated\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Stewart</a> the first time you host,\" Hauste co-founder Lea Raymond says. (And that's OK.)</p><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Raymond and her sister, Hanna Flores, launched their <a href=\"https://www.hauste.co/how-to-hauste-it\" target=\"_blank\">curated dinner party guides</a> in 2021 to make hosting more accessible for Gen Z and millennials.</p><ul><li>Forget perfection and focus on how you want to make your guests feel, the sisters say. If cooking an elaborate meal isn't realistic, there's always takeout!</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out:</strong> Searches for \"dinner parties\" on Evite increased 148% from this time last year, per data the online invitation company shared with Axios.</p><ul><li>Millennials and Gen Zers are especially leaning into their \"hosting era,\" with an emphasis on creative tablescapes and themed experiences \u2014 in part to share on TikTok and Instagram, \"where visually appealing content around hosting is highly valued and widely shared,\" Olivia Pollock, senior brand director at Evite, tells Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Thought bubble from Axios' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/whats-next\" target=\"_blank\">What's Next</a> reporter Jennifer A. Kingson:</strong> The dinner party hype may be a cultural nod to the <a href=\"https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/paris-fashion-week-street-style-70s-trend\" target=\"_blank\">revival of 1970s fun</a>, when pants were flared, the fondue flowed, and life was groovy.</p><p><strong>What's next: </strong>More couples are opting for intimate dinner parties over large wedding receptions.</p><ul><li>Pinterest searches for \"wedding dinner party\" grew 150% year-over-year, according to the platform's 2024 trend report.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-dinner-party\" target=\"_blank\">How to make the most of your dinner party</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Younger generations are setting the table for a different kind of dinner party tradition and new businesses are RSVPing to help.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Entertaining at home is one way for people to get the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/depression-living-alone-national-health\" target=\"_blank\">connection they crave</a>, on a budget.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>A host of <a href=\"https://www.eater.com/dinner-party-ideas/24033621/eater-at-home-dinner-party-intro\" target=\"_blank\">dinner party</a> startups like Hauste and Canary are catering to younger adults, at a time when <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/13/cpi-food-inflation-dining-out\" target=\"_blank\">dining out is still expensive</a> and many have <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/17/drinking-alcohol-unhealthy-gen-z-millennials-poll\" target=\"_blank\">soured on drinking</a>.</p><ul><li>The businesses aim to make food-focused fet\u00eas easier to pull off, offering menu ideas, plate rentals, Spotify playlists and other services.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"You're not going to be <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/15/martha-stewart-sports-illustrated\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Stewart</a> the first time you host,\" Hauste co-founder Lea Raymond says. (And that's OK.)</p><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Raymond and her sister, Hanna Flores, launched their <a href=\"https://www.hauste.co/how-to-hauste-it\" target=\"_blank\">curated dinner party guides</a> in 2021 to make hosting more accessible for Gen Z and millennials.</p><ul><li>Forget perfection and focus on how you want to make your guests feel, the sisters say. If cooking an elaborate meal isn't realistic, there's always takeout!</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out:</strong> Searches for \"dinner parties\" on Evite increased 148% from this time last year, per data the online invitation company shared with Axios.</p><ul><li>Millennials and Gen Zers are especially leaning into their \"hosting era,\" with an emphasis on creative tablescapes and themed experiences \u2014 in part to share on TikTok and Instagram, \"where visually appealing content around hosting is highly valued and widely shared,\" Olivia Pollock, senior brand director at Evite, tells Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Thought bubble from Axios' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/whats-next\" target=\"_blank\">What's Next</a> reporter Jennifer A. Kingson:</strong> The dinner party hype may be a cultural nod to the <a href=\"https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/paris-fashion-week-street-style-70s-trend\" target=\"_blank\">revival of 1970s fun</a>, when pants were flared, the fondue flowed, and life was groovy.</p><p><strong>What's next: </strong>More couples are opting for intimate dinner parties over large wedding receptions.</p><ul><li>Pinterest searches for \"wedding dinner party\" grew 150% year-over-year, according to the platform's 2024 trend report.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-dinner-party\" target=\"_blank\">How to make the most of your dinner party</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Younger generations are setting the table for a different kind of dinner party tradition and new businesses are RSVPing to help.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Entertaining at home is one way for people to get the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/depression-living-alone-national-health\" target=\"_blank\">connection they crave</a>, on a budget.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>A host of <a href=\"https://www.eater.com/dinner-party-ideas/24033621/eater-at-home-dinner-party-intro\" target=\"_blank\">dinner party</a> startups like Hauste and Canary are catering to younger adults, at a time when <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/13/cpi-food-inflation-dining-out\" target=\"_blank\">dining out is still expensive</a> and many have <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/17/drinking-alcohol-unhealthy-gen-z-millennials-poll\" target=\"_blank\">soured on drinking</a>.</p><ul><li>The businesses aim to make food-focused fet\u00eas easier to pull off, offering menu ideas, plate rentals, Spotify playlists and other services.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"You're not going to be <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/15/martha-stewart-sports-illustrated\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Stewart</a> the first time you host,\" Hauste co-founder Lea Raymond says. (And that's OK.)</p><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Raymond and her sister, Hanna Flores, launched their <a href=\"https://www.hauste.co/how-to-hauste-it\" target=\"_blank\">curated dinner party guides</a> in 2021 to make hosting more accessible for Gen Z and millennials.</p><ul><li>Forget perfection and focus on how you want to make your guests feel, the sisters say. If cooking an elaborate meal isn't realistic, there's always takeout!</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out:</strong> Searches for \"dinner parties\" on Evite increased 148% from this time last year, per data the online invitation company shared with Axios.</p><ul><li>Millennials and Gen Zers are especially leaning into their \"hosting era,\" with an emphasis on creative tablescapes and themed experiences \u2014 in part to share on TikTok and Instagram, \"where visually appealing content around hosting is highly valued and widely shared,\" Olivia Pollock, senior brand director at Evite, tells Axios.</li></ul><p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Thought bubble from Axios' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/whats-next\" target=\"_blank\">What's Next</a> reporter Jennifer A. Kingson:</strong> The dinner party hype may be a cultural nod to the <a href=\"https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/paris-fashion-week-street-style-70s-trend\" target=\"_blank\">revival of 1970s fun</a>, when pants were flared, the fondue flowed, and life was groovy.</p><p><strong>What's next: </strong>More couples are opting for intimate dinner parties over large wedding receptions.</p><ul><li>Pinterest searches for \"wedding dinner party\" grew 150% year-over-year, according to the platform's 2024 trend report.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-dinner-party\" target=\"_blank\">How to make the most of your dinner party</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Brianna Crane"}], "author": "Brianna Crane", "author_detail": {"name": "Brianna Crane"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "A tablescape by North Carolina-based dinner party wares rental company Canary. Photo: Emily Bennett, courtesy of Beth Nash", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/vBHVdnkiZIHccMQ0zkQ1A9TtaNM=/0x250:2400x1600/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710340796272.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/X4HTLoEIm4B8Bqso43EFpZhu_Gk=/478x0:2078x1600/128x128/2024/03/13/1710340796272.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sat, 16 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 16, 9, 0, 0, 5, 76, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/millennials-gen-z-dinner-party-ideas-spotify-playlist", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Missing panel discovered after United's Boeing 737-800 lands", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Missing panel discovered after United's Boeing 737-800 lands"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/boeing-united-airlines-flight-panel"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/boeing-united-airlines-flight-panel", "summary": "<p>A missing panel was discovered after a United Airlines' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/boeing-737-max-problems-timeline\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing</a> 737-800 aircraft landed on Friday, the airline company confirmed to Axios. </p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The incident happened as the Biden administration sought to reassure Americans of the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Aviation Administration's </a>\"increased safety oversight of Boeing,\" per <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/politics/white-house-boeing-safety/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN</a>.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"This afternoon United flight 433 landed safely at its scheduled destination at Rogue Valley International/Medford Airport,\" United Airlines said in a statement to Axios. </p><ul><li>\"After the aircraft was parked at the gate, it was discovered to be missing an external panel,\" United added.</li><li>The flight traveled from San Francisco, California, to Medford, Oregon, on Friday.</li><li>United said it would \"conduct a thorough examination of the plane and perform all the needed repairs before it returns to service\" and \"conduct an investigation to better understand how this damage occurred.\"</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Quite a sight as United #433 lands at Medford Airport this afternoon after panel apparently lost in-flight from San Francisco. No injuries, all safe, per updates coming in from our reporters. Plane is a 25-year-old Boeing 737-824 More coming soon from<a href=\"https://twitter.com/RogueValTimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RogueValTimes</a><br />newsroom. <a href=\"https://t.co/IlN7c1d5mF\">pic.twitter.com/IlN7c1d5mF</a></p>&mdash; David Sommers (@david_sommers) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/david_sommers/status/1768755385752797370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The missing panel comes amid a slew of recent investigations and safety questions surrounding Boeing aircrafts, which kickstarted after an Alaska Airlines' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/15/boeing-inspections-737-max\" target=\"_self\">Boeing 737 Max 9 plane</a> lost its exit door plug during a flight in January.</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/boeing-airlines-issues-southwest-united\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing's manufacturing problems hit Southwest, United Airlines</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A missing panel was discovered after a United Airlines' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/boeing-737-max-problems-timeline\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing</a> 737-800 aircraft landed on Friday, the airline company confirmed to Axios. </p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The incident happened as the Biden administration sought to reassure Americans of the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Aviation Administration's </a>\"increased safety oversight of Boeing,\" per <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/politics/white-house-boeing-safety/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN</a>.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"This afternoon United flight 433 landed safely at its scheduled destination at Rogue Valley International/Medford Airport,\" United Airlines said in a statement to Axios. </p><ul><li>\"After the aircraft was parked at the gate, it was discovered to be missing an external panel,\" United added.</li><li>The flight traveled from San Francisco, California, to Medford, Oregon, on Friday.</li><li>United said it would \"conduct a thorough examination of the plane and perform all the needed repairs before it returns to service\" and \"conduct an investigation to better understand how this damage occurred.\"</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Quite a sight as United #433 lands at Medford Airport this afternoon after panel apparently lost in-flight from San Francisco. No injuries, all safe, per updates coming in from our reporters. Plane is a 25-year-old Boeing 737-824 More coming soon from<a href=\"https://twitter.com/RogueValTimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RogueValTimes</a><br />newsroom. <a href=\"https://t.co/IlN7c1d5mF\">pic.twitter.com/IlN7c1d5mF</a></p>&mdash; David Sommers (@david_sommers) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/david_sommers/status/1768755385752797370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The missing panel comes amid a slew of recent investigations and safety questions surrounding Boeing aircrafts, which kickstarted after an Alaska Airlines' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/15/boeing-inspections-737-max\" target=\"_self\">Boeing 737 Max 9 plane</a> lost its exit door plug during a flight in January.</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/boeing-airlines-issues-southwest-united\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing's manufacturing problems hit Southwest, United Airlines</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A missing panel was discovered after a United Airlines' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/boeing-737-max-problems-timeline\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing</a> 737-800 aircraft landed on Friday, the airline company confirmed to Axios. </p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The incident happened as the Biden administration sought to reassure Americans of the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Aviation Administration's </a>\"increased safety oversight of Boeing,\" per <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/15/politics/white-house-boeing-safety/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN</a>.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"This afternoon United flight 433 landed safely at its scheduled destination at Rogue Valley International/Medford Airport,\" United Airlines said in a statement to Axios. </p><ul><li>\"After the aircraft was parked at the gate, it was discovered to be missing an external panel,\" United added.</li><li>The flight traveled from San Francisco, California, to Medford, Oregon, on Friday.</li><li>United said it would \"conduct a thorough examination of the plane and perform all the needed repairs before it returns to service\" and \"conduct an investigation to better understand how this damage occurred.\"</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Quite a sight as United #433 lands at Medford Airport this afternoon after panel apparently lost in-flight from San Francisco. No injuries, all safe, per updates coming in from our reporters. Plane is a 25-year-old Boeing 737-824 More coming soon from<a href=\"https://twitter.com/RogueValTimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RogueValTimes</a><br />newsroom. <a href=\"https://t.co/IlN7c1d5mF\">pic.twitter.com/IlN7c1d5mF</a></p>&mdash; David Sommers (@david_sommers) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/david_sommers/status/1768755385752797370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The missing panel comes amid a slew of recent investigations and safety questions surrounding Boeing aircrafts, which kickstarted after an Alaska Airlines' <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/15/boeing-inspections-737-max\" target=\"_self\">Boeing 737 Max 9 plane</a> lost its exit door plug during a flight in January.</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/boeing-airlines-issues-southwest-united\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing's manufacturing problems hit Southwest, United Airlines</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Shauneen Miranda"}], "author": "Shauneen Miranda", "author_detail": {"name": "Shauneen Miranda"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "A United Airlines' Boeing 737-800 aircraft takes off from the Los Angeles International Airport on July 30, 2022, in Los Angeles, California. Photo: AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/-0Y6lSNi015ysVkiVpKs4qbDXqk=/0x533:5100x3402/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710544226838.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/x2zCVFMjFq9N7xOSsXsQeo7feZI=/492x0:3894x3402/128x128/2024/03/15/1710544226838.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:03:50 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 16, 0, 3, 50, 5, 76, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/16/boeing-united-airlines-flight-panel", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Mike Pence won't endorse Trump in 2024", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Mike Pence won't endorse Trump in 2024"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video", "summary": "<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he would not be endorsing  former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a> in the 2024 presidential race. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Though he's withholding his endorsement, Pence said he would \"never vote for Joe Biden,\" who recently became the presumptive <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-democrat-nomination-2024-trump-presidential\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic nominee</a>. </p><hr /><ul><li>Instead, Pence said he preferred to keep his vote private.</li><li>The announcement from Pence, who ended his own GOP presidential campaign last year, comes shortly after Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-clinches-republican-nomination-2024-biden\" target=\"_blank\">gathered enough delegates</a> to secure the Republican nomination.</li></ul><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>\"It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump,\" Pence said Friday in an interview on FOX News Channel's \"The Story with Martha MacCallum.\"</p><ul><li>\"Look, I'm incredibly proud of the record of our administration. It was a conservative record that made America more prosperous, more secure and saw conservatives appointed to our courts in a more peaceful world,\"  he said. </li></ul><p><strong>The former vice president </strong>noted \"profound differences\" between himself and Trump \"on a range of issues,\" and \"not just our difference on my constitutional duties that I exercised on January the 6th.\" </p><ul><li>Trump \"is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years,\" he added. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Pence, who has been vocal in his criticism of Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, ended his <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/mike-pence-suspends-republican-campaign-trump\" target=\"_blank\">own presidential bid</a> last October amid a crowded Republican primary. </p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/mike-pence-suspends-republican-campaign-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Pence suspends presidential campaign as Trump surges</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he would not be endorsing  former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a> in the 2024 presidential race. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Though he's withholding his endorsement, Pence said he would \"never vote for Joe Biden,\" who recently became the presumptive <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-democrat-nomination-2024-trump-presidential\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic nominee</a>. </p><hr /><ul><li>Instead, Pence said he preferred to keep his vote private.</li><li>The announcement from Pence, who ended his own GOP presidential campaign last year, comes shortly after Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-clinches-republican-nomination-2024-biden\" target=\"_blank\">gathered enough delegates</a> to secure the Republican nomination.</li></ul><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>\"It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump,\" Pence said Friday in an interview on FOX News Channel's \"The Story with Martha MacCallum.\"</p><ul><li>\"Look, I'm incredibly proud of the record of our administration. It was a conservative record that made America more prosperous, more secure and saw conservatives appointed to our courts in a more peaceful world,\"  he said. </li></ul><p><strong>The former vice president </strong>noted \"profound differences\" between himself and Trump \"on a range of issues,\" and \"not just our difference on my constitutional duties that I exercised on January the 6th.\" </p><ul><li>Trump \"is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years,\" he added. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Pence, who has been vocal in his criticism of Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, ended his <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/mike-pence-suspends-republican-campaign-trump\" target=\"_blank\">own presidential bid</a> last October amid a crowded Republican primary. </p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/mike-pence-suspends-republican-campaign-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Pence suspends presidential campaign as Trump surges</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he would not be endorsing  former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a> in the 2024 presidential race. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Though he's withholding his endorsement, Pence said he would \"never vote for Joe Biden,\" who recently became the presumptive <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-democrat-nomination-2024-trump-presidential\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic nominee</a>. </p><hr /><ul><li>Instead, Pence said he preferred to keep his vote private.</li><li>The announcement from Pence, who ended his own GOP presidential campaign last year, comes shortly after Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-clinches-republican-nomination-2024-biden\" target=\"_blank\">gathered enough delegates</a> to secure the Republican nomination.</li></ul><p><strong>What he's saying: </strong>\"It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump,\" Pence said Friday in an interview on FOX News Channel's \"The Story with Martha MacCallum.\"</p><ul><li>\"Look, I'm incredibly proud of the record of our administration. It was a conservative record that made America more prosperous, more secure and saw conservatives appointed to our courts in a more peaceful world,\"  he said. </li></ul><p><strong>The former vice president </strong>noted \"profound differences\" between himself and Trump \"on a range of issues,\" and \"not just our difference on my constitutional duties that I exercised on January the 6th.\" </p><ul><li>Trump \"is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years,\" he added. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Pence, who has been vocal in his criticism of Trump following the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, ended his <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/mike-pence-suspends-republican-campaign-trump\" target=\"_blank\">own presidential bid</a> last October amid a crowded Republican primary. </p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/28/mike-pence-suspends-republican-campaign-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Pence suspends presidential campaign as Trump surges</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Shauneen Miranda"}], "author": "Shauneen Miranda", "author_detail": {"name": "Shauneen Miranda"}, "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/ozik0CpVLDyn3xuugu122XFZg_c=/128x128/smart/2024/03/15/1710535696924.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 21:25:43 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 21, 25, 43, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pence-not-endorse-trump-2024-video", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "U.S requests 40 to 50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-Fried", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "U.S requests 40 to 50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-Fried"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/sam-bankman-fried-prison-fraud"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/sam-bankman-fried-prison-fraud", "summary": "<p>U.S. prosecutors have weighed in on their recommendation to the district court in the southern district of New York for a sentence for FTX founder <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/16/sbf-ftx-money-loss-trial-how-much\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Bankman-Fried</a>: 40 to 50 years. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It would be one of the longest sentences ever given to a white-collar criminal, though <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-assistant-natalie-tien-guilt-tells\" target=\"_blank\">short enough</a> that Bankman-Fried would be likely to leave prison alive. </p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"A sentence of 40 to 50 years' imprisonment\u2014though one that will permit the defendant to return to liberty after society can be assured that he will not have the opportunity to turn back to fraud and deceit\u2014is necessary to reflect the seriousness of the defendant's crimes,\" United States Attorney Damian Williams notes in <a href=\"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66631291/410/united-states-v-bankman-fried/\" target=\"_blank\">a filing</a> to the court today. </p><ul><li>The crux of<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/sbf-ftx-trial-closing-arguments\" target=\"_blank\"> the government's argument</a> at trial was that FTX's ambitions got ahead of<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/10/ftx-sbf-bankman-fried-gary-wang-trial\" target=\"_blank\"> their available capital</a>, and so it turned to deposits of its customers to fund endeavors it could not otherwise afford.</li><li>The sentencing memorandum revisits this story via a series of what it calls \"inflection points\" when Bankman-Fried chose to go further into undisclosed debt to his customers.</li><li>It details several such moments, beginning with the repurchase of Binance's shares in the company and ending in Nov. 2022, after the company's solvency had been questioned in the press, and Bankman-Fried told customers via social media that \"FTX is fine.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Friction point:</strong> One of the most<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/sbf-trial-ftx-testimony-cross-examination\" target=\"_blank\"> surprising choices</a> made by the defense was to put<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/sbf-trial-updates-defense-rests-case-ftx\" target=\"_blank\"> Bankman-Fried on the stand</a>. The prosecution makes much of the choices he made on the stand in their recommendation.</p><ul><li>\"Bankman-Fried demonstrated his willingness to deceive not only through his execution and management of the fraud at FTX, but also through his deceit in the face of investigation and indictment,\" Williams writes.</li><li>\"When it came to his own testimony, the defendant engaged in perjury intended to deceive the jury about core facts of this commission of the fraud. Bankman-Fried's hostility to and deception of law enforcement demand a significant sentence.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>In February, Bankman-Fried's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/sam-bankman-fried-autism-prison-sentence\" target=\"_blank\">legal team argued</a> that five to seven years would be appropriate, contending that \u2014 ultimately \u2014 customers and investors would not suffer actual monetary losses. </p><ul><li>In <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-ftx-court-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">November</a>, the former entrepreneur was found guilty of all charges against him, including multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The defendant will be sentenced in Manhattan on March 28.</p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>U.S. prosecutors have weighed in on their recommendation to the district court in the southern district of New York for a sentence for FTX founder <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/16/sbf-ftx-money-loss-trial-how-much\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Bankman-Fried</a>: 40 to 50 years. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It would be one of the longest sentences ever given to a white-collar criminal, though <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-assistant-natalie-tien-guilt-tells\" target=\"_blank\">short enough</a> that Bankman-Fried would be likely to leave prison alive. </p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"A sentence of 40 to 50 years' imprisonment\u2014though one that will permit the defendant to return to liberty after society can be assured that he will not have the opportunity to turn back to fraud and deceit\u2014is necessary to reflect the seriousness of the defendant's crimes,\" United States Attorney Damian Williams notes in <a href=\"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66631291/410/united-states-v-bankman-fried/\" target=\"_blank\">a filing</a> to the court today. </p><ul><li>The crux of<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/sbf-ftx-trial-closing-arguments\" target=\"_blank\"> the government's argument</a> at trial was that FTX's ambitions got ahead of<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/10/ftx-sbf-bankman-fried-gary-wang-trial\" target=\"_blank\"> their available capital</a>, and so it turned to deposits of its customers to fund endeavors it could not otherwise afford.</li><li>The sentencing memorandum revisits this story via a series of what it calls \"inflection points\" when Bankman-Fried chose to go further into undisclosed debt to his customers.</li><li>It details several such moments, beginning with the repurchase of Binance's shares in the company and ending in Nov. 2022, after the company's solvency had been questioned in the press, and Bankman-Fried told customers via social media that \"FTX is fine.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Friction point:</strong> One of the most<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/sbf-trial-ftx-testimony-cross-examination\" target=\"_blank\"> surprising choices</a> made by the defense was to put<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/sbf-trial-updates-defense-rests-case-ftx\" target=\"_blank\"> Bankman-Fried on the stand</a>. The prosecution makes much of the choices he made on the stand in their recommendation.</p><ul><li>\"Bankman-Fried demonstrated his willingness to deceive not only through his execution and management of the fraud at FTX, but also through his deceit in the face of investigation and indictment,\" Williams writes.</li><li>\"When it came to his own testimony, the defendant engaged in perjury intended to deceive the jury about core facts of this commission of the fraud. Bankman-Fried's hostility to and deception of law enforcement demand a significant sentence.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>In February, Bankman-Fried's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/sam-bankman-fried-autism-prison-sentence\" target=\"_blank\">legal team argued</a> that five to seven years would be appropriate, contending that \u2014 ultimately \u2014 customers and investors would not suffer actual monetary losses. </p><ul><li>In <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-ftx-court-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">November</a>, the former entrepreneur was found guilty of all charges against him, including multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The defendant will be sentenced in Manhattan on March 28.</p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>U.S. prosecutors have weighed in on their recommendation to the district court in the southern district of New York for a sentence for FTX founder <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/16/sbf-ftx-money-loss-trial-how-much\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Bankman-Fried</a>: 40 to 50 years. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It would be one of the longest sentences ever given to a white-collar criminal, though <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-assistant-natalie-tien-guilt-tells\" target=\"_blank\">short enough</a> that Bankman-Fried would be likely to leave prison alive. </p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"A sentence of 40 to 50 years' imprisonment\u2014though one that will permit the defendant to return to liberty after society can be assured that he will not have the opportunity to turn back to fraud and deceit\u2014is necessary to reflect the seriousness of the defendant's crimes,\" United States Attorney Damian Williams notes in <a href=\"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66631291/410/united-states-v-bankman-fried/\" target=\"_blank\">a filing</a> to the court today. </p><ul><li>The crux of<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/sbf-ftx-trial-closing-arguments\" target=\"_blank\"> the government's argument</a> at trial was that FTX's ambitions got ahead of<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/10/ftx-sbf-bankman-fried-gary-wang-trial\" target=\"_blank\"> their available capital</a>, and so it turned to deposits of its customers to fund endeavors it could not otherwise afford.</li><li>The sentencing memorandum revisits this story via a series of what it calls \"inflection points\" when Bankman-Fried chose to go further into undisclosed debt to his customers.</li><li>It details several such moments, beginning with the repurchase of Binance's shares in the company and ending in Nov. 2022, after the company's solvency had been questioned in the press, and Bankman-Fried told customers via social media that \"FTX is fine.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Friction point:</strong> One of the most<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/sbf-trial-ftx-testimony-cross-examination\" target=\"_blank\"> surprising choices</a> made by the defense was to put<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/sbf-trial-updates-defense-rests-case-ftx\" target=\"_blank\"> Bankman-Fried on the stand</a>. The prosecution makes much of the choices he made on the stand in their recommendation.</p><ul><li>\"Bankman-Fried demonstrated his willingness to deceive not only through his execution and management of the fraud at FTX, but also through his deceit in the face of investigation and indictment,\" Williams writes.</li><li>\"When it came to his own testimony, the defendant engaged in perjury intended to deceive the jury about core facts of this commission of the fraud. Bankman-Fried's hostility to and deception of law enforcement demand a significant sentence.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>In February, Bankman-Fried's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/sam-bankman-fried-autism-prison-sentence\" target=\"_blank\">legal team argued</a> that five to seven years would be appropriate, contending that \u2014 ultimately \u2014 customers and investors would not suffer actual monetary losses. </p><ul><li>In <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/sam-bankman-fried-trial-ftx-court-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">November</a>, the former entrepreneur was found guilty of all charges against him, including multiple counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The defendant will be sentenced in Manhattan on March 28.</p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Brady Dale"}], "author": "Brady Dale", "author_detail": {"name": "Brady Dale"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/pzmiH_Phi5wiyiNw-Wg_x6_SpLE=/0x0:1280x720/1280x720/filters:no_upscale()/2024/03/15/1710534908962.gif"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/VaWeQdFPHqt9diO051ONugGW9mg=/128x128/smart/2024/03/15/1710535055066.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:39:19 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 20, 39, 19, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/sam-bankman-fried-prison-fraud", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "FTC inquires about Reddit's AI deals, ahead of IPO", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "FTC inquires about Reddit's AI deals, ahead of IPO"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/reddit-generative-ai-license-user-data"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/reddit-generative-ai-license-user-data", "summary": "<p>The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into Reddit's licensing of user data to AI companies, according to a Friday afternoon <a href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713445/000162828024011448/reddit-sx1a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">disclosure</a> by the social media company. </p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> This comes just days before Reddit is expected to complete its <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/reddit-ipo-valuation\" target=\"_blank\">long-awaited IPO</a>.</p><hr /><ul><li>It also suggests that the FTC is expanding its look into AI-related deals, which previously appeared to be <a href=\"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/ftc-launches-inquiry-generative-ai-investments-partnerships\" target=\"_blank\">focused on equity investments</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The latest: </strong>Reddit says it received a letter on Thursday, March 14, in which the FTC said it's \"conducting a non-public inquiry focused on our sale, licensing, or sharing of user-generated content with third parties to train AI models.\"</p><ul><li>The FTC also is expected to request a meeting with Reddit, plus various documents and information.</li><li>Reddit says that it's \"not surprised\" by the FTC's interest, given the novel nature of these agreements.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Reddit isn't the only company receiving these so-called \"hold letters,\" according to a former FTC official who spoke with Axios on background. </p><ul><li>This suggests that the commission is trying to get a handle on a rapidly changing industry and how that could affect both competition and consumer data privacy.</li><li>It does not mean a formal investigation will be launched into Reddit or any other company. </li><li>In its disclosure, Reddit is careful to note that it doesn't believe it engaged in unfair or deceptive trade practices.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> Reddit has told prospective investors that sharing content with AI companies, both for training large language models and for search, could become a lucrative new revenue stream.</p><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/reddit-ipo-valuation\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit gets ready for IPO, setting a top valuation of $6.4 billion</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into Reddit's licensing of user data to AI companies, according to a Friday afternoon <a href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713445/000162828024011448/reddit-sx1a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">disclosure</a> by the social media company. </p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> This comes just days before Reddit is expected to complete its <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/reddit-ipo-valuation\" target=\"_blank\">long-awaited IPO</a>.</p><hr /><ul><li>It also suggests that the FTC is expanding its look into AI-related deals, which previously appeared to be <a href=\"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/ftc-launches-inquiry-generative-ai-investments-partnerships\" target=\"_blank\">focused on equity investments</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The latest: </strong>Reddit says it received a letter on Thursday, March 14, in which the FTC said it's \"conducting a non-public inquiry focused on our sale, licensing, or sharing of user-generated content with third parties to train AI models.\"</p><ul><li>The FTC also is expected to request a meeting with Reddit, plus various documents and information.</li><li>Reddit says that it's \"not surprised\" by the FTC's interest, given the novel nature of these agreements.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Reddit isn't the only company receiving these so-called \"hold letters,\" according to a former FTC official who spoke with Axios on background. </p><ul><li>This suggests that the commission is trying to get a handle on a rapidly changing industry and how that could affect both competition and consumer data privacy.</li><li>It does not mean a formal investigation will be launched into Reddit or any other company. </li><li>In its disclosure, Reddit is careful to note that it doesn't believe it engaged in unfair or deceptive trade practices.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> Reddit has told prospective investors that sharing content with AI companies, both for training large language models and for search, could become a lucrative new revenue stream.</p><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/reddit-ipo-valuation\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit gets ready for IPO, setting a top valuation of $6.4 billion</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into Reddit's licensing of user data to AI companies, according to a Friday afternoon <a href=\"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713445/000162828024011448/reddit-sx1a2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">disclosure</a> by the social media company. </p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> This comes just days before Reddit is expected to complete its <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/reddit-ipo-valuation\" target=\"_blank\">long-awaited IPO</a>.</p><hr /><ul><li>It also suggests that the FTC is expanding its look into AI-related deals, which previously appeared to be <a href=\"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/ftc-launches-inquiry-generative-ai-investments-partnerships\" target=\"_blank\">focused on equity investments</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The latest: </strong>Reddit says it received a letter on Thursday, March 14, in which the FTC said it's \"conducting a non-public inquiry focused on our sale, licensing, or sharing of user-generated content with third parties to train AI models.\"</p><ul><li>The FTC also is expected to request a meeting with Reddit, plus various documents and information.</li><li>Reddit says that it's \"not surprised\" by the FTC's interest, given the novel nature of these agreements.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Reddit isn't the only company receiving these so-called \"hold letters,\" according to a former FTC official who spoke with Axios on background. </p><ul><li>This suggests that the commission is trying to get a handle on a rapidly changing industry and how that could affect both competition and consumer data privacy.</li><li>It does not mean a formal investigation will be launched into Reddit or any other company. </li><li>In its disclosure, Reddit is careful to note that it doesn't believe it engaged in unfair or deceptive trade practices.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> Reddit has told prospective investors that sharing content with AI companies, both for training large language models and for search, could become a lucrative new revenue stream.</p><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/reddit-ipo-valuation\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit gets ready for IPO, setting a top valuation of $6.4 billion</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Dan Primack"}], "author": "Dan Primack", "author_detail": {"name": "Dan Primack"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo illustration: Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images.", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/2rvBZVbAUf7GmgVv-2hXXto1MCw=/0x0:8219x4623/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710520050536.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/G3mdmYUSfFRFpIbLFROk1r1Ho4M=/1322x0:6801x5479/128x128/2024/03/15/1710520050536.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:13:40 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 20, 13, 40, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/reddit-generative-ai-license-user-data", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Supreme Court declines to take up Texas university's drag show ban", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Supreme Court declines to take up Texas university's drag show ban"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/supreme-court-texas-university-drag-ban"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/supreme-court-texas-university-drag-ban", "summary": "<p>West Texas A&amp;M University's ban on drag shows on campus will stand after the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Supreme Court</a> declined to take up a student challenge to the prohibition.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The high court<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/031524zr1_2co3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">denied</a> the request from LGBTQ student group Spectrum WT, which had <a href=\"https://www.change.org/p/save-the-wtamu-drag-show?utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=custom_url&amp;recruited_by_id=44e6d470-a3c3-11ea-a1fa-8dffafe3869c\" target=\"_blank\">argued</a> the ban violates the First Amendment following objections from university administrators. </p><hr /><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the case the week of April 29.</p><ul><li>The unsigned order, which listed no dissenting votes and did not offer an explanation, likely means a drag show planned for March 22 cannot take place on campus.</li><li>The university denied to comment on the pending litigation.</li><li> JT Morris, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression who represents Spectrum WT, said in a statement to Axios that while today's denial is disappointing \"we'll keep fighting for our clients' First Amendment rights.\" \u00a0\"The show is not over,\" he added.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/02/21/drag-show-bans-florida\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay LGBTQ activists prepare for fight over drag as bans spread</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/anti-trans-bills-2023-america\" target=\"_blank\">The forces behind anti-trans bills across the U.S.</a></li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>West Texas A&amp;M University's ban on drag shows on campus will stand after the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Supreme Court</a> declined to take up a student challenge to the prohibition.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The high court<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/031524zr1_2co3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">denied</a> the request from LGBTQ student group Spectrum WT, which had <a href=\"https://www.change.org/p/save-the-wtamu-drag-show?utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=custom_url&amp;recruited_by_id=44e6d470-a3c3-11ea-a1fa-8dffafe3869c\" target=\"_blank\">argued</a> the ban violates the First Amendment following objections from university administrators. </p><hr /><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the case the week of April 29.</p><ul><li>The unsigned order, which listed no dissenting votes and did not offer an explanation, likely means a drag show planned for March 22 cannot take place on campus.</li><li>The university denied to comment on the pending litigation.</li><li> JT Morris, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression who represents Spectrum WT, said in a statement to Axios that while today's denial is disappointing \"we'll keep fighting for our clients' First Amendment rights.\" \u00a0\"The show is not over,\" he added.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/02/21/drag-show-bans-florida\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay LGBTQ activists prepare for fight over drag as bans spread</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/anti-trans-bills-2023-america\" target=\"_blank\">The forces behind anti-trans bills across the U.S.</a></li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>West Texas A&amp;M University's ban on drag shows on campus will stand after the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/10/biden-supreme-court-abortion-roe-v-wade\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Supreme Court</a> declined to take up a student challenge to the prohibition.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The high court<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/031524zr1_2co3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">denied</a> the request from LGBTQ student group Spectrum WT, which had <a href=\"https://www.change.org/p/save-the-wtamu-drag-show?utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=custom_url&amp;recruited_by_id=44e6d470-a3c3-11ea-a1fa-8dffafe3869c\" target=\"_blank\">argued</a> the ban violates the First Amendment following objections from university administrators. </p><hr /><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the case the week of April 29.</p><ul><li>The unsigned order, which listed no dissenting votes and did not offer an explanation, likely means a drag show planned for March 22 cannot take place on campus.</li><li>The university denied to comment on the pending litigation.</li><li> JT Morris, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression who represents Spectrum WT, said in a statement to Axios that while today's denial is disappointing \"we'll keep fighting for our clients' First Amendment rights.\" \u00a0\"The show is not over,\" he added.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/02/21/drag-show-bans-florida\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Bay LGBTQ activists prepare for fight over drag as bans spread</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/31/anti-trans-bills-2023-america\" target=\"_blank\">The forces behind anti-trans bills across the U.S.</a></li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Sareen Habeshian"}], "author": "Sareen Habeshian", "author_detail": {"name": "Sareen Habeshian"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "The U.S. Supreme Court building on Jan. 26, 2022, in Washington, DC. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/xjPQcQvDKxM_eqJRoVy0IgLEv4E=/0x361:6000x3736/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710531920160.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/5iLU8RPuhHZrRK0VJSBiwyRUqvA=/1221x0:5221x4000/128x128/2024/03/15/1710531920160.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 20:01:19 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 20, 1, 19, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/supreme-court-texas-university-drag-ban", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Biden on Schumer's Israel criticism: \"He made a good speech\"", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Biden on Schumer's Israel criticism: \"He made a good speech\""}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech", "summary": "<p>President Biden on Friday expressed support for Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech-reaction\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer's critical speech</a> against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calls for early elections in Israel. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Biden's backing of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">Schumer's remarks</a> is another sign of the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">growing divide</a> between the president and Netanyahu over the war in Gaza, and will likely give backwind to other Democrats to publicly criticize the Israeli government more forcefully.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they are saying:</strong> \"I'm not going to elaborate on his speech,\" Biden said in response to a question at the top of his meeting with the prime minister of Ireland at the White House. </p><ul><li>\"He made a good speech, and I think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans,\" Biden added. </li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>On Thursday, Schumer \u2014 the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in Congress \u2014 levied some of the harshest criticism yet of Netanyahu from a senior U.S. official. </p><ul><li>Schumer, a Democrat from New York, called on Israel to hold elections for a new government to deal with the threat of Hamas.</li><li>Schumer said new elections are the \"only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.\"</li><li>Biden and Democrats have faced intense criticism for the administration's support of Israel as the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/gaza-humanitarian-pause-un-children-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\">civilian death toll</a> in Gaza rises. </li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Netanyahu, who over the years has been accused of meddling in U.S. politics, responded forcefully on Thursday to Schumer's speech.</p><ul><li>\"Israel is not a banana republic but an independent and proud democracy that elected Prime Minister Netanyahu,\" the ruling Likud Party said in a statement, accusing Schumer of undermining a democratically elected government.</li><li>Polls published earlier this week by the three major television channels in Israel found that the majority of Israelis want early elections \u2014 and that if they were held today, Netanyahu would lose.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hamas-hostage-ceasefire-deal-proposal-israel\" target=\"_blank\">Hamas delivers response on hostage deal proposal</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>President Biden on Friday expressed support for Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech-reaction\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer's critical speech</a> against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calls for early elections in Israel. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Biden's backing of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">Schumer's remarks</a> is another sign of the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">growing divide</a> between the president and Netanyahu over the war in Gaza, and will likely give backwind to other Democrats to publicly criticize the Israeli government more forcefully.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they are saying:</strong> \"I'm not going to elaborate on his speech,\" Biden said in response to a question at the top of his meeting with the prime minister of Ireland at the White House. </p><ul><li>\"He made a good speech, and I think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans,\" Biden added. </li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>On Thursday, Schumer \u2014 the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in Congress \u2014 levied some of the harshest criticism yet of Netanyahu from a senior U.S. official. </p><ul><li>Schumer, a Democrat from New York, called on Israel to hold elections for a new government to deal with the threat of Hamas.</li><li>Schumer said new elections are the \"only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.\"</li><li>Biden and Democrats have faced intense criticism for the administration's support of Israel as the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/gaza-humanitarian-pause-un-children-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\">civilian death toll</a> in Gaza rises. </li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Netanyahu, who over the years has been accused of meddling in U.S. politics, responded forcefully on Thursday to Schumer's speech.</p><ul><li>\"Israel is not a banana republic but an independent and proud democracy that elected Prime Minister Netanyahu,\" the ruling Likud Party said in a statement, accusing Schumer of undermining a democratically elected government.</li><li>Polls published earlier this week by the three major television channels in Israel found that the majority of Israelis want early elections \u2014 and that if they were held today, Netanyahu would lose.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hamas-hostage-ceasefire-deal-proposal-israel\" target=\"_blank\">Hamas delivers response on hostage deal proposal</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>President Biden on Friday expressed support for Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech-reaction\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer's critical speech</a> against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calls for early elections in Israel. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Biden's backing of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">Schumer's remarks</a> is another sign of the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">growing divide</a> between the president and Netanyahu over the war in Gaza, and will likely give backwind to other Democrats to publicly criticize the Israeli government more forcefully.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they are saying:</strong> \"I'm not going to elaborate on his speech,\" Biden said in response to a question at the top of his meeting with the prime minister of Ireland at the White House. </p><ul><li>\"He made a good speech, and I think he expressed serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans,\" Biden added. </li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>On Thursday, Schumer \u2014 the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in Congress \u2014 levied some of the harshest criticism yet of Netanyahu from a senior U.S. official. </p><ul><li>Schumer, a Democrat from New York, called on Israel to hold elections for a new government to deal with the threat of Hamas.</li><li>Schumer said new elections are the \"only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.\"</li><li>Biden and Democrats have faced intense criticism for the administration's support of Israel as the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/gaza-humanitarian-pause-un-children-death-toll\" target=\"_blank\">civilian death toll</a> in Gaza rises. </li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Netanyahu, who over the years has been accused of meddling in U.S. politics, responded forcefully on Thursday to Schumer's speech.</p><ul><li>\"Israel is not a banana republic but an independent and proud democracy that elected Prime Minister Netanyahu,\" the ruling Likud Party said in a statement, accusing Schumer of undermining a democratically elected government.</li><li>Polls published earlier this week by the three major television channels in Israel found that the majority of Israelis want early elections \u2014 and that if they were held today, Netanyahu would lose.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hamas-hostage-ceasefire-deal-proposal-israel\" target=\"_blank\">Hamas delivers response on hostage deal proposal</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on Mar. 15, 2024, in Washington, D.C. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/r7ET2MKY_IP2mfCtgjTQfIMx-ZM=/0x0:5164x2905/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710518649405.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/tTWaxOhI1rQi8K5tV9LnRVm_cac=/1185x0:4628x3443/128x128/2024/03/15/1710518649405.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:41:09 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 16, 41, 9, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Subpoenas, sanctions and shaming: Fani Willis' ordeal is far from over", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Subpoenas, sanctions and shaming: Fani Willis' ordeal is far from over"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-investigations"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-investigations", "summary": "<p>Fulton County <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-judge-status\" target=\"_blank\">DA Fani Willis</a> on Friday avoided disqualification from Georgia's election interference case against <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a>, but<strong> </strong>other threats are looming that could jeopardize her role in the case.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Willis is the subject of ongoing investigations from <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/01/23/fani-willis-georgia-senate-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia State Senate</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/fulton-da-fani-willis-subpoenaed-by-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">House Republicans</a>, while a new state commission with extensive powers over prosecutors could also take action against her. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quickly: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/judge-trump-georgia-scott-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Scott McAfee</a>, who is overseeing the Trump case, ruled Friday that Willis and her office can stay on the sweeping racketeering case as long as either she or special prosecutor Nathan Wade steps aside.</p><ul><li>The ruling was in response to calls for Willis' disqualification from defense attorneys over <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/trump-georgia-case-fani-willis-allegations\" target=\"_blank\">allegations of impropriety</a> stemming from a romantic relationship between Willis and Wade.</li><li>Willis acknowledged the relationship, but denied that it tainted proceedings or created any financial or ethical conflict of interest in the case. </li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Willis has fired back at her critics, saying that the disqualification effort and the probes targeting her are politically motivated to protect Trump.</p><ul><li>The House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a staunch Trump ally, began investigating Willis in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/24/fani-willis-house-judiciary-committee-trump\" target=\"_blank\">August 2023</a> to determine if her prosecution of the former president was \"politically motivated.\"</li><li>The committee <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/fulton-da-fani-willis-subpoenaed-by-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">subpoenaed Willis</a> in February over a whistleblower's complaint about her office's use of federal funds and <a href=\"https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/republicans-threaten-hold-fani-willis-contempt\" target=\"_blank\">recently threatened</a> to hold her in contempt of Congress if she does not comply.</li><li>Willis' office has maintained that its grant programs were conducted in compliance with all Department of Justice requirements.</li></ul><p><strong>The Georgia state Senate </strong>in January created <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/politics/fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-state-senate-investigation/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">a special committee</a> to investigate Willis, granting it power to issue subpoenas and put witnesses under oath.</p><ul><li>While it has no power to discipline Willis, the committee can recommend legislative and budget changes at the end of its probe, which could affect her office.</li><li>In a recent hearing, it heard testimony from Ashleigh Merchant, the defense lawyer for a Trump defendant who led the disqualification effort against Willis. </li><li>Merchant alleged, without providing evidence, that Willis used money from her political campaign for her personal use, according to the <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/us/fani-willis-trump-georgia-state-investigation.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times</a>. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) also recently <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-fani-willis-donald-trump-kemp-prosecutors-2cf16b27b33955b6a4355a96a23bde19\" target=\"_blank\">signed legislation</a> creating the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which has the power to discipline and remove prosecutors.</p><ul><li>Kemp said it was needed to \"ensure rogue and incompetent prosecutors are held accountable if they refuse to uphold the law,\" the <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-fani-willis-donald-trump-kemp-prosecutors-2cf16b27b33955b6a4355a96a23bde19\" target=\"_blank\">AP</a> reports. </li><li>Opponents fear it will be used by state Republicans to control prosecutors they don't like, namely Willis.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The commission will likely face several legal challenges that could result in its termination or limitations to its powers.</p><ul><li>A previous iteration of the committee was challenged by district attorneys before the state Supreme Court <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-prosecutors-district-attorneys-fani-willis-trump-c8cd9469a7b5bca6ff139d32cf6f9ce2\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately disapproved</a> of it.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-case-judge-dismiss-charges\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia judge dismisses some charges in Trump 2020 election case</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Fulton County <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-judge-status\" target=\"_blank\">DA Fani Willis</a> on Friday avoided disqualification from Georgia's election interference case against <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a>, but<strong> </strong>other threats are looming that could jeopardize her role in the case.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Willis is the subject of ongoing investigations from <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/01/23/fani-willis-georgia-senate-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia State Senate</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/fulton-da-fani-willis-subpoenaed-by-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">House Republicans</a>, while a new state commission with extensive powers over prosecutors could also take action against her. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quickly: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/judge-trump-georgia-scott-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Scott McAfee</a>, who is overseeing the Trump case, ruled Friday that Willis and her office can stay on the sweeping racketeering case as long as either she or special prosecutor Nathan Wade steps aside.</p><ul><li>The ruling was in response to calls for Willis' disqualification from defense attorneys over <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/trump-georgia-case-fani-willis-allegations\" target=\"_blank\">allegations of impropriety</a> stemming from a romantic relationship between Willis and Wade.</li><li>Willis acknowledged the relationship, but denied that it tainted proceedings or created any financial or ethical conflict of interest in the case. </li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Willis has fired back at her critics, saying that the disqualification effort and the probes targeting her are politically motivated to protect Trump.</p><ul><li>The House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a staunch Trump ally, began investigating Willis in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/24/fani-willis-house-judiciary-committee-trump\" target=\"_blank\">August 2023</a> to determine if her prosecution of the former president was \"politically motivated.\"</li><li>The committee <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/fulton-da-fani-willis-subpoenaed-by-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">subpoenaed Willis</a> in February over a whistleblower's complaint about her office's use of federal funds and <a href=\"https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/republicans-threaten-hold-fani-willis-contempt\" target=\"_blank\">recently threatened</a> to hold her in contempt of Congress if she does not comply.</li><li>Willis' office has maintained that its grant programs were conducted in compliance with all Department of Justice requirements.</li></ul><p><strong>The Georgia state Senate </strong>in January created <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/politics/fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-state-senate-investigation/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">a special committee</a> to investigate Willis, granting it power to issue subpoenas and put witnesses under oath.</p><ul><li>While it has no power to discipline Willis, the committee can recommend legislative and budget changes at the end of its probe, which could affect her office.</li><li>In a recent hearing, it heard testimony from Ashleigh Merchant, the defense lawyer for a Trump defendant who led the disqualification effort against Willis. </li><li>Merchant alleged, without providing evidence, that Willis used money from her political campaign for her personal use, according to the <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/us/fani-willis-trump-georgia-state-investigation.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times</a>. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) also recently <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-fani-willis-donald-trump-kemp-prosecutors-2cf16b27b33955b6a4355a96a23bde19\" target=\"_blank\">signed legislation</a> creating the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which has the power to discipline and remove prosecutors.</p><ul><li>Kemp said it was needed to \"ensure rogue and incompetent prosecutors are held accountable if they refuse to uphold the law,\" the <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-fani-willis-donald-trump-kemp-prosecutors-2cf16b27b33955b6a4355a96a23bde19\" target=\"_blank\">AP</a> reports. </li><li>Opponents fear it will be used by state Republicans to control prosecutors they don't like, namely Willis.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The commission will likely face several legal challenges that could result in its termination or limitations to its powers.</p><ul><li>A previous iteration of the committee was challenged by district attorneys before the state Supreme Court <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-prosecutors-district-attorneys-fani-willis-trump-c8cd9469a7b5bca6ff139d32cf6f9ce2\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately disapproved</a> of it.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-case-judge-dismiss-charges\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia judge dismisses some charges in Trump 2020 election case</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Fulton County <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-judge-status\" target=\"_blank\">DA Fani Willis</a> on Friday avoided disqualification from Georgia's election interference case against <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a>, but<strong> </strong>other threats are looming that could jeopardize her role in the case.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Willis is the subject of ongoing investigations from <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/01/23/fani-willis-georgia-senate-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia State Senate</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/fulton-da-fani-willis-subpoenaed-by-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">House Republicans</a>, while a new state commission with extensive powers over prosecutors could also take action against her. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quickly: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/judge-trump-georgia-scott-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Scott McAfee</a>, who is overseeing the Trump case, ruled Friday that Willis and her office can stay on the sweeping racketeering case as long as either she or special prosecutor Nathan Wade steps aside.</p><ul><li>The ruling was in response to calls for Willis' disqualification from defense attorneys over <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/trump-georgia-case-fani-willis-allegations\" target=\"_blank\">allegations of impropriety</a> stemming from a romantic relationship between Willis and Wade.</li><li>Willis acknowledged the relationship, but denied that it tainted proceedings or created any financial or ethical conflict of interest in the case. </li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Willis has fired back at her critics, saying that the disqualification effort and the probes targeting her are politically motivated to protect Trump.</p><ul><li>The House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a staunch Trump ally, began investigating Willis in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/24/fani-willis-house-judiciary-committee-trump\" target=\"_blank\">August 2023</a> to determine if her prosecution of the former president was \"politically motivated.\"</li><li>The committee <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/02/fulton-da-fani-willis-subpoenaed-by-house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">subpoenaed Willis</a> in February over a whistleblower's complaint about her office's use of federal funds and <a href=\"https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/republicans-threaten-hold-fani-willis-contempt\" target=\"_blank\">recently threatened</a> to hold her in contempt of Congress if she does not comply.</li><li>Willis' office has maintained that its grant programs were conducted in compliance with all Department of Justice requirements.</li></ul><p><strong>The Georgia state Senate </strong>in January created <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/politics/fani-willis-nathan-wade-georgia-state-senate-investigation/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">a special committee</a> to investigate Willis, granting it power to issue subpoenas and put witnesses under oath.</p><ul><li>While it has no power to discipline Willis, the committee can recommend legislative and budget changes at the end of its probe, which could affect her office.</li><li>In a recent hearing, it heard testimony from Ashleigh Merchant, the defense lawyer for a Trump defendant who led the disqualification effort against Willis. </li><li>Merchant alleged, without providing evidence, that Willis used money from her political campaign for her personal use, according to the <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/us/fani-willis-trump-georgia-state-investigation.html\" target=\"_blank\">New York Times</a>. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) also recently <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-fani-willis-donald-trump-kemp-prosecutors-2cf16b27b33955b6a4355a96a23bde19\" target=\"_blank\">signed legislation</a> creating the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission, which has the power to discipline and remove prosecutors.</p><ul><li>Kemp said it was needed to \"ensure rogue and incompetent prosecutors are held accountable if they refuse to uphold the law,\" the <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-fani-willis-donald-trump-kemp-prosecutors-2cf16b27b33955b6a4355a96a23bde19\" target=\"_blank\">AP</a> reports. </li><li>Opponents fear it will be used by state Republicans to control prosecutors they don't like, namely Willis.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The commission will likely face several legal challenges that could result in its termination or limitations to its powers.</p><ul><li>A previous iteration of the committee was challenged by district attorneys before the state Supreme Court <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/georgia-prosecutors-district-attorneys-fani-willis-trump-c8cd9469a7b5bca6ff139d32cf6f9ce2\" target=\"_blank\">ultimately disapproved</a> of it.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-case-judge-dismiss-charges\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia judge dismisses some charges in Trump 2020 election case</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jacob Knutson"}], "author": "Jacob Knutson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jacob Knutson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifying in court in February 2024. Photo: Alyssa Pointer-Pool/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/anTVYB7HeYrfzmT6UOUKvBBXSyk=/0x401:5500x3495/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710509395353.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/25goORVtFIurqtUZ4UCt_g0OVUw=/519x0:4186x3667/128x128/2024/03/15/1710509395353.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 16:26:59 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 16, 26, 59, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-investigations", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "National Association of Realtors agrees to slash commissions in $418M settlement", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "National Association of Realtors agrees to slash commissions in $418M settlement"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/national-association-of-realtors-settlement-commissions"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/national-association-of-realtors-settlement-commissions", "summary": "<p>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/13/homebuyers-online-data-report-housing-market-nar\" target=\"_blank\">National Association of Realtors</a> will pay $418 million in damages to settle<strong> </strong>allegations it conspired to boost agents' commissions, the organization said on Friday.  </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>If the settlement is approved, the lawsuits will change the way we buy and sell homes \u2014 potentially lowering the commission rates that buyers pay.</p><hr /><ul><li>A federal court still has to approve the deal.</li><li>Home sellers had sued the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/national-association-of-relators-resign-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">Realtors association</a>,<strong> </strong>which was found <a href=\"https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/nar-to-appeal-burnett-trial-verdict-after-being-found-liable\" target=\"_blank\">liable</a> for keeping agent compensation artificially high.</li></ul><p><strong>Our thought bubble, from Axios' Emily Peck: </strong>This deal, if approved, has the potential to change the way the real estate market works. </p><ul><li>It could lower costs for buyers and radically disrupt the way real estate agents work \u2014 maybe driving many from the business altogether. </li></ul><p><strong>Details: </strong>NAR will pay the settlement over about four years. </p><ul><li>The organization denied wrongdoing regarding the<strong> </strong>compensation rule at the center of the litigation.</li><li>\"It has always been our goal to preserve consumer choice and protect our members to the greatest extent possible,\" Nykia Wright, interim CEO, said in a statement. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The settlement adds to financial and administrative troubles faced by the organization in recent months. </p><ul><li>NAR's CEO, Bob Goldberg, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/national-association-of-relators-resign-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">resigned</a> last year, just days after a previous <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/nar-lawsuit-brokers-fees-verdict-sitzer-burnett\" target=\"_blank\">$1.8 billion verdict</a> against the group over commissions.</li><li>He had already faced calls to step down in the fallout of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/29/realtors-president-sexual-harassment-resign\" target=\"_blank\">sexual harassment</a> and discrimination allegations levied against the group's former president months before.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/mortgage-rates-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\">America's housing affordability crisis makes a comeback</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with more details from NAR's press release.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/13/homebuyers-online-data-report-housing-market-nar\" target=\"_blank\">National Association of Realtors</a> will pay $418 million in damages to settle<strong> </strong>allegations it conspired to boost agents' commissions, the organization said on Friday.  </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>If the settlement is approved, the lawsuits will change the way we buy and sell homes \u2014 potentially lowering the commission rates that buyers pay.</p><hr /><ul><li>A federal court still has to approve the deal.</li><li>Home sellers had sued the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/national-association-of-relators-resign-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">Realtors association</a>,<strong> </strong>which was found <a href=\"https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/nar-to-appeal-burnett-trial-verdict-after-being-found-liable\" target=\"_blank\">liable</a> for keeping agent compensation artificially high.</li></ul><p><strong>Our thought bubble, from Axios' Emily Peck: </strong>This deal, if approved, has the potential to change the way the real estate market works. </p><ul><li>It could lower costs for buyers and radically disrupt the way real estate agents work \u2014 maybe driving many from the business altogether. </li></ul><p><strong>Details: </strong>NAR will pay the settlement over about four years. </p><ul><li>The organization denied wrongdoing regarding the<strong> </strong>compensation rule at the center of the litigation.</li><li>\"It has always been our goal to preserve consumer choice and protect our members to the greatest extent possible,\" Nykia Wright, interim CEO, said in a statement. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The settlement adds to financial and administrative troubles faced by the organization in recent months. </p><ul><li>NAR's CEO, Bob Goldberg, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/national-association-of-relators-resign-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">resigned</a> last year, just days after a previous <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/nar-lawsuit-brokers-fees-verdict-sitzer-burnett\" target=\"_blank\">$1.8 billion verdict</a> against the group over commissions.</li><li>He had already faced calls to step down in the fallout of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/29/realtors-president-sexual-harassment-resign\" target=\"_blank\">sexual harassment</a> and discrimination allegations levied against the group's former president months before.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/mortgage-rates-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\">America's housing affordability crisis makes a comeback</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with more details from NAR's press release.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/13/homebuyers-online-data-report-housing-market-nar\" target=\"_blank\">National Association of Realtors</a> will pay $418 million in damages to settle<strong> </strong>allegations it conspired to boost agents' commissions, the organization said on Friday.  </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>If the settlement is approved, the lawsuits will change the way we buy and sell homes \u2014 potentially lowering the commission rates that buyers pay.</p><hr /><ul><li>A federal court still has to approve the deal.</li><li>Home sellers had sued the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/national-association-of-relators-resign-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">Realtors association</a>,<strong> </strong>which was found <a href=\"https://www.nar.realtor/magazine/real-estate-news/nar-to-appeal-burnett-trial-verdict-after-being-found-liable\" target=\"_blank\">liable</a> for keeping agent compensation artificially high.</li></ul><p><strong>Our thought bubble, from Axios' Emily Peck: </strong>This deal, if approved, has the potential to change the way the real estate market works. </p><ul><li>It could lower costs for buyers and radically disrupt the way real estate agents work \u2014 maybe driving many from the business altogether. </li></ul><p><strong>Details: </strong>NAR will pay the settlement over about four years. </p><ul><li>The organization denied wrongdoing regarding the<strong> </strong>compensation rule at the center of the litigation.</li><li>\"It has always been our goal to preserve consumer choice and protect our members to the greatest extent possible,\" Nykia Wright, interim CEO, said in a statement. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>The settlement adds to financial and administrative troubles faced by the organization in recent months. </p><ul><li>NAR's CEO, Bob Goldberg, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/02/national-association-of-relators-resign-verdict\" target=\"_blank\">resigned</a> last year, just days after a previous <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/nar-lawsuit-brokers-fees-verdict-sitzer-burnett\" target=\"_blank\">$1.8 billion verdict</a> against the group over commissions.</li><li>He had already faced calls to step down in the fallout of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/29/realtors-president-sexual-harassment-resign\" target=\"_blank\">sexual harassment</a> and discrimination allegations levied against the group's former president months before.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/mortgage-rates-housing-affordability\" target=\"_blank\">America's housing affordability crisis makes a comeback</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with more details from NAR's press release.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "April Rubin"}], "author": "April Rubin", "author_detail": {"name": "April Rubin"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/fvQAWavAMU5AGUDEx7BQ_KeLEhQ=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710512066215.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/gJwIspi0xxlBFt91k8pjZsNXz8c=/443x0:1523x1080/128x128/2024/03/15/1710512066215.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:52:33 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 15, 52, 33, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/national-association-of-realtors-settlement-commissions", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "READ: Georgia judge slams prosecutors in Trump case for \"odor of mendacity\"", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "READ: Georgia judge slams prosecutors in Trump case for \"odor of mendacity\""}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/georgia-trump-fani-willis-wade-relationship-ruling"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/georgia-trump-fani-willis-wade-relationship-ruling", "summary": "<p>A Fulton County judge ruled Friday that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-judge-status\" target=\"_blank\">District Attorney Fani Willis</a> or special prosecutor Nathan Wade must leave the Georgia election interference case against <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/4200/151-ORDER-03-15-2024\" target=\"_blank\">ruling</a>, though highly critical of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/trump-fani-willis-fulton-county-election\" target=\"_blank\">Willis and Wade</a>, provides a pathway for the sprawling racketeering case against the likely GOP presidential nominee to move forward as the 2o24 election heats up.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee's ruling largely denied the defense's request to have Willis disqualified over a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/fani-willis-misconduct-hearing-trump-georgia-case\" target=\"_blank\">conflict of interest</a>, but said the \"appearance of impropriety\" created by her romantic relationship with Wade required that one of them step down for the case to continue.</p><ul><li>\"This finding is by no means an indication that the Court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the District Attorney's testimony during the evidentiary hearing,\" McAfee wrote.</li><li>\"Rather, it is the undersigned's opinion that Georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices \u2013 even repeatedly - and it is the trial court's duty to confine itself to the relevant issues and applicable law properly brought before it,\" he said.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>McAfee, in his highly anticipated decision, did not shy away from writing with flair. </p><ul><li>Neither side provided sufficient evidence for the judge to determine when exactly the relationship started, he said. </li><li>\"However, an odor of mendacity remains,\" he wrote.</li></ul><p><strong>Read the judge's decision in full here:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/judge-trump-georgia-scott-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\">What to know about Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing Trump's Georgia case</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A Fulton County judge ruled Friday that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-judge-status\" target=\"_blank\">District Attorney Fani Willis</a> or special prosecutor Nathan Wade must leave the Georgia election interference case against <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/4200/151-ORDER-03-15-2024\" target=\"_blank\">ruling</a>, though highly critical of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/trump-fani-willis-fulton-county-election\" target=\"_blank\">Willis and Wade</a>, provides a pathway for the sprawling racketeering case against the likely GOP presidential nominee to move forward as the 2o24 election heats up.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee's ruling largely denied the defense's request to have Willis disqualified over a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/fani-willis-misconduct-hearing-trump-georgia-case\" target=\"_blank\">conflict of interest</a>, but said the \"appearance of impropriety\" created by her romantic relationship with Wade required that one of them step down for the case to continue.</p><ul><li>\"This finding is by no means an indication that the Court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the District Attorney's testimony during the evidentiary hearing,\" McAfee wrote.</li><li>\"Rather, it is the undersigned's opinion that Georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices \u2013 even repeatedly - and it is the trial court's duty to confine itself to the relevant issues and applicable law properly brought before it,\" he said.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>McAfee, in his highly anticipated decision, did not shy away from writing with flair. </p><ul><li>Neither side provided sufficient evidence for the judge to determine when exactly the relationship started, he said. </li><li>\"However, an odor of mendacity remains,\" he wrote.</li></ul><p><strong>Read the judge's decision in full here:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/judge-trump-georgia-scott-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\">What to know about Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing Trump's Georgia case</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A Fulton County judge ruled Friday that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-judge-status\" target=\"_blank\">District Attorney Fani Willis</a> or special prosecutor Nathan Wade must leave the Georgia election interference case against <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/4200/151-ORDER-03-15-2024\" target=\"_blank\">ruling</a>, though highly critical of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/trump-fani-willis-fulton-county-election\" target=\"_blank\">Willis and Wade</a>, provides a pathway for the sprawling racketeering case against the likely GOP presidential nominee to move forward as the 2o24 election heats up.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee's ruling largely denied the defense's request to have Willis disqualified over a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/16/fani-willis-misconduct-hearing-trump-georgia-case\" target=\"_blank\">conflict of interest</a>, but said the \"appearance of impropriety\" created by her romantic relationship with Wade required that one of them step down for the case to continue.</p><ul><li>\"This finding is by no means an indication that the Court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the District Attorney's testimony during the evidentiary hearing,\" McAfee wrote.</li><li>\"Rather, it is the undersigned's opinion that Georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices \u2013 even repeatedly - and it is the trial court's duty to confine itself to the relevant issues and applicable law properly brought before it,\" he said.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>McAfee, in his highly anticipated decision, did not shy away from writing with flair. </p><ul><li>Neither side provided sufficient evidence for the judge to determine when exactly the relationship started, he said. </li><li>\"However, an odor of mendacity remains,\" he wrote.</li></ul><p><strong>Read the judge's decision in full here:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/judge-trump-georgia-scott-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\">What to know about Scott McAfee, the judge overseeing Trump's Georgia case</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Emma Loop"}], "author": "Emma Loop", "author_detail": {"name": "Emma Loop"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Judge Scott McAfee at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Ga., on March 1. Photo: Alex Slitz/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/zsHvLlA_ezoHxHnkPI8IU2o2n8Q=/0x0:3744x2106/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710512465092.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/wGbODzHG1tzkeeQU1ClHLYOyEN4=/385x0:2881x2496/128x128/2024/03/15/1710512465092.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 15:15:05 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 15, 15, 5, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/georgia-trump-fani-willis-wade-relationship-ruling", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Ex-Apple executive tapped for major sports streaming venture", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Ex-Apple executive tapped for major sports streaming venture"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pete-distad-sports-streaming-jv"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pete-distad-sports-streaming-jv", "summary": "<p>Pete Distad, a former Apple and Hulu executive, was appointed CEO of the new <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/espn-fox-warner-bros-discovery-sports-streaming\" target=\"_blank\">sports streaming joint venture</a> formed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Distad will be tasked with getting the service off the ground ahead of its planned fall launch. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Distad, who most recently served as an executive at Apple for a decade following six years at Hulu, assumes oversight of all aspects of the joint venture, including strategy, distribution, marketing, sales and more, <a href=\"https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/03/pete-distad-named-ceo-of-new-sports-streaming-service/\" target=\"_blank\">according to a press release on Friday</a>.</p><ul><li>Once the service is running, Distad will report to a board that consists of representatives chosen by each of the three companies.  </li><li>The JV will be based in Los Angeles. </li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The three companies announced the service during Super Bowl LVIII week last month.</p><ul><li>Amid few details about the venture, including its cost, it is expected to launch in the fall ahead of college football and NFL seasons. </li><li>Each company will own one-third of the venture.</li><li>The service will include content from linear TV networks housed by the three companies, which include ESPN, ABC, TNT and Fox, among others.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Pete Distad, a former Apple and Hulu executive, was appointed CEO of the new <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/espn-fox-warner-bros-discovery-sports-streaming\" target=\"_blank\">sports streaming joint venture</a> formed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Distad will be tasked with getting the service off the ground ahead of its planned fall launch. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Distad, who most recently served as an executive at Apple for a decade following six years at Hulu, assumes oversight of all aspects of the joint venture, including strategy, distribution, marketing, sales and more, <a href=\"https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/03/pete-distad-named-ceo-of-new-sports-streaming-service/\" target=\"_blank\">according to a press release on Friday</a>.</p><ul><li>Once the service is running, Distad will report to a board that consists of representatives chosen by each of the three companies.  </li><li>The JV will be based in Los Angeles. </li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The three companies announced the service during Super Bowl LVIII week last month.</p><ul><li>Amid few details about the venture, including its cost, it is expected to launch in the fall ahead of college football and NFL seasons. </li><li>Each company will own one-third of the venture.</li><li>The service will include content from linear TV networks housed by the three companies, which include ESPN, ABC, TNT and Fox, among others.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Pete Distad, a former Apple and Hulu executive, was appointed CEO of the new <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/espn-fox-warner-bros-discovery-sports-streaming\" target=\"_blank\">sports streaming joint venture</a> formed by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Distad will be tasked with getting the service off the ground ahead of its planned fall launch. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Distad, who most recently served as an executive at Apple for a decade following six years at Hulu, assumes oversight of all aspects of the joint venture, including strategy, distribution, marketing, sales and more, <a href=\"https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2024/03/pete-distad-named-ceo-of-new-sports-streaming-service/\" target=\"_blank\">according to a press release on Friday</a>.</p><ul><li>Once the service is running, Distad will report to a board that consists of representatives chosen by each of the three companies.  </li><li>The JV will be based in Los Angeles. </li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The three companies announced the service during Super Bowl LVIII week last month.</p><ul><li>Amid few details about the venture, including its cost, it is expected to launch in the fall ahead of college football and NFL seasons. </li><li>Each company will own one-third of the venture.</li><li>The service will include content from linear TV networks housed by the three companies, which include ESPN, ABC, TNT and Fox, among others.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Tim Baysinger"}], "author": "Tim Baysinger", "author_detail": {"name": "Tim Baysinger"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo: Courtesy of Disney/Fox/Warner Bros. Discovery", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/775FCEUJMhSqbAM-PX4LujkqJdg=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710513626153.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/svBhGHTBu2ZpPJvZh5tBXeMiMgE=/375x0:1455x1080/128x128/2024/03/15/1710513626153.png"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:50:06 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 14, 50, 6, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/pete-distad-sports-streaming-jv", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trump's Georgia case can continue if Willis or special prosecutor leave: judge", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trump's Georgia case can continue if Willis or special prosecutor leave: judge"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-judge-status"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-judge-status", "summary": "<p>Fulton County District Attorney <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/trump-fani-willis-fulton-county-election\" target=\"_self\">Fani Willis</a> and her office can remain on Georgia's 2020 election interference case against <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a> if the special prosecutor Willis hired steps aside, a <a href=\"https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/4200/151-ORDER-03-15-2024\" target=\"_blank\">judge ruled</a> on Friday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The ruling allows the case to conditionally go forward and is a win for Willis, who defense lawyers accused of improperly benefiting from her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor, Nathan Wade. </p><hr /><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/judge-trump-georgia-scott-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Scott McAfee</a> said he found the \"appearance of impropriety\" but ruled that the relationship brought no actual conflict of interest and denied the defendants' claims and requests.</li><li>However, he stipulated that the relationship requires either Willis or Wade to leave the case.</li><li>Willis strongly denied claims that her relationship with Wade tainted proceedings or created any financial or ethical conflict of interest in the case.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>In his ruling, McAfee said his decision should not indicate that the court supports Willis' \"tremendous lapse in judgment\" or what he called her \"unprofessional manner\" during tense testimony at an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/trump-georgia-fani-willis-relationship-hearing\" target=\"_blank\">evidentiary hearing</a> last month.</p><ul><li>\"Rather, it is the undersigned's opinion that Georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices \u2013 even repeatedly,\" the ruling reads.</li></ul><p><strong>Trump lawyer Steve Sadow</strong> said in a <a href=\"https://x.com/stevesadow/status/1768634191820796147?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">statement</a> that McAfee's ruling \"did not afford appropriate significance\" to what the court heard about Willis and Wade's relationship and their conduct.</p><ul><li>\"We will use all legal options available as we continue to fight to end this case, which should never have been brought in the first place,\" Sadow stated.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>If Willis and her office leaves, the case would likely be halted for months as the <a href=\"https://pacga.org/resources/conflicts-of-interest/\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia</a> finds a <a href=\"https://law.georgia.gov/resources/appointment-substitute-prosecutor\" target=\"_blank\">substitute attorney</a> to take up the case.</p><ul><li>Doing so would be a difficult, arduous process, since only a few district attorneys in the state have the resources to take on such a high-profile case.</li><li>Once appointed, the substitute district attorney could choose to maintain the case as is, drop certain charges or dismiss the case entirely.</li><li>If Wade leaves, Willis would have to appoint or hire another lead prosecutor.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>If Willis left, she would also be doing so during an election year as she <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/fani-willis-fulton-county-district-attorney-race\" target=\"_blank\">faces multiple challengers</a>.</p><ul><li>The Democratic primary for the race is scheduled for May.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The allegations against Willis and Wade don't change the current facts of the case she brought against Trump. He faces more than half a dozen counts in the Georgia case related to his alleged efforts to subvert 2020 election results. </p><ul><li>McAfee earlier this week <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-case-judge-dismiss-charges\" target=\"_blank\">quashed several counts</a> Trump originally faced for a lack of supporting detail, but noted in his order that prosecutors could refile them.</li><li>Willis charged a total of 19 co-defendants including Trump. Three have accepted plea deals.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/trump-georgia-case-fani-willis-allegations\" target=\"_blank\">How the Fani Willis allegations could affect Trump's Georgia election case</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This story was updated with additional information from the order and a statement from Sadow.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Fulton County District Attorney <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/trump-fani-willis-fulton-county-election\" target=\"_self\">Fani Willis</a> and her office can remain on Georgia's 2020 election interference case against <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a> if the special prosecutor Willis hired steps aside, a <a href=\"https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/4200/151-ORDER-03-15-2024\" target=\"_blank\">judge ruled</a> on Friday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The ruling allows the case to conditionally go forward and is a win for Willis, who defense lawyers accused of improperly benefiting from her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor, Nathan Wade. </p><hr /><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/judge-trump-georgia-scott-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Scott McAfee</a> said he found the \"appearance of impropriety\" but ruled that the relationship brought no actual conflict of interest and denied the defendants' claims and requests.</li><li>However, he stipulated that the relationship requires either Willis or Wade to leave the case.</li><li>Willis strongly denied claims that her relationship with Wade tainted proceedings or created any financial or ethical conflict of interest in the case.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>In his ruling, McAfee said his decision should not indicate that the court supports Willis' \"tremendous lapse in judgment\" or what he called her \"unprofessional manner\" during tense testimony at an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/trump-georgia-fani-willis-relationship-hearing\" target=\"_blank\">evidentiary hearing</a> last month.</p><ul><li>\"Rather, it is the undersigned's opinion that Georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices \u2013 even repeatedly,\" the ruling reads.</li></ul><p><strong>Trump lawyer Steve Sadow</strong> said in a <a href=\"https://x.com/stevesadow/status/1768634191820796147?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">statement</a> that McAfee's ruling \"did not afford appropriate significance\" to what the court heard about Willis and Wade's relationship and their conduct.</p><ul><li>\"We will use all legal options available as we continue to fight to end this case, which should never have been brought in the first place,\" Sadow stated.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>If Willis and her office leaves, the case would likely be halted for months as the <a href=\"https://pacga.org/resources/conflicts-of-interest/\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia</a> finds a <a href=\"https://law.georgia.gov/resources/appointment-substitute-prosecutor\" target=\"_blank\">substitute attorney</a> to take up the case.</p><ul><li>Doing so would be a difficult, arduous process, since only a few district attorneys in the state have the resources to take on such a high-profile case.</li><li>Once appointed, the substitute district attorney could choose to maintain the case as is, drop certain charges or dismiss the case entirely.</li><li>If Wade leaves, Willis would have to appoint or hire another lead prosecutor.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>If Willis left, she would also be doing so during an election year as she <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/fani-willis-fulton-county-district-attorney-race\" target=\"_blank\">faces multiple challengers</a>.</p><ul><li>The Democratic primary for the race is scheduled for May.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The allegations against Willis and Wade don't change the current facts of the case she brought against Trump. He faces more than half a dozen counts in the Georgia case related to his alleged efforts to subvert 2020 election results. </p><ul><li>McAfee earlier this week <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-case-judge-dismiss-charges\" target=\"_blank\">quashed several counts</a> Trump originally faced for a lack of supporting detail, but noted in his order that prosecutors could refile them.</li><li>Willis charged a total of 19 co-defendants including Trump. Three have accepted plea deals.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/trump-georgia-case-fani-willis-allegations\" target=\"_blank\">How the Fani Willis allegations could affect Trump's Georgia election case</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This story was updated with additional information from the order and a statement from Sadow.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Fulton County District Attorney <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/trump-fani-willis-fulton-county-election\" target=\"_self\">Fani Willis</a> and her office can remain on Georgia's 2020 election interference case against <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump</a> if the special prosecutor Willis hired steps aside, a <a href=\"https://www.fultonclerk.org/DocumentCenter/View/4200/151-ORDER-03-15-2024\" target=\"_blank\">judge ruled</a> on Friday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The ruling allows the case to conditionally go forward and is a win for Willis, who defense lawyers accused of improperly benefiting from her romantic relationship with the special prosecutor, Nathan Wade. </p><hr /><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/15/judge-trump-georgia-scott-mcafee\" target=\"_blank\">Judge Scott McAfee</a> said he found the \"appearance of impropriety\" but ruled that the relationship brought no actual conflict of interest and denied the defendants' claims and requests.</li><li>However, he stipulated that the relationship requires either Willis or Wade to leave the case.</li><li>Willis strongly denied claims that her relationship with Wade tainted proceedings or created any financial or ethical conflict of interest in the case.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>In his ruling, McAfee said his decision should not indicate that the court supports Willis' \"tremendous lapse in judgment\" or what he called her \"unprofessional manner\" during tense testimony at an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/trump-georgia-fani-willis-relationship-hearing\" target=\"_blank\">evidentiary hearing</a> last month.</p><ul><li>\"Rather, it is the undersigned's opinion that Georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices \u2013 even repeatedly,\" the ruling reads.</li></ul><p><strong>Trump lawyer Steve Sadow</strong> said in a <a href=\"https://x.com/stevesadow/status/1768634191820796147?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">statement</a> that McAfee's ruling \"did not afford appropriate significance\" to what the court heard about Willis and Wade's relationship and their conduct.</p><ul><li>\"We will use all legal options available as we continue to fight to end this case, which should never have been brought in the first place,\" Sadow stated.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>If Willis and her office leaves, the case would likely be halted for months as the <a href=\"https://pacga.org/resources/conflicts-of-interest/\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia</a> finds a <a href=\"https://law.georgia.gov/resources/appointment-substitute-prosecutor\" target=\"_blank\">substitute attorney</a> to take up the case.</p><ul><li>Doing so would be a difficult, arduous process, since only a few district attorneys in the state have the resources to take on such a high-profile case.</li><li>Once appointed, the substitute district attorney could choose to maintain the case as is, drop certain charges or dismiss the case entirely.</li><li>If Wade leaves, Willis would have to appoint or hire another lead prosecutor.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>If Willis left, she would also be doing so during an election year as she <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/fani-willis-fulton-county-district-attorney-race\" target=\"_blank\">faces multiple challengers</a>.</p><ul><li>The Democratic primary for the race is scheduled for May.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The allegations against Willis and Wade don't change the current facts of the case she brought against Trump. He faces more than half a dozen counts in the Georgia case related to his alleged efforts to subvert 2020 election results. </p><ul><li>McAfee earlier this week <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-case-judge-dismiss-charges\" target=\"_blank\">quashed several counts</a> Trump originally faced for a lack of supporting detail, but noted in his order that prosecutors could refile them.</li><li>Willis charged a total of 19 co-defendants including Trump. Three have accepted plea deals.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/trump-georgia-case-fani-willis-allegations\" target=\"_blank\">How the Fani Willis allegations could affect Trump's Georgia election case</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This story was updated with additional information from the order and a statement from Sadow.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "April Rubin"}, {"name": "Jacob Knutson"}], "author": "Jacob Knutson", "author_detail": {"name": "April Rubin"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis at the Fulton County Courthouse on March 1 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo: Alex Slitz / pool / AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/T1Vw_7x4Zx2yH7oLE6kNco4yfE0=/0x0:6000x3375/1280x720/2024/03/01/1709323453929.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/aI9diU6Yx1FZ39CVKXLaeXSaDi8=/1741x0:5785x4044/128x128/2024/03/01/1709323453929.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:24:26 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 14, 24, 26, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/fani-willis-georgia-trump-case-judge-status", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "The United Steelworkers\u2019 long history of influencing Wall Street mergers", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "The United Steelworkers\u2019 long history of influencing Wall Street mergers"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/united-steelworkers-wall-street-mergers-history"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/united-steelworkers-wall-street-mergers-history", "summary": "<p>When President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-steel-biden-nippon-japan\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> spoke out Thursday against Japan-based Nippon Steel's planned <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/us-steel-nippon-japan-sale\" target=\"_self\">$14.9 billion acquisition</a> of U.S. Steel, it was a win for the United Steelworkers union \u2014\u00a0it's been blasting the deal for months.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The union's political influence stems from <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/unions-deals-labor\" target=\"_blank\">labor's heightened leverage</a> in an election year \u2014\u00a0but a less understood factor involves the Steelworkers themselves. </p><hr /><ul><li>The union has a long history of influencing corporate M&amp;A dating back to the 1980s when the steel industry was first upended by foreign competition.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> \"[I]t is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated,\" Biden said. </p><ul><li>He called union president David McCall to \"reiterate that he has the steelworkers' back,\" the White House said.</li><li>The president could block this deal if <a href=\"https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10177#:~:text=The%20President%20can%20exercise%20authority,adequate%20and%20appropriate%20authority%E2%80%9D%20to\" target=\"_blank\">CFIUS</a>, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., recommends he do so.</li><li>U.S. Steel shares dropped about 6% on Thursday \u2014 they're trading at a 30% discount to Nippon's offer.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Biden's opposition to this deal comes after months of lobbying from both the union and Ohio-based steel company Cleveland-Cliffs, the <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/business/inside-the-steel-deal-that-has-biden-on-edge-b8dcc44c\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ</a> reported. </p><ul><li>Cleveland-Cliffs tried to buy U.S. Steel last year, in a deal the union supported.</li><li>One of Cleveland-Cliffs' board members, Ron Bloom, is a former adviser to the union. He was a \"key player\" in 2007 when the union blocked the acquisition of steelmaker Wheeling-Pittsburgh by Brazil's CSN, notes a company <a href=\"https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/617/cleveland-cliffs-appoints-ron-bloom-to-its-board-of\" target=\"_blank\">press release</a> from January. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Decades ago, the steelworkers union started playing an active role in M&amp;A after the steel industry began shrinking.</p><ul><li>\"Instead of confronting management with traditional demands, the steel union decided its best hope for preserving jobs and benefits was to back good companies that could make money,\" reported the <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117867724025596818\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ </a>in 2007. </li><li>\"It began trying to pick winners and losers, often diving into restructuring battles.\"</li></ul><p><strong>They often played a role</strong> in shaping the deals themselves. In 2001, the union agreed to back Wilbur Ross's acquisition of LTV Steel, out of bankruptcy, if he put aside some profits from the new entity into a trust for steelworker retirees. Ross agreed.</p><ul><li>The union blocked the Wheeling-Pittsburgh deal by wielding a clause in their labor contract that gave them veto power. The union then sided with another buyer, Esmark \u2014\u00a0which agreed not to lay off workers. That deal went through. </li></ul><p><strong>Fun fact: </strong>Last year, Esmark said it wouldn't make a bid for U.S. Steel out of respect for the Steelworkers. </p><ul><li>\"The USW was our partner in the successful acquisition of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, and we remain close with them,\" said Esmark CEO <a href=\"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230823390935/en/Esmark-Inc.-Respects-History-Working-Relationship-and-Position-of-USW.-Therefore-Will-Not-Make-a-Bid-for-U.S.-Steel\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Bouchard</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The union has had </strong>advisers with a \"very sophisticated understanding of how Wall Street works,\" says John Logan, a labor historian at San Francisco State University.</p><ul><li>He specifically pointed to Bloom, a Harvard MBA who worked at Lazard and later went on to work for the Obama administration.</li></ul><p><strong>One way the union wields influence </strong>is through detailed successorship clauses explaining what happens if a company is sold. </p><ul><li>Typically, these provisions simply say that an acquirer has to agree to adhere to a union's current bargaining agreement.</li><li>But the Steelworkers' contracts often go further. In U.S. Steel's immediate case, the union has <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers\" target=\"_blank\">previously said</a> its contract requires any prospective buyer to agree to a new labor deal before a sale can be finalized.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> A president has only blocked a foreign transaction seven times since 1990.</p><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The union has said that neither Nippon nor U.S. Steel talked to them before the deal was announced. </p><ul><li>That may have been a big mistake, Logan says. In the past, bidders have ignored the Steelworkers at their peril.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>When President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-steel-biden-nippon-japan\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> spoke out Thursday against Japan-based Nippon Steel's planned <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/us-steel-nippon-japan-sale\" target=\"_self\">$14.9 billion acquisition</a> of U.S. Steel, it was a win for the United Steelworkers union \u2014\u00a0it's been blasting the deal for months.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The union's political influence stems from <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/unions-deals-labor\" target=\"_blank\">labor's heightened leverage</a> in an election year \u2014\u00a0but a less understood factor involves the Steelworkers themselves. </p><hr /><ul><li>The union has a long history of influencing corporate M&amp;A dating back to the 1980s when the steel industry was first upended by foreign competition.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> \"[I]t is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated,\" Biden said. </p><ul><li>He called union president David McCall to \"reiterate that he has the steelworkers' back,\" the White House said.</li><li>The president could block this deal if <a href=\"https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10177#:~:text=The%20President%20can%20exercise%20authority,adequate%20and%20appropriate%20authority%E2%80%9D%20to\" target=\"_blank\">CFIUS</a>, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., recommends he do so.</li><li>U.S. Steel shares dropped about 6% on Thursday \u2014 they're trading at a 30% discount to Nippon's offer.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Biden's opposition to this deal comes after months of lobbying from both the union and Ohio-based steel company Cleveland-Cliffs, the <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/business/inside-the-steel-deal-that-has-biden-on-edge-b8dcc44c\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ</a> reported. </p><ul><li>Cleveland-Cliffs tried to buy U.S. Steel last year, in a deal the union supported.</li><li>One of Cleveland-Cliffs' board members, Ron Bloom, is a former adviser to the union. He was a \"key player\" in 2007 when the union blocked the acquisition of steelmaker Wheeling-Pittsburgh by Brazil's CSN, notes a company <a href=\"https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/617/cleveland-cliffs-appoints-ron-bloom-to-its-board-of\" target=\"_blank\">press release</a> from January. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Decades ago, the steelworkers union started playing an active role in M&amp;A after the steel industry began shrinking.</p><ul><li>\"Instead of confronting management with traditional demands, the steel union decided its best hope for preserving jobs and benefits was to back good companies that could make money,\" reported the <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117867724025596818\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ </a>in 2007. </li><li>\"It began trying to pick winners and losers, often diving into restructuring battles.\"</li></ul><p><strong>They often played a role</strong> in shaping the deals themselves. In 2001, the union agreed to back Wilbur Ross's acquisition of LTV Steel, out of bankruptcy, if he put aside some profits from the new entity into a trust for steelworker retirees. Ross agreed.</p><ul><li>The union blocked the Wheeling-Pittsburgh deal by wielding a clause in their labor contract that gave them veto power. The union then sided with another buyer, Esmark \u2014\u00a0which agreed not to lay off workers. That deal went through. </li></ul><p><strong>Fun fact: </strong>Last year, Esmark said it wouldn't make a bid for U.S. Steel out of respect for the Steelworkers. </p><ul><li>\"The USW was our partner in the successful acquisition of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, and we remain close with them,\" said Esmark CEO <a href=\"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230823390935/en/Esmark-Inc.-Respects-History-Working-Relationship-and-Position-of-USW.-Therefore-Will-Not-Make-a-Bid-for-U.S.-Steel\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Bouchard</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The union has had </strong>advisers with a \"very sophisticated understanding of how Wall Street works,\" says John Logan, a labor historian at San Francisco State University.</p><ul><li>He specifically pointed to Bloom, a Harvard MBA who worked at Lazard and later went on to work for the Obama administration.</li></ul><p><strong>One way the union wields influence </strong>is through detailed successorship clauses explaining what happens if a company is sold. </p><ul><li>Typically, these provisions simply say that an acquirer has to agree to adhere to a union's current bargaining agreement.</li><li>But the Steelworkers' contracts often go further. In U.S. Steel's immediate case, the union has <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers\" target=\"_blank\">previously said</a> its contract requires any prospective buyer to agree to a new labor deal before a sale can be finalized.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> A president has only blocked a foreign transaction seven times since 1990.</p><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The union has said that neither Nippon nor U.S. Steel talked to them before the deal was announced. </p><ul><li>That may have been a big mistake, Logan says. In the past, bidders have ignored the Steelworkers at their peril.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>When President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-steel-biden-nippon-japan\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> spoke out Thursday against Japan-based Nippon Steel's planned <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/us-steel-nippon-japan-sale\" target=\"_self\">$14.9 billion acquisition</a> of U.S. Steel, it was a win for the United Steelworkers union \u2014\u00a0it's been blasting the deal for months.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The union's political influence stems from <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/unions-deals-labor\" target=\"_blank\">labor's heightened leverage</a> in an election year \u2014\u00a0but a less understood factor involves the Steelworkers themselves. </p><hr /><ul><li>The union has a long history of influencing corporate M&amp;A dating back to the 1980s when the steel industry was first upended by foreign competition.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> \"[I]t is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated,\" Biden said. </p><ul><li>He called union president David McCall to \"reiterate that he has the steelworkers' back,\" the White House said.</li><li>The president could block this deal if <a href=\"https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10177#:~:text=The%20President%20can%20exercise%20authority,adequate%20and%20appropriate%20authority%E2%80%9D%20to\" target=\"_blank\">CFIUS</a>, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., recommends he do so.</li><li>U.S. Steel shares dropped about 6% on Thursday \u2014 they're trading at a 30% discount to Nippon's offer.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Biden's opposition to this deal comes after months of lobbying from both the union and Ohio-based steel company Cleveland-Cliffs, the <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/business/inside-the-steel-deal-that-has-biden-on-edge-b8dcc44c\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ</a> reported. </p><ul><li>Cleveland-Cliffs tried to buy U.S. Steel last year, in a deal the union supported.</li><li>One of Cleveland-Cliffs' board members, Ron Bloom, is a former adviser to the union. He was a \"key player\" in 2007 when the union blocked the acquisition of steelmaker Wheeling-Pittsburgh by Brazil's CSN, notes a company <a href=\"https://www.clevelandcliffs.com/investors/news-events/press-releases/detail/617/cleveland-cliffs-appoints-ron-bloom-to-its-board-of\" target=\"_blank\">press release</a> from January. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Decades ago, the steelworkers union started playing an active role in M&amp;A after the steel industry began shrinking.</p><ul><li>\"Instead of confronting management with traditional demands, the steel union decided its best hope for preserving jobs and benefits was to back good companies that could make money,\" reported the <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB117867724025596818\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ </a>in 2007. </li><li>\"It began trying to pick winners and losers, often diving into restructuring battles.\"</li></ul><p><strong>They often played a role</strong> in shaping the deals themselves. In 2001, the union agreed to back Wilbur Ross's acquisition of LTV Steel, out of bankruptcy, if he put aside some profits from the new entity into a trust for steelworker retirees. Ross agreed.</p><ul><li>The union blocked the Wheeling-Pittsburgh deal by wielding a clause in their labor contract that gave them veto power. The union then sided with another buyer, Esmark \u2014\u00a0which agreed not to lay off workers. That deal went through. </li></ul><p><strong>Fun fact: </strong>Last year, Esmark said it wouldn't make a bid for U.S. Steel out of respect for the Steelworkers. </p><ul><li>\"The USW was our partner in the successful acquisition of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, and we remain close with them,\" said Esmark CEO <a href=\"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230823390935/en/Esmark-Inc.-Respects-History-Working-Relationship-and-Position-of-USW.-Therefore-Will-Not-Make-a-Bid-for-U.S.-Steel\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Bouchard</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The union has had </strong>advisers with a \"very sophisticated understanding of how Wall Street works,\" says John Logan, a labor historian at San Francisco State University.</p><ul><li>He specifically pointed to Bloom, a Harvard MBA who worked at Lazard and later went on to work for the Obama administration.</li></ul><p><strong>One way the union wields influence </strong>is through detailed successorship clauses explaining what happens if a company is sold. </p><ul><li>Typically, these provisions simply say that an acquirer has to agree to adhere to a union's current bargaining agreement.</li><li>But the Steelworkers' contracts often go further. In U.S. Steel's immediate case, the union has <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers\" target=\"_blank\">previously said</a> its contract requires any prospective buyer to agree to a new labor deal before a sale can be finalized.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> A president has only blocked a foreign transaction seven times since 1990.</p><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The union has said that neither Nippon nor U.S. Steel talked to them before the deal was announced. </p><ul><li>That may have been a big mistake, Logan says. In the past, bidders have ignored the Steelworkers at their peril.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Emily Peck"}], "author": "Emily Peck", "author_detail": {"name": "Emily Peck"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/fT_wtzjqt7u6986eysyHLy3KqQo=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710445664453.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/CzpS7g3r1EQKTuISFG7ydLWLfYo=/0x0:1080x1080/128x128/2024/03/14/1710445664453.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:45:18 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 11, 45, 18, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/united-steelworkers-wall-street-mergers-history", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Weekly peak office attendance is still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Weekly peak office attendance is still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/weekly-peak-office-attendance-is-still-nowhere-near-pre-pandemic-levels"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/weekly-peak-office-attendance-is-still-nowhere-near-pre-pandemic-levels", "summary": "<div>Data: Kastle Systems; Note: Office occupancy is measured against February 2020 levels set at 100%; Metro areas include Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Jose, and Austin; Peak occupancy day is typically Tuesday or Wednesday; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>Office <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/office-vacancy-rates-record-remote-work-cre\" target=\"_blank\">occupancy levels</a> on the busiest day of the week are just 62% of their February 2020 average, according to Kastle Systems' office swipe data for 10 major metros.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's been four years since <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/covid-pandemic-march-11\" target=\"_blank\">COVID</a> first shut down offices in the U.S., and the decline in office use has touched nearly all aspects of our lives \u2014 from where people live, to how they structure their work-family balance to the way companies operate.</p><hr /><ul><li>The shift is, of course, roiling the commercial real estate market, as Axios' Kate Marino <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/office-building-value-commercial-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\">wrote</a> this week.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Peak office days, typically Tuesdays or Wednesdays, are a useful measure for employers who need to have space available for everyone who wants to come to work in person. </p><ul><li>And they give a better sense of the return to office momentum than Kastle's previous system of just publishing the five-day average, says Kastle CEO Haniel Lynn. </li><li>While occupancy is at 61.7% on those high-attendance days, it falls to around 35% on Fridays.</li><li>Those Fridays drag down the weekly average \u2014 it was only 52.5% for the week ending March 6.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>The number on peak occupancy days has been creeping up, though isn't likely to go back to 100% anytime soon, says Lynn. </p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: Kastle Systems; Note: Office occupancy is measured against February 2020 levels set at 100%; Metro areas include Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Jose, and Austin; Peak occupancy day is typically Tuesday or Wednesday; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>Office <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/office-vacancy-rates-record-remote-work-cre\" target=\"_blank\">occupancy levels</a> on the busiest day of the week are just 62% of their February 2020 average, according to Kastle Systems' office swipe data for 10 major metros.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's been four years since <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/covid-pandemic-march-11\" target=\"_blank\">COVID</a> first shut down offices in the U.S., and the decline in office use has touched nearly all aspects of our lives \u2014 from where people live, to how they structure their work-family balance to the way companies operate.</p><hr /><ul><li>The shift is, of course, roiling the commercial real estate market, as Axios' Kate Marino <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/office-building-value-commercial-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\">wrote</a> this week.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Peak office days, typically Tuesdays or Wednesdays, are a useful measure for employers who need to have space available for everyone who wants to come to work in person. </p><ul><li>And they give a better sense of the return to office momentum than Kastle's previous system of just publishing the five-day average, says Kastle CEO Haniel Lynn. </li><li>While occupancy is at 61.7% on those high-attendance days, it falls to around 35% on Fridays.</li><li>Those Fridays drag down the weekly average \u2014 it was only 52.5% for the week ending March 6.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>The number on peak occupancy days has been creeping up, though isn't likely to go back to 100% anytime soon, says Lynn. </p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: Kastle Systems; Note: Office occupancy is measured against February 2020 levels set at 100%; Metro areas include Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Jose, and Austin; Peak occupancy day is typically Tuesday or Wednesday; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>Office <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/office-vacancy-rates-record-remote-work-cre\" target=\"_blank\">occupancy levels</a> on the busiest day of the week are just 62% of their February 2020 average, according to Kastle Systems' office swipe data for 10 major metros.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's been four years since <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/covid-pandemic-march-11\" target=\"_blank\">COVID</a> first shut down offices in the U.S., and the decline in office use has touched nearly all aspects of our lives \u2014 from where people live, to how they structure their work-family balance to the way companies operate.</p><hr /><ul><li>The shift is, of course, roiling the commercial real estate market, as Axios' Kate Marino <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/office-building-value-commercial-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\">wrote</a> this week.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Peak office days, typically Tuesdays or Wednesdays, are a useful measure for employers who need to have space available for everyone who wants to come to work in person. </p><ul><li>And they give a better sense of the return to office momentum than Kastle's previous system of just publishing the five-day average, says Kastle CEO Haniel Lynn. </li><li>While occupancy is at 61.7% on those high-attendance days, it falls to around 35% on Fridays.</li><li>Those Fridays drag down the weekly average \u2014 it was only 52.5% for the week ending March 6.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>The number on peak occupancy days has been creeping up, though isn't likely to go back to 100% anytime soon, says Lynn. </p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Emily Peck"}], "author": "Emily Peck", "author_detail": {"name": "Emily Peck"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Data: Kastle Systems; Note: Office occupancy is measured against February 2020 levels set at 100%; Metro areas include Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Jose, and Austin; Peak occupancy day is typically Tuesday or Wednesday; Chart: Axios Visuals", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://graphics.axios.com/hermesv2/2024-03-14-1111-us-average-office/fallbacks/2024-03-14-1111-us-average-office-fallback.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/QIZ2DfNpdDER7MwFau5hysAfdGg=/128x128/smart/2024/03/14/1710429221915.png"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:32:19 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 11, 32, 19, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/weekly-peak-office-attendance-is-still-nowhere-near-pre-pandemic-levels", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Biden's team to Speaker Johnson: Your impeachment inquiry is over", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Biden's team to Speaker Johnson: Your impeachment inquiry is over"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-team-johnson-letter-impeachment-over"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-team-johnson-letter-impeachment-over", "summary": "<p>The White House sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) early Friday with a clear message: Your impeachment inquiry of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> is over.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The letter signals the White House's increasingly aggressive offense on impeachment, as Democrats see <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/impeachment-biden-gop-republicans-vote\" target=\"_blank\">the GOP inquiry fizzling out</a>.</p><hr /><ul><li>House Republicans have spent the last year and a half on an impeachment probe that appears unlikely to end in charges against President Biden.</li><li>The investigation \u2014 launched amid Republicans' allegations that Biden improperly benefited from his son Hunter's foreign business dealings <strong>\u2014 </strong>hasn't proven any criminal wrongdoing by the president.</li><li>The letter to Johnson from White House counsel Edward Siskel comes as a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/impeachment-biden-gop-republicans-vote\" target=\"_blank\">growing number</a> of Republicans acknowledge that impeaching Biden is unlikely.<strong> </strong>Johnson himself hasn't committed to holding a vote on any impeachment articles. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> The GOP investigation was always an effort to undermine Biden's case for re-election. The<strong> </strong>probe has had many offshoots, focusing on the finances of the president's family, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/raskin-republicans-biden-disinformation-fbi-informant\" target=\"_blank\">discredited allegations</a> about a bribery scheme, and scrutiny of the Biden family's alleged influence peddling.</p><ul><li>The investigation, as Siskel points out, has included interviews with dozens of witnesses, including Biden's son and brother.</li><li>\"It is obviously time to move on, Mr. Speaker. This impeachment is over,\" Siskel wrote.</li><li>\"There is too much important work to be done for the American people to continue wasting time on this charade.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The White House</strong> believes that voters want Congress to focus on policy challenges such as funding the government and supporting Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia's invasion.</p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Biden's administration began putting together a team to defend against an impeachment investigation as early as the summer of 2022, hiring lawyers and aides. </p><ul><li>That effort accelerated after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unilaterally opened a probe last September and the House officially <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/house-republicans-vote-biden-impeachment-inquiry\" target=\"_blank\">authorized</a> the impeachment inquiry in December.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Siskel's letter comes three days after congressional testimony by former special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden's mishandling of classified documents and decided not to prosecute.</p><ul><li>Siskel's letter describes the GOP lawmakers' interest in the documents case as \"a flotation<strong> </strong>device for the sinking impeachment effort.\"</li><li>Hur's testimony failed to unearth any bombshell revelations linked to the impeachment probe.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Johnson's team shot back at the White House letter, saying in a statement to Axios that it's \"not surprising\" the Biden administration wants the investigation to be over.</p><ul><li>\"The White House does not get to decide how impeachment gets resolved, that is for Congress to decide,\" Raj Shah, deputy chief of staff for Johnson, wrote in a statement.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The White House sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) early Friday with a clear message: Your impeachment inquiry of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> is over.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The letter signals the White House's increasingly aggressive offense on impeachment, as Democrats see <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/impeachment-biden-gop-republicans-vote\" target=\"_blank\">the GOP inquiry fizzling out</a>.</p><hr /><ul><li>House Republicans have spent the last year and a half on an impeachment probe that appears unlikely to end in charges against President Biden.</li><li>The investigation \u2014 launched amid Republicans' allegations that Biden improperly benefited from his son Hunter's foreign business dealings <strong>\u2014 </strong>hasn't proven any criminal wrongdoing by the president.</li><li>The letter to Johnson from White House counsel Edward Siskel comes as a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/impeachment-biden-gop-republicans-vote\" target=\"_blank\">growing number</a> of Republicans acknowledge that impeaching Biden is unlikely.<strong> </strong>Johnson himself hasn't committed to holding a vote on any impeachment articles. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> The GOP investigation was always an effort to undermine Biden's case for re-election. The<strong> </strong>probe has had many offshoots, focusing on the finances of the president's family, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/raskin-republicans-biden-disinformation-fbi-informant\" target=\"_blank\">discredited allegations</a> about a bribery scheme, and scrutiny of the Biden family's alleged influence peddling.</p><ul><li>The investigation, as Siskel points out, has included interviews with dozens of witnesses, including Biden's son and brother.</li><li>\"It is obviously time to move on, Mr. Speaker. This impeachment is over,\" Siskel wrote.</li><li>\"There is too much important work to be done for the American people to continue wasting time on this charade.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The White House</strong> believes that voters want Congress to focus on policy challenges such as funding the government and supporting Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia's invasion.</p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Biden's administration began putting together a team to defend against an impeachment investigation as early as the summer of 2022, hiring lawyers and aides. </p><ul><li>That effort accelerated after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unilaterally opened a probe last September and the House officially <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/house-republicans-vote-biden-impeachment-inquiry\" target=\"_blank\">authorized</a> the impeachment inquiry in December.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Siskel's letter comes three days after congressional testimony by former special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden's mishandling of classified documents and decided not to prosecute.</p><ul><li>Siskel's letter describes the GOP lawmakers' interest in the documents case as \"a flotation<strong> </strong>device for the sinking impeachment effort.\"</li><li>Hur's testimony failed to unearth any bombshell revelations linked to the impeachment probe.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Johnson's team shot back at the White House letter, saying in a statement to Axios that it's \"not surprising\" the Biden administration wants the investigation to be over.</p><ul><li>\"The White House does not get to decide how impeachment gets resolved, that is for Congress to decide,\" Raj Shah, deputy chief of staff for Johnson, wrote in a statement.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The White House sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) early Friday with a clear message: Your impeachment inquiry of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> is over.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The letter signals the White House's increasingly aggressive offense on impeachment, as Democrats see <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/impeachment-biden-gop-republicans-vote\" target=\"_blank\">the GOP inquiry fizzling out</a>.</p><hr /><ul><li>House Republicans have spent the last year and a half on an impeachment probe that appears unlikely to end in charges against President Biden.</li><li>The investigation \u2014 launched amid Republicans' allegations that Biden improperly benefited from his son Hunter's foreign business dealings <strong>\u2014 </strong>hasn't proven any criminal wrongdoing by the president.</li><li>The letter to Johnson from White House counsel Edward Siskel comes as a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/23/impeachment-biden-gop-republicans-vote\" target=\"_blank\">growing number</a> of Republicans acknowledge that impeaching Biden is unlikely.<strong> </strong>Johnson himself hasn't committed to holding a vote on any impeachment articles. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> The GOP investigation was always an effort to undermine Biden's case for re-election. The<strong> </strong>probe has had many offshoots, focusing on the finances of the president's family, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/raskin-republicans-biden-disinformation-fbi-informant\" target=\"_blank\">discredited allegations</a> about a bribery scheme, and scrutiny of the Biden family's alleged influence peddling.</p><ul><li>The investigation, as Siskel points out, has included interviews with dozens of witnesses, including Biden's son and brother.</li><li>\"It is obviously time to move on, Mr. Speaker. This impeachment is over,\" Siskel wrote.</li><li>\"There is too much important work to be done for the American people to continue wasting time on this charade.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The White House</strong> believes that voters want Congress to focus on policy challenges such as funding the government and supporting Ukraine as it tries to fend off Russia's invasion.</p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Biden's administration began putting together a team to defend against an impeachment investigation as early as the summer of 2022, hiring lawyers and aides. </p><ul><li>That effort accelerated after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unilaterally opened a probe last September and the House officially <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/house-republicans-vote-biden-impeachment-inquiry\" target=\"_blank\">authorized</a> the impeachment inquiry in December.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Siskel's letter comes three days after congressional testimony by former special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden's mishandling of classified documents and decided not to prosecute.</p><ul><li>Siskel's letter describes the GOP lawmakers' interest in the documents case as \"a flotation<strong> </strong>device for the sinking impeachment effort.\"</li><li>Hur's testimony failed to unearth any bombshell revelations linked to the impeachment probe.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Johnson's team shot back at the White House letter, saying in a statement to Axios that it's \"not surprising\" the Biden administration wants the investigation to be over.</p><ul><li>\"The White House does not get to decide how impeachment gets resolved, that is for Congress to decide,\" Raj Shah, deputy chief of staff for Johnson, wrote in a statement.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Stephen Neukam"}], "author": "Stephen Neukam", "author_detail": {"name": "Stephen Neukam"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "House Speaker Mike Johnson greets President Biden at last week's State of the Union address. Photo: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/sZHcVr_CwBoa5MPgAUFBYTOWhkE=/0x155:4054x2436/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710462056898.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/OrMP-bGz2bTTzo-YriKEQqVyHvE=/679x0:3382x2703/128x128/2024/03/15/1710462056898.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:01:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 9, 1, 0, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/biden-team-johnson-letter-impeachment-over", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Climate change is spurring a longer spring \u2014 with consequences", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Climate change is spurring a longer spring \u2014 with consequences"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/spring-2024-warmer-temperatures-climate-change"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/spring-2024-warmer-temperatures-climate-change", "summary": "<div>Data: Climate Central; Map: Alice Feng/Axios</div><p>Spring is getting warmer on average nationwide, per a recent Climate Central analysis \u2014 a trend that reflects <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/13/climate-change-worst-hottest-america-map\" target=\"_blank\">human-caused warming</a>, the climate research group says.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Much of the seasonal climate change discussion is focused on summer and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/weather-winter-record-warmth\" target=\"_blank\">winter</a>, when temperatures are typically at their annual high and low extremes. But the \"between seasons\" are affected, too.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Average springtime temperatures warmed by 2.2\u00b0F from 1970 to 2023 across nearly 230 U.S. cities analyzed by <a href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Central</a>.</p><p><strong>Stunning stat: </strong>Spring has gotten notably warmer in the American Southwest, where average seasonal temperatures have risen by more than 6\u00b0F in some places.</p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>The highest average springtime temperature increases were seen in  Reno, Nevada (+6.8\u00b0F); El Paso, Texas (+6.3\u00b0F); and Las Vegas (+6.2\u00b0F).</p><p><strong>What it did: </strong>The group's analysis is based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data and looks at meteorological spring, which begins March 1 and ends May 31.</p><p><strong>What it's saying: </strong>Warmer springtime temperatures cause a variety of knock-on effects, per Climate Central, including earlier snowmelt (which in turn affects drinking water supplies), longer allergy seasons, changes in agricultural growing seasons and more.</p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: Climate Central; Map: Alice Feng/Axios</div><p>Spring is getting warmer on average nationwide, per a recent Climate Central analysis \u2014 a trend that reflects <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/13/climate-change-worst-hottest-america-map\" target=\"_blank\">human-caused warming</a>, the climate research group says.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Much of the seasonal climate change discussion is focused on summer and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/weather-winter-record-warmth\" target=\"_blank\">winter</a>, when temperatures are typically at their annual high and low extremes. But the \"between seasons\" are affected, too.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Average springtime temperatures warmed by 2.2\u00b0F from 1970 to 2023 across nearly 230 U.S. cities analyzed by <a href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Central</a>.</p><p><strong>Stunning stat: </strong>Spring has gotten notably warmer in the American Southwest, where average seasonal temperatures have risen by more than 6\u00b0F in some places.</p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>The highest average springtime temperature increases were seen in  Reno, Nevada (+6.8\u00b0F); El Paso, Texas (+6.3\u00b0F); and Las Vegas (+6.2\u00b0F).</p><p><strong>What it did: </strong>The group's analysis is based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data and looks at meteorological spring, which begins March 1 and ends May 31.</p><p><strong>What it's saying: </strong>Warmer springtime temperatures cause a variety of knock-on effects, per Climate Central, including earlier snowmelt (which in turn affects drinking water supplies), longer allergy seasons, changes in agricultural growing seasons and more.</p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: Climate Central; Map: Alice Feng/Axios</div><p>Spring is getting warmer on average nationwide, per a recent Climate Central analysis \u2014 a trend that reflects <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/13/climate-change-worst-hottest-america-map\" target=\"_blank\">human-caused warming</a>, the climate research group says.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Much of the seasonal climate change discussion is focused on summer and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/weather-winter-record-warmth\" target=\"_blank\">winter</a>, when temperatures are typically at their annual high and low extremes. But the \"between seasons\" are affected, too.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Average springtime temperatures warmed by 2.2\u00b0F from 1970 to 2023 across nearly 230 U.S. cities analyzed by <a href=\"https://www.climatecentral.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Climate Central</a>.</p><p><strong>Stunning stat: </strong>Spring has gotten notably warmer in the American Southwest, where average seasonal temperatures have risen by more than 6\u00b0F in some places.</p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>The highest average springtime temperature increases were seen in  Reno, Nevada (+6.8\u00b0F); El Paso, Texas (+6.3\u00b0F); and Las Vegas (+6.2\u00b0F).</p><p><strong>What it did: </strong>The group's analysis is based on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data and looks at meteorological spring, which begins March 1 and ends May 31.</p><p><strong>What it's saying: </strong>Warmer springtime temperatures cause a variety of knock-on effects, per Climate Central, including earlier snowmelt (which in turn affects drinking water supplies), longer allergy seasons, changes in agricultural growing seasons and more.</p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Alex Fitzpatrick"}, {"name": "Alice Feng"}], "author": "Alice Feng", "author_detail": {"name": "Alex Fitzpatrick"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Data: Climate Central; Map: Alice Feng/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/yMRYt/fallback.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/BI0_kzit6o1rrYG02zk0LrVtSQ8=/128x128/smart/2024/03/14/1710426978482.png"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 9, 0, 0, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/spring-2024-warmer-temperatures-climate-change", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Hypothetical Disease X drives real spending", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Hypothetical Disease X drives real spending"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/disease-x-spending-federal-budget-biden"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/disease-x-spending-federal-budget-biden", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/disease-x-plan-world-economic-forum\" target=\"_blank\">Disease X</a> may still be a hypothetical threat. But the risk from a new pathogen many times deadlier than COVID-19 is driving more spending decisions on rapid tests, antimicrobial drugs and other countermeasures.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The fiscal 2025 budget the Biden administration rolled out this week and the intelligence community's <a href=\"https://www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">annual threat assessment</a> point out biodefense vulnerabilities that were laid bare by the COVID-19 experience.</p><hr /><ul><li>The concern is that cracks in the nation's health security systems, public mistrust and medical misinformation could combine to limit the response to another global pandemic.</li></ul><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>The <a href=\"https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/FY2025/FY2025_Budget_Request_Overview_Book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2025 defense budget</a> designates $42 million to improve early warning of novel and emerging pathogens \u2014 including deliberately engineered ones.</p><ul><li>The <a href=\"https://aspr.hhs.gov/AboutASPR/BudgetandFunding/Documents/FY2025/ASPR-cj.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority</a> would get an additional $20 million for new projects, including diagnostics for use in the early days of a novel disease outbreak.</li><li>GeneCapture in Huntsville, Alabama, is developing a rapid test to identify conceptual pathogens like Disease X under a $2.5 million contract with the Department of Defense.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> The Pentagon is getting more involved in diagnostic tests due to concerns about force readiness. </p><ul><li>COVID <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/us/politics/coronavirus-aircraft-carrier-roosevelt-crozier.html\" target=\"_blank\">outbreaks on Navy ships</a>, with their confined quarters, embarrassed the chain of command and <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/12/24/uss-milwaukee-covid-outbreak/\" target=\"_blank\">took vessels offline</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> A broad pandemic preparedness reform package remains <a href=\"https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/unfinished-health-care-business-10-issues-to-watch-as-congress-rings-in-the-new-year\" target=\"_blank\">stalled in Congress</a> by disagreements over issues like how to address drug shortages.</p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/disease-x-plan-world-economic-forum\" target=\"_blank\">Disease X</a> may still be a hypothetical threat. But the risk from a new pathogen many times deadlier than COVID-19 is driving more spending decisions on rapid tests, antimicrobial drugs and other countermeasures.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The fiscal 2025 budget the Biden administration rolled out this week and the intelligence community's <a href=\"https://www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">annual threat assessment</a> point out biodefense vulnerabilities that were laid bare by the COVID-19 experience.</p><hr /><ul><li>The concern is that cracks in the nation's health security systems, public mistrust and medical misinformation could combine to limit the response to another global pandemic.</li></ul><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>The <a href=\"https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/FY2025/FY2025_Budget_Request_Overview_Book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2025 defense budget</a> designates $42 million to improve early warning of novel and emerging pathogens \u2014 including deliberately engineered ones.</p><ul><li>The <a href=\"https://aspr.hhs.gov/AboutASPR/BudgetandFunding/Documents/FY2025/ASPR-cj.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority</a> would get an additional $20 million for new projects, including diagnostics for use in the early days of a novel disease outbreak.</li><li>GeneCapture in Huntsville, Alabama, is developing a rapid test to identify conceptual pathogens like Disease X under a $2.5 million contract with the Department of Defense.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> The Pentagon is getting more involved in diagnostic tests due to concerns about force readiness. </p><ul><li>COVID <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/us/politics/coronavirus-aircraft-carrier-roosevelt-crozier.html\" target=\"_blank\">outbreaks on Navy ships</a>, with their confined quarters, embarrassed the chain of command and <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/12/24/uss-milwaukee-covid-outbreak/\" target=\"_blank\">took vessels offline</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> A broad pandemic preparedness reform package remains <a href=\"https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/unfinished-health-care-business-10-issues-to-watch-as-congress-rings-in-the-new-year\" target=\"_blank\">stalled in Congress</a> by disagreements over issues like how to address drug shortages.</p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/19/disease-x-plan-world-economic-forum\" target=\"_blank\">Disease X</a> may still be a hypothetical threat. But the risk from a new pathogen many times deadlier than COVID-19 is driving more spending decisions on rapid tests, antimicrobial drugs and other countermeasures.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The fiscal 2025 budget the Biden administration rolled out this week and the intelligence community's <a href=\"https://www.odni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">annual threat assessment</a> point out biodefense vulnerabilities that were laid bare by the COVID-19 experience.</p><hr /><ul><li>The concern is that cracks in the nation's health security systems, public mistrust and medical misinformation could combine to limit the response to another global pandemic.</li></ul><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>The <a href=\"https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/FY2025/FY2025_Budget_Request_Overview_Book.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">2025 defense budget</a> designates $42 million to improve early warning of novel and emerging pathogens \u2014 including deliberately engineered ones.</p><ul><li>The <a href=\"https://aspr.hhs.gov/AboutASPR/BudgetandFunding/Documents/FY2025/ASPR-cj.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority</a> would get an additional $20 million for new projects, including diagnostics for use in the early days of a novel disease outbreak.</li><li>GeneCapture in Huntsville, Alabama, is developing a rapid test to identify conceptual pathogens like Disease X under a $2.5 million contract with the Department of Defense.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> The Pentagon is getting more involved in diagnostic tests due to concerns about force readiness. </p><ul><li>COVID <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/us/politics/coronavirus-aircraft-carrier-roosevelt-crozier.html\" target=\"_blank\">outbreaks on Navy ships</a>, with their confined quarters, embarrassed the chain of command and <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/12/24/uss-milwaukee-covid-outbreak/\" target=\"_blank\">took vessels offline</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> A broad pandemic preparedness reform package remains <a href=\"https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/alerts/unfinished-health-care-business-10-issues-to-watch-as-congress-rings-in-the-new-year\" target=\"_blank\">stalled in Congress</a> by disagreements over issues like how to address drug shortages.</p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Adriel Bettelheim"}], "author": "Adriel Bettelheim", "author_detail": {"name": "Adriel Bettelheim"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/iCsnIR3vs4CShQeblQxH20dxVTU=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710435598411.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/_dRHS7CenMbrPb5tua5MfNoLiSs=/413x0:1493x1080/128x128/2024/03/14/1710435598411.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:50:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 8, 50, 0, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/disease-x-spending-federal-budget-biden", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "The future of war will be AI-driven cheap drone swarms", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "The future of war will be AI-driven cheap drone swarms"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/drone-swarms-ai-military-war"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/drone-swarms-ai-military-war", "summary": "<p>Swarms of low-cost <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/28/3-us-soldiers-killed-jordan\" target=\"_blank\">drones</a> powered by AI \u2014 perhaps hundreds of them at the same time \u2014 could soon pose an existential threat to America's hulking war machinery.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Advanced militaries can largely fend off individual drones. But swarms of them deployed on a single target have the potential to reshape the global balance of power.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/04/artificial-intelligence-us-military-weapons\" target=\"_blank\">Future battles</a> will be fought with a connected mix of cheap weapons \u2014 not sophisticated weapons systems that only superpowers can afford, retired Adm. James Stavridis and Marine veteran Elliot Ackerman argued yesterday in a Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/drone-swarms-are-about-to-change-the-balance-of-military-power-e091aa6f\" target=\"_blank\">essay</a>.</p><ul><li>Expensive aircraft carriers or stealth bombers, which require massive time commitments to develop and build, will become vulnerable to drones that almost every military and armed group can access.</li><li>\"This moment hasn't yet arrived, but it is rushing to meet us,\" Stavridis and Ackerman write.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> The use of lethal drones has exploded in conflicts around the world.</p><ul><li>They've changed the trajectory of the war in Ukraine multiple times.</li><li>Houthi militants are aiming them at ships.</li></ul><p><strong>Those are largely</strong> point-and-shoot weapons controlled remotely by individual combatants, and American soldiers and ships are typically capable of <a href=\"https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/3604054/uss-carney-shoots-down-uav/\" target=\"_blank\">shooting them down</a>.</p><ul><li>But if they're deployed in a swarm, Iranian-supplied drones that cost thousands of dollars each could take on multibillion-dollar warships.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play:</strong> The Pentagon is racing to develop a defense against swarms while building <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI</a>-coordinated drone systems of its own.</p><ul><li>The Defense Department has signed at least five deals with contractors that explicitly reference swarming, according to a <a href=\"https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-U.S.-and-Chinese-Military-AI-Purchases-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report</a> from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology that examined procurement contracts from 2020.</li><li>Army Gen. Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee <a href=\"https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/Transcripts/Article/3700887/senate-armed-services-committee-hearing-posture-of-united-states-central-comman/\" target=\"_blank\">last week</a> that cheap drones are \"one of the top threats,\" and called swarms an even bigger concern.</li><li>He said the U.S. should \"continue to invest in things like high-powered microwave\" weapons to defend against mass drone attacks.</li><li>Another Pentagon initiative known as \"Replicator\" is building \"thousands of autonomous systems\" over the next 18 to 24 months to counter the Chinese military's rapid buildup.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>In the future, the \"winning side will be the one that's developed the AI-based decision-making that can outpace their adversary,\" Stavridis and Ackerman write.</p><ul><li>\"Warfare is headed toward a brain-on-brain conflict.\"</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Swarms of low-cost <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/28/3-us-soldiers-killed-jordan\" target=\"_blank\">drones</a> powered by AI \u2014 perhaps hundreds of them at the same time \u2014 could soon pose an existential threat to America's hulking war machinery.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Advanced militaries can largely fend off individual drones. But swarms of them deployed on a single target have the potential to reshape the global balance of power.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/04/artificial-intelligence-us-military-weapons\" target=\"_blank\">Future battles</a> will be fought with a connected mix of cheap weapons \u2014 not sophisticated weapons systems that only superpowers can afford, retired Adm. James Stavridis and Marine veteran Elliot Ackerman argued yesterday in a Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/drone-swarms-are-about-to-change-the-balance-of-military-power-e091aa6f\" target=\"_blank\">essay</a>.</p><ul><li>Expensive aircraft carriers or stealth bombers, which require massive time commitments to develop and build, will become vulnerable to drones that almost every military and armed group can access.</li><li>\"This moment hasn't yet arrived, but it is rushing to meet us,\" Stavridis and Ackerman write.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> The use of lethal drones has exploded in conflicts around the world.</p><ul><li>They've changed the trajectory of the war in Ukraine multiple times.</li><li>Houthi militants are aiming them at ships.</li></ul><p><strong>Those are largely</strong> point-and-shoot weapons controlled remotely by individual combatants, and American soldiers and ships are typically capable of <a href=\"https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/3604054/uss-carney-shoots-down-uav/\" target=\"_blank\">shooting them down</a>.</p><ul><li>But if they're deployed in a swarm, Iranian-supplied drones that cost thousands of dollars each could take on multibillion-dollar warships.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play:</strong> The Pentagon is racing to develop a defense against swarms while building <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI</a>-coordinated drone systems of its own.</p><ul><li>The Defense Department has signed at least five deals with contractors that explicitly reference swarming, according to a <a href=\"https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-U.S.-and-Chinese-Military-AI-Purchases-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report</a> from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology that examined procurement contracts from 2020.</li><li>Army Gen. Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee <a href=\"https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/Transcripts/Article/3700887/senate-armed-services-committee-hearing-posture-of-united-states-central-comman/\" target=\"_blank\">last week</a> that cheap drones are \"one of the top threats,\" and called swarms an even bigger concern.</li><li>He said the U.S. should \"continue to invest in things like high-powered microwave\" weapons to defend against mass drone attacks.</li><li>Another Pentagon initiative known as \"Replicator\" is building \"thousands of autonomous systems\" over the next 18 to 24 months to counter the Chinese military's rapid buildup.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>In the future, the \"winning side will be the one that's developed the AI-based decision-making that can outpace their adversary,\" Stavridis and Ackerman write.</p><ul><li>\"Warfare is headed toward a brain-on-brain conflict.\"</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Swarms of low-cost <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/28/3-us-soldiers-killed-jordan\" target=\"_blank\">drones</a> powered by AI \u2014 perhaps hundreds of them at the same time \u2014 could soon pose an existential threat to America's hulking war machinery.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Advanced militaries can largely fend off individual drones. But swarms of them deployed on a single target have the potential to reshape the global balance of power.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/04/artificial-intelligence-us-military-weapons\" target=\"_blank\">Future battles</a> will be fought with a connected mix of cheap weapons \u2014 not sophisticated weapons systems that only superpowers can afford, retired Adm. James Stavridis and Marine veteran Elliot Ackerman argued yesterday in a Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/drone-swarms-are-about-to-change-the-balance-of-military-power-e091aa6f\" target=\"_blank\">essay</a>.</p><ul><li>Expensive aircraft carriers or stealth bombers, which require massive time commitments to develop and build, will become vulnerable to drones that almost every military and armed group can access.</li><li>\"This moment hasn't yet arrived, but it is rushing to meet us,\" Stavridis and Ackerman write.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> The use of lethal drones has exploded in conflicts around the world.</p><ul><li>They've changed the trajectory of the war in Ukraine multiple times.</li><li>Houthi militants are aiming them at ships.</li></ul><p><strong>Those are largely</strong> point-and-shoot weapons controlled remotely by individual combatants, and American soldiers and ships are typically capable of <a href=\"https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEASES/Press-Release-View/Article/3604054/uss-carney-shoots-down-uav/\" target=\"_blank\">shooting them down</a>.</p><ul><li>But if they're deployed in a swarm, Iranian-supplied drones that cost thousands of dollars each could take on multibillion-dollar warships.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play:</strong> The Pentagon is racing to develop a defense against swarms while building <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI</a>-coordinated drone systems of its own.</p><ul><li>The Defense Department has signed at least five deals with contractors that explicitly reference swarming, according to a <a href=\"https://cset.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/CSET-U.S.-and-Chinese-Military-AI-Purchases-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report</a> from the Center for Security and Emerging Technology that examined procurement contracts from 2020.</li><li>Army Gen. Erik Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee <a href=\"https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/Transcripts/Article/3700887/senate-armed-services-committee-hearing-posture-of-united-states-central-comman/\" target=\"_blank\">last week</a> that cheap drones are \"one of the top threats,\" and called swarms an even bigger concern.</li><li>He said the U.S. should \"continue to invest in things like high-powered microwave\" weapons to defend against mass drone attacks.</li><li>Another Pentagon initiative known as \"Replicator\" is building \"thousands of autonomous systems\" over the next 18 to 24 months to counter the Chinese military's rapid buildup.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>In the future, the \"winning side will be the one that's developed the AI-based decision-making that can outpace their adversary,\" Stavridis and Ackerman write.</p><ul><li>\"Warfare is headed toward a brain-on-brain conflict.\"</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Noah Bressner"}], "author": "Noah Bressner", "author_detail": {"name": "Noah Bressner"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios. Photos: Bettmann and Interim Archives via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/UQqosWTTK4N4iyKM_XCnl52gAmk=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710464562679.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/BmeSOlk8h64WcZQ-kJ_hjPy5KA4=/840x0:1920x1080/128x128/2024/03/15/1710464562679.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:45:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 8, 45, 0, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/drone-swarms-ai-military-war", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "What real bodies can show artificial minds", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "What real bodies can show artificial minds"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/artificial-intelligence-neuroscience-brain-body"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/artificial-intelligence-neuroscience-brain-body", "summary": "<p>A fundamental facet of intelligence found across the entire animal kingdom is beginning to be unraveled using <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI</a>, neuroimaging and other tools.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Language, reasoning and other abstract skills tend to get the most credit for human intelligence. But gaining knowledge of how the world works by walking, crawling, swimming or flying through it is an important building block of all animal intelligence.</p><hr /><ul><li>Some AI researchers think this \"embodied cognition\" is a necessary ingredient to achieve advanced AI.</li><li>Others have argued that, to deliver a sophisticated intelligent machine, it's enough to scale up the large language models that underpin ChatGPT and other generative AI tools with more data and more computational power.</li></ul><p><strong>How it works: </strong>Teams of neuroscientists, anatomists and machine learning researchers around the world are building detailed <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/08/ai-body-brain-behavior\" target=\"_blank\">virtual models</a> of rodents, flies, and human infants.</p><ul><li>Researchers from Google DeepMind and HHMI's Janelia Research Campus have <a href=\"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.11.584515v1\" target=\"_blank\">built</a> a virtual fruit fly by combining an anatomical model of the fruit fly skeleton, simulations of the physics a fly experiences (fluid dynamics, adhesion, gravity, etc.) and an artificial neural network trained on fly behaviors. </li><li>The behavior of the virtual fly is compared to the behavior of a real fly to update the virtual model until it behaves<strong> </strong>like a real fly.</li><li>The virtual fly walks, flies and crawls upside down like its biological counterpart, the researchers say. Members of the team previously built a <a href=\"https://openreview.net/pdf?id=SyxrxR4KPS\" target=\"_blank\">virtual rodent</a>.</li><li>Researchers at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, also <a href=\"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2023/09/23/2023.09.18.556649.full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">published</a> a virtual fly model late last year.</li></ul><p><strong>The goal is to understand</strong> \"how the body mediates between the brain and the world,\" says Srinivas Turaga, a neuroscientist at Janelia and co-author of the preprint paper about the virtual fly, which was posted today.</p><ul><li>Eventually, these models might be combined with diagrams of how neurons in the brain are connected with one another \u2014 \"<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/11/fly-brain-map-learning-ai\" target=\"_blank\">connectomes </a>\"\u2014 to try to understand how a network of neurons gives rise to a particular behavior. </li><li>\"The body and the nervous system evolved together,\" Turaga says. \"And so intelligence, in some sense, isn't just in the brain. There's also mechanical intelligence\" that helps animals move.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Embodied<strong> </strong>cognition also helps animals understand how the world works \u2014 by experiencing it.</p><ul><li>\"There's an argument to be made that biological systems learn from interacting with the world,\" says Jochen Triesch of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies.</li><li>Doing so allows animals to learn about the physics of the world \u2014 causality, gravity and other relationships and forces \u2014 and, critically, to see the consequences of their actions, he says.</li></ul><p><strong>Triesch and his colleagues </strong>are interested in human cognitive development and have developed <a href=\"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10382408\" target=\"_blank\">MIMo</a>, a virtual human model with the body of an 18-month-old child with five-fingered hands. Its virtual body senses its surroundings with binocular vision, proprioception and a full-body virtual skin.</p><ul><li>MIMo isn't as detailed as the fruit fly model, but that makes it much faster to simulate, Triesch says. There is a tradeoff between the level of realism and the computation required, and the MIMo researchers believe the critical part of their model is the touch-sensitive skin rather than the exact body shape.</li><li>\"We're trying to do a serious attack of the problem of consciousness and how it develops,\" Triesch says. And while the idea that human cognitive development relies on embodied interactions with the world isn't new, the tools to study it \u2014 including AI and cheap computation \u2014 are now more readily accessible. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>A group of prominent AI researchers last year <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37180-x\" target=\"_blank\">advocated</a> for an<strong> </strong>\"embodied Turing test\" to shift the focus away from AI <a href=\"https://link.axios.com/click/32008453.19642/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjIvMTIvMDEvYWktYmVhdHMtaHVtYW5zLWNvbXBsZXgtZ2FtZXM_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NzY2llbmNlJnN0cmVhbT1zY2llbmNl/58dbf539d4cd6656658b5760B02b4d31c\" target=\"_self\">mastering games</a> and language, which are \"well-developed or uniquely human, to those capabilities \u2014 inherited from over 500 million years of evolution \u2014 that are shared with all animals.\"</p><ul><li>\"Most machine learning systems today learn by basically passively absorbing large data sets, whether it is video or images or captioned images,\" Triesch says. </li><li>Learning through interaction with the world is something \"really essential that most of the machine learning community is right now completely missing.\"</li></ul><p><strong>It's an open question </strong>\u2014 and debate \u2014 whether information about the brain-body relationship gleaned from neuroscience studies can be used to teach machines to work in the physical world.</p><ul><li>\"In AI, that's the hardest problem yet,\" says Aran Nayebi, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT who works at the intersection of AI and neuroscience to try to reverse-engineer neural circuits, including the visual system in <a href=\"https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1011506\" target=\"_blank\">mice</a>. </li><li>Yet, across the phylogenetic tree spanning hundreds of millions of years \u2014 from small animals to big animals \u2014 the brain has solved how to work with the body to complete complex tasks, he says.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A fundamental facet of intelligence found across the entire animal kingdom is beginning to be unraveled using <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI</a>, neuroimaging and other tools.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Language, reasoning and other abstract skills tend to get the most credit for human intelligence. But gaining knowledge of how the world works by walking, crawling, swimming or flying through it is an important building block of all animal intelligence.</p><hr /><ul><li>Some AI researchers think this \"embodied cognition\" is a necessary ingredient to achieve advanced AI.</li><li>Others have argued that, to deliver a sophisticated intelligent machine, it's enough to scale up the large language models that underpin ChatGPT and other generative AI tools with more data and more computational power.</li></ul><p><strong>How it works: </strong>Teams of neuroscientists, anatomists and machine learning researchers around the world are building detailed <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/08/ai-body-brain-behavior\" target=\"_blank\">virtual models</a> of rodents, flies, and human infants.</p><ul><li>Researchers from Google DeepMind and HHMI's Janelia Research Campus have <a href=\"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.11.584515v1\" target=\"_blank\">built</a> a virtual fruit fly by combining an anatomical model of the fruit fly skeleton, simulations of the physics a fly experiences (fluid dynamics, adhesion, gravity, etc.) and an artificial neural network trained on fly behaviors. </li><li>The behavior of the virtual fly is compared to the behavior of a real fly to update the virtual model until it behaves<strong> </strong>like a real fly.</li><li>The virtual fly walks, flies and crawls upside down like its biological counterpart, the researchers say. Members of the team previously built a <a href=\"https://openreview.net/pdf?id=SyxrxR4KPS\" target=\"_blank\">virtual rodent</a>.</li><li>Researchers at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, also <a href=\"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2023/09/23/2023.09.18.556649.full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">published</a> a virtual fly model late last year.</li></ul><p><strong>The goal is to understand</strong> \"how the body mediates between the brain and the world,\" says Srinivas Turaga, a neuroscientist at Janelia and co-author of the preprint paper about the virtual fly, which was posted today.</p><ul><li>Eventually, these models might be combined with diagrams of how neurons in the brain are connected with one another \u2014 \"<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/11/fly-brain-map-learning-ai\" target=\"_blank\">connectomes </a>\"\u2014 to try to understand how a network of neurons gives rise to a particular behavior. </li><li>\"The body and the nervous system evolved together,\" Turaga says. \"And so intelligence, in some sense, isn't just in the brain. There's also mechanical intelligence\" that helps animals move.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Embodied<strong> </strong>cognition also helps animals understand how the world works \u2014 by experiencing it.</p><ul><li>\"There's an argument to be made that biological systems learn from interacting with the world,\" says Jochen Triesch of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies.</li><li>Doing so allows animals to learn about the physics of the world \u2014 causality, gravity and other relationships and forces \u2014 and, critically, to see the consequences of their actions, he says.</li></ul><p><strong>Triesch and his colleagues </strong>are interested in human cognitive development and have developed <a href=\"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10382408\" target=\"_blank\">MIMo</a>, a virtual human model with the body of an 18-month-old child with five-fingered hands. Its virtual body senses its surroundings with binocular vision, proprioception and a full-body virtual skin.</p><ul><li>MIMo isn't as detailed as the fruit fly model, but that makes it much faster to simulate, Triesch says. There is a tradeoff between the level of realism and the computation required, and the MIMo researchers believe the critical part of their model is the touch-sensitive skin rather than the exact body shape.</li><li>\"We're trying to do a serious attack of the problem of consciousness and how it develops,\" Triesch says. And while the idea that human cognitive development relies on embodied interactions with the world isn't new, the tools to study it \u2014 including AI and cheap computation \u2014 are now more readily accessible. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>A group of prominent AI researchers last year <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37180-x\" target=\"_blank\">advocated</a> for an<strong> </strong>\"embodied Turing test\" to shift the focus away from AI <a href=\"https://link.axios.com/click/32008453.19642/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjIvMTIvMDEvYWktYmVhdHMtaHVtYW5zLWNvbXBsZXgtZ2FtZXM_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NzY2llbmNlJnN0cmVhbT1zY2llbmNl/58dbf539d4cd6656658b5760B02b4d31c\" target=\"_self\">mastering games</a> and language, which are \"well-developed or uniquely human, to those capabilities \u2014 inherited from over 500 million years of evolution \u2014 that are shared with all animals.\"</p><ul><li>\"Most machine learning systems today learn by basically passively absorbing large data sets, whether it is video or images or captioned images,\" Triesch says. </li><li>Learning through interaction with the world is something \"really essential that most of the machine learning community is right now completely missing.\"</li></ul><p><strong>It's an open question </strong>\u2014 and debate \u2014 whether information about the brain-body relationship gleaned from neuroscience studies can be used to teach machines to work in the physical world.</p><ul><li>\"In AI, that's the hardest problem yet,\" says Aran Nayebi, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT who works at the intersection of AI and neuroscience to try to reverse-engineer neural circuits, including the visual system in <a href=\"https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1011506\" target=\"_blank\">mice</a>. </li><li>Yet, across the phylogenetic tree spanning hundreds of millions of years \u2014 from small animals to big animals \u2014 the brain has solved how to work with the body to complete complex tasks, he says.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A fundamental facet of intelligence found across the entire animal kingdom is beginning to be unraveled using <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/automation-and-ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI</a>, neuroimaging and other tools.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Language, reasoning and other abstract skills tend to get the most credit for human intelligence. But gaining knowledge of how the world works by walking, crawling, swimming or flying through it is an important building block of all animal intelligence.</p><hr /><ul><li>Some AI researchers think this \"embodied cognition\" is a necessary ingredient to achieve advanced AI.</li><li>Others have argued that, to deliver a sophisticated intelligent machine, it's enough to scale up the large language models that underpin ChatGPT and other generative AI tools with more data and more computational power.</li></ul><p><strong>How it works: </strong>Teams of neuroscientists, anatomists and machine learning researchers around the world are building detailed <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/08/ai-body-brain-behavior\" target=\"_blank\">virtual models</a> of rodents, flies, and human infants.</p><ul><li>Researchers from Google DeepMind and HHMI's Janelia Research Campus have <a href=\"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.11.584515v1\" target=\"_blank\">built</a> a virtual fruit fly by combining an anatomical model of the fruit fly skeleton, simulations of the physics a fly experiences (fluid dynamics, adhesion, gravity, etc.) and an artificial neural network trained on fly behaviors. </li><li>The behavior of the virtual fly is compared to the behavior of a real fly to update the virtual model until it behaves<strong> </strong>like a real fly.</li><li>The virtual fly walks, flies and crawls upside down like its biological counterpart, the researchers say. Members of the team previously built a <a href=\"https://openreview.net/pdf?id=SyxrxR4KPS\" target=\"_blank\">virtual rodent</a>.</li><li>Researchers at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland, also <a href=\"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2023/09/23/2023.09.18.556649.full.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">published</a> a virtual fly model late last year.</li></ul><p><strong>The goal is to understand</strong> \"how the body mediates between the brain and the world,\" says Srinivas Turaga, a neuroscientist at Janelia and co-author of the preprint paper about the virtual fly, which was posted today.</p><ul><li>Eventually, these models might be combined with diagrams of how neurons in the brain are connected with one another \u2014 \"<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/11/fly-brain-map-learning-ai\" target=\"_blank\">connectomes </a>\"\u2014 to try to understand how a network of neurons gives rise to a particular behavior. </li><li>\"The body and the nervous system evolved together,\" Turaga says. \"And so intelligence, in some sense, isn't just in the brain. There's also mechanical intelligence\" that helps animals move.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Embodied<strong> </strong>cognition also helps animals understand how the world works \u2014 by experiencing it.</p><ul><li>\"There's an argument to be made that biological systems learn from interacting with the world,\" says Jochen Triesch of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies.</li><li>Doing so allows animals to learn about the physics of the world \u2014 causality, gravity and other relationships and forces \u2014 and, critically, to see the consequences of their actions, he says.</li></ul><p><strong>Triesch and his colleagues </strong>are interested in human cognitive development and have developed <a href=\"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10382408\" target=\"_blank\">MIMo</a>, a virtual human model with the body of an 18-month-old child with five-fingered hands. Its virtual body senses its surroundings with binocular vision, proprioception and a full-body virtual skin.</p><ul><li>MIMo isn't as detailed as the fruit fly model, but that makes it much faster to simulate, Triesch says. There is a tradeoff between the level of realism and the computation required, and the MIMo researchers believe the critical part of their model is the touch-sensitive skin rather than the exact body shape.</li><li>\"We're trying to do a serious attack of the problem of consciousness and how it develops,\" Triesch says. And while the idea that human cognitive development relies on embodied interactions with the world isn't new, the tools to study it \u2014 including AI and cheap computation \u2014 are now more readily accessible. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>A group of prominent AI researchers last year <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37180-x\" target=\"_blank\">advocated</a> for an<strong> </strong>\"embodied Turing test\" to shift the focus away from AI <a href=\"https://link.axios.com/click/32008453.19642/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tLzIwMjIvMTIvMDEvYWktYmVhdHMtaHVtYW5zLWNvbXBsZXgtZ2FtZXM_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NzY2llbmNlJnN0cmVhbT1zY2llbmNl/58dbf539d4cd6656658b5760B02b4d31c\" target=\"_self\">mastering games</a> and language, which are \"well-developed or uniquely human, to those capabilities \u2014 inherited from over 500 million years of evolution \u2014 that are shared with all animals.\"</p><ul><li>\"Most machine learning systems today learn by basically passively absorbing large data sets, whether it is video or images or captioned images,\" Triesch says. </li><li>Learning through interaction with the world is something \"really essential that most of the machine learning community is right now completely missing.\"</li></ul><p><strong>It's an open question </strong>\u2014 and debate \u2014 whether information about the brain-body relationship gleaned from neuroscience studies can be used to teach machines to work in the physical world.</p><ul><li>\"In AI, that's the hardest problem yet,\" says Aran Nayebi, a postdoctoral researcher at MIT who works at the intersection of AI and neuroscience to try to reverse-engineer neural circuits, including the visual system in <a href=\"https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pcbi.1011506\" target=\"_blank\">mice</a>. </li><li>Yet, across the phylogenetic tree spanning hundreds of millions of years \u2014 from small animals to big animals \u2014 the brain has solved how to work with the body to complete complex tasks, he says.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Alison Snyder"}], "author": "Alison Snyder", "author_detail": {"name": "Alison Snyder"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/fvMjhmXwQclcJE_MMYhnnajx-zU=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710387600901.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/AC0QVyvC-UgLW2lleftDyzFbQWs=/424x0:1504x1080/128x128/2024/03/14/1710387600901.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 8, 30, 0, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/artificial-intelligence-neuroscience-brain-body", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Conservative groups urge Biden to give Nippon Steel deal a chance", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Conservative groups urge Biden to give Nippon Steel deal a chance"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/conservatives-nippon-steel-deal-biden"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/conservatives-nippon-steel-deal-biden", "summary": "<p>A group of free-market conservatives isn't giving up on Nippon Steel's proposed <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/us-steel-nippon-japan-sale\" target=\"_blank\">$14.9 billion acquisition</a> of U.S. Steel \u2014 and is urging the Biden administration to consider the deal \"without political interference.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Proponents of the sale are fighting back after President Biden said it was <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-steel-biden-nippon-japan\" target=\"_blank\">\"vital\"</a> that Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel remain an \"American steel company.\"</p><hr /><ul><li>The deal's backers argue that the proposed acquisition by Japan-based Nippon ultimately would help American workers and allow Japan and the U.S. to better compete with China.</li><li>They also are howling that Biden intervened \u2014 and potentially short-circuited a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) \u2014 for political reasons. </li><li>'The Biden administration should stop politicizing this process in an obvious attempt to ingratiate themselves to the United Steelworkers union,\" Ryan Ellis, president of the Center for a Free Economy, told Axios.</li><li>Ellis organized a letter from leaders in the conservative movement to make a free-market case for the deal.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Since the deal was announced in December, presidential politics \u2014 and the fate of Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes this November \u2014 has charged Nippon's proposed takeover. </p><ul><li>Former President Trump said in February that he'd kill the deal if he wins the Nov. 5 election.</li><li>The Steelworkers Union<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers\" target=\"_blank\"> has fought</a> the proposed sale, arguing that thousands of American jobs are at risk. It prefers a rival bid from Cleveland-Cliffs, a steel manufacturer based in Ohio.</li><li>Now Nippon and its allies in D.C. are preparing for a long battle to try to persuade CFIUS \u2014 which reviews big foreign investments in the U.S. to assess the impact on national security \u2014 to consider the deal on its merits, with an eye toward approval.</li><li>After Biden's statement, it's an uphill battle. CFIUS is technically independent, but it ultimately answers to the president. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> The conservative group, which includes organizations that are affiliated with former President Trump, is making both a process and ideological argument.</p><ul><li>\"A free market steel industry that comes from democratic republics will give emerging countries a better choice against China than they have today,\" the letter says.</li><li>The letter was signed by Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, David McIntosh, president of Club for Growth and Steve Moore of the Unleash Prosperity Network, along with others.</li><li>Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called \"attempts to politicize\" the CFIUS review \"inappropriate and counterproductive.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> Biden's decision to issue a public statement on a pending deal was both unusual and somewhat expected. He released it ahead of next month's White House visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.</p><ul><li>Back in December, Biden's National Economic Council director, Lael Brainard, said that the deal \"<a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/12/21/statement-from-national-economic-advisor-lael-brainard-on-u-s-steel/\" target=\"_blank\">appears to deserve serious scrutiny</a>\" and suggested that it would be a matter for CFIUS.</li><li>Biden hasn't mentioned the CFIUS review \u2014 but it's clear how he wants it to end.</li><li>\"It is important that we maintain strong American steel companies powered by American steelworkers,\" Biden said in a statement. \"I told our steelworkers I have their backs, and I meant it.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> The deal's proponents are taking some comfort that Biden didn't come out directly and say he was flatly opposed to the deal. Instead, he couched it in terms of U.S. ownership.</p><ul><li>\"U.S. Steel has been an iconic American steel company for more than a century, and it is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated,\" he said.</li><li>That could leave space for a U.S. subsidiary \u2014 even if it were controlled by Nippon \u2014 to be the owner.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A group of free-market conservatives isn't giving up on Nippon Steel's proposed <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/us-steel-nippon-japan-sale\" target=\"_blank\">$14.9 billion acquisition</a> of U.S. Steel \u2014 and is urging the Biden administration to consider the deal \"without political interference.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Proponents of the sale are fighting back after President Biden said it was <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-steel-biden-nippon-japan\" target=\"_blank\">\"vital\"</a> that Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel remain an \"American steel company.\"</p><hr /><ul><li>The deal's backers argue that the proposed acquisition by Japan-based Nippon ultimately would help American workers and allow Japan and the U.S. to better compete with China.</li><li>They also are howling that Biden intervened \u2014 and potentially short-circuited a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) \u2014 for political reasons. </li><li>'The Biden administration should stop politicizing this process in an obvious attempt to ingratiate themselves to the United Steelworkers union,\" Ryan Ellis, president of the Center for a Free Economy, told Axios.</li><li>Ellis organized a letter from leaders in the conservative movement to make a free-market case for the deal.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Since the deal was announced in December, presidential politics \u2014 and the fate of Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes this November \u2014 has charged Nippon's proposed takeover. </p><ul><li>Former President Trump said in February that he'd kill the deal if he wins the Nov. 5 election.</li><li>The Steelworkers Union<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers\" target=\"_blank\"> has fought</a> the proposed sale, arguing that thousands of American jobs are at risk. It prefers a rival bid from Cleveland-Cliffs, a steel manufacturer based in Ohio.</li><li>Now Nippon and its allies in D.C. are preparing for a long battle to try to persuade CFIUS \u2014 which reviews big foreign investments in the U.S. to assess the impact on national security \u2014 to consider the deal on its merits, with an eye toward approval.</li><li>After Biden's statement, it's an uphill battle. CFIUS is technically independent, but it ultimately answers to the president. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> The conservative group, which includes organizations that are affiliated with former President Trump, is making both a process and ideological argument.</p><ul><li>\"A free market steel industry that comes from democratic republics will give emerging countries a better choice against China than they have today,\" the letter says.</li><li>The letter was signed by Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, David McIntosh, president of Club for Growth and Steve Moore of the Unleash Prosperity Network, along with others.</li><li>Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called \"attempts to politicize\" the CFIUS review \"inappropriate and counterproductive.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> Biden's decision to issue a public statement on a pending deal was both unusual and somewhat expected. He released it ahead of next month's White House visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.</p><ul><li>Back in December, Biden's National Economic Council director, Lael Brainard, said that the deal \"<a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/12/21/statement-from-national-economic-advisor-lael-brainard-on-u-s-steel/\" target=\"_blank\">appears to deserve serious scrutiny</a>\" and suggested that it would be a matter for CFIUS.</li><li>Biden hasn't mentioned the CFIUS review \u2014 but it's clear how he wants it to end.</li><li>\"It is important that we maintain strong American steel companies powered by American steelworkers,\" Biden said in a statement. \"I told our steelworkers I have their backs, and I meant it.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> The deal's proponents are taking some comfort that Biden didn't come out directly and say he was flatly opposed to the deal. Instead, he couched it in terms of U.S. ownership.</p><ul><li>\"U.S. Steel has been an iconic American steel company for more than a century, and it is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated,\" he said.</li><li>That could leave space for a U.S. subsidiary \u2014 even if it were controlled by Nippon \u2014 to be the owner.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A group of free-market conservatives isn't giving up on Nippon Steel's proposed <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/us-steel-nippon-japan-sale\" target=\"_blank\">$14.9 billion acquisition</a> of U.S. Steel \u2014 and is urging the Biden administration to consider the deal \"without political interference.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Proponents of the sale are fighting back after President Biden said it was <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-steel-biden-nippon-japan\" target=\"_blank\">\"vital\"</a> that Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel remain an \"American steel company.\"</p><hr /><ul><li>The deal's backers argue that the proposed acquisition by Japan-based Nippon ultimately would help American workers and allow Japan and the U.S. to better compete with China.</li><li>They also are howling that Biden intervened \u2014 and potentially short-circuited a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) \u2014 for political reasons. </li><li>'The Biden administration should stop politicizing this process in an obvious attempt to ingratiate themselves to the United Steelworkers union,\" Ryan Ellis, president of the Center for a Free Economy, told Axios.</li><li>Ellis organized a letter from leaders in the conservative movement to make a free-market case for the deal.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Since the deal was announced in December, presidential politics \u2014 and the fate of Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes this November \u2014 has charged Nippon's proposed takeover. </p><ul><li>Former President Trump said in February that he'd kill the deal if he wins the Nov. 5 election.</li><li>The Steelworkers Union<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers\" target=\"_blank\"> has fought</a> the proposed sale, arguing that thousands of American jobs are at risk. It prefers a rival bid from Cleveland-Cliffs, a steel manufacturer based in Ohio.</li><li>Now Nippon and its allies in D.C. are preparing for a long battle to try to persuade CFIUS \u2014 which reviews big foreign investments in the U.S. to assess the impact on national security \u2014 to consider the deal on its merits, with an eye toward approval.</li><li>After Biden's statement, it's an uphill battle. CFIUS is technically independent, but it ultimately answers to the president. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> The conservative group, which includes organizations that are affiliated with former President Trump, is making both a process and ideological argument.</p><ul><li>\"A free market steel industry that comes from democratic republics will give emerging countries a better choice against China than they have today,\" the letter says.</li><li>The letter was signed by Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, David McIntosh, president of Club for Growth and Steve Moore of the Unleash Prosperity Network, along with others.</li><li>Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called \"attempts to politicize\" the CFIUS review \"inappropriate and counterproductive.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> Biden's decision to issue a public statement on a pending deal was both unusual and somewhat expected. He released it ahead of next month's White House visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.</p><ul><li>Back in December, Biden's National Economic Council director, Lael Brainard, said that the deal \"<a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/12/21/statement-from-national-economic-advisor-lael-brainard-on-u-s-steel/\" target=\"_blank\">appears to deserve serious scrutiny</a>\" and suggested that it would be a matter for CFIUS.</li><li>Biden hasn't mentioned the CFIUS review \u2014 but it's clear how he wants it to end.</li><li>\"It is important that we maintain strong American steel companies powered by American steelworkers,\" Biden said in a statement. \"I told our steelworkers I have their backs, and I meant it.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> The deal's proponents are taking some comfort that Biden didn't come out directly and say he was flatly opposed to the deal. Instead, he couched it in terms of U.S. ownership.</p><ul><li>\"U.S. Steel has been an iconic American steel company for more than a century, and it is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated,\" he said.</li><li>That could leave space for a U.S. subsidiary \u2014 even if it were controlled by Nippon \u2014 to be the owner.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Hans Nichols"}], "author": "Hans Nichols", "author_detail": {"name": "Hans Nichols"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "A U.S. Steel plant in Braddock, Penn.  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(A former ByteDance executive has <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-china-bytedance-user-data-d257d98125f69ac80f983e6067a84911\" target=\"_blank\">alleged</a> that the company's CCP presence could view U.S. user data back in 2018.)</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> TikTok isn't the first online platform to come under U.S. government scrutiny because of its ties to China. </p><ul><li>Chinese gaming company Kunlun Tech was <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-investors-exclusive/exclusive-grindrs-chinese-owner-nears-deal-to-sell-gay-dating-app-sources-idUSKBN20T0IR/\" target=\"_blank\">forced</a> to sell its majority stake in dating app Grindr in 2020 due to data privacy and national security concerns.</li><li>In late 2020, the DOJ <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/12/22/china-zoom-charges-influence\" target=\"_blank\">charged</a> a China-based executive at video-conferencing platform Zoom for sharing private data with the Chinese government.  </li><li>And Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE were effectively <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/25/fcc-bans-huawei-zte-equipment-national-security\" target=\"_blank\">banned</a> from the United States in 2022. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>News investigations, intelligence officials' comments and lawmakers have suggested that ByteDance has already had to comply with these laws. </p><ul><li>A BuzzFeed News <a href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access\" target=\"_blank\">investigation</a> based on 80 internal TikTok meetings showed that China-based ByteDance employees have accessed nonpublic data about U.S. TikTok users.</li><li>The intelligence community's threat assessment also <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-china-us-elections-influence\" target=\"_blank\">disclosed</a> that the Chinese government created accounts on TikTok to influence the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.</li><li>\"The app collects way more information than it needs to to feed its algorithm, and that information is available to the Chinese Communist Party upon request,\" Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/josh-hawley-tiktok-bill-senate\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> Axios' Dan Primack. </li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> He Yadong, spokesperson for China's commerce ministry, <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/b0b949cd-d1d3-40f5-8a52-beaf3b29badc\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> the Financial Times Thursday that the United States needs to \"stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies.\"  </p><ul><li>TikTok also told employees in a memo this week that it doesn't plan to change the way it addresses national security and data privacy concerns, according to <a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-13/tiktok-tells-staff-that-strategy-stays-the-same-after-house-vote\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Experts doubt that a ByteDance sale of TikTok would resolve espionage threats.</p><ul><li>The new TikTok <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/steven-mnuchin-tiktok-buy\" target=\"_blank\">owners</a> would need to completely scrub the source code for any back doors, Nikakhtar said.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The move toward a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/tiktok-ban-explain-why-china-congress\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok ban</a> took off like a rocket on Capitol Hill this week, but the FBI has warned for years that TikTok could pose <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/02/tiktok-chinese-influence-fbi-wray\" target=\"_blank\">national security risks</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>American social media sites collect data about users and have become breeding grounds for nation-state <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/29/pro-china-disinfo-twitter-safeguard-defenders\" target=\"_blank\">disinformation campaigns</a>, but experts tell Axios that the data privacy concerns<strong> </strong>facing TikTok are different.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"It's reasonable not to trust the Chinese [government] and that's why TikTok is in the crosshairs,\" James Lewis, a former U.S. diplomat and current director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' strategic technologies program, told Axios.</p><ul><li>TikTok has denied accusations that the CCP controls it.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> Those who oppose the recent House bill that could ban the app say TikTok is being unfairly targeted.</p><ul><li>But the U.S. intelligence community <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/tiktok-china-espionage-fears\" target=\"_blank\">warned</a> Monday in its annual worldwide threats assessment that China is now the \"most active and persistent cyber threat to the U.S. government.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>While <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/03/13/lack-of-federal-privacy-law-looms-over-tiktok-fight\" target=\"_blank\">passing a national privacy law</a> in the U.S. would help curb what information TikTok collects about users, such a law wouldn't address Beijing's growing espionage and cybersecurity threats.</p><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> ByteDance, which is headquartered in Beijing, is beholden to a group of laws that could give the Chinese government access to sensitive TikTok user data, even if it's stored elsewhere, Nazak Nikakhtar, a former Trump Commerce official and partner at Wiley Rein LLP, told Axios.</p><ul><li>A 2017 <a href=\"https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/beijings-new-national-intelligence-law-defense-offense\" target=\"_blank\">national intelligence law</a> requires individuals, organizations and institutions to assist China's Public Security and State Security offices in their intelligence work.</li><li>A 2021 <a href=\"https://oit.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/China-National-Security-Laws.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">law</a> also requires that businesses work with national security agencies to train staff to detect espionage and provide them with counter-espionage equipment. </li><li>A 1993 law requires the vast majority of companies to establish a Chinese Community Party presence in its organization. (A former ByteDance executive has <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-china-bytedance-user-data-d257d98125f69ac80f983e6067a84911\" target=\"_blank\">alleged</a> that the company's CCP presence could view U.S. user data back in 2018.)</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> TikTok isn't the first online platform to come under U.S. government scrutiny because of its ties to China. </p><ul><li>Chinese gaming company Kunlun Tech was <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-investors-exclusive/exclusive-grindrs-chinese-owner-nears-deal-to-sell-gay-dating-app-sources-idUSKBN20T0IR/\" target=\"_blank\">forced</a> to sell its majority stake in dating app Grindr in 2020 due to data privacy and national security concerns.</li><li>In late 2020, the DOJ <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/12/22/china-zoom-charges-influence\" target=\"_blank\">charged</a> a China-based executive at video-conferencing platform Zoom for sharing private data with the Chinese government.  </li><li>And Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE were effectively <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/25/fcc-bans-huawei-zte-equipment-national-security\" target=\"_blank\">banned</a> from the United States in 2022. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>News investigations, intelligence officials' comments and lawmakers have suggested that ByteDance has already had to comply with these laws. </p><ul><li>A BuzzFeed News <a href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access\" target=\"_blank\">investigation</a> based on 80 internal TikTok meetings showed that China-based ByteDance employees have accessed nonpublic data about U.S. TikTok users.</li><li>The intelligence community's threat assessment also <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-china-us-elections-influence\" target=\"_blank\">disclosed</a> that the Chinese government created accounts on TikTok to influence the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.</li><li>\"The app collects way more information than it needs to to feed its algorithm, and that information is available to the Chinese Communist Party upon request,\" Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/josh-hawley-tiktok-bill-senate\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> Axios' Dan Primack. </li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> He Yadong, spokesperson for China's commerce ministry, <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/b0b949cd-d1d3-40f5-8a52-beaf3b29badc\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> the Financial Times Thursday that the United States needs to \"stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies.\"  </p><ul><li>TikTok also told employees in a memo this week that it doesn't plan to change the way it addresses national security and data privacy concerns, according to <a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-13/tiktok-tells-staff-that-strategy-stays-the-same-after-house-vote\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Experts doubt that a ByteDance sale of TikTok would resolve espionage threats.</p><ul><li>The new TikTok <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/steven-mnuchin-tiktok-buy\" target=\"_blank\">owners</a> would need to completely scrub the source code for any back doors, Nikakhtar said.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The move toward a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/tiktok-ban-explain-why-china-congress\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok ban</a> took off like a rocket on Capitol Hill this week, but the FBI has warned for years that TikTok could pose <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/02/tiktok-chinese-influence-fbi-wray\" target=\"_blank\">national security risks</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>American social media sites collect data about users and have become breeding grounds for nation-state <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/29/pro-china-disinfo-twitter-safeguard-defenders\" target=\"_blank\">disinformation campaigns</a>, but experts tell Axios that the data privacy concerns<strong> </strong>facing TikTok are different.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"It's reasonable not to trust the Chinese [government] and that's why TikTok is in the crosshairs,\" James Lewis, a former U.S. diplomat and current director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies' strategic technologies program, told Axios.</p><ul><li>TikTok has denied accusations that the CCP controls it.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> Those who oppose the recent House bill that could ban the app say TikTok is being unfairly targeted.</p><ul><li>But the U.S. intelligence community <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/tiktok-china-espionage-fears\" target=\"_blank\">warned</a> Monday in its annual worldwide threats assessment that China is now the \"most active and persistent cyber threat to the U.S. government.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>While <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/03/13/lack-of-federal-privacy-law-looms-over-tiktok-fight\" target=\"_blank\">passing a national privacy law</a> in the U.S. would help curb what information TikTok collects about users, such a law wouldn't address Beijing's growing espionage and cybersecurity threats.</p><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> ByteDance, which is headquartered in Beijing, is beholden to a group of laws that could give the Chinese government access to sensitive TikTok user data, even if it's stored elsewhere, Nazak Nikakhtar, a former Trump Commerce official and partner at Wiley Rein LLP, told Axios.</p><ul><li>A 2017 <a href=\"https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/beijings-new-national-intelligence-law-defense-offense\" target=\"_blank\">national intelligence law</a> requires individuals, organizations and institutions to assist China's Public Security and State Security offices in their intelligence work.</li><li>A 2021 <a href=\"https://oit.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/China-National-Security-Laws.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">law</a> also requires that businesses work with national security agencies to train staff to detect espionage and provide them with counter-espionage equipment. </li><li>A 1993 law requires the vast majority of companies to establish a Chinese Community Party presence in its organization. (A former ByteDance executive has <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-china-bytedance-user-data-d257d98125f69ac80f983e6067a84911\" target=\"_blank\">alleged</a> that the company's CCP presence could view U.S. user data back in 2018.)</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> TikTok isn't the first online platform to come under U.S. government scrutiny because of its ties to China. </p><ul><li>Chinese gaming company Kunlun Tech was <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-grindr-m-a-investors-exclusive/exclusive-grindrs-chinese-owner-nears-deal-to-sell-gay-dating-app-sources-idUSKBN20T0IR/\" target=\"_blank\">forced</a> to sell its majority stake in dating app Grindr in 2020 due to data privacy and national security concerns.</li><li>In late 2020, the DOJ <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/12/22/china-zoom-charges-influence\" target=\"_blank\">charged</a> a China-based executive at video-conferencing platform Zoom for sharing private data with the Chinese government.  </li><li>And Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE were effectively <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/25/fcc-bans-huawei-zte-equipment-national-security\" target=\"_blank\">banned</a> from the United States in 2022. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>News investigations, intelligence officials' comments and lawmakers have suggested that ByteDance has already had to comply with these laws. </p><ul><li>A BuzzFeed News <a href=\"https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access\" target=\"_blank\">investigation</a> based on 80 internal TikTok meetings showed that China-based ByteDance employees have accessed nonpublic data about U.S. TikTok users.</li><li>The intelligence community's threat assessment also <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-china-us-elections-influence\" target=\"_blank\">disclosed</a> that the Chinese government created accounts on TikTok to influence the 2022 U.S. midterm elections.</li><li>\"The app collects way more information than it needs to to feed its algorithm, and that information is available to the Chinese Communist Party upon request,\" Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/josh-hawley-tiktok-bill-senate\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> Axios' Dan Primack. </li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> He Yadong, spokesperson for China's commerce ministry, <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/b0b949cd-d1d3-40f5-8a52-beaf3b29badc\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> the Financial Times Thursday that the United States needs to \"stop unfairly suppressing foreign companies.\"  </p><ul><li>TikTok also told employees in a memo this week that it doesn't plan to change the way it addresses national security and data privacy concerns, according to <a href=\"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-13/tiktok-tells-staff-that-strategy-stays-the-same-after-house-vote\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Experts doubt that a ByteDance sale of TikTok would resolve espionage threats.</p><ul><li>The new TikTok <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/steven-mnuchin-tiktok-buy\" target=\"_blank\">owners</a> would need to completely scrub the source code for any back doors, Nikakhtar said.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Sam Sabin"}], "author": "Sam Sabin", "author_detail": {"name": "Sam Sabin"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/QEU-hE2fofKUm5C5hO8cjKZYv_E=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710354694897.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/MOAHcshVYcQ4KVA7IRDecgr46DA=/0x0:1080x1080/128x128/2024/03/13/1710354694897.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 08:29:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 8, 29, 0, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/tiktok-ban-security-china-laws", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Severe storms trigger reports of destructive tornadoes in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Severe storms trigger reports of destructive tornadoes in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/storms-tornadoes-ohio-indiana-kentucky"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/storms-tornadoes-ohio-indiana-kentucky", "summary": "<p>A <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/science/extreme-weather\" target=\"_blank\">sprawling storm</a> system triggered multiple reports of destructive tornadoes in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana on Thursday evening.</p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Logan County, Ohio, officials <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HouckisPokisewx/status/1768433431585993160\" target=\"_blank\">declared</a> a <a href=\"https://www.dispatch.com/story/weather/2024/03/14/nws-issues-tornado-watch-for-ohio-counties/72978075007/\" target=\"_blank\">mass casualty</a> event after a suspected tornado hit a trailer park some 70 miles from Columbus, as the storm system unleashed \"large damaging hail, wind gusts and a few tornadoes\" from far northeast Texas to the Ohio Valley overnight, per the National Weather Service.</p><hr /><div class=\"fb-post\"><blockquote cite=\"https://graph.facebook.com/100044385431112/posts/939326267556879/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>No, that\u2019s not a baseball\u2026This was the size of the hail that came through with the storm in Jefferson and Switzerland Counties.  Multiple state police vehicles received damage from the massive hail.</p>Posted by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ISPVersailles\">Sgt. Stephen Wheeles-Indiana State Police</a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://graph.facebook.com/100044385431112/posts/939326267556879/\">Thursday, March 14, 2024</a></blockquote></div><p><strong>In Indiana, </strong>state police initially <a href=\"https://www.wrtv.com/weather/severe-weather/at-least-3-killed-in-randolph-county-tornado#:~:text=RANDOLPH%20COUNTY%20%E2%80%94%20At%20least%20three,County%20shortly%20after%208%20p.m.\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> local media that a suspected tornado at a Randolph County trailer park killed three people, but <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&amp;v=1532626873967873\" target=\"_blank\">said</a> at a briefing just after midnight Friday that officials were still working to confirm whether there had been any fatalities as they searched for anyone trapped inside buildings.</p><ul><li>\"There have been many, many significant injuries, but I don't know the number. ... I don't know what those injuries are,\" Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter said at the briefing about the incident in Winchester. \"There's a lot that we don't know yet.\"</li></ul><p><strong>In Kentucky,</strong> Gov. Andy Beshear said in <a href=\"https://twitter.com/GovAndyBeshear/status/1768423555027304621\" target=\"_blank\">a post </a>to X that a tornado that swept through Gallatin, Trimble, and possibly Carroll, counties caused minor injuries earlier on Thursday.</p><ul><li>No fatalities were reported, but there was \"significant structural damage,\" he added.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Over 13 million people in the U.S. were under tornado watches from Texas to Ohio on Thursday night, <a href=\"https://www.weather.gov/images/crh/dhs/wwa_population.png\" target=\"_blank\">according to the NWS</a>.</p><ul><li>More than 38,000 customers were without power in Ohio on Friday morning, per <a href=\"https://poweroutage.us/\" target=\"_blank\">PowerOutage.us</a>.</li><li>Nearly 19,000 others in Kentucky and almost 18,000 more in Colorado were also without electricity, according to the utility tracker.</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a0\ufe0fVERY DANGEROUS HALF MILE WIDE TORNADO on the Ground FROM HURON Emergency Management... damage to homes and structures being report.  THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS and dangerous tornado on the ground!!!\u26a0\ufe0f <a href=\"https://t.co/eZp8aOn3uZ\">pic.twitter.com/eZp8aOn3uZ</a></p>&mdash; NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSCLE/status/1768428317827580242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The severe weather is the result of a deep dip, or trough, in the jet stream over the Southwest and Rockies, with warm, moist air flowing northward into the Ohio Valley.</p><ul><li>That same trough is helping to deliver a prolonged and crippling snowstorm across parts of the Rockies, including the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/03/14/colorado-snowstorm-road-closures-power-outages\" target=\"_blank\">Denver metro area</a>, with some locations surpassing 45 inches of snow since Wednesday.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>\"Heavy snow will continue across portions of the central Rockies and extend into the southern Rockies overnight,\" per an NWS Thursday night update. </p><ul><li>\"A second round of heavy snow will develop over the Four Corners region tonight, continuing into the weekend.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper... </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/03/14/snow-totals-winter-storm\" target=\"_blank\">Denver snow totals: Where the winter storm has hit the hardest</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/science/extreme-weather\" target=\"_blank\">sprawling storm</a> system triggered multiple reports of destructive tornadoes in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana on Thursday evening.</p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Logan County, Ohio, officials <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HouckisPokisewx/status/1768433431585993160\" target=\"_blank\">declared</a> a <a href=\"https://www.dispatch.com/story/weather/2024/03/14/nws-issues-tornado-watch-for-ohio-counties/72978075007/\" target=\"_blank\">mass casualty</a> event after a suspected tornado hit a trailer park some 70 miles from Columbus, as the storm system unleashed \"large damaging hail, wind gusts and a few tornadoes\" from far northeast Texas to the Ohio Valley overnight, per the National Weather Service.</p><hr /><div class=\"fb-post\"><blockquote cite=\"https://graph.facebook.com/100044385431112/posts/939326267556879/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>No, that\u2019s not a baseball\u2026This was the size of the hail that came through with the storm in Jefferson and Switzerland Counties.  Multiple state police vehicles received damage from the massive hail.</p>Posted by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ISPVersailles\">Sgt. Stephen Wheeles-Indiana State Police</a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://graph.facebook.com/100044385431112/posts/939326267556879/\">Thursday, March 14, 2024</a></blockquote></div><p><strong>In Indiana, </strong>state police initially <a href=\"https://www.wrtv.com/weather/severe-weather/at-least-3-killed-in-randolph-county-tornado#:~:text=RANDOLPH%20COUNTY%20%E2%80%94%20At%20least%20three,County%20shortly%20after%208%20p.m.\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> local media that a suspected tornado at a Randolph County trailer park killed three people, but <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&amp;v=1532626873967873\" target=\"_blank\">said</a> at a briefing just after midnight Friday that officials were still working to confirm whether there had been any fatalities as they searched for anyone trapped inside buildings.</p><ul><li>\"There have been many, many significant injuries, but I don't know the number. ... I don't know what those injuries are,\" Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter said at the briefing about the incident in Winchester. \"There's a lot that we don't know yet.\"</li></ul><p><strong>In Kentucky,</strong> Gov. Andy Beshear said in <a href=\"https://twitter.com/GovAndyBeshear/status/1768423555027304621\" target=\"_blank\">a post </a>to X that a tornado that swept through Gallatin, Trimble, and possibly Carroll, counties caused minor injuries earlier on Thursday.</p><ul><li>No fatalities were reported, but there was \"significant structural damage,\" he added.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Over 13 million people in the U.S. were under tornado watches from Texas to Ohio on Thursday night, <a href=\"https://www.weather.gov/images/crh/dhs/wwa_population.png\" target=\"_blank\">according to the NWS</a>.</p><ul><li>More than 38,000 customers were without power in Ohio on Friday morning, per <a href=\"https://poweroutage.us/\" target=\"_blank\">PowerOutage.us</a>.</li><li>Nearly 19,000 others in Kentucky and almost 18,000 more in Colorado were also without electricity, according to the utility tracker.</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a0\ufe0fVERY DANGEROUS HALF MILE WIDE TORNADO on the Ground FROM HURON Emergency Management... damage to homes and structures being report.  THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS and dangerous tornado on the ground!!!\u26a0\ufe0f <a href=\"https://t.co/eZp8aOn3uZ\">pic.twitter.com/eZp8aOn3uZ</a></p>&mdash; NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSCLE/status/1768428317827580242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The severe weather is the result of a deep dip, or trough, in the jet stream over the Southwest and Rockies, with warm, moist air flowing northward into the Ohio Valley.</p><ul><li>That same trough is helping to deliver a prolonged and crippling snowstorm across parts of the Rockies, including the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/03/14/colorado-snowstorm-road-closures-power-outages\" target=\"_blank\">Denver metro area</a>, with some locations surpassing 45 inches of snow since Wednesday.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>\"Heavy snow will continue across portions of the central Rockies and extend into the southern Rockies overnight,\" per an NWS Thursday night update. </p><ul><li>\"A second round of heavy snow will develop over the Four Corners region tonight, continuing into the weekend.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper... </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/03/14/snow-totals-winter-storm\" target=\"_blank\">Denver snow totals: Where the winter storm has hit the hardest</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/science/extreme-weather\" target=\"_blank\">sprawling storm</a> system triggered multiple reports of destructive tornadoes in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana on Thursday evening.</p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Logan County, Ohio, officials <a href=\"https://twitter.com/HouckisPokisewx/status/1768433431585993160\" target=\"_blank\">declared</a> a <a href=\"https://www.dispatch.com/story/weather/2024/03/14/nws-issues-tornado-watch-for-ohio-counties/72978075007/\" target=\"_blank\">mass casualty</a> event after a suspected tornado hit a trailer park some 70 miles from Columbus, as the storm system unleashed \"large damaging hail, wind gusts and a few tornadoes\" from far northeast Texas to the Ohio Valley overnight, per the National Weather Service.</p><hr /><div class=\"fb-post\"><blockquote cite=\"https://graph.facebook.com/100044385431112/posts/939326267556879/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p>No, that\u2019s not a baseball\u2026This was the size of the hail that came through with the storm in Jefferson and Switzerland Counties.  Multiple state police vehicles received damage from the massive hail.</p>Posted by <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ISPVersailles\">Sgt. Stephen Wheeles-Indiana State Police</a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://graph.facebook.com/100044385431112/posts/939326267556879/\">Thursday, March 14, 2024</a></blockquote></div><p><strong>In Indiana, </strong>state police initially <a href=\"https://www.wrtv.com/weather/severe-weather/at-least-3-killed-in-randolph-county-tornado#:~:text=RANDOLPH%20COUNTY%20%E2%80%94%20At%20least%20three,County%20shortly%20after%208%20p.m.\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> local media that a suspected tornado at a Randolph County trailer park killed three people, but <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=search&amp;v=1532626873967873\" target=\"_blank\">said</a> at a briefing just after midnight Friday that officials were still working to confirm whether there had been any fatalities as they searched for anyone trapped inside buildings.</p><ul><li>\"There have been many, many significant injuries, but I don't know the number. ... I don't know what those injuries are,\" Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas Carter said at the briefing about the incident in Winchester. \"There's a lot that we don't know yet.\"</li></ul><p><strong>In Kentucky,</strong> Gov. Andy Beshear said in <a href=\"https://twitter.com/GovAndyBeshear/status/1768423555027304621\" target=\"_blank\">a post </a>to X that a tornado that swept through Gallatin, Trimble, and possibly Carroll, counties caused minor injuries earlier on Thursday.</p><ul><li>No fatalities were reported, but there was \"significant structural damage,\" he added.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Over 13 million people in the U.S. were under tornado watches from Texas to Ohio on Thursday night, <a href=\"https://www.weather.gov/images/crh/dhs/wwa_population.png\" target=\"_blank\">according to the NWS</a>.</p><ul><li>More than 38,000 customers were without power in Ohio on Friday morning, per <a href=\"https://poweroutage.us/\" target=\"_blank\">PowerOutage.us</a>.</li><li>Nearly 19,000 others in Kentucky and almost 18,000 more in Colorado were also without electricity, according to the utility tracker.</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a0\ufe0fVERY DANGEROUS HALF MILE WIDE TORNADO on the Ground FROM HURON Emergency Management... damage to homes and structures being report.  THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS and dangerous tornado on the ground!!!\u26a0\ufe0f <a href=\"https://t.co/eZp8aOn3uZ\">pic.twitter.com/eZp8aOn3uZ</a></p>&mdash; NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSCLE/status/1768428317827580242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The severe weather is the result of a deep dip, or trough, in the jet stream over the Southwest and Rockies, with warm, moist air flowing northward into the Ohio Valley.</p><ul><li>That same trough is helping to deliver a prolonged and crippling snowstorm across parts of the Rockies, including the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/03/14/colorado-snowstorm-road-closures-power-outages\" target=\"_blank\">Denver metro area</a>, with some locations surpassing 45 inches of snow since Wednesday.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>\"Heavy snow will continue across portions of the central Rockies and extend into the southern Rockies overnight,\" per an NWS Thursday night update. </p><ul><li>\"A second round of heavy snow will develop over the Four Corners region tonight, continuing into the weekend.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper... </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2024/03/14/snow-totals-winter-storm\" target=\"_blank\">Denver snow totals: Where the winter storm has hit the hardest</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with new details throughout.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Rebecca Falconer"}, {"name": "Andrew Freedman"}], "author": "Andrew Freedman", "author_detail": {"name": "Rebecca Falconer"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Tornado damage in Jefferson County, Indiana. Photo: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office/Facebook", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/GKilf-9yGznnpu17b0tA9ZGzL74=/0x651:1536x1515/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710470226983.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/BFtjh2u8UMoUM1x0ss8wIpnqmYE=/0x379:1536x1915/128x128/2024/03/15/1710470226983.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:00:17 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 5, 0, 17, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/storms-tornadoes-ohio-indiana-kentucky", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Scoop: Israel assures U.S. weapons used in Gaza according to international law", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Scoop: Israel assures U.S. weapons used in Gaza according to international law"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/israel-us-weapons-gaza-international-law"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/israel-us-weapons-gaza-international-law", "summary": "<p>Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant signed on Thursday a letter to the Biden administration <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/israel-sign-letter-international-law-weapons-us-aid\" target=\"_blank\">assuring</a> Israel will use U.S. weapons according to international law and allow U.S.-supported humanitarian aid into Gaza, two Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The letter of assurances is a requirement under a national security memorandum issued last month by <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a>. The new policy doesn't single out Israel, but it came after some Democratic senators expressed concern over the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The Biden administration <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/israel-sign-letter-international-law-weapons-us-aid\" target=\"_blank\">asked</a> Israel to provide the signed letter of assurances by mid-March. Secretary of State Antony Blinken now has until March 25 to certify that Israel's written commitments are credible. If certification isn't given, U.S. weapons transfers to Israel will be suspended.</p><ul><li>The Israeli war cabinet gave Gallant the green light to sign the letter of assurances last Sunday. </li><li>But the defense minister only signed it on Thursday. It was then delivered to the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, an Israeli official said.</li><li>The Israeli Ministry of Defense declined to comment.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/02/08/national-security-memorandum-on-safeguards-and-accountability-with-respect-to-transferred-defense-articles-and-defense-services/\" target=\"_blank\">national security memorandum</a>, published on Feb. 8, states that prior to supplying U.S. weapons, a country must give the U.S. \"credible and reliable written assurances\" that it will use any such weapons in accordance with international humanitarian law.</p><ul><li>It also stresses that a country that uses U.S. weapons in conflict areas needs to provide \"credible and reliable written assurances\" that it will \"facilitate and not arbitrarily deny, restrict, or otherwise impede, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance and United States Government-supported international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios Israel asked the Biden administration to add to the written assurances another letter from the Biden administration that stresses U.S. commitment to Israel's security, for Israel's right to defend itself and for U.S. military assistance to Israel.</p><ul><li>Biden administration officials told the Israelis that such a request will require a long process of consultations and negotiations that will not meet the deadline set in the memorandum.</li><li>U.S. officials also said they told the Israelis that they'd rather keep this process as technical as possible and not turn it into more political negotiations that might require Israel to give more written assurances of its own.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Last week a group of House Democrats made the case to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> that an Israeli invasion of Rafah could violate <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/israel-sign-letter-international-law-weapons-us-aid\" target=\"_blank\">his requirement</a> that U.S. military aid be used in accordance with international law.</p><ul><li>In a <a href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24459623-2024-03-05-letter-on-rafah-to-president-biden\" target=\"_blank\">letter</a> to Biden, more than three dozen House Democrats <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/biden-israel-rafah-house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">argued</a> an invasion of Rafah \"would likely contravene\" the national security memorandum, noting the \"the absence of a credible plan\" to protect civilians.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant signed on Thursday a letter to the Biden administration <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/israel-sign-letter-international-law-weapons-us-aid\" target=\"_blank\">assuring</a> Israel will use U.S. weapons according to international law and allow U.S.-supported humanitarian aid into Gaza, two Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The letter of assurances is a requirement under a national security memorandum issued last month by <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a>. The new policy doesn't single out Israel, but it came after some Democratic senators expressed concern over the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The Biden administration <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/israel-sign-letter-international-law-weapons-us-aid\" target=\"_blank\">asked</a> Israel to provide the signed letter of assurances by mid-March. Secretary of State Antony Blinken now has until March 25 to certify that Israel's written commitments are credible. If certification isn't given, U.S. weapons transfers to Israel will be suspended.</p><ul><li>The Israeli war cabinet gave Gallant the green light to sign the letter of assurances last Sunday. </li><li>But the defense minister only signed it on Thursday. It was then delivered to the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, an Israeli official said.</li><li>The Israeli Ministry of Defense declined to comment.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/02/08/national-security-memorandum-on-safeguards-and-accountability-with-respect-to-transferred-defense-articles-and-defense-services/\" target=\"_blank\">national security memorandum</a>, published on Feb. 8, states that prior to supplying U.S. weapons, a country must give the U.S. \"credible and reliable written assurances\" that it will use any such weapons in accordance with international humanitarian law.</p><ul><li>It also stresses that a country that uses U.S. weapons in conflict areas needs to provide \"credible and reliable written assurances\" that it will \"facilitate and not arbitrarily deny, restrict, or otherwise impede, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance and United States Government-supported international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios Israel asked the Biden administration to add to the written assurances another letter from the Biden administration that stresses U.S. commitment to Israel's security, for Israel's right to defend itself and for U.S. military assistance to Israel.</p><ul><li>Biden administration officials told the Israelis that such a request will require a long process of consultations and negotiations that will not meet the deadline set in the memorandum.</li><li>U.S. officials also said they told the Israelis that they'd rather keep this process as technical as possible and not turn it into more political negotiations that might require Israel to give more written assurances of its own.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Last week a group of House Democrats made the case to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> that an Israeli invasion of Rafah could violate <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/israel-sign-letter-international-law-weapons-us-aid\" target=\"_blank\">his requirement</a> that U.S. military aid be used in accordance with international law.</p><ul><li>In a <a href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24459623-2024-03-05-letter-on-rafah-to-president-biden\" target=\"_blank\">letter</a> to Biden, more than three dozen House Democrats <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/biden-israel-rafah-house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">argued</a> an invasion of Rafah \"would likely contravene\" the national security memorandum, noting the \"the absence of a credible plan\" to protect civilians.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant signed on Thursday a letter to the Biden administration <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/israel-sign-letter-international-law-weapons-us-aid\" target=\"_blank\">assuring</a> Israel will use U.S. weapons according to international law and allow U.S.-supported humanitarian aid into Gaza, two Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The letter of assurances is a requirement under a national security memorandum issued last month by <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a>. The new policy doesn't single out Israel, but it came after some Democratic senators expressed concern over the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The Biden administration <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/israel-sign-letter-international-law-weapons-us-aid\" target=\"_blank\">asked</a> Israel to provide the signed letter of assurances by mid-March. Secretary of State Antony Blinken now has until March 25 to certify that Israel's written commitments are credible. If certification isn't given, U.S. weapons transfers to Israel will be suspended.</p><ul><li>The Israeli war cabinet gave Gallant the green light to sign the letter of assurances last Sunday. </li><li>But the defense minister only signed it on Thursday. It was then delivered to the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew, an Israeli official said.</li><li>The Israeli Ministry of Defense declined to comment.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/02/08/national-security-memorandum-on-safeguards-and-accountability-with-respect-to-transferred-defense-articles-and-defense-services/\" target=\"_blank\">national security memorandum</a>, published on Feb. 8, states that prior to supplying U.S. weapons, a country must give the U.S. \"credible and reliable written assurances\" that it will use any such weapons in accordance with international humanitarian law.</p><ul><li>It also stresses that a country that uses U.S. weapons in conflict areas needs to provide \"credible and reliable written assurances\" that it will \"facilitate and not arbitrarily deny, restrict, or otherwise impede, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance and United States Government-supported international efforts to provide humanitarian assistance.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios Israel asked the Biden administration to add to the written assurances another letter from the Biden administration that stresses U.S. commitment to Israel's security, for Israel's right to defend itself and for U.S. military assistance to Israel.</p><ul><li>Biden administration officials told the Israelis that such a request will require a long process of consultations and negotiations that will not meet the deadline set in the memorandum.</li><li>U.S. officials also said they told the Israelis that they'd rather keep this process as technical as possible and not turn it into more political negotiations that might require Israel to give more written assurances of its own.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Last week a group of House Democrats made the case to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> that an Israeli invasion of Rafah could violate <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/israel-sign-letter-international-law-weapons-us-aid\" target=\"_blank\">his requirement</a> that U.S. military aid be used in accordance with international law.</p><ul><li>In a <a href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24459623-2024-03-05-letter-on-rafah-to-president-biden\" target=\"_blank\">letter</a> to Biden, more than three dozen House Democrats <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/biden-israel-rafah-house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">argued</a> an invasion of Rafah \"would likely contravene\" the national security memorandum, noting the \"the absence of a credible plan\" to protect civilians.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "A shipment of 155mm artillery shells used by the Israeli army is transported on a truck along a highway in southern Israel on Oct. 14, 2023. Photo: Yuri Cortez/ AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/xTGBVELu2uFp_eg3YIIexXfWpQ8=/0x0:6000x3375/1280x720/2024/03/15/1710471340087.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/NugTqrJ3J2hhrKG4YXpg2sw5fvM=/0x0:4000x4000/128x128/2024/03/15/1710471340087.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 03:34:36 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 3, 34, 36, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/israel-us-weapons-gaza-international-law", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Axios Finish Line: Your real Job 1", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Axios Finish Line: Your real Job 1"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/your-real-job-1-communication"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/your-real-job-1-communication", "summary": "<p>Most employees aren't taught how to communicate effectively \u2014 and that gap follows them when they become bosses. </p><ul><li>That's a key insight in a new report, \"<a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/research/state-of-internal-communications-report\" target=\"_blank\">2024 State of Internal Communications</a>,\" by our friends at <a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Axios HQ</a>, which offers <a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/features/ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI-driven software</a> to help organizations communicate in Smart Brevity.</li></ul><hr /><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Your paycheck may say you're a CEO or a senator or a manager or a teacher. But you're really a communicator.</p><p><strong>In this election year</strong> like none other, the report says, organizations will expect their leaders to \"stand up, speak out, and advocate for employees. And the trust teams place in executives can be heavily scrutinized, hard won, and easily lost.\"</p><ul><li>That was a big finding of a clever Axios HQ survey that compared responses from 414 senior leaders with 1,035 employees in beginning or middle-manager roles.</li></ul><p><strong>From the report</strong> and our own experience in 17 years of leading media companies, here are six tips to make sure everyone's staying aligned on your organization's big goals:</p><ol><li><strong>Communication is a team sport: </strong>Often C-suite bosses are among the organization's most active communicators. But teams should be hearing from leaders at every level, including those closest to them.</li><li><strong>Don't wait: </strong>At Axios, we've always been very intentional about having all-staff conversations on big issues<em> early, </em>and to get ahead of the questions that naturally arise if there's a vacuum.</li><li><strong>Clarity is everything: </strong>\"Even excellent goals will fail if the details leaders share are hard to parse or feel overwhelming,\" the report says.</li><li><strong>Repeating = winning: </strong>Axios CEO Jim VandeHei <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/the-axios-way-how-you-do-it-1513304963\" target=\"_blank\">advises leaders</a> to think of their brand as a political candidate: When you're sick of hearing yourself say your big mission, it's <em>just </em>starting to sink in.</li><li><strong>Cadence is key: </strong>At Axios, an all-staff newsletter, 5 Big Things, goes out every Friday afternoon, with a focus on what's coming up. Then on Monday, we have an all-hands meeting.</li><li><strong>Data is your friend: </strong>\"Most leaders ... wouldn't launch products without user input \u2014 but they share directives without asking staff which channels they prefer,\" the report notes. \"Communication is the core of any strategy. Start with data. Be visible. Stay accessible.\"</li></ol><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Sloppy communications are costly.</p><ul><li>HQ found that executives lose a ton of time addressing the fallout of misaligned organizations \u2014 dealing with higher turnover, losing customers and fighting fires instead of keeping everyone's eye on the prize. </li></ul><p><em><a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/research/state-of-internal-communications-report\" target=\"_blank\">Read the 33-page report</a>.</em></p><ul><li><em>This article appeared in Axios Finish Line, our nightly newsletter on life, leadership and wellness. <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/am-pm\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here</a>.</em></li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Most employees aren't taught how to communicate effectively \u2014 and that gap follows them when they become bosses. </p><ul><li>That's a key insight in a new report, \"<a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/research/state-of-internal-communications-report\" target=\"_blank\">2024 State of Internal Communications</a>,\" by our friends at <a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Axios HQ</a>, which offers <a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/features/ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI-driven software</a> to help organizations communicate in Smart Brevity.</li></ul><hr /><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Your paycheck may say you're a CEO or a senator or a manager or a teacher. But you're really a communicator.</p><p><strong>In this election year</strong> like none other, the report says, organizations will expect their leaders to \"stand up, speak out, and advocate for employees. And the trust teams place in executives can be heavily scrutinized, hard won, and easily lost.\"</p><ul><li>That was a big finding of a clever Axios HQ survey that compared responses from 414 senior leaders with 1,035 employees in beginning or middle-manager roles.</li></ul><p><strong>From the report</strong> and our own experience in 17 years of leading media companies, here are six tips to make sure everyone's staying aligned on your organization's big goals:</p><ol><li><strong>Communication is a team sport: </strong>Often C-suite bosses are among the organization's most active communicators. But teams should be hearing from leaders at every level, including those closest to them.</li><li><strong>Don't wait: </strong>At Axios, we've always been very intentional about having all-staff conversations on big issues<em> early, </em>and to get ahead of the questions that naturally arise if there's a vacuum.</li><li><strong>Clarity is everything: </strong>\"Even excellent goals will fail if the details leaders share are hard to parse or feel overwhelming,\" the report says.</li><li><strong>Repeating = winning: </strong>Axios CEO Jim VandeHei <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/the-axios-way-how-you-do-it-1513304963\" target=\"_blank\">advises leaders</a> to think of their brand as a political candidate: When you're sick of hearing yourself say your big mission, it's <em>just </em>starting to sink in.</li><li><strong>Cadence is key: </strong>At Axios, an all-staff newsletter, 5 Big Things, goes out every Friday afternoon, with a focus on what's coming up. Then on Monday, we have an all-hands meeting.</li><li><strong>Data is your friend: </strong>\"Most leaders ... wouldn't launch products without user input \u2014 but they share directives without asking staff which channels they prefer,\" the report notes. \"Communication is the core of any strategy. Start with data. Be visible. Stay accessible.\"</li></ol><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Sloppy communications are costly.</p><ul><li>HQ found that executives lose a ton of time addressing the fallout of misaligned organizations \u2014 dealing with higher turnover, losing customers and fighting fires instead of keeping everyone's eye on the prize. </li></ul><p><em><a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/research/state-of-internal-communications-report\" target=\"_blank\">Read the 33-page report</a>.</em></p><ul><li><em>This article appeared in Axios Finish Line, our nightly newsletter on life, leadership and wellness. <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/am-pm\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here</a>.</em></li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Most employees aren't taught how to communicate effectively \u2014 and that gap follows them when they become bosses. </p><ul><li>That's a key insight in a new report, \"<a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/research/state-of-internal-communications-report\" target=\"_blank\">2024 State of Internal Communications</a>,\" by our friends at <a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Axios HQ</a>, which offers <a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/features/ai\" target=\"_blank\">AI-driven software</a> to help organizations communicate in Smart Brevity.</li></ul><hr /><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Your paycheck may say you're a CEO or a senator or a manager or a teacher. But you're really a communicator.</p><p><strong>In this election year</strong> like none other, the report says, organizations will expect their leaders to \"stand up, speak out, and advocate for employees. And the trust teams place in executives can be heavily scrutinized, hard won, and easily lost.\"</p><ul><li>That was a big finding of a clever Axios HQ survey that compared responses from 414 senior leaders with 1,035 employees in beginning or middle-manager roles.</li></ul><p><strong>From the report</strong> and our own experience in 17 years of leading media companies, here are six tips to make sure everyone's staying aligned on your organization's big goals:</p><ol><li><strong>Communication is a team sport: </strong>Often C-suite bosses are among the organization's most active communicators. But teams should be hearing from leaders at every level, including those closest to them.</li><li><strong>Don't wait: </strong>At Axios, we've always been very intentional about having all-staff conversations on big issues<em> early, </em>and to get ahead of the questions that naturally arise if there's a vacuum.</li><li><strong>Clarity is everything: </strong>\"Even excellent goals will fail if the details leaders share are hard to parse or feel overwhelming,\" the report says.</li><li><strong>Repeating = winning: </strong>Axios CEO Jim VandeHei <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2017/12/15/the-axios-way-how-you-do-it-1513304963\" target=\"_blank\">advises leaders</a> to think of their brand as a political candidate: When you're sick of hearing yourself say your big mission, it's <em>just </em>starting to sink in.</li><li><strong>Cadence is key: </strong>At Axios, an all-staff newsletter, 5 Big Things, goes out every Friday afternoon, with a focus on what's coming up. Then on Monday, we have an all-hands meeting.</li><li><strong>Data is your friend: </strong>\"Most leaders ... wouldn't launch products without user input \u2014 but they share directives without asking staff which channels they prefer,\" the report notes. \"Communication is the core of any strategy. Start with data. Be visible. Stay accessible.\"</li></ol><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Sloppy communications are costly.</p><ul><li>HQ found that executives lose a ton of time addressing the fallout of misaligned organizations \u2014 dealing with higher turnover, losing customers and fighting fires instead of keeping everyone's eye on the prize. </li></ul><p><em><a href=\"https://www.axioshq.com/research/state-of-internal-communications-report\" target=\"_blank\">Read the 33-page report</a>.</em></p><ul><li><em>This article appeared in Axios Finish Line, our nightly newsletter on life, leadership and wellness. <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/am-pm\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up here</a>.</em></li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Mike Allen"}], "author": "Mike Allen", "author_detail": {"name": "Mike Allen"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/VW-gAxKjoCMnrpMpNxvsZ-d19hg=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710448976965.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/yCIb9TwAgErDdGLsWdAAEJa0Zy4=/435x0:1515x1080/128x128/2024/03/14/1710448976965.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:28:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 1, 28, 0, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/your-real-job-1-communication", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "How No Labels will choose a unity ticket for president", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "How No Labels will choose a unity ticket for president"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/no-labels-presidential-candidate-third-party-vetting"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/no-labels-presidential-candidate-third-party-vetting", "summary": "<p>The centrist political group <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/no-labels-voting-rights-gambit\" target=\"_self\">No Labels</a> announced Thursday that it is launching a \"Country Over Party Committee\" to help vet possible candidates for the group's unity ticket in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/us-presidential-house-senate-elections\" target=\"_blank\">2024 election</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>As two <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/trump-biden-presidential-candidates-unfavorable-poll\" target=\"_blank\">relatively unpopular</a> presumptive nominees\u00a0<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> and f<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">ormer President Trump</a>, head for a rematch, any third-party bids could have an outsized impact on who prevails in the general election. </p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>\"The committee will consider input from the No Labels community and serve as representatives in meeting with potential candidates,\" former Dallas Mayor and No Labels' national convention chair Mike Rawlings said in a video announcement on Thursday. </p><ul><li>The panel, which includes 12 people, will deliver their recommendations for a unity ticket to No Labels delegates for a nomination vote. </li><li>\"If this ticket receives majority support from No Labels delegates, they will be given the official nomination and appear on the ballot as the No Labels unity ticket,\" Rawlings said. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Any potential nominees must adhere to the group's six core beliefs, Rawlings said in the <a href=\"https://join.nolabels.org/process?utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=2&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8LGv_QDRLWjLX5euq5z2XNk8ShkKAx26CtfsQz9B_pObl69QG2jvGVp2kmRG2-Dswr8sGIylm-TTVImkYtzoZcVFMPZw&amp;utm_content=2&amp;utm_source=hs_email\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> announcement. </p><ul><li>\"If No Labels is unable to find candidates who meet this high threshold, then we simply will not offer our ballot line to anyone,\" No Labels co-chair Joe Lieberman said in a news release on Thursday.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>No Labels said last week that the group's 800 delegates voted to proceed with a \"unity ticket\" to compete with Trump and Biden.</p><ul><li>The group's co-chair, former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, stepped down as co-chair earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal first <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/no-labels-co-chairman-pat-mccrory-quits-group-as-it-presses-ahead-with-presidential-ticket-a10b041f\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a>.</li><li>The Wall Street Journal also <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/no-labels-geoff-duncan-2024-f3c063ad\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a> last week that the group was considering Geoff Duncan (R), the former lieutenant governor of Georgia.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/no-labels-candidates-donors-funding-pac\" target=\"_self\">Exclusive: No Labels super PAC is dialing for dollars</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. </em></p><p><em>Hans Nichols contributed reporting.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The centrist political group <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/no-labels-voting-rights-gambit\" target=\"_self\">No Labels</a> announced Thursday that it is launching a \"Country Over Party Committee\" to help vet possible candidates for the group's unity ticket in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/us-presidential-house-senate-elections\" target=\"_blank\">2024 election</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>As two <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/trump-biden-presidential-candidates-unfavorable-poll\" target=\"_blank\">relatively unpopular</a> presumptive nominees\u00a0<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> and f<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">ormer President Trump</a>, head for a rematch, any third-party bids could have an outsized impact on who prevails in the general election. </p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>\"The committee will consider input from the No Labels community and serve as representatives in meeting with potential candidates,\" former Dallas Mayor and No Labels' national convention chair Mike Rawlings said in a video announcement on Thursday. </p><ul><li>The panel, which includes 12 people, will deliver their recommendations for a unity ticket to No Labels delegates for a nomination vote. </li><li>\"If this ticket receives majority support from No Labels delegates, they will be given the official nomination and appear on the ballot as the No Labels unity ticket,\" Rawlings said. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Any potential nominees must adhere to the group's six core beliefs, Rawlings said in the <a href=\"https://join.nolabels.org/process?utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=2&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8LGv_QDRLWjLX5euq5z2XNk8ShkKAx26CtfsQz9B_pObl69QG2jvGVp2kmRG2-Dswr8sGIylm-TTVImkYtzoZcVFMPZw&amp;utm_content=2&amp;utm_source=hs_email\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> announcement. </p><ul><li>\"If No Labels is unable to find candidates who meet this high threshold, then we simply will not offer our ballot line to anyone,\" No Labels co-chair Joe Lieberman said in a news release on Thursday.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>No Labels said last week that the group's 800 delegates voted to proceed with a \"unity ticket\" to compete with Trump and Biden.</p><ul><li>The group's co-chair, former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, stepped down as co-chair earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal first <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/no-labels-co-chairman-pat-mccrory-quits-group-as-it-presses-ahead-with-presidential-ticket-a10b041f\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a>.</li><li>The Wall Street Journal also <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/no-labels-geoff-duncan-2024-f3c063ad\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a> last week that the group was considering Geoff Duncan (R), the former lieutenant governor of Georgia.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/no-labels-candidates-donors-funding-pac\" target=\"_self\">Exclusive: No Labels super PAC is dialing for dollars</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. </em></p><p><em>Hans Nichols contributed reporting.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The centrist political group <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/no-labels-voting-rights-gambit\" target=\"_self\">No Labels</a> announced Thursday that it is launching a \"Country Over Party Committee\" to help vet possible candidates for the group's unity ticket in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/us-presidential-house-senate-elections\" target=\"_blank\">2024 election</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>As two <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/06/trump-biden-presidential-candidates-unfavorable-poll\" target=\"_blank\">relatively unpopular</a> presumptive nominees\u00a0<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> and f<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">ormer President Trump</a>, head for a rematch, any third-party bids could have an outsized impact on who prevails in the general election. </p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>\"The committee will consider input from the No Labels community and serve as representatives in meeting with potential candidates,\" former Dallas Mayor and No Labels' national convention chair Mike Rawlings said in a video announcement on Thursday. </p><ul><li>The panel, which includes 12 people, will deliver their recommendations for a unity ticket to No Labels delegates for a nomination vote. </li><li>\"If this ticket receives majority support from No Labels delegates, they will be given the official nomination and appear on the ballot as the No Labels unity ticket,\" Rawlings said. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Any potential nominees must adhere to the group's six core beliefs, Rawlings said in the <a href=\"https://join.nolabels.org/process?utm_campaign=Weekly+Newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsmi=2&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8LGv_QDRLWjLX5euq5z2XNk8ShkKAx26CtfsQz9B_pObl69QG2jvGVp2kmRG2-Dswr8sGIylm-TTVImkYtzoZcVFMPZw&amp;utm_content=2&amp;utm_source=hs_email\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> announcement. </p><ul><li>\"If No Labels is unable to find candidates who meet this high threshold, then we simply will not offer our ballot line to anyone,\" No Labels co-chair Joe Lieberman said in a news release on Thursday.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>No Labels said last week that the group's 800 delegates voted to proceed with a \"unity ticket\" to compete with Trump and Biden.</p><ul><li>The group's co-chair, former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory, stepped down as co-chair earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal first <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/no-labels-co-chairman-pat-mccrory-quits-group-as-it-presses-ahead-with-presidential-ticket-a10b041f\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a>.</li><li>The Wall Street Journal also <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/no-labels-geoff-duncan-2024-f3c063ad\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a> last week that the group was considering Geoff Duncan (R), the former lieutenant governor of Georgia.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/no-labels-candidates-donors-funding-pac\" target=\"_self\">Exclusive: No Labels super PAC is dialing for dollars</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This a breaking news story. Please check back for updates. </em></p><p><em>Hans Nichols contributed reporting.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Erin Doherty"}], "author": "Erin Doherty", "author_detail": {"name": "Erin Doherty"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Victoria Ellis/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/ZIMGGBVNDMDXS36zuFb-rT51x84=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710426999703.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/KeyUI3frJN2DzxPGCfecbJX53A8=/403x0:1483x1080/128x128/2024/03/14/1710426999703.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:19:05 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 15, 1, 19, 5, 4, 75, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/15/no-labels-presidential-candidate-third-party-vetting", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Michigan school shooter's father found guilty of involuntary manslaughter", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Michigan school shooter's father found guilty of involuntary manslaughter"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/james-crumbley-guilty-oxford-high-shooting"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/james-crumbley-guilty-oxford-high-shooting", "summary": "<p>James Crumbley, the father of the convicted <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/24/ethan-crumbley-plea-oxford-shooting-michigan\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford High School shooter</a>, was found <a href=\"https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1zqKVqWNvglxB\" target=\"_blank\">guilty</a> on Thursday of involuntary manslaughter. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Crumbley and the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/jennifer-crumbley-trial-guilty-michigan-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">gunman's mother</a> are the first parents in the U.S. to be held criminally responsible for a mass <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/11/30/michigan-high-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">shooting</a> committed by their child. </p><hr /><ul><li>The maximum <a href=\"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28hjd5gmt40ebun11vcyymbppu%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&amp;objectname=mcl-750-321\" target=\"_blank\">penalty</a> for involuntary manslaughter in Michigan is 15 years in prison.</li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/15/ethan-crumbley-plea-oxford-shooting-michigan-life-sentence\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Crumbley</a> killed four students and wounded seven others in a 2021 shooting in Oakland County, Michigan. </p><ul><li>He was sentenced to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/08/michigan-school-shooter-sentenced-prison\" target=\"_blank\">life in prison</a> last December after pleading <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/21/alleged-michigan-school-shooter-plead-guilty\" target=\"_blank\">guilty</a> to 24 charges, including four counts of first-degree murder and one terrorism related count. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/jennifer-crumbley-trial-oxford-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecutors</a> said his parents made a gun available to their son and ignored his mental health needs leading up to the shooting. </li></ul><p><strong>His mother, </strong>Jennifer Crumbley, was <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/jennifer-crumbley-trial-guilty-michigan-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">convicted</a> of involuntary manslaughter in February. </p><ul><li>Both parents were in jail for over two years while awaiting trial because they could not afford bond. </li><li>They both pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter in 2021 and requested separate trials.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/jennifer-crumbley-trial-guilty-michigan-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan school shooter's mother found guilty of involuntary manslaughter</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>James Crumbley, the father of the convicted <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/24/ethan-crumbley-plea-oxford-shooting-michigan\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford High School shooter</a>, was found <a href=\"https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1zqKVqWNvglxB\" target=\"_blank\">guilty</a> on Thursday of involuntary manslaughter. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Crumbley and the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/jennifer-crumbley-trial-guilty-michigan-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">gunman's mother</a> are the first parents in the U.S. to be held criminally responsible for a mass <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/11/30/michigan-high-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">shooting</a> committed by their child. </p><hr /><ul><li>The maximum <a href=\"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28hjd5gmt40ebun11vcyymbppu%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&amp;objectname=mcl-750-321\" target=\"_blank\">penalty</a> for involuntary manslaughter in Michigan is 15 years in prison.</li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/15/ethan-crumbley-plea-oxford-shooting-michigan-life-sentence\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Crumbley</a> killed four students and wounded seven others in a 2021 shooting in Oakland County, Michigan. </p><ul><li>He was sentenced to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/08/michigan-school-shooter-sentenced-prison\" target=\"_blank\">life in prison</a> last December after pleading <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/21/alleged-michigan-school-shooter-plead-guilty\" target=\"_blank\">guilty</a> to 24 charges, including four counts of first-degree murder and one terrorism related count. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/jennifer-crumbley-trial-oxford-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecutors</a> said his parents made a gun available to their son and ignored his mental health needs leading up to the shooting. </li></ul><p><strong>His mother, </strong>Jennifer Crumbley, was <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/jennifer-crumbley-trial-guilty-michigan-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">convicted</a> of involuntary manslaughter in February. </p><ul><li>Both parents were in jail for over two years while awaiting trial because they could not afford bond. </li><li>They both pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter in 2021 and requested separate trials.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/jennifer-crumbley-trial-guilty-michigan-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan school shooter's mother found guilty of involuntary manslaughter</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>James Crumbley, the father of the convicted <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/24/ethan-crumbley-plea-oxford-shooting-michigan\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford High School shooter</a>, was found <a href=\"https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1zqKVqWNvglxB\" target=\"_blank\">guilty</a> on Thursday of involuntary manslaughter. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Crumbley and the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/jennifer-crumbley-trial-guilty-michigan-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">gunman's mother</a> are the first parents in the U.S. to be held criminally responsible for a mass <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/11/30/michigan-high-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">shooting</a> committed by their child. </p><hr /><ul><li>The maximum <a href=\"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/%28S%28hjd5gmt40ebun11vcyymbppu%29%29/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&amp;objectname=mcl-750-321\" target=\"_blank\">penalty</a> for involuntary manslaughter in Michigan is 15 years in prison.</li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/15/ethan-crumbley-plea-oxford-shooting-michigan-life-sentence\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Crumbley</a> killed four students and wounded seven others in a 2021 shooting in Oakland County, Michigan. </p><ul><li>He was sentenced to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/08/michigan-school-shooter-sentenced-prison\" target=\"_blank\">life in prison</a> last December after pleading <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/21/alleged-michigan-school-shooter-plead-guilty\" target=\"_blank\">guilty</a> to 24 charges, including four counts of first-degree murder and one terrorism related count. </li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/jennifer-crumbley-trial-oxford-school-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">Prosecutors</a> said his parents made a gun available to their son and ignored his mental health needs leading up to the shooting. </li></ul><p><strong>His mother, </strong>Jennifer Crumbley, was <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/jennifer-crumbley-trial-guilty-michigan-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">convicted</a> of involuntary manslaughter in February. </p><ul><li>Both parents were in jail for over two years while awaiting trial because they could not afford bond. </li><li>They both pleaded not guilty to four counts of involuntary manslaughter in 2021 and requested separate trials.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/jennifer-crumbley-trial-guilty-michigan-shooting\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan school shooter's mother found guilty of involuntary manslaughter</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "April Rubin"}], "author": "April Rubin", "author_detail": {"name": "April Rubin"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "James Crumbley stands as the jury exits to begin their deliberations on March 13 at Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Michigan.  Photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/cHUCN1V7K5p4CIB7Y4p1CyXNJnA=/0x313:3000x2000/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710424804809.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/xw6YY-kek74k7mPZGLqDZBk3EGY=/186x0:2186x2000/128x128/2024/03/14/1710424804809.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:26:34 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 23, 26, 34, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/james-crumbley-guilty-oxford-high-shooting", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trump and Senate Democrats unite to boost Bernie Moreno in Ohio", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trump and Senate Democrats unite to boost Bernie Moreno in Ohio"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/ohio-senate-bernie-moreno-trump"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/ohio-senate-bernie-moreno-trump", "summary": "<p>Former President Trump and <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/dems-meddle-in-ohio-senate-race-to-boost-trump-backed-candidate-00146928\" target=\"_blank\">meddling Democrats</a> are both scrambling to get their preferred Republican candidate \u2014 businessman Bernie Moreno \u2014 over the finish line in Tuesday's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/02/20/what-you-need-to-know-ohio-senate-primary-ohio\" target=\"_blank\">Senate GOP primary</a> in Ohio.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Democrats view Moreno as the weakest general election opponent for vulnerable Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). Moreno is also the only Trump-backed Senate candidate at risk of losing in a GOP primary \u2014 a potentially embarrassing blow to the former president.</p><hr /><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/03/13/trump-ohio-us-senate-race-bernie-moreno-matt-dolan-frank-larose\" target=\"_blank\">Trump will rally with Moreno</a> in a \"surprise\" visit near Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday, three days before the March 19 primary, according to a source familiar with the planning.</li><li>Trump allies like Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Arizona Republican Kari Lake will also head to Ohio this week.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Moreno is in a close contest with Ohio state Sen. Matt Dolan, who has the backing of establishment Republicans like Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and former Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).</p><ul><li>Moreno is currently a slight polling favorite in the race, according to <a href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2024/ohio/republican-primary/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight's average</a>. But <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/ohio-2024-poll-dolan-26-moreno-23-larose-16-32-undecided-in-gop-primary/\" target=\"_blank\">a poll from Emerson</a> this week showed Dolan with a slight lead over Moreno.</li><li>Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is polling in a close third place.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Dolan, whose father owns the Cleveland Guardians, has outspent Moreno. Despite endorsements from Trump and the conservative Club for Growth, Moreno has failed to solidify his spot as the front-runner.</p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Trump and his allies' visit to Ohio this week is an attempt to draw a clear distinction between the types of Republicans who are backing Moreno and Dolan.</p><ul><li>The juxtaposition of Moreno stumping with the likes of Trump and Vance is meant to serve as a \"complete contrast\" to Dolan's field of backers, a source familiar with the planning said.</li><li>Vance, a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/trump-2024-vp-list-who-shortlist\" target=\"_blank\">potential VP pick</a>, received a surge of support and ultimately won Ohio's competitive GOP primary in 2022 after he was endorsed by Trump.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>A late splash of spending from outside groups shows how high the stakes are for Republicans \u2014 and for Democrats anxious to defend their slim Senate majority.</p><ul><li>Duty and Country PAC, a group tied to Senate Democrats, is <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/us/politics/moreno-trump-democrats-ohio.html\" target=\"_blank\">spending $2.5 million on a TV ad</a> highlighting Moreno's ties to Trump \u2014 seeking to boost him with the GOP's conservative base.</li><li>A pro-Dolan super PAC placed a $1.9 million media buy on Monday opposing Moreno and LaRose, while the pro-Moreno Club for Growth spent over $830,000 on advertising on Tuesday.</li><li>Dolan also personally gave his campaign another $1 million on Tuesday.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who runs the Senate Democrats' campaign arm, told Axios that the MAGA movement's support for Moreno shows he is a \"weak candidate.\"</p><ul><li>\"He's got out-of-staters coming in to campaign for him and Sherrod Brown always has people from Ohio campaigning for him,\" Peters said.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former President Trump and <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/dems-meddle-in-ohio-senate-race-to-boost-trump-backed-candidate-00146928\" target=\"_blank\">meddling Democrats</a> are both scrambling to get their preferred Republican candidate \u2014 businessman Bernie Moreno \u2014 over the finish line in Tuesday's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/02/20/what-you-need-to-know-ohio-senate-primary-ohio\" target=\"_blank\">Senate GOP primary</a> in Ohio.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Democrats view Moreno as the weakest general election opponent for vulnerable Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). Moreno is also the only Trump-backed Senate candidate at risk of losing in a GOP primary \u2014 a potentially embarrassing blow to the former president.</p><hr /><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/03/13/trump-ohio-us-senate-race-bernie-moreno-matt-dolan-frank-larose\" target=\"_blank\">Trump will rally with Moreno</a> in a \"surprise\" visit near Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday, three days before the March 19 primary, according to a source familiar with the planning.</li><li>Trump allies like Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Arizona Republican Kari Lake will also head to Ohio this week.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Moreno is in a close contest with Ohio state Sen. Matt Dolan, who has the backing of establishment Republicans like Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and former Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).</p><ul><li>Moreno is currently a slight polling favorite in the race, according to <a href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2024/ohio/republican-primary/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight's average</a>. But <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/ohio-2024-poll-dolan-26-moreno-23-larose-16-32-undecided-in-gop-primary/\" target=\"_blank\">a poll from Emerson</a> this week showed Dolan with a slight lead over Moreno.</li><li>Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is polling in a close third place.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Dolan, whose father owns the Cleveland Guardians, has outspent Moreno. Despite endorsements from Trump and the conservative Club for Growth, Moreno has failed to solidify his spot as the front-runner.</p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Trump and his allies' visit to Ohio this week is an attempt to draw a clear distinction between the types of Republicans who are backing Moreno and Dolan.</p><ul><li>The juxtaposition of Moreno stumping with the likes of Trump and Vance is meant to serve as a \"complete contrast\" to Dolan's field of backers, a source familiar with the planning said.</li><li>Vance, a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/trump-2024-vp-list-who-shortlist\" target=\"_blank\">potential VP pick</a>, received a surge of support and ultimately won Ohio's competitive GOP primary in 2022 after he was endorsed by Trump.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>A late splash of spending from outside groups shows how high the stakes are for Republicans \u2014 and for Democrats anxious to defend their slim Senate majority.</p><ul><li>Duty and Country PAC, a group tied to Senate Democrats, is <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/us/politics/moreno-trump-democrats-ohio.html\" target=\"_blank\">spending $2.5 million on a TV ad</a> highlighting Moreno's ties to Trump \u2014 seeking to boost him with the GOP's conservative base.</li><li>A pro-Dolan super PAC placed a $1.9 million media buy on Monday opposing Moreno and LaRose, while the pro-Moreno Club for Growth spent over $830,000 on advertising on Tuesday.</li><li>Dolan also personally gave his campaign another $1 million on Tuesday.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who runs the Senate Democrats' campaign arm, told Axios that the MAGA movement's support for Moreno shows he is a \"weak candidate.\"</p><ul><li>\"He's got out-of-staters coming in to campaign for him and Sherrod Brown always has people from Ohio campaigning for him,\" Peters said.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Former President Trump and <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/dems-meddle-in-ohio-senate-race-to-boost-trump-backed-candidate-00146928\" target=\"_blank\">meddling Democrats</a> are both scrambling to get their preferred Republican candidate \u2014 businessman Bernie Moreno \u2014 over the finish line in Tuesday's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/02/20/what-you-need-to-know-ohio-senate-primary-ohio\" target=\"_blank\">Senate GOP primary</a> in Ohio.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Democrats view Moreno as the weakest general election opponent for vulnerable Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio). Moreno is also the only Trump-backed Senate candidate at risk of losing in a GOP primary \u2014 a potentially embarrassing blow to the former president.</p><hr /><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/03/13/trump-ohio-us-senate-race-bernie-moreno-matt-dolan-frank-larose\" target=\"_blank\">Trump will rally with Moreno</a> in a \"surprise\" visit near Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday, three days before the March 19 primary, according to a source familiar with the planning.</li><li>Trump allies like Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Arizona Republican Kari Lake will also head to Ohio this week.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Moreno is in a close contest with Ohio state Sen. Matt Dolan, who has the backing of establishment Republicans like Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and former Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio).</p><ul><li>Moreno is currently a slight polling favorite in the race, according to <a href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/senate/2024/ohio/republican-primary/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight's average</a>. But <a href=\"https://emersoncollegepolling.com/ohio-2024-poll-dolan-26-moreno-23-larose-16-32-undecided-in-gop-primary/\" target=\"_blank\">a poll from Emerson</a> this week showed Dolan with a slight lead over Moreno.</li><li>Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is polling in a close third place.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Dolan, whose father owns the Cleveland Guardians, has outspent Moreno. Despite endorsements from Trump and the conservative Club for Growth, Moreno has failed to solidify his spot as the front-runner.</p><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Trump and his allies' visit to Ohio this week is an attempt to draw a clear distinction between the types of Republicans who are backing Moreno and Dolan.</p><ul><li>The juxtaposition of Moreno stumping with the likes of Trump and Vance is meant to serve as a \"complete contrast\" to Dolan's field of backers, a source familiar with the planning said.</li><li>Vance, a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/trump-2024-vp-list-who-shortlist\" target=\"_blank\">potential VP pick</a>, received a surge of support and ultimately won Ohio's competitive GOP primary in 2022 after he was endorsed by Trump.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>A late splash of spending from outside groups shows how high the stakes are for Republicans \u2014 and for Democrats anxious to defend their slim Senate majority.</p><ul><li>Duty and Country PAC, a group tied to Senate Democrats, is <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/us/politics/moreno-trump-democrats-ohio.html\" target=\"_blank\">spending $2.5 million on a TV ad</a> highlighting Moreno's ties to Trump \u2014 seeking to boost him with the GOP's conservative base.</li><li>A pro-Dolan super PAC placed a $1.9 million media buy on Monday opposing Moreno and LaRose, while the pro-Moreno Club for Growth spent over $830,000 on advertising on Tuesday.</li><li>Dolan also personally gave his campaign another $1 million on Tuesday.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), who runs the Senate Democrats' campaign arm, told Axios that the MAGA movement's support for Moreno shows he is a \"weak candidate.\"</p><ul><li>\"He's got out-of-staters coming in to campaign for him and Sherrod Brown always has people from Ohio campaigning for him,\" Peters said.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Stephen Neukam"}], "author": "Stephen Neukam", "author_detail": {"name": "Stephen Neukam"}, "media_content": [{"caption": " Photo illustration: Axios Visuals. Photos: Courtesy of the Moreno campaign, Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images, and Nic Antaya/Getty Images, Angelo Merendino/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/aFZI7JBVXDKGKUAkspLvsULA_zg=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710445808023.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/LJ0IDFN_TQTPQkJsRQF_QcWfZEE=/396x0:1476x1080/128x128/2024/03/14/1710445808023.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:23:48 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 23, 23, 48, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/ohio-senate-bernie-moreno-trump", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Schumer's anti-Netanyahu speech stuns Israel", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Schumer's anti-Netanyahu speech stuns Israel"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech-reaction"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech-reaction", "summary": "<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) speech <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">calling for a new government in Israel</a> landed like an earthquake Thursday, delivering a huge shock to the already tense U.S.-Israel relationship.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> In addition to being the most senior Jewish elected official in the country, Schumer has had one of the longest and closest relationships with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of any U.S. politician.</p><hr /><ul><li>Schumer's speech stunned officials and observers in both Washington and Jerusalem because he has been \u2014\u00a0and still is \u2014 the Democratic Party's most avid supporter of Israel in decades.</li><li>His harsh remarks about Netanyahu create more political space for other <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic members of Congress</a> to publicly voice their criticism of the Israeli government amid the ongoing war in Gaza.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> To understand how significant the comments were, one must return to March 2015 \u2014 when Schumer was one of the only Senate Democrats who didn't criticize <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/03/03/390250986/netanyahu-to-outline-iran-threats-in-much-anticipated-speech-to-congress#:~:text=%22This%20is%20a%20bad%20deal,its%20nuclear%20infrastructure%20in%20place.\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu's famous speech to Congress</a> railing against the Iran nuclear deal.</p><ul><li>Several months later, Schumer was one of the only Senate Democrats to vote against the deal \u2014 defying President Obama and siding with Netanyahu.</li><li>This is why Schumer was the last person Netanyahu expected to stand on the Senate floor Thursday and call him one of \"four major obstacles to peace\" \u2014 along with Hamas, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and radical right-wing Israelis.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>U.S. officials and Senate Democrats say Schumer's comments reflect the change in public sentiment toward Netanyahu's government \u2014 especially inside the Democratic Party and the mostly liberal Jewish American community.</p><ul><li>One Democratic senator said that in 2015, Schumer wouldn't have been able to set foot in many New York synagogues if he voted in favor of the Iran deal; after this speech, he'll be welcomed there with praise.</li><li>The senator added that Schumer's speech reflects what the majority of Jews in America feel \u2014\u00a0they support Israel and want to destroy Hamas, but are fed up with Netanyahu and his radical right-wing government.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes:</strong> Schumer told senior White House officials on Wednesday that he was going to give a speech about Israel, but he didn't give them a copy of the speech or ask for their permission, U.S. officials told Axios.</p><ul><li>The White House didn't encourage Schumer, but also didn't stop him. Several White House officials were surprised by how harsh he was.</li><li>\"I don't know if people in Israel really understand how big of a step it is for him to do this,\" one U.S. official said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The White House has sought to tamp down its <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">public spat with Netanyahu</a> in recent days, after concluding that the escalating tensions only serve the Israeli prime minister's domestic political interests, a U.S. official said.</p><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>This was the second time this week that a U.S. official publicly commented on Netanyahu's political weakness.</p><ul><li>On Tuesday, the director of national intelligence's <a href=\"https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">annual threat assessment</a> determined that Netanyahu's \"viability\" as prime minister may be in jeopardy due to Israeli discontent.</li></ul><p><strong>How it's playing: </strong>Netanyahu, who over the years has been accused many times of meddling in U.S. politics, hit back hard against Schumer's comments.</p><ul><li>\"Israel is not a banana republic but an independent and proud democracy that elected Prime Minister Netanyahu,\" the ruling Likud Party said in a statement, accusing Schumer of undermining a democratically elected government.</li><li>Polls published Wednesday in all three major TV channels in Israel found that the majority of Israelis want early elections \u2014 and that if elections were held today, Netanyahu would be defeated by his rival minister Benny Gantz.</li><li>But Gantz chose to distance himself from Schumer's comments, saying that the Senate leader made a mistake by giving such a speech and that any intervention in Israel's domestic politics is unacceptable.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">Schumer sparks Democratic discord with Netanyahu speech</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) speech <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">calling for a new government in Israel</a> landed like an earthquake Thursday, delivering a huge shock to the already tense U.S.-Israel relationship.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> In addition to being the most senior Jewish elected official in the country, Schumer has had one of the longest and closest relationships with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of any U.S. politician.</p><hr /><ul><li>Schumer's speech stunned officials and observers in both Washington and Jerusalem because he has been \u2014\u00a0and still is \u2014 the Democratic Party's most avid supporter of Israel in decades.</li><li>His harsh remarks about Netanyahu create more political space for other <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic members of Congress</a> to publicly voice their criticism of the Israeli government amid the ongoing war in Gaza.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> To understand how significant the comments were, one must return to March 2015 \u2014 when Schumer was one of the only Senate Democrats who didn't criticize <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/03/03/390250986/netanyahu-to-outline-iran-threats-in-much-anticipated-speech-to-congress#:~:text=%22This%20is%20a%20bad%20deal,its%20nuclear%20infrastructure%20in%20place.\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu's famous speech to Congress</a> railing against the Iran nuclear deal.</p><ul><li>Several months later, Schumer was one of the only Senate Democrats to vote against the deal \u2014 defying President Obama and siding with Netanyahu.</li><li>This is why Schumer was the last person Netanyahu expected to stand on the Senate floor Thursday and call him one of \"four major obstacles to peace\" \u2014 along with Hamas, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and radical right-wing Israelis.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>U.S. officials and Senate Democrats say Schumer's comments reflect the change in public sentiment toward Netanyahu's government \u2014 especially inside the Democratic Party and the mostly liberal Jewish American community.</p><ul><li>One Democratic senator said that in 2015, Schumer wouldn't have been able to set foot in many New York synagogues if he voted in favor of the Iran deal; after this speech, he'll be welcomed there with praise.</li><li>The senator added that Schumer's speech reflects what the majority of Jews in America feel \u2014\u00a0they support Israel and want to destroy Hamas, but are fed up with Netanyahu and his radical right-wing government.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes:</strong> Schumer told senior White House officials on Wednesday that he was going to give a speech about Israel, but he didn't give them a copy of the speech or ask for their permission, U.S. officials told Axios.</p><ul><li>The White House didn't encourage Schumer, but also didn't stop him. Several White House officials were surprised by how harsh he was.</li><li>\"I don't know if people in Israel really understand how big of a step it is for him to do this,\" one U.S. official said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The White House has sought to tamp down its <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">public spat with Netanyahu</a> in recent days, after concluding that the escalating tensions only serve the Israeli prime minister's domestic political interests, a U.S. official said.</p><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>This was the second time this week that a U.S. official publicly commented on Netanyahu's political weakness.</p><ul><li>On Tuesday, the director of national intelligence's <a href=\"https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">annual threat assessment</a> determined that Netanyahu's \"viability\" as prime minister may be in jeopardy due to Israeli discontent.</li></ul><p><strong>How it's playing: </strong>Netanyahu, who over the years has been accused many times of meddling in U.S. politics, hit back hard against Schumer's comments.</p><ul><li>\"Israel is not a banana republic but an independent and proud democracy that elected Prime Minister Netanyahu,\" the ruling Likud Party said in a statement, accusing Schumer of undermining a democratically elected government.</li><li>Polls published Wednesday in all three major TV channels in Israel found that the majority of Israelis want early elections \u2014 and that if elections were held today, Netanyahu would be defeated by his rival minister Benny Gantz.</li><li>But Gantz chose to distance himself from Schumer's comments, saying that the Senate leader made a mistake by giving such a speech and that any intervention in Israel's domestic politics is unacceptable.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">Schumer sparks Democratic discord with Netanyahu speech</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) speech <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">calling for a new government in Israel</a> landed like an earthquake Thursday, delivering a huge shock to the already tense U.S.-Israel relationship.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> In addition to being the most senior Jewish elected official in the country, Schumer has had one of the longest and closest relationships with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of any U.S. politician.</p><hr /><ul><li>Schumer's speech stunned officials and observers in both Washington and Jerusalem because he has been \u2014\u00a0and still is \u2014 the Democratic Party's most avid supporter of Israel in decades.</li><li>His harsh remarks about Netanyahu create more political space for other <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">Democratic members of Congress</a> to publicly voice their criticism of the Israeli government amid the ongoing war in Gaza.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> To understand how significant the comments were, one must return to March 2015 \u2014 when Schumer was one of the only Senate Democrats who didn't criticize <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/03/03/390250986/netanyahu-to-outline-iran-threats-in-much-anticipated-speech-to-congress#:~:text=%22This%20is%20a%20bad%20deal,its%20nuclear%20infrastructure%20in%20place.\" target=\"_blank\">Netanyahu's famous speech to Congress</a> railing against the Iran nuclear deal.</p><ul><li>Several months later, Schumer was one of the only Senate Democrats to vote against the deal \u2014 defying President Obama and siding with Netanyahu.</li><li>This is why Schumer was the last person Netanyahu expected to stand on the Senate floor Thursday and call him one of \"four major obstacles to peace\" \u2014 along with Hamas, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and radical right-wing Israelis.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>U.S. officials and Senate Democrats say Schumer's comments reflect the change in public sentiment toward Netanyahu's government \u2014 especially inside the Democratic Party and the mostly liberal Jewish American community.</p><ul><li>One Democratic senator said that in 2015, Schumer wouldn't have been able to set foot in many New York synagogues if he voted in favor of the Iran deal; after this speech, he'll be welcomed there with praise.</li><li>The senator added that Schumer's speech reflects what the majority of Jews in America feel \u2014\u00a0they support Israel and want to destroy Hamas, but are fed up with Netanyahu and his radical right-wing government.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes:</strong> Schumer told senior White House officials on Wednesday that he was going to give a speech about Israel, but he didn't give them a copy of the speech or ask for their permission, U.S. officials told Axios.</p><ul><li>The White House didn't encourage Schumer, but also didn't stop him. Several White House officials were surprised by how harsh he was.</li><li>\"I don't know if people in Israel really understand how big of a step it is for him to do this,\" one U.S. official said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The White House has sought to tamp down its <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">public spat with Netanyahu</a> in recent days, after concluding that the escalating tensions only serve the Israeli prime minister's domestic political interests, a U.S. official said.</p><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>This was the second time this week that a U.S. official publicly commented on Netanyahu's political weakness.</p><ul><li>On Tuesday, the director of national intelligence's <a href=\"https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ATA-2024-Unclassified-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">annual threat assessment</a> determined that Netanyahu's \"viability\" as prime minister may be in jeopardy due to Israeli discontent.</li></ul><p><strong>How it's playing: </strong>Netanyahu, who over the years has been accused many times of meddling in U.S. politics, hit back hard against Schumer's comments.</p><ul><li>\"Israel is not a banana republic but an independent and proud democracy that elected Prime Minister Netanyahu,\" the ruling Likud Party said in a statement, accusing Schumer of undermining a democratically elected government.</li><li>Polls published Wednesday in all three major TV channels in Israel found that the majority of Israelis want early elections \u2014 and that if elections were held today, Netanyahu would be defeated by his rival minister Benny Gantz.</li><li>But Gantz chose to distance himself from Schumer's comments, saying that the Senate leader made a mistake by giving such a speech and that any intervention in Israel's domestic politics is unacceptable.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-democrats\" target=\"_blank\">Schumer sparks Democratic discord with Netanyahu speech</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/VYqO-rnbShr935T7yGHNh1ChsqQ=/0x0:4695x2641/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710453251646.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/7FnUBH1DYyQc3RUT2s-g4-ZZvrM=/362x0:3492x3130/128x128/2024/03/14/1710453251646.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:23:09 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 23, 23, 9, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-netanyahu-speech-reaction", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Hamas delivers response on hostage deal proposal", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Hamas delivers response on hostage deal proposal"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hamas-hostage-ceasefire-deal-proposal-israel"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hamas-hostage-ceasefire-deal-proposal-israel", "summary": "<p>Hamas gave <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israel</a> on Thursday through Qatari and Egyptian mediators its response regarding the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-progress-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\">hostage deal proposal</a>, according to a statement by the group and two Israeli officials.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Israeli officials say Hamas' response to the U.S., Qatari and Egyptian proposal, which they have for weeks been waiting for, is a sign of progress and could allow moving to more serious negotiations on a detailed deal.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The hostage deal being negotiated could lead to a six-week ceasefire in Gaza and include the release of about 40 Israeli hostages in return for about 400 Palestinian prisoners, including several dozen who killed Israelis.</p><ul><li>The return of Palestinian civilians to northern Gaza is a top priority for Hamas in the negotiations and one of the main sticking points in the talks, according to sources with direct knowledge.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Hamas said in a statement it gave Egyptian and Qatari mediators a comprehensive proposal for a hostage deal that includes a ceasefire, release of prisoners, delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, return of displaced Palestinians to their homes and a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the enclave.</p><ul><li>The Israeli prime minister's office said in a statement: \"Hamas continues with its preposterous demands. The war cabinet will be updated tomorrow.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>A senior Israeli official said Qatari Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/gaza-hostage-hamas-israel-qatar-negotiations\" target=\"_blank\">Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani</a> spoke on Thursday with the director of the Mossad spy agency and sent him the Hamas response.</p><ul><li>A senior Israeli official said Hamas' response was relatively positive and included for the first time the number of prisoners that Hamas demands to be released for each of the categories of hostages who are to be freed in the first phase of the deal.</li><li>The Israeli official added that the number of prisoners that Hamas demands is still too high, but in a place where more serious negotiations can begin. \"There is something to work with,\" said the Israeli official.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes:</strong> Senior Israeli officials claim that in recent days Israel received indications from the Qatari and Egyptian mediators that point to shifts among Hamas' leadership that may lead to progress.</p><ul><li>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Qatar and Egypt have significantly increased their pressure on Hamas, including threats from Qatar to expel senior Hamas officials from Doha and cut freeze Hamas bank accounts in Qatar.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The war cabinet is expected to meet on Friday to discuss Hamas' response and decide on next steps.</p><p><strong>Flashback: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/03/biden-hostage-ceasefire-deal-gaza-israel-hamas#:~:text=He%20sees%20a%20deal%20for,Ramadan%2C%20which%20starts%20March%2010.\" target=\"_blank\">Biden to hostage-ceasefire negotiators: Get me a deal</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with further details of the hostage negotiations.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Hamas gave <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israel</a> on Thursday through Qatari and Egyptian mediators its response regarding the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-progress-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\">hostage deal proposal</a>, according to a statement by the group and two Israeli officials.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Israeli officials say Hamas' response to the U.S., Qatari and Egyptian proposal, which they have for weeks been waiting for, is a sign of progress and could allow moving to more serious negotiations on a detailed deal.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The hostage deal being negotiated could lead to a six-week ceasefire in Gaza and include the release of about 40 Israeli hostages in return for about 400 Palestinian prisoners, including several dozen who killed Israelis.</p><ul><li>The return of Palestinian civilians to northern Gaza is a top priority for Hamas in the negotiations and one of the main sticking points in the talks, according to sources with direct knowledge.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Hamas said in a statement it gave Egyptian and Qatari mediators a comprehensive proposal for a hostage deal that includes a ceasefire, release of prisoners, delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, return of displaced Palestinians to their homes and a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the enclave.</p><ul><li>The Israeli prime minister's office said in a statement: \"Hamas continues with its preposterous demands. The war cabinet will be updated tomorrow.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>A senior Israeli official said Qatari Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/gaza-hostage-hamas-israel-qatar-negotiations\" target=\"_blank\">Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani</a> spoke on Thursday with the director of the Mossad spy agency and sent him the Hamas response.</p><ul><li>A senior Israeli official said Hamas' response was relatively positive and included for the first time the number of prisoners that Hamas demands to be released for each of the categories of hostages who are to be freed in the first phase of the deal.</li><li>The Israeli official added that the number of prisoners that Hamas demands is still too high, but in a place where more serious negotiations can begin. \"There is something to work with,\" said the Israeli official.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes:</strong> Senior Israeli officials claim that in recent days Israel received indications from the Qatari and Egyptian mediators that point to shifts among Hamas' leadership that may lead to progress.</p><ul><li>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Qatar and Egypt have significantly increased their pressure on Hamas, including threats from Qatar to expel senior Hamas officials from Doha and cut freeze Hamas bank accounts in Qatar.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The war cabinet is expected to meet on Friday to discuss Hamas' response and decide on next steps.</p><p><strong>Flashback: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/03/biden-hostage-ceasefire-deal-gaza-israel-hamas#:~:text=He%20sees%20a%20deal%20for,Ramadan%2C%20which%20starts%20March%2010.\" target=\"_blank\">Biden to hostage-ceasefire negotiators: Get me a deal</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with further details of the hostage negotiations.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Hamas gave <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israel</a> on Thursday through Qatari and Egyptian mediators its response regarding the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/24/israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-progress-ceasefire\" target=\"_blank\">hostage deal proposal</a>, according to a statement by the group and two Israeli officials.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Israeli officials say Hamas' response to the U.S., Qatari and Egyptian proposal, which they have for weeks been waiting for, is a sign of progress and could allow moving to more serious negotiations on a detailed deal.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The hostage deal being negotiated could lead to a six-week ceasefire in Gaza and include the release of about 40 Israeli hostages in return for about 400 Palestinian prisoners, including several dozen who killed Israelis.</p><ul><li>The return of Palestinian civilians to northern Gaza is a top priority for Hamas in the negotiations and one of the main sticking points in the talks, according to sources with direct knowledge.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Hamas said in a statement it gave Egyptian and Qatari mediators a comprehensive proposal for a hostage deal that includes a ceasefire, release of prisoners, delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, return of displaced Palestinians to their homes and a withdrawal of Israeli forces from the enclave.</p><ul><li>The Israeli prime minister's office said in a statement: \"Hamas continues with its preposterous demands. The war cabinet will be updated tomorrow.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>A senior Israeli official said Qatari Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/gaza-hostage-hamas-israel-qatar-negotiations\" target=\"_blank\">Mohammed bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani</a> spoke on Thursday with the director of the Mossad spy agency and sent him the Hamas response.</p><ul><li>A senior Israeli official said Hamas' response was relatively positive and included for the first time the number of prisoners that Hamas demands to be released for each of the categories of hostages who are to be freed in the first phase of the deal.</li><li>The Israeli official added that the number of prisoners that Hamas demands is still too high, but in a place where more serious negotiations can begin. \"There is something to work with,\" said the Israeli official.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes:</strong> Senior Israeli officials claim that in recent days Israel received indications from the Qatari and Egyptian mediators that point to shifts among Hamas' leadership that may lead to progress.</p><ul><li>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Qatar and Egypt have significantly increased their pressure on Hamas, including threats from Qatar to expel senior Hamas officials from Doha and cut freeze Hamas bank accounts in Qatar.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>The war cabinet is expected to meet on Friday to discuss Hamas' response and decide on next steps.</p><p><strong>Flashback: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/03/biden-hostage-ceasefire-deal-gaza-israel-hamas#:~:text=He%20sees%20a%20deal%20for,Ramadan%2C%20which%20starts%20March%2010.\" target=\"_blank\">Biden to hostage-ceasefire negotiators: Get me a deal</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with further details of the hostage negotiations.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Israeli women raise placards bearing messages and the picture of Israeli hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7,  as they call for their release during a February protest in Tel Aviv. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/v5vMymCZxqvAdzX_RW4CtYkf27E=/0x388:5424x3439/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710454552563.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/lBWHQsW1qXMIQrZPM5MdGo8mMEo=/995x0:4611x3616/128x128/2024/03/14/1710454552563.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:07:27 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 23, 7, 27, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hamas-hostage-ceasefire-deal-proposal-israel", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Florida judge denies one of Trump's requests to throw out classified docs case", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Florida judge denies one of Trump's requests to throw out classified docs case"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/trump-classified-documents-hearing-florida"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/trump-classified-documents-hearing-florida", "summary": "<p>The judge overseeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump's</a> classified documents case rejected one of his motions to dismiss the charges on Thursday, hours after a hearing over the arguments concluded. </p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Trump attended the hearing in Fort Pierce, Fla., where his legal team sought to defend two motions the former president's legal team has filed in seeking to throw out the charges in his <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/trump-employee-classified-documents-mar-a-lago-boxes\" target=\"_blank\">classified documents</a> case.</p><hr /><ul><li>Judge Aileen Cannon in her filing cited \"unconstitutional vagueness\" in her dismissal of Trump's motion. </li><li>Cannon has not yet ruled on the other motion presented during the hearing, which centered around the Presidential Records Act.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>\"The Court ultimately determines, following lengthy oral argument, that resolution of the overall question presented depends too greatly on contested instructional questions about still-fluctuating definitions of statutory terms/phrases as charged,\" Cannon wrote in the <a href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.402.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">filing</a>. </p><ul><li>Trump's legal team is seeking to dismiss the charges in the case using arguments in part centered around their interpretations of the Presidential Records Act. </li><li>Trump's team in a filing last month argued that he had \"virtually unreviewable\" executive authority to designate presidential documents as personal under the law.</li><li>Trump's team also argued that special counsel Jack Smith used an unconstitutionally vague use of the Espionage Act to pursue charges.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Cannon<strong> </strong>peppered Trump's lawyers with questions over their defense that Trump had designated the documents as personal, CNN <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-classified-documents-hearing-03-14-24/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">reports</a>.</p><ul><li>\"It's difficult to see how this gets you to the dismissal of an indictment,\" Cannon told Trump's attorneys in court, adding that their defense would effectively \"gut the PRA altogether.\" </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> The hearing came as Cannon is also considering the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-classified-documents-2024-jack-smith\" target=\"_blank\">trial's start date</a>, which is currently scheduled to begin on May 20, but Cannon has previously indicated that she is open to postponing it.</p><ul><li>Trump faces 40 counts in the federal case, including charges of willful retention of national defense information and making false statements and representations.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Trump saw a win in another one of his criminal cases earlier this week. </p><ul><li>The judge overseeing his Georgia 2020 election case <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-case-judge-dismiss-charges\" target=\"_blank\">threw out some of the charges</a> in the case, but noted prosecutors could refile them if they provide additional details. </li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-election-rhetoric-numb\" target=\"_blank\">Trump \"floods the zone\" as general election tests desensitized voters</a></p><p><strong><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with new details throughout. </em></strong></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The judge overseeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump's</a> classified documents case rejected one of his motions to dismiss the charges on Thursday, hours after a hearing over the arguments concluded. </p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Trump attended the hearing in Fort Pierce, Fla., where his legal team sought to defend two motions the former president's legal team has filed in seeking to throw out the charges in his <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/trump-employee-classified-documents-mar-a-lago-boxes\" target=\"_blank\">classified documents</a> case.</p><hr /><ul><li>Judge Aileen Cannon in her filing cited \"unconstitutional vagueness\" in her dismissal of Trump's motion. </li><li>Cannon has not yet ruled on the other motion presented during the hearing, which centered around the Presidential Records Act.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>\"The Court ultimately determines, following lengthy oral argument, that resolution of the overall question presented depends too greatly on contested instructional questions about still-fluctuating definitions of statutory terms/phrases as charged,\" Cannon wrote in the <a href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.402.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">filing</a>. </p><ul><li>Trump's legal team is seeking to dismiss the charges in the case using arguments in part centered around their interpretations of the Presidential Records Act. </li><li>Trump's team in a filing last month argued that he had \"virtually unreviewable\" executive authority to designate presidential documents as personal under the law.</li><li>Trump's team also argued that special counsel Jack Smith used an unconstitutionally vague use of the Espionage Act to pursue charges.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Cannon<strong> </strong>peppered Trump's lawyers with questions over their defense that Trump had designated the documents as personal, CNN <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-classified-documents-hearing-03-14-24/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">reports</a>.</p><ul><li>\"It's difficult to see how this gets you to the dismissal of an indictment,\" Cannon told Trump's attorneys in court, adding that their defense would effectively \"gut the PRA altogether.\" </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> The hearing came as Cannon is also considering the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-classified-documents-2024-jack-smith\" target=\"_blank\">trial's start date</a>, which is currently scheduled to begin on May 20, but Cannon has previously indicated that she is open to postponing it.</p><ul><li>Trump faces 40 counts in the federal case, including charges of willful retention of national defense information and making false statements and representations.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Trump saw a win in another one of his criminal cases earlier this week. </p><ul><li>The judge overseeing his Georgia 2020 election case <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-case-judge-dismiss-charges\" target=\"_blank\">threw out some of the charges</a> in the case, but noted prosecutors could refile them if they provide additional details. </li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-election-rhetoric-numb\" target=\"_blank\">Trump \"floods the zone\" as general election tests desensitized voters</a></p><p><strong><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with new details throughout. </em></strong></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The judge overseeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">former President Trump's</a> classified documents case rejected one of his motions to dismiss the charges on Thursday, hours after a hearing over the arguments concluded. </p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Trump attended the hearing in Fort Pierce, Fla., where his legal team sought to defend two motions the former president's legal team has filed in seeking to throw out the charges in his <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/trump-employee-classified-documents-mar-a-lago-boxes\" target=\"_blank\">classified documents</a> case.</p><hr /><ul><li>Judge Aileen Cannon in her filing cited \"unconstitutional vagueness\" in her dismissal of Trump's motion. </li><li>Cannon has not yet ruled on the other motion presented during the hearing, which centered around the Presidential Records Act.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>\"The Court ultimately determines, following lengthy oral argument, that resolution of the overall question presented depends too greatly on contested instructional questions about still-fluctuating definitions of statutory terms/phrases as charged,\" Cannon wrote in the <a href=\"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652/gov.uscourts.flsd.648652.402.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">filing</a>. </p><ul><li>Trump's legal team is seeking to dismiss the charges in the case using arguments in part centered around their interpretations of the Presidential Records Act. </li><li>Trump's team in a filing last month argued that he had \"virtually unreviewable\" executive authority to designate presidential documents as personal under the law.</li><li>Trump's team also argued that special counsel Jack Smith used an unconstitutionally vague use of the Espionage Act to pursue charges.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>Cannon<strong> </strong>peppered Trump's lawyers with questions over their defense that Trump had designated the documents as personal, CNN <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-classified-documents-hearing-03-14-24/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">reports</a>.</p><ul><li>\"It's difficult to see how this gets you to the dismissal of an indictment,\" Cannon told Trump's attorneys in court, adding that their defense would effectively \"gut the PRA altogether.\" </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> The hearing came as Cannon is also considering the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-classified-documents-2024-jack-smith\" target=\"_blank\">trial's start date</a>, which is currently scheduled to begin on May 20, but Cannon has previously indicated that she is open to postponing it.</p><ul><li>Trump faces 40 counts in the federal case, including charges of willful retention of national defense information and making false statements and representations.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Trump saw a win in another one of his criminal cases earlier this week. </p><ul><li>The judge overseeing his Georgia 2020 election case <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-georgia-case-judge-dismiss-charges\" target=\"_blank\">threw out some of the charges</a> in the case, but noted prosecutors could refile them if they provide additional details. </li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-election-rhetoric-numb\" target=\"_blank\">Trump \"floods the zone\" as general election tests desensitized voters</a></p><p><strong><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with new details throughout. </em></strong></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Erin Doherty"}], "author": "Erin Doherty", "author_detail": {"name": "Erin Doherty"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Former President Trump addresses a campaign rally on March 9 in Rome, Georgia. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/MvmoYumF_JB7y6t2yDWYQehKmgI=/0x25:5330x3023/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710420624810.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/hL8fiLOlo4oANB40EOm8deaIG-k=/128x128/smart/2024/03/14/1710453900806.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:01:26 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 22, 1, 26, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/trump-classified-documents-hearing-florida", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "House GOP leaders plead with Republicans to stop campaigning against each other", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "House GOP leaders plead with Republicans to stop campaigning against each other"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/house-speaker-mike-johnson-gop-infighting-elections"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/house-speaker-mike-johnson-gop-infighting-elections", "summary": "<p>WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-republicans-chaos-mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\">House Republican</a> leaders are pleading with GOP members to stop campaigning against each other as the party's internal divisions threaten its razor-thin majority in the chamber.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Speaker <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Johnson</a>'s team is worried that the spats fueling the GOP's dysfunction in the House are carrying over into campaigns for the Nov. 5 elections \u2014 giving Democrats an easier path to take control of the chamber.</p><hr /><ul><li>But there are signs that the GOP's circular firing squad is continuing. Among them: Less than 100 of the 219 Republican House members are attending their retreat here at the Greenbrier resort.</li><li>And some firebrand conservatives \u2014 including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and key members of the House Freedom Caucus \u2014 are campaigning against colleagues who are facing primary challenges, such as Reps. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), William Timmons (R-S.C.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas).</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/house-republican-retreat-infighting\" target=\"_blank\">roughly</a> 60 members in a closed meeting here that the attacks on their caucus members are counterproductive to the party's goals.</p><ul><li>Johnson \"just excoriated those who are campaigning against other GOP incumbents in their districts,\" one lawmaker in the room told Axios. \"[He] said it violates our norms.\"</li><li>\"Scalise seconded what Johnson said. There's no reason to be campaigning against each other,\" the source added.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> The House GOP's campaign arm doesn't play in primaries, but its leaders said they support keeping incumbents in place and focused on November.</p><ul><li>\"My focus is beating Democrats \u2014 I'm not involved in the primaries, except when we have incumbents in primaries, you know, we support our incumbents. But I'm focused on the general election and picking up seats,\" National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson told Axios.</li><li>Hudson added that he hasn't talked with members who are attacking their colleagues \"in an official way,\" but added, \"Obviously, people are talking about it.\"</li><li>\"I support our Republican incumbents and my position that I've taken in leadership ... [is] we strongly support them,\" House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) told reporters.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Those backing far-right challengers to GOP incumbents are standing by their actions.</p><ul><li>\"I can't quite hear the speaker and the leader from where I am, in San Antonio,\" Gaetz \u2014 who's not at the retreat \u2014 told Axios.</li><li>\"But they both have my number. And neither has ever asked me to stop campaigning against blah incumbents.\"</li><li>\"I hope my colleagues enjoy their 'retreat' in West Virginia. I'm on the advance in Texas.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Chaos in the House has sparked some members to exit Congress with time left in their terms \u2014 whittling the GOP's majority to two seats and even raising the possibility that Democrats could take over the chamber before the election.</p><ul><li>But senior GOP lawmakers argue that Democrats also are dealing with fractures in their party.</li><li>\"Democrats have primaries, too. I mean, [in] New York, there's major infighting among the Democratic conference with some of these primaries,\" Stefanik said.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-republicans-chaos-mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\">House Republican</a> leaders are pleading with GOP members to stop campaigning against each other as the party's internal divisions threaten its razor-thin majority in the chamber.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Speaker <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Johnson</a>'s team is worried that the spats fueling the GOP's dysfunction in the House are carrying over into campaigns for the Nov. 5 elections \u2014 giving Democrats an easier path to take control of the chamber.</p><hr /><ul><li>But there are signs that the GOP's circular firing squad is continuing. Among them: Less than 100 of the 219 Republican House members are attending their retreat here at the Greenbrier resort.</li><li>And some firebrand conservatives \u2014 including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and key members of the House Freedom Caucus \u2014 are campaigning against colleagues who are facing primary challenges, such as Reps. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), William Timmons (R-S.C.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas).</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/house-republican-retreat-infighting\" target=\"_blank\">roughly</a> 60 members in a closed meeting here that the attacks on their caucus members are counterproductive to the party's goals.</p><ul><li>Johnson \"just excoriated those who are campaigning against other GOP incumbents in their districts,\" one lawmaker in the room told Axios. \"[He] said it violates our norms.\"</li><li>\"Scalise seconded what Johnson said. There's no reason to be campaigning against each other,\" the source added.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> The House GOP's campaign arm doesn't play in primaries, but its leaders said they support keeping incumbents in place and focused on November.</p><ul><li>\"My focus is beating Democrats \u2014 I'm not involved in the primaries, except when we have incumbents in primaries, you know, we support our incumbents. But I'm focused on the general election and picking up seats,\" National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson told Axios.</li><li>Hudson added that he hasn't talked with members who are attacking their colleagues \"in an official way,\" but added, \"Obviously, people are talking about it.\"</li><li>\"I support our Republican incumbents and my position that I've taken in leadership ... [is] we strongly support them,\" House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) told reporters.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Those backing far-right challengers to GOP incumbents are standing by their actions.</p><ul><li>\"I can't quite hear the speaker and the leader from where I am, in San Antonio,\" Gaetz \u2014 who's not at the retreat \u2014 told Axios.</li><li>\"But they both have my number. And neither has ever asked me to stop campaigning against blah incumbents.\"</li><li>\"I hope my colleagues enjoy their 'retreat' in West Virginia. I'm on the advance in Texas.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Chaos in the House has sparked some members to exit Congress with time left in their terms \u2014 whittling the GOP's majority to two seats and even raising the possibility that Democrats could take over the chamber before the election.</p><ul><li>But senior GOP lawmakers argue that Democrats also are dealing with fractures in their party.</li><li>\"Democrats have primaries, too. I mean, [in] New York, there's major infighting among the Democratic conference with some of these primaries,\" Stefanik said.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. \u2014 <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-republicans-chaos-mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\">House Republican</a> leaders are pleading with GOP members to stop campaigning against each other as the party's internal divisions threaten its razor-thin majority in the chamber.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Speaker <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/mike-johnson-gop-control-sotu-outbursts\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Johnson</a>'s team is worried that the spats fueling the GOP's dysfunction in the House are carrying over into campaigns for the Nov. 5 elections \u2014 giving Democrats an easier path to take control of the chamber.</p><hr /><ul><li>But there are signs that the GOP's circular firing squad is continuing. Among them: Less than 100 of the 219 Republican House members are attending their retreat here at the Greenbrier resort.</li><li>And some firebrand conservatives \u2014 including Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and key members of the House Freedom Caucus \u2014 are campaigning against colleagues who are facing primary challenges, such as Reps. Mike Bost (R-Ill.), William Timmons (R-S.C.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas).</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>Johnson (R-La.) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/house-republican-retreat-infighting\" target=\"_blank\">roughly</a> 60 members in a closed meeting here that the attacks on their caucus members are counterproductive to the party's goals.</p><ul><li>Johnson \"just excoriated those who are campaigning against other GOP incumbents in their districts,\" one lawmaker in the room told Axios. \"[He] said it violates our norms.\"</li><li>\"Scalise seconded what Johnson said. There's no reason to be campaigning against each other,\" the source added.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> The House GOP's campaign arm doesn't play in primaries, but its leaders said they support keeping incumbents in place and focused on November.</p><ul><li>\"My focus is beating Democrats \u2014 I'm not involved in the primaries, except when we have incumbents in primaries, you know, we support our incumbents. But I'm focused on the general election and picking up seats,\" National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson told Axios.</li><li>Hudson added that he hasn't talked with members who are attacking their colleagues \"in an official way,\" but added, \"Obviously, people are talking about it.\"</li><li>\"I support our Republican incumbents and my position that I've taken in leadership ... [is] we strongly support them,\" House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) told reporters.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Those backing far-right challengers to GOP incumbents are standing by their actions.</p><ul><li>\"I can't quite hear the speaker and the leader from where I am, in San Antonio,\" Gaetz \u2014 who's not at the retreat \u2014 told Axios.</li><li>\"But they both have my number. And neither has ever asked me to stop campaigning against blah incumbents.\"</li><li>\"I hope my colleagues enjoy their 'retreat' in West Virginia. I'm on the advance in Texas.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Chaos in the House has sparked some members to exit Congress with time left in their terms \u2014 whittling the GOP's majority to two seats and even raising the possibility that Democrats could take over the chamber before the election.</p><ul><li>But senior GOP lawmakers argue that Democrats also are dealing with fractures in their party.</li><li>\"Democrats have primaries, too. I mean, [in] New York, there's major infighting among the Democratic conference with some of these primaries,\" Stefanik said.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Juliegrace Brufke"}], "author": "Juliegrace Brufke", "author_detail": {"name": "Juliegrace Brufke"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at the GOP's retreat in West Virginia. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/Tc19HSZAIaDaxEeSqvGBsM_eQTM=/0x0:5775x3248/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710426743092.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/tSOz5eH5s819PKY3pD4iJLy2rRU=/1028x0:4878x3850/128x128/2024/03/14/1710426743092.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 21:17:30 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 21, 17, 30, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/house-speaker-mike-johnson-gop-infighting-elections", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Prosecutors support 30-day delay in Trump's New York criminal trial", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Prosecutors support 30-day delay in Trump's New York criminal trial"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/trump-new-york-criminal-trial-delay-alvin-bragg"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/trump-new-york-criminal-trial-delay-alvin-bragg", "summary": "<p>The Manhattan District Attorney's office said Thursday that it does not oppose a 30-day delay in former President Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/trump-delay-new-york-criminal-trial-stormy-daniels\" target=\"_blank\">New York criminal trial</a>, because of the production of thousands of new records. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The <a href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24481288/20240314-peoples-notice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">filing</a> comes less than two weeks before the criminal trial on a 2016 hush money payment is scheduled to begin, and could mark the latest delay in proceedings for one of the former president's legal troubles. </p><hr /><ul><li>Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has repeatedly fought to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/03/trump-arraignment-trial-delay\" target=\"_blank\">delay his proceedings</a> across his cases until after the 2024 election. </li><li>The New York criminal trial, set to begin on March 25, is poised to be the first of Trump's four criminal cases to go to trial.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>\"Although the People are prepared to proceed to trial on March 25, we do not oppose an adjournment in an abundance of caution and to ensure that defendant has sufficient time to review the new materials,\" Manhattan DA <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/trump-indictment-felony-alvin-bragg-analysis\" target=\"_blank\">Alvin Bragg</a> wrote in the Thursday filing. </p><ul><li>Bragg said the U.S. Attorney's Office \"produced approximately 31,000 pages of additional records\" on Wednesday \"and represented that there will be another production of documents by next week.\" </li><li>\"We note that the timing of the current production of additional materials from the [U.S. Attorney's Office] is a function of [the] defendant's own delay.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Trump was charged with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/trump-arrest-manhattan-new-york\" target=\"_blank\">34 felony counts</a> of falsifying business records in the first degree in the New York criminal trial. </p><ul><li>Trump's legal team in a filing earlier this week requested a delay in the New York criminal trial until after the Supreme Court weighs in on whether he has immunity in his separate <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/supreme-court-trump-immunity-jan-6\" target=\"_blank\">federal 2020 election trial</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-trials-timeline-jan-6-georgia-case\" target=\"_blank\">Trump trials timeline: Jan. 6, Georgia and docs cases all in limbo</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. </em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The Manhattan District Attorney's office said Thursday that it does not oppose a 30-day delay in former President Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/trump-delay-new-york-criminal-trial-stormy-daniels\" target=\"_blank\">New York criminal trial</a>, because of the production of thousands of new records. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The <a href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24481288/20240314-peoples-notice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">filing</a> comes less than two weeks before the criminal trial on a 2016 hush money payment is scheduled to begin, and could mark the latest delay in proceedings for one of the former president's legal troubles. </p><hr /><ul><li>Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has repeatedly fought to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/03/trump-arraignment-trial-delay\" target=\"_blank\">delay his proceedings</a> across his cases until after the 2024 election. </li><li>The New York criminal trial, set to begin on March 25, is poised to be the first of Trump's four criminal cases to go to trial.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>\"Although the People are prepared to proceed to trial on March 25, we do not oppose an adjournment in an abundance of caution and to ensure that defendant has sufficient time to review the new materials,\" Manhattan DA <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/trump-indictment-felony-alvin-bragg-analysis\" target=\"_blank\">Alvin Bragg</a> wrote in the Thursday filing. </p><ul><li>Bragg said the U.S. Attorney's Office \"produced approximately 31,000 pages of additional records\" on Wednesday \"and represented that there will be another production of documents by next week.\" </li><li>\"We note that the timing of the current production of additional materials from the [U.S. Attorney's Office] is a function of [the] defendant's own delay.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Trump was charged with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/trump-arrest-manhattan-new-york\" target=\"_blank\">34 felony counts</a> of falsifying business records in the first degree in the New York criminal trial. </p><ul><li>Trump's legal team in a filing earlier this week requested a delay in the New York criminal trial until after the Supreme Court weighs in on whether he has immunity in his separate <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/supreme-court-trump-immunity-jan-6\" target=\"_blank\">federal 2020 election trial</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-trials-timeline-jan-6-georgia-case\" target=\"_blank\">Trump trials timeline: Jan. 6, Georgia and docs cases all in limbo</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. </em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The Manhattan District Attorney's office said Thursday that it does not oppose a 30-day delay in former President Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/trump-delay-new-york-criminal-trial-stormy-daniels\" target=\"_blank\">New York criminal trial</a>, because of the production of thousands of new records. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The <a href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24481288/20240314-peoples-notice.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">filing</a> comes less than two weeks before the criminal trial on a 2016 hush money payment is scheduled to begin, and could mark the latest delay in proceedings for one of the former president's legal troubles. </p><hr /><ul><li>Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has repeatedly fought to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/03/trump-arraignment-trial-delay\" target=\"_blank\">delay his proceedings</a> across his cases until after the 2024 election. </li><li>The New York criminal trial, set to begin on March 25, is poised to be the first of Trump's four criminal cases to go to trial.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>\"Although the People are prepared to proceed to trial on March 25, we do not oppose an adjournment in an abundance of caution and to ensure that defendant has sufficient time to review the new materials,\" Manhattan DA <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/trump-indictment-felony-alvin-bragg-analysis\" target=\"_blank\">Alvin Bragg</a> wrote in the Thursday filing. </p><ul><li>Bragg said the U.S. Attorney's Office \"produced approximately 31,000 pages of additional records\" on Wednesday \"and represented that there will be another production of documents by next week.\" </li><li>\"We note that the timing of the current production of additional materials from the [U.S. Attorney's Office] is a function of [the] defendant's own delay.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Trump was charged with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/04/trump-arrest-manhattan-new-york\" target=\"_blank\">34 felony counts</a> of falsifying business records in the first degree in the New York criminal trial. </p><ul><li>Trump's legal team in a filing earlier this week requested a delay in the New York criminal trial until after the Supreme Court weighs in on whether he has immunity in his separate <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/supreme-court-trump-immunity-jan-6\" target=\"_blank\">federal 2020 election trial</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-trials-timeline-jan-6-georgia-case\" target=\"_blank\">Trump trials timeline: Jan. 6, Georgia and docs cases all in limbo</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. </em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Erin Doherty"}], "author": "Erin Doherty", "author_detail": {"name": "Erin Doherty"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Former President Trump departs after speaking during a rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Georgia, on March 9. Photo: Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images ", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/VDqO4Y-g3ola82p6CzQ-x6KdfEg=/0x0:6000x3375/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710443821561.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/a9jH5d1HDMFAZDKp14CKE1vr-no=/2000x0:6000x4000/128x128/2024/03/14/1710443821561.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 20:13:20 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 20, 13, 20, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/trump-new-york-criminal-trial-delay-alvin-bragg", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Transcript: Hours after Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, Biden saw it as world-changing", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Transcript: Hours after Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, Biden saw it as world-changing"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hur-transcript-biden-israel-hamas-world-changer"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hur-transcript-biden-israel-hamas-world-changer", "summary": "<p>The day after the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 7 attack</a> on Israel by Hamas, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> was already talking about it as a world-altering event that could reverberate through the 21st century.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The president's raw reaction to the attack is captured in the transcript from his five hours of interviews with special counsel <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/robert-hur-special-counsel-biden-classified-documents\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Hur</a> on Oct. 8 and 9.</p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>From the first hours after the attack, Biden \u2014 who for decades identified himself as a \"Zionist\" \u2014 expressed full support for Israel and ordered the U.S. government to mobilize military and diplomatic support for the U.S. key ally in the Middle East. </p><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> At several moments during the interviews, Biden references the events in Israel. </p><ul><li>\"We may be interrupted,\" he told Hur at the beginning of his interview on Oct. 8. \"I just got off the phone with Bibi Netanyahu.\"</li><li>The phone calls Biden had with Netanyahu that weekend were dramatic.</li><li>The Israeli prime minister was still shaken by the surprise attack involving Hamas militants who killed more than 1,200 Israelis \u2014 mostly civilians \u2014 and kidnapped more than 250 hostages. </li></ul><p><strong>At one point </strong>during his Oct. 8 interview with Hur, Biden opined on the potential consequences of the new crisis in the Middle East. </p><ul><li>\"I think the world goes through these major inflection points where what's happening at that moment \u2014 and the two, four years around either side of it \u2014 and the outcome of those discussions determine what the next six, seven decades look like,\" Biden said.</li><li>\"I think that's where we are right now. For example, I think the Israeli thing has changed it all.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> As Hur was probing about Biden's handling of classified documents as vice president, Biden began explaining how he was handling documents during his emergency consultation over the Oct. 7 weekend. </p><ul><li>\"It was a secure call ... and I ordered one of my papers and I got on the phone. I said (to) Jake (Sullivan) and Tony Blinken...I said guys, we got to follow up on boom, boom, boom, what's going to happen here,\" Biden told Hur, referring to the president's national security advisor and secretary of state.</li><li>\"And then I took my papers ... put them in a pile, and they are sitting in the middle of my desk.\"</li><li>Hur eventually submitted a report that caused a political firestorm because he decided not to charge the president with mishandling classified documents \u2014 but also commented about Biden's memory lapses during the interviews.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>During their Oct. 9 interview, Biden told Hur that he called Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who was in Israel on Oct. 7, to make sure he was OK. </p><ul><li>\"Even my staff wondered why the hell I'm calling Cory Booker to make sure he's safe. 'Why are you calling him?' Because I called when they were in, in \u2014 Jesus \u2014 in Israel,\" Biden told Hur.</li><li>\"I called him when they got home because I wanted him to know I cared about him,\" Biden added. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>The White House didn't respond to questions for this story. </p><ul><li>A Booker spokesperson has confirmed that Biden <a href=\"https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/statement-on-senator-bookers-departure-from-israel\" target=\"_blank\">called the senator</a> when he was in Israel the weekend of the attacks. </li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The day after the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 7 attack</a> on Israel by Hamas, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> was already talking about it as a world-altering event that could reverberate through the 21st century.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The president's raw reaction to the attack is captured in the transcript from his five hours of interviews with special counsel <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/robert-hur-special-counsel-biden-classified-documents\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Hur</a> on Oct. 8 and 9.</p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>From the first hours after the attack, Biden \u2014 who for decades identified himself as a \"Zionist\" \u2014 expressed full support for Israel and ordered the U.S. government to mobilize military and diplomatic support for the U.S. key ally in the Middle East. </p><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> At several moments during the interviews, Biden references the events in Israel. </p><ul><li>\"We may be interrupted,\" he told Hur at the beginning of his interview on Oct. 8. \"I just got off the phone with Bibi Netanyahu.\"</li><li>The phone calls Biden had with Netanyahu that weekend were dramatic.</li><li>The Israeli prime minister was still shaken by the surprise attack involving Hamas militants who killed more than 1,200 Israelis \u2014 mostly civilians \u2014 and kidnapped more than 250 hostages. </li></ul><p><strong>At one point </strong>during his Oct. 8 interview with Hur, Biden opined on the potential consequences of the new crisis in the Middle East. </p><ul><li>\"I think the world goes through these major inflection points where what's happening at that moment \u2014 and the two, four years around either side of it \u2014 and the outcome of those discussions determine what the next six, seven decades look like,\" Biden said.</li><li>\"I think that's where we are right now. For example, I think the Israeli thing has changed it all.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> As Hur was probing about Biden's handling of classified documents as vice president, Biden began explaining how he was handling documents during his emergency consultation over the Oct. 7 weekend. </p><ul><li>\"It was a secure call ... and I ordered one of my papers and I got on the phone. I said (to) Jake (Sullivan) and Tony Blinken...I said guys, we got to follow up on boom, boom, boom, what's going to happen here,\" Biden told Hur, referring to the president's national security advisor and secretary of state.</li><li>\"And then I took my papers ... put them in a pile, and they are sitting in the middle of my desk.\"</li><li>Hur eventually submitted a report that caused a political firestorm because he decided not to charge the president with mishandling classified documents \u2014 but also commented about Biden's memory lapses during the interviews.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>During their Oct. 9 interview, Biden told Hur that he called Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who was in Israel on Oct. 7, to make sure he was OK. </p><ul><li>\"Even my staff wondered why the hell I'm calling Cory Booker to make sure he's safe. 'Why are you calling him?' Because I called when they were in, in \u2014 Jesus \u2014 in Israel,\" Biden told Hur.</li><li>\"I called him when they got home because I wanted him to know I cared about him,\" Biden added. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>The White House didn't respond to questions for this story. </p><ul><li>A Booker spokesperson has confirmed that Biden <a href=\"https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/statement-on-senator-bookers-departure-from-israel\" target=\"_blank\">called the senator</a> when he was in Israel the weekend of the attacks. </li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The day after the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Oct. 7 attack</a> on Israel by Hamas, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a> was already talking about it as a world-altering event that could reverberate through the 21st century.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The president's raw reaction to the attack is captured in the transcript from his five hours of interviews with special counsel <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/robert-hur-special-counsel-biden-classified-documents\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Hur</a> on Oct. 8 and 9.</p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>From the first hours after the attack, Biden \u2014 who for decades identified himself as a \"Zionist\" \u2014 expressed full support for Israel and ordered the U.S. government to mobilize military and diplomatic support for the U.S. key ally in the Middle East. </p><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> At several moments during the interviews, Biden references the events in Israel. </p><ul><li>\"We may be interrupted,\" he told Hur at the beginning of his interview on Oct. 8. \"I just got off the phone with Bibi Netanyahu.\"</li><li>The phone calls Biden had with Netanyahu that weekend were dramatic.</li><li>The Israeli prime minister was still shaken by the surprise attack involving Hamas militants who killed more than 1,200 Israelis \u2014 mostly civilians \u2014 and kidnapped more than 250 hostages. </li></ul><p><strong>At one point </strong>during his Oct. 8 interview with Hur, Biden opined on the potential consequences of the new crisis in the Middle East. </p><ul><li>\"I think the world goes through these major inflection points where what's happening at that moment \u2014 and the two, four years around either side of it \u2014 and the outcome of those discussions determine what the next six, seven decades look like,\" Biden said.</li><li>\"I think that's where we are right now. For example, I think the Israeli thing has changed it all.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> As Hur was probing about Biden's handling of classified documents as vice president, Biden began explaining how he was handling documents during his emergency consultation over the Oct. 7 weekend. </p><ul><li>\"It was a secure call ... and I ordered one of my papers and I got on the phone. I said (to) Jake (Sullivan) and Tony Blinken...I said guys, we got to follow up on boom, boom, boom, what's going to happen here,\" Biden told Hur, referring to the president's national security advisor and secretary of state.</li><li>\"And then I took my papers ... put them in a pile, and they are sitting in the middle of my desk.\"</li><li>Hur eventually submitted a report that caused a political firestorm because he decided not to charge the president with mishandling classified documents \u2014 but also commented about Biden's memory lapses during the interviews.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>During their Oct. 9 interview, Biden told Hur that he called Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who was in Israel on Oct. 7, to make sure he was OK. </p><ul><li>\"Even my staff wondered why the hell I'm calling Cory Booker to make sure he's safe. 'Why are you calling him?' Because I called when they were in, in \u2014 Jesus \u2014 in Israel,\" Biden told Hur.</li><li>\"I called him when they got home because I wanted him to know I cared about him,\" Biden added. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>The White House didn't respond to questions for this story. </p><ul><li>A Booker spokesperson has confirmed that Biden <a href=\"https://www.booker.senate.gov/news/press/statement-on-senator-bookers-departure-from-israel\" target=\"_blank\">called the senator</a> when he was in Israel the weekend of the attacks. </li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}, {"name": "Alex Thompson"}], "author": "Alex Thompson", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "President Biden speaks during a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Donald Tusk at the White House on Tuesday. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/d6qalMj4i6QAxZ867722sVa6SCE=/0x0:5625x3164/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710442267922.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/8L5suASEBCnM9ixWrx5IEAT43KM=/1260x0:5011x3751/128x128/2024/03/14/1710442267922.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:17:50 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 19, 17, 50, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hur-transcript-biden-israel-hamas-world-changer", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "The consumer spending that\u2019s powered the U.S. economy could be weakening", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "The consumer spending that\u2019s powered the U.S. economy could be weakening"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/job-market-economy-retail-spending-2024"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/job-market-economy-retail-spending-2024", "summary": "<p>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/job-market-us-economy\" target=\"_blank\">job market</a> is chugging along, unemployment remains historically low and wages are rising at a decent clip. Still, consumers aren't spending like they used to. </p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> That's a sharp turnaround from recent years, when shoppers looked unstoppable \u2014 even in the face of decades-high interest rates and inflation. Now consumers appear more cautious and spending is weakening, threatening a critical factor that's kept the economy strong.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers:</strong> Retail spending bounced back slightly in February from a sharp pullback at the start of the year. The Commerce Department said Thursday that retail sales rose 0.6% last month. But January's drop was worse than initially thought: Retail sales fell 1.1%, not the 0.8% first estimated.</p><ul><li>It was the fourth straight month with a negative revision to earlier months' data.</li><li>And February's rebound in retail sales was driven by strong sales at gasoline stations that rose nearly 1% \u2014 a result of higher gas prices. The data is not adjusted for inflation.</li><li>Retail sales of the control group \u2014 which excludes volatile categories like gas, autos, and building materials and therefore tracks more closely with overall consumer spending \u2014 was flat in February after a decline in January.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"Elevated interest rates, an uptick in energy costs, and persistent discomfort with price levels continue to push consumers to make trade-offs with budgeting, with goods categories increasingly overlooked in favor of services spending,\" Kayla Bruun, a senior economist at Morning Consult, wrote in a note.</p><ul><li>\"Taken together, the January and February spending data point to softer spending momentum at the start of the year,\" Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon, wrote \u2014 adding that strong income growth may support spending growth through the end of the first quarter.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch:</strong> Other indicators hint that the consumer is losing momentum. In a <a href=\"https://institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/bank-of-america-institute/economic-insights/consumer-checkpoint-march-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report this week</a>, BofA economists say that spending growth among lower and middle-income households is weakening after \"being a point of strength during 2023.\"</p><ul><li>While the overall job market is healthy, employment for those without a college education has slowed in recent months, the economists say \u2014 one factor that might be crimping spending in this cohort.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/americans-credit-card-auto-loan-delinquencies\" target=\"_blank\">Delinquencies on credit card and auto loans</a> have ticked up in recent months as well, according to New York Fed data.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>U.S. consumers have powered overall economic growth forward for the last three years, but there are early warning signs that they can't be counted on to do so again in 2024.</p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/job-market-us-economy\" target=\"_blank\">job market</a> is chugging along, unemployment remains historically low and wages are rising at a decent clip. Still, consumers aren't spending like they used to. </p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> That's a sharp turnaround from recent years, when shoppers looked unstoppable \u2014 even in the face of decades-high interest rates and inflation. Now consumers appear more cautious and spending is weakening, threatening a critical factor that's kept the economy strong.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers:</strong> Retail spending bounced back slightly in February from a sharp pullback at the start of the year. The Commerce Department said Thursday that retail sales rose 0.6% last month. But January's drop was worse than initially thought: Retail sales fell 1.1%, not the 0.8% first estimated.</p><ul><li>It was the fourth straight month with a negative revision to earlier months' data.</li><li>And February's rebound in retail sales was driven by strong sales at gasoline stations that rose nearly 1% \u2014 a result of higher gas prices. The data is not adjusted for inflation.</li><li>Retail sales of the control group \u2014 which excludes volatile categories like gas, autos, and building materials and therefore tracks more closely with overall consumer spending \u2014 was flat in February after a decline in January.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"Elevated interest rates, an uptick in energy costs, and persistent discomfort with price levels continue to push consumers to make trade-offs with budgeting, with goods categories increasingly overlooked in favor of services spending,\" Kayla Bruun, a senior economist at Morning Consult, wrote in a note.</p><ul><li>\"Taken together, the January and February spending data point to softer spending momentum at the start of the year,\" Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon, wrote \u2014 adding that strong income growth may support spending growth through the end of the first quarter.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch:</strong> Other indicators hint that the consumer is losing momentum. In a <a href=\"https://institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/bank-of-america-institute/economic-insights/consumer-checkpoint-march-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report this week</a>, BofA economists say that spending growth among lower and middle-income households is weakening after \"being a point of strength during 2023.\"</p><ul><li>While the overall job market is healthy, employment for those without a college education has slowed in recent months, the economists say \u2014 one factor that might be crimping spending in this cohort.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/americans-credit-card-auto-loan-delinquencies\" target=\"_blank\">Delinquencies on credit card and auto loans</a> have ticked up in recent months as well, according to New York Fed data.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>U.S. consumers have powered overall economic growth forward for the last three years, but there are early warning signs that they can't be counted on to do so again in 2024.</p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/job-market-us-economy\" target=\"_blank\">job market</a> is chugging along, unemployment remains historically low and wages are rising at a decent clip. Still, consumers aren't spending like they used to. </p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> That's a sharp turnaround from recent years, when shoppers looked unstoppable \u2014 even in the face of decades-high interest rates and inflation. Now consumers appear more cautious and spending is weakening, threatening a critical factor that's kept the economy strong.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers:</strong> Retail spending bounced back slightly in February from a sharp pullback at the start of the year. The Commerce Department said Thursday that retail sales rose 0.6% last month. But January's drop was worse than initially thought: Retail sales fell 1.1%, not the 0.8% first estimated.</p><ul><li>It was the fourth straight month with a negative revision to earlier months' data.</li><li>And February's rebound in retail sales was driven by strong sales at gasoline stations that rose nearly 1% \u2014 a result of higher gas prices. The data is not adjusted for inflation.</li><li>Retail sales of the control group \u2014 which excludes volatile categories like gas, autos, and building materials and therefore tracks more closely with overall consumer spending \u2014 was flat in February after a decline in January.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"Elevated interest rates, an uptick in energy costs, and persistent discomfort with price levels continue to push consumers to make trade-offs with budgeting, with goods categories increasingly overlooked in favor of services spending,\" Kayla Bruun, a senior economist at Morning Consult, wrote in a note.</p><ul><li>\"Taken together, the January and February spending data point to softer spending momentum at the start of the year,\" Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon, wrote \u2014 adding that strong income growth may support spending growth through the end of the first quarter.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch:</strong> Other indicators hint that the consumer is losing momentum. In a <a href=\"https://institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/bank-of-america-institute/economic-insights/consumer-checkpoint-march-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report this week</a>, BofA economists say that spending growth among lower and middle-income households is weakening after \"being a point of strength during 2023.\"</p><ul><li>While the overall job market is healthy, employment for those without a college education has slowed in recent months, the economists say \u2014 one factor that might be crimping spending in this cohort.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/americans-credit-card-auto-loan-delinquencies\" target=\"_blank\">Delinquencies on credit card and auto loans</a> have ticked up in recent months as well, according to New York Fed data.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>U.S. consumers have powered overall economic growth forward for the last three years, but there are early warning signs that they can't be counted on to do so again in 2024.</p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Courtenay Brown"}], "author": "Courtenay Brown", "author_detail": {"name": "Courtenay Brown"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Rebecca Zisser/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/SzBrg9KuZTMo1EocEq4vhRk7mlw=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/filters:no_upscale()/2024/03/14/1710427312682.gif"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/rI3Z8tLu8gCBxQQsM8U6z_wxhIE=/128x128/smart/2024/03/14/1710433837513.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 19:03:42 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 19, 3, 42, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/job-market-economy-retail-spending-2024", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Boeing timeline: Tracking the fallout of the door plug blowout", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Boeing timeline: Tracking the fallout of the door plug blowout"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/boeing-737-max-problems-timeline"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/boeing-737-max-problems-timeline", "summary": "<p>The mid-flight blowout of a Boeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/boeing-737-max-planes-crash-safety\" target=\"_blank\">737 MAX 9</a> plane in January sent one of the world's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/boeing-737-max-airbus-alternatives\" target=\"_blank\">top aerospace manufacturers</a> into a tailspin.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/06/alaska-airlines-grounds-fleet-boeing-hole\" target=\"_blank\">Alaska Airlines </a>door plug incident prompted a Federal Aviation Administration investigation, damaged Boeing's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-reputation\" target=\"_blank\">bottomline and reputation</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/03/11/airplane-incidents-raise-new-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">put travelers on edge</a>. </p><hr /><ul><li>While preliminary findings indicated missing bolts likely contributed to the blowout, the ongoing probe will determine the underlying cause and who is responsible.</li></ul><p>Here's a timeline of how we got here.</p><h2>Past problems with 737 MAXs</h2><p>The January incident wasn't the first time Boeing's 737 MAX jets have been the subject of manufacturing and safety concerns.</p><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/03/22/boeing-737-max-crash-what-know\" target=\"_self\">Two 737 MAX 8 crashes</a> in Indonesia and Ethiopia in Oct. 2018 and March 2019 killed a combined 346 people, resulting in a temporary global grounding of the jets.</p><ul><li>Boeing announced in 2019 that it would <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/07/03/boeing-commits-100-million-737-max-crash-victims\" target=\"_blank\">give $100 million</a> to the families and communities impacted by the fatal crashes.</li><li>Eventually the FAA cleared Boeing's 737 MAX <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/11/18/boeing-737-max-faa-cleared\" target=\"_self\">to fly again</a> in the U.S. in November 2020.</li></ul><p>Last December, Boeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/28/boeing-737-max-planes-bolt-inspections\" target=\"_self\">urged airlines to conduct inspections</a> of their 737 Max jets for potential loose hardware in the aircraft's rudder control systems. </p><ul><li>The company's warning came after an unnamed international airline discovered a \"bolt with a missing nut\" during a routine maintenance inspection.</li></ul><h2>January 2024: The door plug blowout</h2><p>On Jan. 5, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 saw its a \"plugged\" emergency exit door fly off mid-flight, leaving a gaping hole in the plane's fuselage while it was at an altitude of nearly 16,000 feet.</p><ul><li>The next day, the FAA <a href=\"https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/updates-grounding-boeing-737-max-9-aircraft\" target=\"_blank\">ordered</a> all Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes in U.S. territory to be temporarily grounded.</li></ul><p>Passengers from the Alaska Airlines flight <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/alaska-airlines-flight-1282-boeing-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\">filed a lawsuit</a> against Boeing. In March, Boeing denied legal responsibility and argued that the suit should be dismissed, <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/boeing-alaska-airlines-blame-each-other-lawsuit-door-plug-blowout-rcna143296\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News</a> reported. </p><ul><li>Days after the January crash, a second group of passengers filed a <a href=\"https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/passengers-sue-alaska-airlines-boeing-after-737-max-9-fuselage-blowout/\" target=\"_blank\">separate lawsuit</a> in Washington state court against Boeing and Alaska Airlines.</li></ul><p><strong>Subsequent <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-planes-alaska-airlines-faa-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">inspections</a></strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-planes-alaska-airlines-faa-investigation\" target=\"_blank\"></a> by Alaska and United Airlines of Boeing's MAX 9 jets revealed quality control issues, including <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/boeing-united-alaska-airlines-737-max-9\" target=\"_self\">loose bolts</a>.</p><ul><li>The FAA announced that it would <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/faa-boeing-alaska-airlines-737-max-9-incident\" target=\"_blank\">increase oversight</a> of Boeing's production and manufacturing, including via an audit of the 737-9 MAX production line.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/boeing-737-faa-fly-again\" target=\"_blank\">FAA cleared</a> Boeing's 737 MAX 9 aircraft to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/01/29/boeing-max-9-flying-again-alaska-united\" target=\"_blank\">resume flights</a> at the end of January.</li></ul><h2>February 2024: Fallout continues</h2><p>Boeing announced that some <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/05/boeing-737-max-misdrilled-holes-deliveries\" target=\"_blank\">50 undelivered 737 MAX jets</a> would be reworked after misdrilled holes were identified on some fuselages.</p><ul><li>A federal watchdog said that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/boeing-737-max-alaska-airlines-blowout-ntsb-report\" target=\"_blank\">preliminary findings indicated</a> that missing bolts likely contributed to the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout. </li><li>Boeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/boeing-head-737-max-head-door-plug-blowout\" target=\"_blank\">replaced the head</a> of its 737 MAX program.</li><li>Three passengers from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 <a href=\"https://www.prlog.org/13008469-passengers-sue-boeing-and-alaska-airlines-after-panel-blows-out.html\" target=\"_blank\">filed another lawsuit</a> against the airline and Boeing, seeking <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/04/passengers-sue-boeing-alaska-airlines-for-1-billion-over-mid-air-door-panel-blowout.html\" target=\"_blank\">$1 billion in damages</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>An independent panel's</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/boeing-safety-culture-report-faa\" target=\"_self\">review of Boeing's practices</a> highlighted concerns about how the company manages safety.</p><ul><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/faa-boeing-737-max-quality-control-plan\" target=\"_blank\">FAA gave Boeing</a> 90 days to create a plan to address its \"systemic quality-control issues.\" The company said it was \"totally committed to meeting this challenge\" and would develop the plan.</li></ul><h2>March 2024: Investigative issues surface</h2><p>A federal watchdog in March highlighted roadblocks in the investigation into the door plug incident while additional issues with Boeing aircraft surfaced.</p><ul><li>The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) launched an investigation into a February United Airlines Boeing 737-8 flight in which the aircraft <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/boeing-737-max-ntsb-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">experienced \"stuck\" rudder pedals</a> after landing.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/03/11/airplane-incidents-raise-new-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">Several other Boeing aircraft flown</a> by United Airlines experience issues, including flames spewing from an engine and a lost tire after takeoff.</li></ul><p><strong>Friction point:</strong> The NTSB said it <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/boeing-door-blowout-ntsb-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">hasn't received documents</a> from Boeing crucial to its investigation into the door plug blowout \u2014 despite the documents being \"requested numerous times.\"<strong> </strong></p><ul><li>Boeing said that it had supported the NTSB's investigation and provided names of employees who would have relevant information.</li><li>The NTSB revealed that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/boeing-video-footage-overwrite-erased-door-plug-alaska\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing overwrote security camera footage</a> of repair work done on the door plug of the Alaska Airlines plane that experienced the blowout.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> The FAA's audit of Boeing's 737 Max production line <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">unveiled numerous issues</a> with the company's production process, including \"manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage, and product control.\"</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/boeing-737-max-planes-crash-safety\" target=\"_blank\">What's going on with Boeing 737 Max 9 planes</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/03/11/airplane-incidents-raise-new-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">Airplane incidents raise new concerns</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/boeing-video-footage-overwrite-erased-door-plug-alaska\" target=\"_blank\">Missing Boeing repair footage stymies Alaska Airlines blowout investigation</a></li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The mid-flight blowout of a Boeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/boeing-737-max-planes-crash-safety\" target=\"_blank\">737 MAX 9</a> plane in January sent one of the world's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/boeing-737-max-airbus-alternatives\" target=\"_blank\">top aerospace manufacturers</a> into a tailspin.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/06/alaska-airlines-grounds-fleet-boeing-hole\" target=\"_blank\">Alaska Airlines </a>door plug incident prompted a Federal Aviation Administration investigation, damaged Boeing's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-reputation\" target=\"_blank\">bottomline and reputation</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/03/11/airplane-incidents-raise-new-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">put travelers on edge</a>. </p><hr /><ul><li>While preliminary findings indicated missing bolts likely contributed to the blowout, the ongoing probe will determine the underlying cause and who is responsible.</li></ul><p>Here's a timeline of how we got here.</p><h2>Past problems with 737 MAXs</h2><p>The January incident wasn't the first time Boeing's 737 MAX jets have been the subject of manufacturing and safety concerns.</p><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/03/22/boeing-737-max-crash-what-know\" target=\"_self\">Two 737 MAX 8 crashes</a> in Indonesia and Ethiopia in Oct. 2018 and March 2019 killed a combined 346 people, resulting in a temporary global grounding of the jets.</p><ul><li>Boeing announced in 2019 that it would <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/07/03/boeing-commits-100-million-737-max-crash-victims\" target=\"_blank\">give $100 million</a> to the families and communities impacted by the fatal crashes.</li><li>Eventually the FAA cleared Boeing's 737 MAX <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/11/18/boeing-737-max-faa-cleared\" target=\"_self\">to fly again</a> in the U.S. in November 2020.</li></ul><p>Last December, Boeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/28/boeing-737-max-planes-bolt-inspections\" target=\"_self\">urged airlines to conduct inspections</a> of their 737 Max jets for potential loose hardware in the aircraft's rudder control systems. </p><ul><li>The company's warning came after an unnamed international airline discovered a \"bolt with a missing nut\" during a routine maintenance inspection.</li></ul><h2>January 2024: The door plug blowout</h2><p>On Jan. 5, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 saw its a \"plugged\" emergency exit door fly off mid-flight, leaving a gaping hole in the plane's fuselage while it was at an altitude of nearly 16,000 feet.</p><ul><li>The next day, the FAA <a href=\"https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/updates-grounding-boeing-737-max-9-aircraft\" target=\"_blank\">ordered</a> all Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes in U.S. territory to be temporarily grounded.</li></ul><p>Passengers from the Alaska Airlines flight <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/alaska-airlines-flight-1282-boeing-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\">filed a lawsuit</a> against Boeing. In March, Boeing denied legal responsibility and argued that the suit should be dismissed, <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/boeing-alaska-airlines-blame-each-other-lawsuit-door-plug-blowout-rcna143296\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News</a> reported. </p><ul><li>Days after the January crash, a second group of passengers filed a <a href=\"https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/passengers-sue-alaska-airlines-boeing-after-737-max-9-fuselage-blowout/\" target=\"_blank\">separate lawsuit</a> in Washington state court against Boeing and Alaska Airlines.</li></ul><p><strong>Subsequent <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-planes-alaska-airlines-faa-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">inspections</a></strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-planes-alaska-airlines-faa-investigation\" target=\"_blank\"></a> by Alaska and United Airlines of Boeing's MAX 9 jets revealed quality control issues, including <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/boeing-united-alaska-airlines-737-max-9\" target=\"_self\">loose bolts</a>.</p><ul><li>The FAA announced that it would <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/faa-boeing-alaska-airlines-737-max-9-incident\" target=\"_blank\">increase oversight</a> of Boeing's production and manufacturing, including via an audit of the 737-9 MAX production line.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/boeing-737-faa-fly-again\" target=\"_blank\">FAA cleared</a> Boeing's 737 MAX 9 aircraft to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/01/29/boeing-max-9-flying-again-alaska-united\" target=\"_blank\">resume flights</a> at the end of January.</li></ul><h2>February 2024: Fallout continues</h2><p>Boeing announced that some <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/05/boeing-737-max-misdrilled-holes-deliveries\" target=\"_blank\">50 undelivered 737 MAX jets</a> would be reworked after misdrilled holes were identified on some fuselages.</p><ul><li>A federal watchdog said that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/boeing-737-max-alaska-airlines-blowout-ntsb-report\" target=\"_blank\">preliminary findings indicated</a> that missing bolts likely contributed to the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout. </li><li>Boeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/boeing-head-737-max-head-door-plug-blowout\" target=\"_blank\">replaced the head</a> of its 737 MAX program.</li><li>Three passengers from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 <a href=\"https://www.prlog.org/13008469-passengers-sue-boeing-and-alaska-airlines-after-panel-blows-out.html\" target=\"_blank\">filed another lawsuit</a> against the airline and Boeing, seeking <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/04/passengers-sue-boeing-alaska-airlines-for-1-billion-over-mid-air-door-panel-blowout.html\" target=\"_blank\">$1 billion in damages</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>An independent panel's</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/boeing-safety-culture-report-faa\" target=\"_self\">review of Boeing's practices</a> highlighted concerns about how the company manages safety.</p><ul><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/faa-boeing-737-max-quality-control-plan\" target=\"_blank\">FAA gave Boeing</a> 90 days to create a plan to address its \"systemic quality-control issues.\" The company said it was \"totally committed to meeting this challenge\" and would develop the plan.</li></ul><h2>March 2024: Investigative issues surface</h2><p>A federal watchdog in March highlighted roadblocks in the investigation into the door plug incident while additional issues with Boeing aircraft surfaced.</p><ul><li>The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) launched an investigation into a February United Airlines Boeing 737-8 flight in which the aircraft <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/boeing-737-max-ntsb-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">experienced \"stuck\" rudder pedals</a> after landing.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/03/11/airplane-incidents-raise-new-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">Several other Boeing aircraft flown</a> by United Airlines experience issues, including flames spewing from an engine and a lost tire after takeoff.</li></ul><p><strong>Friction point:</strong> The NTSB said it <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/boeing-door-blowout-ntsb-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">hasn't received documents</a> from Boeing crucial to its investigation into the door plug blowout \u2014 despite the documents being \"requested numerous times.\"<strong> </strong></p><ul><li>Boeing said that it had supported the NTSB's investigation and provided names of employees who would have relevant information.</li><li>The NTSB revealed that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/boeing-video-footage-overwrite-erased-door-plug-alaska\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing overwrote security camera footage</a> of repair work done on the door plug of the Alaska Airlines plane that experienced the blowout.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> The FAA's audit of Boeing's 737 Max production line <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">unveiled numerous issues</a> with the company's production process, including \"manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage, and product control.\"</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/boeing-737-max-planes-crash-safety\" target=\"_blank\">What's going on with Boeing 737 Max 9 planes</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/03/11/airplane-incidents-raise-new-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">Airplane incidents raise new concerns</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/boeing-video-footage-overwrite-erased-door-plug-alaska\" target=\"_blank\">Missing Boeing repair footage stymies Alaska Airlines blowout investigation</a></li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The mid-flight blowout of a Boeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/boeing-737-max-planes-crash-safety\" target=\"_blank\">737 MAX 9</a> plane in January sent one of the world's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/boeing-737-max-airbus-alternatives\" target=\"_blank\">top aerospace manufacturers</a> into a tailspin.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/06/alaska-airlines-grounds-fleet-boeing-hole\" target=\"_blank\">Alaska Airlines </a>door plug incident prompted a Federal Aviation Administration investigation, damaged Boeing's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-reputation\" target=\"_blank\">bottomline and reputation</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/03/11/airplane-incidents-raise-new-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">put travelers on edge</a>. </p><hr /><ul><li>While preliminary findings indicated missing bolts likely contributed to the blowout, the ongoing probe will determine the underlying cause and who is responsible.</li></ul><p>Here's a timeline of how we got here.</p><h2>Past problems with 737 MAXs</h2><p>The January incident wasn't the first time Boeing's 737 MAX jets have been the subject of manufacturing and safety concerns.</p><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/03/22/boeing-737-max-crash-what-know\" target=\"_self\">Two 737 MAX 8 crashes</a> in Indonesia and Ethiopia in Oct. 2018 and March 2019 killed a combined 346 people, resulting in a temporary global grounding of the jets.</p><ul><li>Boeing announced in 2019 that it would <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/07/03/boeing-commits-100-million-737-max-crash-victims\" target=\"_blank\">give $100 million</a> to the families and communities impacted by the fatal crashes.</li><li>Eventually the FAA cleared Boeing's 737 MAX <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/11/18/boeing-737-max-faa-cleared\" target=\"_self\">to fly again</a> in the U.S. in November 2020.</li></ul><p>Last December, Boeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/28/boeing-737-max-planes-bolt-inspections\" target=\"_self\">urged airlines to conduct inspections</a> of their 737 Max jets for potential loose hardware in the aircraft's rudder control systems. </p><ul><li>The company's warning came after an unnamed international airline discovered a \"bolt with a missing nut\" during a routine maintenance inspection.</li></ul><h2>January 2024: The door plug blowout</h2><p>On Jan. 5, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 saw its a \"plugged\" emergency exit door fly off mid-flight, leaving a gaping hole in the plane's fuselage while it was at an altitude of nearly 16,000 feet.</p><ul><li>The next day, the FAA <a href=\"https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/updates-grounding-boeing-737-max-9-aircraft\" target=\"_blank\">ordered</a> all Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes in U.S. territory to be temporarily grounded.</li></ul><p>Passengers from the Alaska Airlines flight <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/alaska-airlines-flight-1282-boeing-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\">filed a lawsuit</a> against Boeing. In March, Boeing denied legal responsibility and argued that the suit should be dismissed, <a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/boeing-alaska-airlines-blame-each-other-lawsuit-door-plug-blowout-rcna143296\" target=\"_blank\">NBC News</a> reported. </p><ul><li>Days after the January crash, a second group of passengers filed a <a href=\"https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/passengers-sue-alaska-airlines-boeing-after-737-max-9-fuselage-blowout/\" target=\"_blank\">separate lawsuit</a> in Washington state court against Boeing and Alaska Airlines.</li></ul><p><strong>Subsequent <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-planes-alaska-airlines-faa-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">inspections</a></strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/boeing-737-max-planes-alaska-airlines-faa-investigation\" target=\"_blank\"></a> by Alaska and United Airlines of Boeing's MAX 9 jets revealed quality control issues, including <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/boeing-united-alaska-airlines-737-max-9\" target=\"_self\">loose bolts</a>.</p><ul><li>The FAA announced that it would <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/12/faa-boeing-alaska-airlines-737-max-9-incident\" target=\"_blank\">increase oversight</a> of Boeing's production and manufacturing, including via an audit of the 737-9 MAX production line.</li><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/boeing-737-faa-fly-again\" target=\"_blank\">FAA cleared</a> Boeing's 737 MAX 9 aircraft to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/01/29/boeing-max-9-flying-again-alaska-united\" target=\"_blank\">resume flights</a> at the end of January.</li></ul><h2>February 2024: Fallout continues</h2><p>Boeing announced that some <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/05/boeing-737-max-misdrilled-holes-deliveries\" target=\"_blank\">50 undelivered 737 MAX jets</a> would be reworked after misdrilled holes were identified on some fuselages.</p><ul><li>A federal watchdog said that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/06/boeing-737-max-alaska-airlines-blowout-ntsb-report\" target=\"_blank\">preliminary findings indicated</a> that missing bolts likely contributed to the Alaska Airlines door plug blowout. </li><li>Boeing <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/boeing-head-737-max-head-door-plug-blowout\" target=\"_blank\">replaced the head</a> of its 737 MAX program.</li><li>Three passengers from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 <a href=\"https://www.prlog.org/13008469-passengers-sue-boeing-and-alaska-airlines-after-panel-blows-out.html\" target=\"_blank\">filed another lawsuit</a> against the airline and Boeing, seeking <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/04/passengers-sue-boeing-alaska-airlines-for-1-billion-over-mid-air-door-panel-blowout.html\" target=\"_blank\">$1 billion in damages</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>An independent panel's</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/boeing-safety-culture-report-faa\" target=\"_self\">review of Boeing's practices</a> highlighted concerns about how the company manages safety.</p><ul><li>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/faa-boeing-737-max-quality-control-plan\" target=\"_blank\">FAA gave Boeing</a> 90 days to create a plan to address its \"systemic quality-control issues.\" The company said it was \"totally committed to meeting this challenge\" and would develop the plan.</li></ul><h2>March 2024: Investigative issues surface</h2><p>A federal watchdog in March highlighted roadblocks in the investigation into the door plug incident while additional issues with Boeing aircraft surfaced.</p><ul><li>The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) launched an investigation into a February United Airlines Boeing 737-8 flight in which the aircraft <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/boeing-737-max-ntsb-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">experienced \"stuck\" rudder pedals</a> after landing.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/03/11/airplane-incidents-raise-new-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">Several other Boeing aircraft flown</a> by United Airlines experience issues, including flames spewing from an engine and a lost tire after takeoff.</li></ul><p><strong>Friction point:</strong> The NTSB said it <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/boeing-door-blowout-ntsb-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">hasn't received documents</a> from Boeing crucial to its investigation into the door plug blowout \u2014 despite the documents being \"requested numerous times.\"<strong> </strong></p><ul><li>Boeing said that it had supported the NTSB's investigation and provided names of employees who would have relevant information.</li><li>The NTSB revealed that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/boeing-video-footage-overwrite-erased-door-plug-alaska\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing overwrote security camera footage</a> of repair work done on the door plug of the Alaska Airlines plane that experienced the blowout.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> The FAA's audit of Boeing's 737 Max production line <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">unveiled numerous issues</a> with the company's production process, including \"manufacturing process control, parts handling and storage, and product control.\"</p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/boeing-737-max-planes-crash-safety\" target=\"_blank\">What's going on with Boeing 737 Max 9 planes</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2024/03/11/airplane-incidents-raise-new-concerns\" target=\"_blank\">Airplane incidents raise new concerns</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/boeing-video-footage-overwrite-erased-door-plug-alaska\" target=\"_blank\">Missing Boeing repair footage stymies Alaska Airlines blowout investigation</a></li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Ivana Saric"}], "author": "Ivana Saric", "author_detail": {"name": "Ivana Saric"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft outside the company's manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington on Jan. 7. Photo: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/8n6EWaiq6q2_JfkRgjYGk02mRqo=/0x326:4800x3026/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710431417107.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/rtQvxlWkMoK_lfjUsyIAVEOwDfo=/1485x0:4685x3200/128x128/2024/03/14/1710431417107.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:57:55 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 18, 57, 55, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/boeing-737-max-problems-timeline", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Abbas appoints economic advisor as Palestinian Authority prime minister", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Abbas appoints economic advisor as Palestinian Authority prime minister"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/abbas-palestinian-prime-minister-mohammed-mustafa"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/abbas-palestinian-prime-minister-mohammed-mustafa", "summary": "<p>Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed on Thursday the chairman of the Palestinian Investment Fund, Mohammed Mustafa, as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and tasked him with forming a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/israel-gaza-saudi-egypt-jordan-palestine-meeting\" target=\"_blank\">new government</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Mustafa's appointment and the formation of what is promised to be a technocratic government is the first political step in the effort to reform and revitalize the Palestinian Authority <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/17/us-palestinian-post-war-gaza-security\" target=\"_blank\">post-Oct. 7</a>. </p><hr /><ul><li>Arab and Western countries are divided on whether Mustafa \u2014 an Abbas confidant \u2014 will have enough independence from the Palestinian president to enable significant reform of the Palestinian Authority.</li><li>Mustafa's supporters say the fact that Abbas trusts him will allow him to conduct the needed reforms.</li><li>The main goal of the new government will be to stabilize the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and prepare a plan for how the PA can have a role in governing post-war Gaza. Abbas' government is facing an acute economic crisis. </li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Last month Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/26/palestinian-authority-shtayyeh-resignation-abbas-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">resigned</a> after five years in office amid growing pressure from the U.S. and Arab countries on <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/17/us-palestinian-post-war-gaza-security\" target=\"_blank\">Abbas</a> to conduct wide-ranging reforms, including injecting \"new blood\" into the Palestinian Authority's leadership.</p><ul><li>The 69-year-old Mustafa is Abbas' chief economic adviser and served in the past as the minister of the economy and the deputy prime minister.</li><li>He previously worked for the World Bank and received his doctorate degree from George Washington University.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Three U.S., Arab and Palestinian officials said there was an intense debate and pressure campaign from different Arab and Western countries on Abbas regarding the appointment of the new prime minister.</p><ul><li>Several Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, wanted a prime minister who is not one of Abbas' confidants and that will have more independent status, the sources said.</li><li>One name mentioned was former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad. According to Arab and U.S. officials, Abbas objected to appointing Fayyad but promised any new government will be technocratic.</li><li>A source with direct knowledge said Qatar pressed Abbas to appoint to the new government people who are accepted by Hamas, including Islamists, so that it could be easier for the new government to operate in Gaza. Abbas rejected this request.</li></ul><p><strong>There was also some opposition </strong>to Mustafa's appointment inside the U.S. State Department because he is an Abbas loyalist and there was concern  his appointment would not be a real step toward reform, according to Palestinian and U.S. officials.</p><ul><li>Several officials from the State Department and the White House have met Mustafa in recent months and heard from him what he plans to do if he is appointed, a senior Palestinian official said.</li><li>The Palestinian official said Mustafa also shared with U.S. officials a written plan he drafted for post-war Gaza and the rehabilitation of the Palestinian Authority's economic situation. </li><li>The Biden administration didn't weigh in on the identity of the new prime minister, and decided to judge Mustafa and his new government by its actions, a U.S. official said.</li></ul><p><strong>The Israeli government</strong> also decided to not oppose Mustafa's appointment. </p><ul><li>Israeli officials told their U.S. counterparts they don't have a problem with Mustafa and they will work with him on all bilateral issues other than Gaza, sources said. </li><li>Netanyahu recently again rejected the involvement of the Palestinian Authority in post-war Gaza claiming it is supporting terrorism and can not implement the de-radicalization plan Israel is calling for in Gaza. </li><li>Israeli minister of defense Yoav Gallant and the Israeli security and intelligence services think the Palestinian Authority will need to have a role in post-war Gaza so Palestinians have an alternative to Hamas, Israeli officials said.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"We welcome the appointment today of Dr. Mohammed Mustafa as Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, and we urge the formation of a reform cabinet as soon as possible,\" U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement on Thursday.</p><ul><li>\"A reformed Palestinian Authority is essential to delivering results for the Palestinian people and establishing the conditions for stability in both the West Bank and Gaza.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Mustafa's biggest challenge will be to prove to the U.S. and other western countries that support the PA and to leading Arab countries that he is credible, capable and willing to push for real reforms in the government.</p><ul><li>Without their confidence, the U.S., the EU and leading Arab countries are unlikely to press Israel to agree to allow the Palestinian Authority to play a role in any post-war plan for Gaza.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from the National Security Council.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed on Thursday the chairman of the Palestinian Investment Fund, Mohammed Mustafa, as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and tasked him with forming a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/israel-gaza-saudi-egypt-jordan-palestine-meeting\" target=\"_blank\">new government</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Mustafa's appointment and the formation of what is promised to be a technocratic government is the first political step in the effort to reform and revitalize the Palestinian Authority <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/17/us-palestinian-post-war-gaza-security\" target=\"_blank\">post-Oct. 7</a>. </p><hr /><ul><li>Arab and Western countries are divided on whether Mustafa \u2014 an Abbas confidant \u2014 will have enough independence from the Palestinian president to enable significant reform of the Palestinian Authority.</li><li>Mustafa's supporters say the fact that Abbas trusts him will allow him to conduct the needed reforms.</li><li>The main goal of the new government will be to stabilize the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and prepare a plan for how the PA can have a role in governing post-war Gaza. Abbas' government is facing an acute economic crisis. </li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Last month Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/26/palestinian-authority-shtayyeh-resignation-abbas-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">resigned</a> after five years in office amid growing pressure from the U.S. and Arab countries on <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/17/us-palestinian-post-war-gaza-security\" target=\"_blank\">Abbas</a> to conduct wide-ranging reforms, including injecting \"new blood\" into the Palestinian Authority's leadership.</p><ul><li>The 69-year-old Mustafa is Abbas' chief economic adviser and served in the past as the minister of the economy and the deputy prime minister.</li><li>He previously worked for the World Bank and received his doctorate degree from George Washington University.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Three U.S., Arab and Palestinian officials said there was an intense debate and pressure campaign from different Arab and Western countries on Abbas regarding the appointment of the new prime minister.</p><ul><li>Several Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, wanted a prime minister who is not one of Abbas' confidants and that will have more independent status, the sources said.</li><li>One name mentioned was former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad. According to Arab and U.S. officials, Abbas objected to appointing Fayyad but promised any new government will be technocratic.</li><li>A source with direct knowledge said Qatar pressed Abbas to appoint to the new government people who are accepted by Hamas, including Islamists, so that it could be easier for the new government to operate in Gaza. Abbas rejected this request.</li></ul><p><strong>There was also some opposition </strong>to Mustafa's appointment inside the U.S. State Department because he is an Abbas loyalist and there was concern  his appointment would not be a real step toward reform, according to Palestinian and U.S. officials.</p><ul><li>Several officials from the State Department and the White House have met Mustafa in recent months and heard from him what he plans to do if he is appointed, a senior Palestinian official said.</li><li>The Palestinian official said Mustafa also shared with U.S. officials a written plan he drafted for post-war Gaza and the rehabilitation of the Palestinian Authority's economic situation. </li><li>The Biden administration didn't weigh in on the identity of the new prime minister, and decided to judge Mustafa and his new government by its actions, a U.S. official said.</li></ul><p><strong>The Israeli government</strong> also decided to not oppose Mustafa's appointment. </p><ul><li>Israeli officials told their U.S. counterparts they don't have a problem with Mustafa and they will work with him on all bilateral issues other than Gaza, sources said. </li><li>Netanyahu recently again rejected the involvement of the Palestinian Authority in post-war Gaza claiming it is supporting terrorism and can not implement the de-radicalization plan Israel is calling for in Gaza. </li><li>Israeli minister of defense Yoav Gallant and the Israeli security and intelligence services think the Palestinian Authority will need to have a role in post-war Gaza so Palestinians have an alternative to Hamas, Israeli officials said.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"We welcome the appointment today of Dr. Mohammed Mustafa as Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, and we urge the formation of a reform cabinet as soon as possible,\" U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement on Thursday.</p><ul><li>\"A reformed Palestinian Authority is essential to delivering results for the Palestinian people and establishing the conditions for stability in both the West Bank and Gaza.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Mustafa's biggest challenge will be to prove to the U.S. and other western countries that support the PA and to leading Arab countries that he is credible, capable and willing to push for real reforms in the government.</p><ul><li>Without their confidence, the U.S., the EU and leading Arab countries are unlikely to press Israel to agree to allow the Palestinian Authority to play a role in any post-war plan for Gaza.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from the National Security Council.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed on Thursday the chairman of the Palestinian Investment Fund, Mohammed Mustafa, as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and tasked him with forming a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/israel-gaza-saudi-egypt-jordan-palestine-meeting\" target=\"_blank\">new government</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Mustafa's appointment and the formation of what is promised to be a technocratic government is the first political step in the effort to reform and revitalize the Palestinian Authority <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/17/us-palestinian-post-war-gaza-security\" target=\"_blank\">post-Oct. 7</a>. </p><hr /><ul><li>Arab and Western countries are divided on whether Mustafa \u2014 an Abbas confidant \u2014 will have enough independence from the Palestinian president to enable significant reform of the Palestinian Authority.</li><li>Mustafa's supporters say the fact that Abbas trusts him will allow him to conduct the needed reforms.</li><li>The main goal of the new government will be to stabilize the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and prepare a plan for how the PA can have a role in governing post-war Gaza. Abbas' government is facing an acute economic crisis. </li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Last month Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/26/palestinian-authority-shtayyeh-resignation-abbas-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">resigned</a> after five years in office amid growing pressure from the U.S. and Arab countries on <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/17/us-palestinian-post-war-gaza-security\" target=\"_blank\">Abbas</a> to conduct wide-ranging reforms, including injecting \"new blood\" into the Palestinian Authority's leadership.</p><ul><li>The 69-year-old Mustafa is Abbas' chief economic adviser and served in the past as the minister of the economy and the deputy prime minister.</li><li>He previously worked for the World Bank and received his doctorate degree from George Washington University.</li></ul><p><strong>Behind the scenes: </strong>Three U.S., Arab and Palestinian officials said there was an intense debate and pressure campaign from different Arab and Western countries on Abbas regarding the appointment of the new prime minister.</p><ul><li>Several Arab countries, including the United Arab Emirates, wanted a prime minister who is not one of Abbas' confidants and that will have more independent status, the sources said.</li><li>One name mentioned was former Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad. According to Arab and U.S. officials, Abbas objected to appointing Fayyad but promised any new government will be technocratic.</li><li>A source with direct knowledge said Qatar pressed Abbas to appoint to the new government people who are accepted by Hamas, including Islamists, so that it could be easier for the new government to operate in Gaza. Abbas rejected this request.</li></ul><p><strong>There was also some opposition </strong>to Mustafa's appointment inside the U.S. State Department because he is an Abbas loyalist and there was concern  his appointment would not be a real step toward reform, according to Palestinian and U.S. officials.</p><ul><li>Several officials from the State Department and the White House have met Mustafa in recent months and heard from him what he plans to do if he is appointed, a senior Palestinian official said.</li><li>The Palestinian official said Mustafa also shared with U.S. officials a written plan he drafted for post-war Gaza and the rehabilitation of the Palestinian Authority's economic situation. </li><li>The Biden administration didn't weigh in on the identity of the new prime minister, and decided to judge Mustafa and his new government by its actions, a U.S. official said.</li></ul><p><strong>The Israeli government</strong> also decided to not oppose Mustafa's appointment. </p><ul><li>Israeli officials told their U.S. counterparts they don't have a problem with Mustafa and they will work with him on all bilateral issues other than Gaza, sources said. </li><li>Netanyahu recently again rejected the involvement of the Palestinian Authority in post-war Gaza claiming it is supporting terrorism and can not implement the de-radicalization plan Israel is calling for in Gaza. </li><li>Israeli minister of defense Yoav Gallant and the Israeli security and intelligence services think the Palestinian Authority will need to have a role in post-war Gaza so Palestinians have an alternative to Hamas, Israeli officials said.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"We welcome the appointment today of Dr. Mohammed Mustafa as Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, and we urge the formation of a reform cabinet as soon as possible,\" U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement on Thursday.</p><ul><li>\"A reformed Palestinian Authority is essential to delivering results for the Palestinian people and establishing the conditions for stability in both the West Bank and Gaza.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Mustafa's biggest challenge will be to prove to the U.S. and other western countries that support the PA and to leading Arab countries that he is credible, capable and willing to push for real reforms in the government.</p><ul><li>Without their confidence, the U.S., the EU and leading Arab countries are unlikely to press Israel to agree to allow the Palestinian Authority to play a role in any post-war plan for Gaza.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with a statement from the National Security Council.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Mohammed Mustafa speaks during an interview on May 30, 2011 in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Photo: Abbas Momani/AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/BCC37MxZlrYOGIr0VkkwJLucyCo=/0x285:3888x2472/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710422931326.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/JYpPZThtTXlfxspfCGlTiA2efHs=/295x0:2887x2592/128x128/2024/03/14/1710422931326.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 18:01:47 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 18, 1, 47, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/abbas-palestinian-prime-minister-mohammed-mustafa", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Schumer calls for Israel elections and slams Netanyahu", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Schumer calls for Israel elections and slams Netanyahu"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu", "summary": "<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/13/schumer-bipartisan-congress-israel-visit\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-N.Y.), the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker, levied some of the harshest criticism yet of Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> from a top U.S. official, calling on Israel to hold elections for a new government to deal with the threat of Hamas.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Democrats have felt <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/biden-uncommitted-vote-protests-states-map\" target=\"_blank\">increasing pressure</a> from their left to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and be tougher on Israel, while also standing with a key ally.</p><hr /><ul><li>Schumer had largely stayed away from criticizing the Israeli government and Netanyahu in recent months.</li><li>His remarks come as President Biden and other Democrats are wary of alienating progressive voters who are concerned about Israel's attacks that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Schumer said in prepared remarks that new elections are the \"only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.\"</p><ul><li>Schumer criticized Netanyahu for aligning himself with far-right extremists in the Israeli government, saying he has turned away from a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians. Biden supports such a plan.</li><li>\"Nobody expects Prime Minister Netanyahu to do the things that must be done to break the cycle of violence, preserve Israel's credibility on the world stage, and work toward a two-state solution,\" Schumer said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Schumer said the four obstacles to a two-state solution are Hamas, far-right extremists in the Israeli government, the Palestinian Authority and Netanyahu.</p><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmbHerzog/status/1768299875756618079\" target=\"_blank\">fired back</a>, \"Israel is a sovereign democracy. It is unhelpful, all the more so as Israel is at war against the genocidal terror organization Hamas, to comment on the domestic political scene of a democratic ally.</p><ul><li>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also rebuked Schumer for his remarks, labeling the Democrat's call for new Israeli elections as \"unprecedented.\"</li><li>\"It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of a democratically elected leader of Israel,\" McConnell said.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with McConnell and Herzog's response.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/13/schumer-bipartisan-congress-israel-visit\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-N.Y.), the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker, levied some of the harshest criticism yet of Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> from a top U.S. official, calling on Israel to hold elections for a new government to deal with the threat of Hamas.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Democrats have felt <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/biden-uncommitted-vote-protests-states-map\" target=\"_blank\">increasing pressure</a> from their left to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and be tougher on Israel, while also standing with a key ally.</p><hr /><ul><li>Schumer had largely stayed away from criticizing the Israeli government and Netanyahu in recent months.</li><li>His remarks come as President Biden and other Democrats are wary of alienating progressive voters who are concerned about Israel's attacks that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Schumer said in prepared remarks that new elections are the \"only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.\"</p><ul><li>Schumer criticized Netanyahu for aligning himself with far-right extremists in the Israeli government, saying he has turned away from a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians. Biden supports such a plan.</li><li>\"Nobody expects Prime Minister Netanyahu to do the things that must be done to break the cycle of violence, preserve Israel's credibility on the world stage, and work toward a two-state solution,\" Schumer said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Schumer said the four obstacles to a two-state solution are Hamas, far-right extremists in the Israeli government, the Palestinian Authority and Netanyahu.</p><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmbHerzog/status/1768299875756618079\" target=\"_blank\">fired back</a>, \"Israel is a sovereign democracy. It is unhelpful, all the more so as Israel is at war against the genocidal terror organization Hamas, to comment on the domestic political scene of a democratic ally.</p><ul><li>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also rebuked Schumer for his remarks, labeling the Democrat's call for new Israeli elections as \"unprecedented.\"</li><li>\"It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of a democratically elected leader of Israel,\" McConnell said.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with McConnell and Herzog's response.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/13/schumer-bipartisan-congress-israel-visit\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-N.Y.), the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker, levied some of the harshest criticism yet of Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-clash-us-intelligence-report\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> from a top U.S. official, calling on Israel to hold elections for a new government to deal with the threat of Hamas.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Democrats have felt <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/biden-uncommitted-vote-protests-states-map\" target=\"_blank\">increasing pressure</a> from their left to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and be tougher on Israel, while also standing with a key ally.</p><hr /><ul><li>Schumer had largely stayed away from criticizing the Israeli government and Netanyahu in recent months.</li><li>His remarks come as President Biden and other Democrats are wary of alienating progressive voters who are concerned about Israel's attacks that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Schumer said in prepared remarks that new elections are the \"only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel.\"</p><ul><li>Schumer criticized Netanyahu for aligning himself with far-right extremists in the Israeli government, saying he has turned away from a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians. Biden supports such a plan.</li><li>\"Nobody expects Prime Minister Netanyahu to do the things that must be done to break the cycle of violence, preserve Israel's credibility on the world stage, and work toward a two-state solution,\" Schumer said.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Schumer said the four obstacles to a two-state solution are Hamas, far-right extremists in the Israeli government, the Palestinian Authority and Netanyahu.</p><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog <a href=\"https://twitter.com/AmbHerzog/status/1768299875756618079\" target=\"_blank\">fired back</a>, \"Israel is a sovereign democracy. It is unhelpful, all the more so as Israel is at war against the genocidal terror organization Hamas, to comment on the domestic political scene of a democratic ally.</p><ul><li>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) also rebuked Schumer for his remarks, labeling the Democrat's call for new Israeli elections as \"unprecedented.\"</li><li>\"It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of a democratically elected leader of Israel,\" McConnell said.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with McConnell and Herzog's response.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Stephen Neukam"}], "author": "Stephen Neukam", "author_detail": {"name": "Stephen Neukam"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/kFLxovTgzFk_XSY1lExEs_BjYik=/0x0:5685x3198/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710425683069.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/muDoE3eo3eW2Oscgw5ubFgKNkOA=/1895x0:5685x3790/128x128/2024/03/14/1710425683069.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:52:44 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 17, 52, 44, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/schumer-israel-elections-slams-netanyahu", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Exclusive: Latino leaders hit LA Times over layoffs", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Exclusive: Latino leaders hit LA Times over layoffs"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/los-angeles-times-layoffs-latino-de-los"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/los-angeles-times-layoffs-latino-de-los", "summary": "<p>A coalition<strong> </strong>of Latino leaders including civil rights icon <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/03/30/dolores-huerta-activism-people-color\" target=\"_blank\">Dolores Huerta</a> and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/06/julian-castro-new-ceo-latino-community-foundation-california\" target=\"_blank\">Juli\u00e1n Castro</a> are demanding answers from the Los Angeles Times about recent layoffs of Latino journalists.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/26/media-layoffs-strikes-journalism-dying\" target=\"_blank\">many media outlets</a> in recent months, the LA Times was forced to cut about 20% of newsroom jobs amid heavy financial losses and slowing advertising. It has also struggled to diversify staff.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The job losses at the Times in January hit Latino journalists hard, with the paper's <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/delos/newsletter/2024-01-25/latinx-files-de-los-update-la-times-layoffs-latinx-files#:~:text=On%20Tuesday%2C%20the%20Los%20Angeles,James%20noted%20in%20her%20report.\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Caucus losing around 38%</a> of its members and reversing recent gains in diversity hiring. </p><ul><li>The paper's new Latino vertical, De Los, was significantly affected.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>In a letter to LA Times owner<strong> </strong>Patrick Soon-Shiong obtained by Axios, the Latino leaders say the paper needs Hispanic journalists to properly cover one of the nation's most Latino cities.</p><ul><li>\"(We<strong> </strong>are) deeply troubled by the recent decision to terminate 115 staffers, a significant number of whom are reportedly from Black, Latino, Asian, and other underrepresented communities.\"</li><li>\"Our concerns are further heightened by the apparent contradiction between these layoffs and the promises made by the LA Times in 2020 to enhance diversity within the newsroom.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"The business bottom line and decisions around that business model highlighted clear preferences about things remaining status quo,\"<strong> </strong>Sonja Diaz, co-founder of UCLA Latina Futures, 2050 Lab, tells Axios.</p><ul><li>Diaz said the staff reductions if needed could have been conducted more equitably or avoided since journalists of color are needed to cover an increasingly diverse Los Angeles.</li><li>Nathaly Arriola Maurice, lead strategist for the group Aqu\u00ed: The Accountability Movement, tells Axios the paper is still trying to sell itself to advertising as promoting multiculturalism even after the layoffs.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>LA Times spokesperson<strong> </strong>Hillary Manning said the layoffs were incredibly difficult and were made only after evaluating all other viable options.</p><ul><li>\"The layoffs among Guild members in our newsroom were conducted in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which prioritizes seniority and sets forth a process where the last people hired are the first to be let go, with very few exceptions.\"</li><li>Manning said the company's management team sought some flexibility in conducting the layoffs, but the Guild declined to compromise.</li><li>The LA Times Guild has said seniority exists to help employees build careers at the Times and that other options exist besides layoffs.</li></ul><p><strong>Following the layoffs</strong>, the Times appointed <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-01-25/los-angeles-times-owner-appoints-terry-tang-as-interim-editor\" target=\"_blank\">Terry Tang</a> interim executive editor, making her the first woman editor in the paper's 142-year history and the highest-ranking Asian American editor.</p><ul><li>This paper also named <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/about/pressreleases/story/2024-01-30/l-a-times-hector-becerra-managing-editor\" target=\"_blank\">Hector Becerra</a> its managing editor, making him one of the highest-ranking Latino editors in its history.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Many unionized major media outlets are plagued with seniority clauses that protect older staffers hired when outlets didn't prioritize diversity.</p><ul><li>That means seniority, a <a href=\"https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/questions-about-diversity-and-seniority-swirl-after-la-times-layoffs/#:~:text=The%20Guild&#x27;s%20contract%2C%20ratified%20in,last%20in%2C%20first%20out.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\">policy also known as \"last in, first out\"</a> in Guild contracts, overwhelmingly supports white staffers over recently hired journalists of color.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro<strong> </strong>(D-Texas), who has been monitoring media diversity, tells Axios he's watching the LA Times to see how it responds. </p><ul><li>Castro said he'd been encouraged by recent hires of Latino journalists but worries the recent layoffs will affect how the outlet covers the Hispanic community in the nation's second-largest city. </li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note that Juli\u00e1n Castro is the former Housing and Urban Development Secretary, not a former member of Congress.</em></p><p><strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Axios Latino</a></em></strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\u00a0to get vital news about Latinos and Latin America, delivered to your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A coalition<strong> </strong>of Latino leaders including civil rights icon <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/03/30/dolores-huerta-activism-people-color\" target=\"_blank\">Dolores Huerta</a> and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/06/julian-castro-new-ceo-latino-community-foundation-california\" target=\"_blank\">Juli\u00e1n Castro</a> are demanding answers from the Los Angeles Times about recent layoffs of Latino journalists.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/26/media-layoffs-strikes-journalism-dying\" target=\"_blank\">many media outlets</a> in recent months, the LA Times was forced to cut about 20% of newsroom jobs amid heavy financial losses and slowing advertising. It has also struggled to diversify staff.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The job losses at the Times in January hit Latino journalists hard, with the paper's <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/delos/newsletter/2024-01-25/latinx-files-de-los-update-la-times-layoffs-latinx-files#:~:text=On%20Tuesday%2C%20the%20Los%20Angeles,James%20noted%20in%20her%20report.\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Caucus losing around 38%</a> of its members and reversing recent gains in diversity hiring. </p><ul><li>The paper's new Latino vertical, De Los, was significantly affected.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>In a letter to LA Times owner<strong> </strong>Patrick Soon-Shiong obtained by Axios, the Latino leaders say the paper needs Hispanic journalists to properly cover one of the nation's most Latino cities.</p><ul><li>\"(We<strong> </strong>are) deeply troubled by the recent decision to terminate 115 staffers, a significant number of whom are reportedly from Black, Latino, Asian, and other underrepresented communities.\"</li><li>\"Our concerns are further heightened by the apparent contradiction between these layoffs and the promises made by the LA Times in 2020 to enhance diversity within the newsroom.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"The business bottom line and decisions around that business model highlighted clear preferences about things remaining status quo,\"<strong> </strong>Sonja Diaz, co-founder of UCLA Latina Futures, 2050 Lab, tells Axios.</p><ul><li>Diaz said the staff reductions if needed could have been conducted more equitably or avoided since journalists of color are needed to cover an increasingly diverse Los Angeles.</li><li>Nathaly Arriola Maurice, lead strategist for the group Aqu\u00ed: The Accountability Movement, tells Axios the paper is still trying to sell itself to advertising as promoting multiculturalism even after the layoffs.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>LA Times spokesperson<strong> </strong>Hillary Manning said the layoffs were incredibly difficult and were made only after evaluating all other viable options.</p><ul><li>\"The layoffs among Guild members in our newsroom were conducted in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which prioritizes seniority and sets forth a process where the last people hired are the first to be let go, with very few exceptions.\"</li><li>Manning said the company's management team sought some flexibility in conducting the layoffs, but the Guild declined to compromise.</li><li>The LA Times Guild has said seniority exists to help employees build careers at the Times and that other options exist besides layoffs.</li></ul><p><strong>Following the layoffs</strong>, the Times appointed <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-01-25/los-angeles-times-owner-appoints-terry-tang-as-interim-editor\" target=\"_blank\">Terry Tang</a> interim executive editor, making her the first woman editor in the paper's 142-year history and the highest-ranking Asian American editor.</p><ul><li>This paper also named <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/about/pressreleases/story/2024-01-30/l-a-times-hector-becerra-managing-editor\" target=\"_blank\">Hector Becerra</a> its managing editor, making him one of the highest-ranking Latino editors in its history.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Many unionized major media outlets are plagued with seniority clauses that protect older staffers hired when outlets didn't prioritize diversity.</p><ul><li>That means seniority, a <a href=\"https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/questions-about-diversity-and-seniority-swirl-after-la-times-layoffs/#:~:text=The%20Guild&#x27;s%20contract%2C%20ratified%20in,last%20in%2C%20first%20out.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\">policy also known as \"last in, first out\"</a> in Guild contracts, overwhelmingly supports white staffers over recently hired journalists of color.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro<strong> </strong>(D-Texas), who has been monitoring media diversity, tells Axios he's watching the LA Times to see how it responds. </p><ul><li>Castro said he'd been encouraged by recent hires of Latino journalists but worries the recent layoffs will affect how the outlet covers the Hispanic community in the nation's second-largest city. </li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note that Juli\u00e1n Castro is the former Housing and Urban Development Secretary, not a former member of Congress.</em></p><p><strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Axios Latino</a></em></strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\u00a0to get vital news about Latinos and Latin America, delivered to your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A coalition<strong> </strong>of Latino leaders including civil rights icon <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/03/30/dolores-huerta-activism-people-color\" target=\"_blank\">Dolores Huerta</a> and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/06/julian-castro-new-ceo-latino-community-foundation-california\" target=\"_blank\">Juli\u00e1n Castro</a> are demanding answers from the Los Angeles Times about recent layoffs of Latino journalists.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/26/media-layoffs-strikes-journalism-dying\" target=\"_blank\">many media outlets</a> in recent months, the LA Times was forced to cut about 20% of newsroom jobs amid heavy financial losses and slowing advertising. It has also struggled to diversify staff.</p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>The job losses at the Times in January hit Latino journalists hard, with the paper's <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/delos/newsletter/2024-01-25/latinx-files-de-los-update-la-times-layoffs-latinx-files#:~:text=On%20Tuesday%2C%20the%20Los%20Angeles,James%20noted%20in%20her%20report.\" target=\"_blank\">Latino Caucus losing around 38%</a> of its members and reversing recent gains in diversity hiring. </p><ul><li>The paper's new Latino vertical, De Los, was significantly affected.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>In a letter to LA Times owner<strong> </strong>Patrick Soon-Shiong obtained by Axios, the Latino leaders say the paper needs Hispanic journalists to properly cover one of the nation's most Latino cities.</p><ul><li>\"(We<strong> </strong>are) deeply troubled by the recent decision to terminate 115 staffers, a significant number of whom are reportedly from Black, Latino, Asian, and other underrepresented communities.\"</li><li>\"Our concerns are further heightened by the apparent contradiction between these layoffs and the promises made by the LA Times in 2020 to enhance diversity within the newsroom.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"The business bottom line and decisions around that business model highlighted clear preferences about things remaining status quo,\"<strong> </strong>Sonja Diaz, co-founder of UCLA Latina Futures, 2050 Lab, tells Axios.</p><ul><li>Diaz said the staff reductions if needed could have been conducted more equitably or avoided since journalists of color are needed to cover an increasingly diverse Los Angeles.</li><li>Nathaly Arriola Maurice, lead strategist for the group Aqu\u00ed: The Accountability Movement, tells Axios the paper is still trying to sell itself to advertising as promoting multiculturalism even after the layoffs.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>LA Times spokesperson<strong> </strong>Hillary Manning said the layoffs were incredibly difficult and were made only after evaluating all other viable options.</p><ul><li>\"The layoffs among Guild members in our newsroom were conducted in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which prioritizes seniority and sets forth a process where the last people hired are the first to be let go, with very few exceptions.\"</li><li>Manning said the company's management team sought some flexibility in conducting the layoffs, but the Guild declined to compromise.</li><li>The LA Times Guild has said seniority exists to help employees build careers at the Times and that other options exist besides layoffs.</li></ul><p><strong>Following the layoffs</strong>, the Times appointed <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-01-25/los-angeles-times-owner-appoints-terry-tang-as-interim-editor\" target=\"_blank\">Terry Tang</a> interim executive editor, making her the first woman editor in the paper's 142-year history and the highest-ranking Asian American editor.</p><ul><li>This paper also named <a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/about/pressreleases/story/2024-01-30/l-a-times-hector-becerra-managing-editor\" target=\"_blank\">Hector Becerra</a> its managing editor, making him one of the highest-ranking Latino editors in its history.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Many unionized major media outlets are plagued with seniority clauses that protect older staffers hired when outlets didn't prioritize diversity.</p><ul><li>That means seniority, a <a href=\"https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/01/questions-about-diversity-and-seniority-swirl-after-la-times-layoffs/#:~:text=The%20Guild&#x27;s%20contract%2C%20ratified%20in,last%20in%2C%20first%20out.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\">policy also known as \"last in, first out\"</a> in Guild contracts, overwhelmingly supports white staffers over recently hired journalists of color.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro<strong> </strong>(D-Texas), who has been monitoring media diversity, tells Axios he's watching the LA Times to see how it responds. </p><ul><li>Castro said he'd been encouraged by recent hires of Latino journalists but worries the recent layoffs will affect how the outlet covers the Hispanic community in the nation's second-largest city. </li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note that Juli\u00e1n Castro is the former Housing and Urban Development Secretary, not a former member of Congress.</em></p><p><strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Axios Latino</a></em></strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\u00a0to get vital news about Latinos and Latin America, delivered to your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Russell Contreras"}], "author": "Russell Contreras", "author_detail": {"name": "Russell Contreras"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "The Los Angeles Times newspaper headquarters in El Segundo, California on January 18, 2024. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/zE0O4IfQ6QsbEUro5Y8ozulYSRk=/0x0:7828x4403/1280x720/2024/03/08/1709864552309.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/qxUbOHdr9to_wdZWAaB9HMLy-aI=/128x128/smart/2024/03/08/1709864634331.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:30:57 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 16, 30, 57, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/los-angeles-times-layoffs-latino-de-los", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Congressmen pursue FBI, CIA files on Latino civil rights pioneers", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Congressmen pursue FBI, CIA files on Latino civil rights pioneers"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/fbi-cia-latino-civil-rights-joaquin-castro"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/fbi-cia-latino-civil-rights-joaquin-castro", "summary": "<p>Two U.S. House members want the FBI and CIA to declassify all documents related to the surveillance and harassment of Latino civil rights leaders from the 1950s to the 1970s. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's widely known that the<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro\" target=\"_blank\">FBI's COINTELPRO</a> and <a href=\"https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-01208R000100170047-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CIA's Operation CHAOS</a> sought to disrupt the civil rights activities of Black Americans, but how those programs affected Latino activists is largely unknown. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) this week sent <a href=\"https://castro.house.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_-_surveillance_of_the_latino_community.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a letter</a> to CIA Director William J. Burns and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray asking them to release all documents connected to the surveillance of the Latino civil rights movement.</p><ul><li>\"The historical record is not clear about whether FBI (or CIA) engaged in surveillance of the First Amendment protected activities of the Latino civil rights movement,\" the pair wrote.</li><li>It's also unknown if the FBI or CIA<strong> \"</strong>tried to sabotage or disrupt\" the Latino civil rights movement, as the FBI did with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., so newly released documents should clear the record, they said.  </li></ul><p><strong>On Tuesday </strong>at a hearing<strong> </strong>of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Castro<strong> </strong>asked Burns and Wray about looking into releasing the documents.</p><ul><li>They promised to look into it and work with Castro.  </li></ul><p><strong>Background: </strong>The FBI's COINTELPRO, short for Counterintelligence Program, was created in the 1950s to disrupt allegedly Communist activities.</p><ul><li>However, the FBI routinely monitored the activities of King and Malcolm X, planting informants while trying to disrupt planned demonstrations against racism.</li><li>\"We must mark him now, if we have not done so before, as the most dangerous Negro of the future in this Nation from the standpoint of communism, the Negro and national security,\" FBI Domestic Intelligence Chief William Sullivan <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mlks-speech-attracted-fbis-intense-attention/2013/08/27/31c8ebd4-0f60-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">wrote</a> after King gave his \"I Have a Dream\" speech.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/93P1S8DyvW0ImfLHL5t3SWhjId8=/2024/03/13/1710310778959.jpg\" /> <div>Young Lords Party Minister of Education, and later journalist, Juan Gonzalez speaks with an unidentified woman in New York City, 1969. Photo: Bev Grant/Getty Images</div><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Historians in recent years have uncovered quite a bit about FBI<strong> </strong>surveillance of Latino leaders through open records requests,<strong> </strong>Brian Behnken, an Iowa State University history professor, tells Axios.</p><ul><li>The FBI monitored the works of civil rights leader H\u00e9ctor P. Garc\u00eda, the New York-based, Puerto Rican Young Lords Party, and later the activities of the Chicano Movement.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-30-mn-7622-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Los Angeles Times </a>reported in 1995 that the FBI had monitored Mexican American farmworker leader Cesar Chavez for years.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2013/09/14/dallas-mexican-americans-remember-the-jfk-years-surveillance-by-fbi/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dallas Morning News</a> reported in 2013 that the FBI also was monitoring the activities of the GI Forum, a group founded by Garc\u00eda for World War II veterans fighting discrimination.</li><li>Works by scholars and activists over the years have also uncovered that the FBI has monitored Chicano Movement leaders Rodolfo \"Corky\" Gonzales, <a href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/j.ctvpb3xsc\" target=\"_blank\">Reies L\u00f3pez Tijerina</a>, Jos\u00e9 Angel Guti\u00e9rrez, and <a href=\"https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/FBI-CEC/chavezFBIintro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Dolores Huerta</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Having agencies release the documents could save years of waiting for public records requests and possible lawsuits to get information to the public.</p><ul><li>Some Latino leaders and their families may not even know about the FBI files and wouldn't know they needed to file open records requests. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Castro's mother, Rosie Castro, was monitored by the FBI for her activities in the Chicano Movement, files show. </p><ul><li>An FBI informant noted that Rosie Castro \"was observed buying two small posters of Angela Davis for 50 cents each, which were mentioned by Rosie Castro as having been printed in Cuba,\" the <a href=\"https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/fbi-file-on-rev-black-is-chapter-in-city-s-689365.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Express-News reports.</a></li><li>Joaquin Castro said his mother will be asking for her FBI files.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing was held Tuesday, not Wednesday.</em></p><p><strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Axios Latino</a></em></strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\u00a0to get vital news about Latinos and Latin America, delivered to your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Two U.S. House members want the FBI and CIA to declassify all documents related to the surveillance and harassment of Latino civil rights leaders from the 1950s to the 1970s. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's widely known that the<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro\" target=\"_blank\">FBI's COINTELPRO</a> and <a href=\"https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-01208R000100170047-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CIA's Operation CHAOS</a> sought to disrupt the civil rights activities of Black Americans, but how those programs affected Latino activists is largely unknown. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) this week sent <a href=\"https://castro.house.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_-_surveillance_of_the_latino_community.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a letter</a> to CIA Director William J. Burns and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray asking them to release all documents connected to the surveillance of the Latino civil rights movement.</p><ul><li>\"The historical record is not clear about whether FBI (or CIA) engaged in surveillance of the First Amendment protected activities of the Latino civil rights movement,\" the pair wrote.</li><li>It's also unknown if the FBI or CIA<strong> \"</strong>tried to sabotage or disrupt\" the Latino civil rights movement, as the FBI did with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., so newly released documents should clear the record, they said.  </li></ul><p><strong>On Tuesday </strong>at a hearing<strong> </strong>of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Castro<strong> </strong>asked Burns and Wray about looking into releasing the documents.</p><ul><li>They promised to look into it and work with Castro.  </li></ul><p><strong>Background: </strong>The FBI's COINTELPRO, short for Counterintelligence Program, was created in the 1950s to disrupt allegedly Communist activities.</p><ul><li>However, the FBI routinely monitored the activities of King and Malcolm X, planting informants while trying to disrupt planned demonstrations against racism.</li><li>\"We must mark him now, if we have not done so before, as the most dangerous Negro of the future in this Nation from the standpoint of communism, the Negro and national security,\" FBI Domestic Intelligence Chief William Sullivan <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mlks-speech-attracted-fbis-intense-attention/2013/08/27/31c8ebd4-0f60-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">wrote</a> after King gave his \"I Have a Dream\" speech.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/93P1S8DyvW0ImfLHL5t3SWhjId8=/2024/03/13/1710310778959.jpg\" /> <div>Young Lords Party Minister of Education, and later journalist, Juan Gonzalez speaks with an unidentified woman in New York City, 1969. Photo: Bev Grant/Getty Images</div><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Historians in recent years have uncovered quite a bit about FBI<strong> </strong>surveillance of Latino leaders through open records requests,<strong> </strong>Brian Behnken, an Iowa State University history professor, tells Axios.</p><ul><li>The FBI monitored the works of civil rights leader H\u00e9ctor P. Garc\u00eda, the New York-based, Puerto Rican Young Lords Party, and later the activities of the Chicano Movement.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-30-mn-7622-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Los Angeles Times </a>reported in 1995 that the FBI had monitored Mexican American farmworker leader Cesar Chavez for years.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2013/09/14/dallas-mexican-americans-remember-the-jfk-years-surveillance-by-fbi/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dallas Morning News</a> reported in 2013 that the FBI also was monitoring the activities of the GI Forum, a group founded by Garc\u00eda for World War II veterans fighting discrimination.</li><li>Works by scholars and activists over the years have also uncovered that the FBI has monitored Chicano Movement leaders Rodolfo \"Corky\" Gonzales, <a href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/j.ctvpb3xsc\" target=\"_blank\">Reies L\u00f3pez Tijerina</a>, Jos\u00e9 Angel Guti\u00e9rrez, and <a href=\"https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/FBI-CEC/chavezFBIintro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Dolores Huerta</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Having agencies release the documents could save years of waiting for public records requests and possible lawsuits to get information to the public.</p><ul><li>Some Latino leaders and their families may not even know about the FBI files and wouldn't know they needed to file open records requests. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Castro's mother, Rosie Castro, was monitored by the FBI for her activities in the Chicano Movement, files show. </p><ul><li>An FBI informant noted that Rosie Castro \"was observed buying two small posters of Angela Davis for 50 cents each, which were mentioned by Rosie Castro as having been printed in Cuba,\" the <a href=\"https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/fbi-file-on-rev-black-is-chapter-in-city-s-689365.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Express-News reports.</a></li><li>Joaquin Castro said his mother will be asking for her FBI files.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing was held Tuesday, not Wednesday.</em></p><p><strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Axios Latino</a></em></strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\u00a0to get vital news about Latinos and Latin America, delivered to your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Two U.S. House members want the FBI and CIA to declassify all documents related to the surveillance and harassment of Latino civil rights leaders from the 1950s to the 1970s. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's widely known that the<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro\" target=\"_blank\">FBI's COINTELPRO</a> and <a href=\"https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-01208R000100170047-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CIA's Operation CHAOS</a> sought to disrupt the civil rights activities of Black Americans, but how those programs affected Latino activists is largely unknown. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) this week sent <a href=\"https://castro.house.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_-_surveillance_of_the_latino_community.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a letter</a> to CIA Director William J. Burns and FBI Director Christopher A. Wray asking them to release all documents connected to the surveillance of the Latino civil rights movement.</p><ul><li>\"The historical record is not clear about whether FBI (or CIA) engaged in surveillance of the First Amendment protected activities of the Latino civil rights movement,\" the pair wrote.</li><li>It's also unknown if the FBI or CIA<strong> \"</strong>tried to sabotage or disrupt\" the Latino civil rights movement, as the FBI did with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., so newly released documents should clear the record, they said.  </li></ul><p><strong>On Tuesday </strong>at a hearing<strong> </strong>of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Castro<strong> </strong>asked Burns and Wray about looking into releasing the documents.</p><ul><li>They promised to look into it and work with Castro.  </li></ul><p><strong>Background: </strong>The FBI's COINTELPRO, short for Counterintelligence Program, was created in the 1950s to disrupt allegedly Communist activities.</p><ul><li>However, the FBI routinely monitored the activities of King and Malcolm X, planting informants while trying to disrupt planned demonstrations against racism.</li><li>\"We must mark him now, if we have not done so before, as the most dangerous Negro of the future in this Nation from the standpoint of communism, the Negro and national security,\" FBI Domestic Intelligence Chief William Sullivan <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mlks-speech-attracted-fbis-intense-attention/2013/08/27/31c8ebd4-0f60-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">wrote</a> after King gave his \"I Have a Dream\" speech.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/93P1S8DyvW0ImfLHL5t3SWhjId8=/2024/03/13/1710310778959.jpg\" /> <div>Young Lords Party Minister of Education, and later journalist, Juan Gonzalez speaks with an unidentified woman in New York City, 1969. Photo: Bev Grant/Getty Images</div><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Historians in recent years have uncovered quite a bit about FBI<strong> </strong>surveillance of Latino leaders through open records requests,<strong> </strong>Brian Behnken, an Iowa State University history professor, tells Axios.</p><ul><li>The FBI monitored the works of civil rights leader H\u00e9ctor P. Garc\u00eda, the New York-based, Puerto Rican Young Lords Party, and later the activities of the Chicano Movement.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-30-mn-7622-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Los Angeles Times </a>reported in 1995 that the FBI had monitored Mexican American farmworker leader Cesar Chavez for years.</li><li><a href=\"https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2013/09/14/dallas-mexican-americans-remember-the-jfk-years-surveillance-by-fbi/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dallas Morning News</a> reported in 2013 that the FBI also was monitoring the activities of the GI Forum, a group founded by Garc\u00eda for World War II veterans fighting discrimination.</li><li>Works by scholars and activists over the years have also uncovered that the FBI has monitored Chicano Movement leaders Rodolfo \"Corky\" Gonzales, <a href=\"https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/j.ctvpb3xsc\" target=\"_blank\">Reies L\u00f3pez Tijerina</a>, Jos\u00e9 Angel Guti\u00e9rrez, and <a href=\"https://libraries.ucsd.edu/farmworkermovement/ufwarchives/FBI-CEC/chavezFBIintro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Dolores Huerta</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Having agencies release the documents could save years of waiting for public records requests and possible lawsuits to get information to the public.</p><ul><li>Some Latino leaders and their families may not even know about the FBI files and wouldn't know they needed to file open records requests. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Castro's mother, Rosie Castro, was monitored by the FBI for her activities in the Chicano Movement, files show. </p><ul><li>An FBI informant noted that Rosie Castro \"was observed buying two small posters of Angela Davis for 50 cents each, which were mentioned by Rosie Castro as having been printed in Cuba,\" the <a href=\"https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/fbi-file-on-rev-black-is-chapter-in-city-s-689365.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Express-News reports.</a></li><li>Joaquin Castro said his mother will be asking for her FBI files.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been corrected to note that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing was held Tuesday, not Wednesday.</em></p><p><strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Axios Latino</a></em></strong><em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-latino\" target=\"_blank\"></a>\u00a0to get vital news about Latinos and Latin America, delivered to your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Russell Contreras"}], "author": "Russell Contreras", "author_detail": {"name": "Russell Contreras"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Latino civil rights advocates Dolores Huerta, H\u00e9ctor P. Garc\u00eda, and Rodolfo \"Corky\" Gonzales. Photos: Cathy Murphy/Getty Images and Denver Post via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/wHEd-uKpqDHLHxKmxRDHcoybQiU=/142x0:4024x2184/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710310464172.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/33MOU2CwFzYNuo0T5xttN8duKWw=/248x0:2432x2184/128x128/2024/03/13/1710310464172.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:05:19 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 16, 5, 19, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/fbi-cia-latino-civil-rights-joaquin-castro", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "SpaceX's Starship reaches space and reenters atmosphere for 1st time in ambitious test", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "SpaceX's Starship reaches space and reenters atmosphere for 1st time in ambitious test"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/spacex-starship-test-flight"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/spacex-starship-test-flight", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/05/spacex-dominance-space-industry\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX's</a> massive Starship on Thursday successfully went to space and reentered Earth's atmosphere for the first time during its third and most ambitious test flight thus far.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The test was a major leap for the vehicle, which is essential for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/17/nasa-artemis-moon-mission-sls-rocket\" target=\"_self\">NASA's Artemis program</a>. The flight featured technologies critical for any future manned missions to the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/26/moon-landing-intuitive-machines-us-mission-end\" target=\"_blank\">moon</a> or beyond.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they did: </strong>The spacecraft, the largest ever built, launched from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, around <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768251797846847981\" target=\"_blank\">9:25am ET</a>.</p><ul><li>After liftoff, it successfully separated from its huge booster, which went on to perform a controlled descent flight back to Earth before crashing in the Gulf of Mexico.</li><li>Meanwhile, the spacecraft carried on to perform several tests while in orbit.<strong> </strong>It <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768274877096788288\" target=\"_blank\">opened its payload door</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768274089746256076\" target=\"_blank\">transferred tons of liquid oxygen</a> between two tanks to simulate an in-orbit refueling of the ship.</li><li>After the tests, Starship started a controlled reentry and reentered Earth's atmosphere before SpaceX lost contact with the ship. It was expected to perform a soft landing in the Indian Ocean.</li><li>SpaceX said the ship did not survive reentry.</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Starship re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Views through the plasma <a href=\"https://t.co/HEQX4eEHWH\">pic.twitter.com/HEQX4eEHWH</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768279990368612354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>The failed landing will likely trigger a mishap investigation from the Federal Aviation Administration.</p><ul><li>Such probes are routine after tests don't go according to plan.</li><li>Still, it was a major improvement from previous tests.</li><li>The company likely gathered a lot of data throughout it, which may lead to improvements to the vehicle's design.</li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/18/spacex-starship-explosion-second-test-launch\" target=\"_blank\">Starship's second test flight</a> last year ended abruptly without meeting the stated goals for the test.</p><ul><li>The vehicle's huge lower-stage booster exploded after a successful separation from the upper-stage spacecraft portion. The upper stage then exploded after reaching an altitude of about 90 miles.</li><li>The first test flight earlier in 2023 ended with another explosion, though that was after the rocket punched a crater through the launchpad and spread debris for miles around the launch site.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Such spectacular blunders have been a part of the company's hardware <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/09/01/private-space-industry-risk\" target=\"_blank\">engineering philosophy</a>: move fast, embrace failures and learn from them.</p><ul><li>The philosophy and its <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/\" target=\"_blank\">safety considerations</a> have been criticized as cavalier for human spaceflight.</li><li>Still, SpaceX has rapidly become the most prolific human spaceflight provider so far without a catastrophic failure.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"Each of these flight tests continue to be just that: a test,\" the company said before launch.</p><ul><li>\"They aren't occurring in a lab or on a test stand, but are putting flight hardware in a flight environment to maximize learning.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> NASA has selected the company to carry astronauts to the surface of the moon as <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/nasa-artemis-delay-moon-landing\" target=\"_blank\">early as 2026</a> on a lander variant of Starship.</p><ul><li>If the company has its way, Starship will one day fly people and cargo even deeper into space to destinations like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/02/28/new-scientific-era-mars\" target=\"_blank\">Mars</a>.</li><li>SpaceX hopes Starship will one day be fully reusable like its Falcon 9 rocket.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/senate-democrats-space-x-investigation-starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats launch SpaceX probe over Russian use of Starlink satellites</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This story was updated with the latest developments in the launch.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/05/spacex-dominance-space-industry\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX's</a> massive Starship on Thursday successfully went to space and reentered Earth's atmosphere for the first time during its third and most ambitious test flight thus far.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The test was a major leap for the vehicle, which is essential for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/17/nasa-artemis-moon-mission-sls-rocket\" target=\"_self\">NASA's Artemis program</a>. The flight featured technologies critical for any future manned missions to the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/26/moon-landing-intuitive-machines-us-mission-end\" target=\"_blank\">moon</a> or beyond.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they did: </strong>The spacecraft, the largest ever built, launched from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, around <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768251797846847981\" target=\"_blank\">9:25am ET</a>.</p><ul><li>After liftoff, it successfully separated from its huge booster, which went on to perform a controlled descent flight back to Earth before crashing in the Gulf of Mexico.</li><li>Meanwhile, the spacecraft carried on to perform several tests while in orbit.<strong> </strong>It <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768274877096788288\" target=\"_blank\">opened its payload door</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768274089746256076\" target=\"_blank\">transferred tons of liquid oxygen</a> between two tanks to simulate an in-orbit refueling of the ship.</li><li>After the tests, Starship started a controlled reentry and reentered Earth's atmosphere before SpaceX lost contact with the ship. It was expected to perform a soft landing in the Indian Ocean.</li><li>SpaceX said the ship did not survive reentry.</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Starship re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Views through the plasma <a href=\"https://t.co/HEQX4eEHWH\">pic.twitter.com/HEQX4eEHWH</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768279990368612354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>The failed landing will likely trigger a mishap investigation from the Federal Aviation Administration.</p><ul><li>Such probes are routine after tests don't go according to plan.</li><li>Still, it was a major improvement from previous tests.</li><li>The company likely gathered a lot of data throughout it, which may lead to improvements to the vehicle's design.</li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/18/spacex-starship-explosion-second-test-launch\" target=\"_blank\">Starship's second test flight</a> last year ended abruptly without meeting the stated goals for the test.</p><ul><li>The vehicle's huge lower-stage booster exploded after a successful separation from the upper-stage spacecraft portion. The upper stage then exploded after reaching an altitude of about 90 miles.</li><li>The first test flight earlier in 2023 ended with another explosion, though that was after the rocket punched a crater through the launchpad and spread debris for miles around the launch site.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Such spectacular blunders have been a part of the company's hardware <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/09/01/private-space-industry-risk\" target=\"_blank\">engineering philosophy</a>: move fast, embrace failures and learn from them.</p><ul><li>The philosophy and its <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/\" target=\"_blank\">safety considerations</a> have been criticized as cavalier for human spaceflight.</li><li>Still, SpaceX has rapidly become the most prolific human spaceflight provider so far without a catastrophic failure.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"Each of these flight tests continue to be just that: a test,\" the company said before launch.</p><ul><li>\"They aren't occurring in a lab or on a test stand, but are putting flight hardware in a flight environment to maximize learning.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> NASA has selected the company to carry astronauts to the surface of the moon as <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/nasa-artemis-delay-moon-landing\" target=\"_blank\">early as 2026</a> on a lander variant of Starship.</p><ul><li>If the company has its way, Starship will one day fly people and cargo even deeper into space to destinations like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/02/28/new-scientific-era-mars\" target=\"_blank\">Mars</a>.</li><li>SpaceX hopes Starship will one day be fully reusable like its Falcon 9 rocket.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/senate-democrats-space-x-investigation-starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats launch SpaceX probe over Russian use of Starlink satellites</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This story was updated with the latest developments in the launch.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/05/spacex-dominance-space-industry\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX's</a> massive Starship on Thursday successfully went to space and reentered Earth's atmosphere for the first time during its third and most ambitious test flight thus far.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The test was a major leap for the vehicle, which is essential for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/17/nasa-artemis-moon-mission-sls-rocket\" target=\"_self\">NASA's Artemis program</a>. The flight featured technologies critical for any future manned missions to the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/26/moon-landing-intuitive-machines-us-mission-end\" target=\"_blank\">moon</a> or beyond.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they did: </strong>The spacecraft, the largest ever built, launched from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, around <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768251797846847981\" target=\"_blank\">9:25am ET</a>.</p><ul><li>After liftoff, it successfully separated from its huge booster, which went on to perform a controlled descent flight back to Earth before crashing in the Gulf of Mexico.</li><li>Meanwhile, the spacecraft carried on to perform several tests while in orbit.<strong> </strong>It <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768274877096788288\" target=\"_blank\">opened its payload door</a> and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768274089746256076\" target=\"_blank\">transferred tons of liquid oxygen</a> between two tanks to simulate an in-orbit refueling of the ship.</li><li>After the tests, Starship started a controlled reentry and reentered Earth's atmosphere before SpaceX lost contact with the ship. It was expected to perform a soft landing in the Indian Ocean.</li><li>SpaceX said the ship did not survive reentry.</li></ul><blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Starship re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Views through the plasma <a href=\"https://t.co/HEQX4eEHWH\">pic.twitter.com/HEQX4eEHWH</a></p>&mdash; SpaceX (@SpaceX) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1768279990368612354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>The failed landing will likely trigger a mishap investigation from the Federal Aviation Administration.</p><ul><li>Such probes are routine after tests don't go according to plan.</li><li>Still, it was a major improvement from previous tests.</li><li>The company likely gathered a lot of data throughout it, which may lead to improvements to the vehicle's design.</li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/18/spacex-starship-explosion-second-test-launch\" target=\"_blank\">Starship's second test flight</a> last year ended abruptly without meeting the stated goals for the test.</p><ul><li>The vehicle's huge lower-stage booster exploded after a successful separation from the upper-stage spacecraft portion. The upper stage then exploded after reaching an altitude of about 90 miles.</li><li>The first test flight earlier in 2023 ended with another explosion, though that was after the rocket punched a crater through the launchpad and spread debris for miles around the launch site.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> Such spectacular blunders have been a part of the company's hardware <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/09/01/private-space-industry-risk\" target=\"_blank\">engineering philosophy</a>: move fast, embrace failures and learn from them.</p><ul><li>The philosophy and its <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/spacex-musk-safety/\" target=\"_blank\">safety considerations</a> have been criticized as cavalier for human spaceflight.</li><li>Still, SpaceX has rapidly become the most prolific human spaceflight provider so far without a catastrophic failure.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"Each of these flight tests continue to be just that: a test,\" the company said before launch.</p><ul><li>\"They aren't occurring in a lab or on a test stand, but are putting flight hardware in a flight environment to maximize learning.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> NASA has selected the company to carry astronauts to the surface of the moon as <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/nasa-artemis-delay-moon-landing\" target=\"_blank\">early as 2026</a> on a lander variant of Starship.</p><ul><li>If the company has its way, Starship will one day fly people and cargo even deeper into space to destinations like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/02/28/new-scientific-era-mars\" target=\"_blank\">Mars</a>.</li><li>SpaceX hopes Starship will one day be fully reusable like its Falcon 9 rocket.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/senate-democrats-space-x-investigation-starlink\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats launch SpaceX probe over Russian use of Starlink satellites</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This story was updated with the latest developments in the launch.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jacob Knutson"}], "author": "Jacob Knutson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jacob Knutson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "SpaceX's Starship shortly after lifting off from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on March 14. Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/-YYx-xo_Qe8CqBvyg5gJnlAJl8s=/0x231:6000x3606/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710428344589.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/w_-OGLJIFZuo7OLio3WiQtt18jY=/982x0:4982x4000/128x128/2024/03/14/1710428344589.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:02:41 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 15, 2, 41, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/spacex-starship-test-flight", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "U.S. announces new sanctions against settler outposts in occupied West Bank", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "U.S. announces new sanctions against settler outposts in occupied West Bank"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-settler-sanctions-west-bank"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-settler-sanctions-west-bank", "summary": "<p>The U.S. Department of Treasury announced <a href=\"https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240314\" target=\"_blank\">new sanctions</a> Thursday against two illegal outposts in the occupied West Bank that were used as a base for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/25/biden-calls-end-west-bank-violence-against-palestinians-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">attacks by extremist</a> Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians, three U.S. officials told Axios.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> It is the first time U.S. sanctions are being imposed against entire outposts and not just against individuals.</p><hr /><ul><li>The move comes as the Biden administration <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-red-lines\" target=\"_blank\">ratchets up pressure</a> on the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a range of issues, including settler violence against Palestinians and the war in Gaza.</li><li>There were nearly 500 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians between Oct. 7 and Jan. 31 of this year, according to the <a href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-107?_gl=1%2A1f26d2u%2A_ga%2AMTA2OTYwNjI0OC4xNjgyNTM0NTg0%2A_ga_E60ZNX2F68%2AMTcwNjc1MzQ4Ni42LjEuMTcwNjc1MzUwOS4zNy4wLjA.\" target=\"_blank\">UN humanitarian office</a> (OCHA).</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.state.gov/imposing-further-sanctions-to-promote-peace-security-and-stability-in-the-west-bank/\" target=\"_blank\">second round of sanctions</a> by the Biden administration to counter settler violence are against Moshe's farm and Zvi's farm for being used as a base for attacks by settlers against Palestinian civilians.</p><ul><li>The Department of Treasury also sanctioned three Israeli settlers: the two leaders of the outposts, Moshe Sharvit and Zvi Bar Yosef, as well as Neriya Ben Pazi, for their involvement in attacks.</li><li>A U.S. official said the sanctions against the two outposts are meant to send the message that the U.S. is targeting not only individuals but also entities that are involved in giving logistical and financial support to attacks against Palestinian civilians.</li><li>The sanctions freeze assets the three settlers and two outposts might have in the U.S., ban them from <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/us-israeli-settler-west-bank-visa-ban-plan\" target=\"_blank\">getting a visa</a> to enter the U.S. and block them from using the U.S. financial system.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>On Feb. 1, President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> signed an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/biden-israel-settler-violence-palestinians-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\">executive order</a> allowing the U.S. to impose new sanctions on Israeli settlers \u2014 and potentially <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli politicians</a> and government officials \u2014 involved in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/25/biden-calls-end-west-bank-violence-against-palestinians-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">violent attacks against Palestinians</a> in the West Bank.</p><ul><li>The unprecedented executive order was the most significant step any U.S. administration had taken in response to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/us-israel-rifle-sale-delay-west-bank-violence\" target=\"_blank\">the violence</a>.</li><li>The first round of sanctions under the new executive order included <a href=\"https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-further-measures-to-promote-peace-security-and-stability-in-the-west-bank/\" target=\"_blank\">four Israeli settlers</a> who the U.S. said were directly involved in attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank and systematic acts that led to the forced displacement of Palestinian communities.</li><li>Since then the U.K., France and Canada announced similar sanctions.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The initial response of the Israeli government and the settler movement to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/biden-israel-settler-violence-palestinians-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\">Biden's executive order</a> was very mild because they saw it as a largely symbolic move.</p><ul><li>But within days three <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-banks-heed-us-anti-settler-sanctions-far-right-ministers-object-2024-02-05/\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli banks announced</a> they were suspending the settlers' bank accounts to comply with the new sanctions.</li><li>Israel's ultranationalist Finance Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/02/us-condemns-israeli-ultranationalist-smotrich-ben-gvir-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">Bezalel Smotrich</a> called on Israeli banks to not implement the new U.S. sanctions and asked the Ministry of Finance to look for ways to circumvent them.</li><li>Under pressure from the settler lobby, Netanyahu <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/biden-netanyahu-israeli-settler-violence-west-bank\" target=\"_blank\">protested</a> the move in a phone call with Biden in February, suggesting the prime minister was concerned the order could have unprecedented implications for the entire settlements enterprise in the West Bank.</li><li>Biden pushed back on Netanyahu's complaint and told the Israeli prime minister the U.S. will continue sanctioning violent extremist settlers, a senior U.S. official said.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with the names of the individuals and outposts sanctioned.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The U.S. Department of Treasury announced <a href=\"https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240314\" target=\"_blank\">new sanctions</a> Thursday against two illegal outposts in the occupied West Bank that were used as a base for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/25/biden-calls-end-west-bank-violence-against-palestinians-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">attacks by extremist</a> Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians, three U.S. officials told Axios.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> It is the first time U.S. sanctions are being imposed against entire outposts and not just against individuals.</p><hr /><ul><li>The move comes as the Biden administration <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-red-lines\" target=\"_blank\">ratchets up pressure</a> on the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a range of issues, including settler violence against Palestinians and the war in Gaza.</li><li>There were nearly 500 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians between Oct. 7 and Jan. 31 of this year, according to the <a href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-107?_gl=1%2A1f26d2u%2A_ga%2AMTA2OTYwNjI0OC4xNjgyNTM0NTg0%2A_ga_E60ZNX2F68%2AMTcwNjc1MzQ4Ni42LjEuMTcwNjc1MzUwOS4zNy4wLjA.\" target=\"_blank\">UN humanitarian office</a> (OCHA).</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.state.gov/imposing-further-sanctions-to-promote-peace-security-and-stability-in-the-west-bank/\" target=\"_blank\">second round of sanctions</a> by the Biden administration to counter settler violence are against Moshe's farm and Zvi's farm for being used as a base for attacks by settlers against Palestinian civilians.</p><ul><li>The Department of Treasury also sanctioned three Israeli settlers: the two leaders of the outposts, Moshe Sharvit and Zvi Bar Yosef, as well as Neriya Ben Pazi, for their involvement in attacks.</li><li>A U.S. official said the sanctions against the two outposts are meant to send the message that the U.S. is targeting not only individuals but also entities that are involved in giving logistical and financial support to attacks against Palestinian civilians.</li><li>The sanctions freeze assets the three settlers and two outposts might have in the U.S., ban them from <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/us-israeli-settler-west-bank-visa-ban-plan\" target=\"_blank\">getting a visa</a> to enter the U.S. and block them from using the U.S. financial system.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>On Feb. 1, President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> signed an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/biden-israel-settler-violence-palestinians-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\">executive order</a> allowing the U.S. to impose new sanctions on Israeli settlers \u2014 and potentially <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli politicians</a> and government officials \u2014 involved in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/25/biden-calls-end-west-bank-violence-against-palestinians-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">violent attacks against Palestinians</a> in the West Bank.</p><ul><li>The unprecedented executive order was the most significant step any U.S. administration had taken in response to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/us-israel-rifle-sale-delay-west-bank-violence\" target=\"_blank\">the violence</a>.</li><li>The first round of sanctions under the new executive order included <a href=\"https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-further-measures-to-promote-peace-security-and-stability-in-the-west-bank/\" target=\"_blank\">four Israeli settlers</a> who the U.S. said were directly involved in attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank and systematic acts that led to the forced displacement of Palestinian communities.</li><li>Since then the U.K., France and Canada announced similar sanctions.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The initial response of the Israeli government and the settler movement to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/biden-israel-settler-violence-palestinians-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\">Biden's executive order</a> was very mild because they saw it as a largely symbolic move.</p><ul><li>But within days three <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-banks-heed-us-anti-settler-sanctions-far-right-ministers-object-2024-02-05/\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli banks announced</a> they were suspending the settlers' bank accounts to comply with the new sanctions.</li><li>Israel's ultranationalist Finance Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/02/us-condemns-israeli-ultranationalist-smotrich-ben-gvir-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">Bezalel Smotrich</a> called on Israeli banks to not implement the new U.S. sanctions and asked the Ministry of Finance to look for ways to circumvent them.</li><li>Under pressure from the settler lobby, Netanyahu <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/biden-netanyahu-israeli-settler-violence-west-bank\" target=\"_blank\">protested</a> the move in a phone call with Biden in February, suggesting the prime minister was concerned the order could have unprecedented implications for the entire settlements enterprise in the West Bank.</li><li>Biden pushed back on Netanyahu's complaint and told the Israeli prime minister the U.S. will continue sanctioning violent extremist settlers, a senior U.S. official said.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with the names of the individuals and outposts sanctioned.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The U.S. Department of Treasury announced <a href=\"https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20240314\" target=\"_blank\">new sanctions</a> Thursday against two illegal outposts in the occupied West Bank that were used as a base for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/25/biden-calls-end-west-bank-violence-against-palestinians-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">attacks by extremist</a> Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians, three U.S. officials told Axios.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> It is the first time U.S. sanctions are being imposed against entire outposts and not just against individuals.</p><hr /><ul><li>The move comes as the Biden administration <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/biden-netanyahu-israel-gaza-war-red-lines\" target=\"_blank\">ratchets up pressure</a> on the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a range of issues, including settler violence against Palestinians and the war in Gaza.</li><li>There were nearly 500 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians between Oct. 7 and Jan. 31 of this year, according to the <a href=\"https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-107?_gl=1%2A1f26d2u%2A_ga%2AMTA2OTYwNjI0OC4xNjgyNTM0NTg0%2A_ga_E60ZNX2F68%2AMTcwNjc1MzQ4Ni42LjEuMTcwNjc1MzUwOS4zNy4wLjA.\" target=\"_blank\">UN humanitarian office</a> (OCHA).</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.state.gov/imposing-further-sanctions-to-promote-peace-security-and-stability-in-the-west-bank/\" target=\"_blank\">second round of sanctions</a> by the Biden administration to counter settler violence are against Moshe's farm and Zvi's farm for being used as a base for attacks by settlers against Palestinian civilians.</p><ul><li>The Department of Treasury also sanctioned three Israeli settlers: the two leaders of the outposts, Moshe Sharvit and Zvi Bar Yosef, as well as Neriya Ben Pazi, for their involvement in attacks.</li><li>A U.S. official said the sanctions against the two outposts are meant to send the message that the U.S. is targeting not only individuals but also entities that are involved in giving logistical and financial support to attacks against Palestinian civilians.</li><li>The sanctions freeze assets the three settlers and two outposts might have in the U.S., ban them from <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/us-israeli-settler-west-bank-visa-ban-plan\" target=\"_blank\">getting a visa</a> to enter the U.S. and block them from using the U.S. financial system.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback: </strong>On Feb. 1, President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">Biden</a> signed an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/biden-israel-settler-violence-palestinians-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\">executive order</a> allowing the U.S. to impose new sanctions on Israeli settlers \u2014 and potentially <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/israel\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli politicians</a> and government officials \u2014 involved in <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/25/biden-calls-end-west-bank-violence-against-palestinians-netanyahu\" target=\"_blank\">violent attacks against Palestinians</a> in the West Bank.</p><ul><li>The unprecedented executive order was the most significant step any U.S. administration had taken in response to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/13/us-israel-rifle-sale-delay-west-bank-violence\" target=\"_blank\">the violence</a>.</li><li>The first round of sanctions under the new executive order included <a href=\"https://www.state.gov/announcement-of-further-measures-to-promote-peace-security-and-stability-in-the-west-bank/\" target=\"_blank\">four Israeli settlers</a> who the U.S. said were directly involved in attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank and systematic acts that led to the forced displacement of Palestinian communities.</li><li>Since then the U.K., France and Canada announced similar sanctions.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The initial response of the Israeli government and the settler movement to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/biden-israel-settler-violence-palestinians-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\">Biden's executive order</a> was very mild because they saw it as a largely symbolic move.</p><ul><li>But within days three <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-banks-heed-us-anti-settler-sanctions-far-right-ministers-object-2024-02-05/\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli banks announced</a> they were suspending the settlers' bank accounts to comply with the new sanctions.</li><li>Israel's ultranationalist Finance Minister <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/02/us-condemns-israeli-ultranationalist-smotrich-ben-gvir-gaza\" target=\"_blank\">Bezalel Smotrich</a> called on Israeli banks to not implement the new U.S. sanctions and asked the Ministry of Finance to look for ways to circumvent them.</li><li>Under pressure from the settler lobby, Netanyahu <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/biden-netanyahu-israeli-settler-violence-west-bank\" target=\"_blank\">protested</a> the move in a phone call with Biden in February, suggesting the prime minister was concerned the order could have unprecedented implications for the entire settlements enterprise in the West Bank.</li><li>Biden pushed back on Netanyahu's complaint and told the Israeli prime minister the U.S. will continue sanctioning violent extremist settlers, a senior U.S. official said.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with the names of the individuals and outposts sanctioned.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Barak Ravid"}], "author": "Barak Ravid", "author_detail": {"name": "Barak Ravid"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Israeli right-wing activists and settlers protest in the West Bank outpost of Homesh in 2021. Homesh outpost was not sanctioned. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images ", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/B2IqDMCRDQ2lWJm7hprUHZ2Ctzw=/0x606:5812x3875/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710386053093.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/63VZlsX65ld6FJ0VFAw8qWcLoSA=/1100x0:4975x3875/128x128/2024/03/14/1710386053093.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:54:11 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 14, 54, 11, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-settler-sanctions-west-bank", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Sen. Josh Hawley doesn't expect TikTok bill to pass the Senate", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Sen. Josh Hawley doesn't expect TikTok bill to pass the Senate"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/josh-hawley-tiktok-bill-senate"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/josh-hawley-tiktok-bill-senate", "summary": "<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) was one of the first senators to applaud <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday's House vote</a> on a bill that requires ByteDance to divest TikTok, or else risk the app from being banned. </p><p><strong>But he</strong> <strong>tells Axios </strong>that he doesn't have much faith that there will be a similar vote <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-congress-senate-house-bill-stall\" target=\"_blank\">in the Senate</a>, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is noncommittal about bringing it to the floor (despite <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china\" target=\"_blank\">support from President Biden</a>).</p><hr /><p><strong>Here are five excerpts </strong>from our interview, which took place on Wednesday afternoon:</p><p><strong>1. Prospects in the Senate,</strong> where some have objected to the House language:</p><ul><li>\"I'd be fine taking [the House bill] up verbatim. But if folks want to take it up and amend it, we can. ... My observation is that people say: 'I agree with the idea in principle but have concerns.' That basically means we should never do anything. What we're likely to see happen in the Senate is people will nickel-and-dime it, a death by a thousand cuts. Nothing that Big Tech doesn't want moves across the Senate floor.\"</li></ul><p><strong>2. His security concern is data, </strong>not a propagandized algorithm:</p><ul><li>\"The app collects way more information than it needs to to feed its algorithm, and that information is available to the Chinese Communist Party upon request. ... I don't think we want Americans' text messages to be read, or their geolocations to be available to the CCP, so it can build a dossier on every American. ... Maybe that's to feed its own AI or for some other reason, but it is a hostile foreign government that's been behind hacks of other U.S. citizen information.\"</li><li>\"It's not really what's on the platform itself ... that's a red herring.\"</li></ul><p><strong>3. Would China allow a divestiture?</strong></p><ul><li>\"It's a good question. If it doesn't, that would show how important this app and its algorithm really are.\"</li></ul><p><strong>4. Would Hawley support TikTok being sold to a U.S. tech giant?</strong></p><ul><li>\"I'd certainly oppose one of the monopolistic tech companies, like Meta or Google, from buying it. I think we ought to be breaking those companies up.\"</li><li><em>(Note: Our conversation happened before former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/steven-mnuchin-tiktok-buy\" target=\"_blank\">said he's putting together</a> an investor group to buy TikTok, apparently similar to what former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980\" target=\"_blank\">is doing</a>.)</em></li></ul><p><strong>5. His message to creators who make a living on TikTok.</strong></p><ul><li>\"There's a reason TikTok is so popular, and it's not because it's a spy app. It's because of the design of the platform and the algorithm. Whether or not TikTok itself is purchased, many will try to compete ... and what we really should hope for is that competition, which would create increased opportunity for creators.\"</li><li>\"TikTok is essentially using American creators as a shield when it's not an American company.\"</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) was one of the first senators to applaud <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday's House vote</a> on a bill that requires ByteDance to divest TikTok, or else risk the app from being banned. </p><p><strong>But he</strong> <strong>tells Axios </strong>that he doesn't have much faith that there will be a similar vote <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-congress-senate-house-bill-stall\" target=\"_blank\">in the Senate</a>, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is noncommittal about bringing it to the floor (despite <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china\" target=\"_blank\">support from President Biden</a>).</p><hr /><p><strong>Here are five excerpts </strong>from our interview, which took place on Wednesday afternoon:</p><p><strong>1. Prospects in the Senate,</strong> where some have objected to the House language:</p><ul><li>\"I'd be fine taking [the House bill] up verbatim. But if folks want to take it up and amend it, we can. ... My observation is that people say: 'I agree with the idea in principle but have concerns.' That basically means we should never do anything. What we're likely to see happen in the Senate is people will nickel-and-dime it, a death by a thousand cuts. Nothing that Big Tech doesn't want moves across the Senate floor.\"</li></ul><p><strong>2. His security concern is data, </strong>not a propagandized algorithm:</p><ul><li>\"The app collects way more information than it needs to to feed its algorithm, and that information is available to the Chinese Communist Party upon request. ... I don't think we want Americans' text messages to be read, or their geolocations to be available to the CCP, so it can build a dossier on every American. ... Maybe that's to feed its own AI or for some other reason, but it is a hostile foreign government that's been behind hacks of other U.S. citizen information.\"</li><li>\"It's not really what's on the platform itself ... that's a red herring.\"</li></ul><p><strong>3. Would China allow a divestiture?</strong></p><ul><li>\"It's a good question. If it doesn't, that would show how important this app and its algorithm really are.\"</li></ul><p><strong>4. Would Hawley support TikTok being sold to a U.S. tech giant?</strong></p><ul><li>\"I'd certainly oppose one of the monopolistic tech companies, like Meta or Google, from buying it. I think we ought to be breaking those companies up.\"</li><li><em>(Note: Our conversation happened before former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/steven-mnuchin-tiktok-buy\" target=\"_blank\">said he's putting together</a> an investor group to buy TikTok, apparently similar to what former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980\" target=\"_blank\">is doing</a>.)</em></li></ul><p><strong>5. His message to creators who make a living on TikTok.</strong></p><ul><li>\"There's a reason TikTok is so popular, and it's not because it's a spy app. It's because of the design of the platform and the algorithm. Whether or not TikTok itself is purchased, many will try to compete ... and what we really should hope for is that competition, which would create increased opportunity for creators.\"</li><li>\"TikTok is essentially using American creators as a shield when it's not an American company.\"</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) was one of the first senators to applaud <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday's House vote</a> on a bill that requires ByteDance to divest TikTok, or else risk the app from being banned. </p><p><strong>But he</strong> <strong>tells Axios </strong>that he doesn't have much faith that there will be a similar vote <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-congress-senate-house-bill-stall\" target=\"_blank\">in the Senate</a>, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is noncommittal about bringing it to the floor (despite <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china\" target=\"_blank\">support from President Biden</a>).</p><hr /><p><strong>Here are five excerpts </strong>from our interview, which took place on Wednesday afternoon:</p><p><strong>1. Prospects in the Senate,</strong> where some have objected to the House language:</p><ul><li>\"I'd be fine taking [the House bill] up verbatim. But if folks want to take it up and amend it, we can. ... My observation is that people say: 'I agree with the idea in principle but have concerns.' That basically means we should never do anything. What we're likely to see happen in the Senate is people will nickel-and-dime it, a death by a thousand cuts. Nothing that Big Tech doesn't want moves across the Senate floor.\"</li></ul><p><strong>2. His security concern is data, </strong>not a propagandized algorithm:</p><ul><li>\"The app collects way more information than it needs to to feed its algorithm, and that information is available to the Chinese Communist Party upon request. ... I don't think we want Americans' text messages to be read, or their geolocations to be available to the CCP, so it can build a dossier on every American. ... Maybe that's to feed its own AI or for some other reason, but it is a hostile foreign government that's been behind hacks of other U.S. citizen information.\"</li><li>\"It's not really what's on the platform itself ... that's a red herring.\"</li></ul><p><strong>3. Would China allow a divestiture?</strong></p><ul><li>\"It's a good question. If it doesn't, that would show how important this app and its algorithm really are.\"</li></ul><p><strong>4. Would Hawley support TikTok being sold to a U.S. tech giant?</strong></p><ul><li>\"I'd certainly oppose one of the monopolistic tech companies, like Meta or Google, from buying it. I think we ought to be breaking those companies up.\"</li><li><em>(Note: Our conversation happened before former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/steven-mnuchin-tiktok-buy\" target=\"_blank\">said he's putting together</a> an investor group to buy TikTok, apparently similar to what former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980\" target=\"_blank\">is doing</a>.)</em></li></ul><p><strong>5. His message to creators who make a living on TikTok.</strong></p><ul><li>\"There's a reason TikTok is so popular, and it's not because it's a spy app. It's because of the design of the platform and the algorithm. Whether or not TikTok itself is purchased, many will try to compete ... and what we really should hope for is that competition, which would create increased opportunity for creators.\"</li><li>\"TikTok is essentially using American creators as a shield when it's not an American company.\"</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Dan Primack"}], "author": "Dan Primack", "author_detail": {"name": "Dan Primack"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios. Images: TikTok, Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/ImtikOhz76bbmghzW_vHBjHzXnY=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710425362653.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/zT6qhTPDI4hknkBZCs1yzvfTuEc=/533x0:1613x1080/128x128/2024/03/14/1710425362653.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:27:26 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 14, 27, 26, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/josh-hawley-tiktok-bill-senate", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Biden to criticize U.S. Steel sale to Japanese company", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Biden to criticize U.S. Steel sale to Japanese company"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-steel-biden-nippon-japan"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-steel-biden-nippon-japan", "summary": "<p>President Biden on Thursday is expected to express concerns over Nippon Steel's planned <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/us-steel-nippon-japan-sale\" target=\"_blank\">$14.9 billion acquisition</a> of Pittsburgh's U.S. Steel, ahead of next month's White House visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> U.S. Steel picked Japan's Nippon over domestic rival Cleveland-Cliffs, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/us-steel-japan-nippon-regulation\" target=\"_blank\">because it preferred</a> a national security review by CFIUS to an antitrust review by the Justice Department.</p><hr /><ul><li>Were CFIUS to oppose the acquisition, its recommendation would go directly to Biden.</li></ul><p><strong>What he'll say:</strong> \"U.S. Steel has been an iconic American steel company for more than a century, and it is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated.\"</p><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> Biden is playing to his labor union base, as the USW had preferred Cleveland-Cliffs. But it remains unlikely that CFIUS will recommend Biden block the deal, given that Japan is a strategic U.S. ally.</p><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers\" target=\"_blank\">United Steelworkers union blasts $15B U.S. Steel-Nippon deal</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>President Biden on Thursday is expected to express concerns over Nippon Steel's planned <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/us-steel-nippon-japan-sale\" target=\"_blank\">$14.9 billion acquisition</a> of Pittsburgh's U.S. Steel, ahead of next month's White House visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> U.S. Steel picked Japan's Nippon over domestic rival Cleveland-Cliffs, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/us-steel-japan-nippon-regulation\" target=\"_blank\">because it preferred</a> a national security review by CFIUS to an antitrust review by the Justice Department.</p><hr /><ul><li>Were CFIUS to oppose the acquisition, its recommendation would go directly to Biden.</li></ul><p><strong>What he'll say:</strong> \"U.S. Steel has been an iconic American steel company for more than a century, and it is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated.\"</p><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> Biden is playing to his labor union base, as the USW had preferred Cleveland-Cliffs. But it remains unlikely that CFIUS will recommend Biden block the deal, given that Japan is a strategic U.S. ally.</p><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers\" target=\"_blank\">United Steelworkers union blasts $15B U.S. Steel-Nippon deal</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>President Biden on Thursday is expected to express concerns over Nippon Steel's planned <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/us-steel-nippon-japan-sale\" target=\"_blank\">$14.9 billion acquisition</a> of Pittsburgh's U.S. Steel, ahead of next month's White House visit by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> U.S. Steel picked Japan's Nippon over domestic rival Cleveland-Cliffs, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/us-steel-japan-nippon-regulation\" target=\"_blank\">because it preferred</a> a national security review by CFIUS to an antitrust review by the Justice Department.</p><hr /><ul><li>Were CFIUS to oppose the acquisition, its recommendation would go directly to Biden.</li></ul><p><strong>What he'll say:</strong> \"U.S. Steel has been an iconic American steel company for more than a century, and it is vital for it to remain an American steel company that is domestically owned and operated.\"</p><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> Biden is playing to his labor union base, as the USW had preferred Cleveland-Cliffs. But it remains unlikely that CFIUS will recommend Biden block the deal, given that Japan is a strategic U.S. ally.</p><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/18/ussteel-nippon-usw-steelworkers\" target=\"_blank\">United Steelworkers union blasts $15B U.S. Steel-Nippon deal</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Dan Primack"}], "author": "Dan Primack", "author_detail": {"name": "Dan Primack"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images.", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/Z7cLyEUTli2M2oCaEQK9EJout9Y=/0x0:3000x1688/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710424686095.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/5tgcHu4Yma9XVLW1WaTYXCXFt4Y=/608x0:2608x2000/128x128/2024/03/14/1710424686095.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 14:11:03 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 14, 11, 3, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/us-steel-biden-nippon-japan", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Retail sales rebound in February after shopping pullback", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Retail sales rebound in February after shopping pullback"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/retail-sales-rebound-february"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/retail-sales-rebound-february", "summary": "<p>American shoppers increased spending in February, but revised figures show retail sales were much weaker at the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/retail-sales-january-us-economy\" target=\"_blank\">start of the year</a> than previously thought, the government said on Thursday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The <a href=\"https://www.census.gov/retail/sales.html\" target=\"_blank\">new figures</a> may raise concerns about the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/gdp-report-us-economy-inflation-cooldown\" target=\"_blank\">health of the U.S. consumer</a> that had once looked unstoppable and fueled a stronger-than-expected economy.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers</strong>: Retail sales rose 0.6% in February from the previous month, the Commerce Department said\u2014helped in part by strong spending at gasoline stations as pump prices rose. The data are not adjusted for inflation.</p><ul><li>Spending fell 1.1% in January \u2014 a bigger drop than the 0.8% decline it initially estimated. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in</strong>: Most retail categories saw an increase in spending in February. Among the largest increases: building material shops (+2.2%), motor vehicle and parts dealers (+1.6%), electronics stores (+1.5%) and gas stations (+0.9%).</p><ul><li>Sales dropped at furniture stores and clothing retailers.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line</strong>: Strong spending was backed last year by a booming job market and rising wages.</p><ul><li>Separate <a href=\"https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">data released on Thursday</a> continued to show low levels of unemployment filings, suggesting a still-solid labor market. But the latest retail sales data shows consumers might be becoming a little more wary about opening their wallets.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>American shoppers increased spending in February, but revised figures show retail sales were much weaker at the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/retail-sales-january-us-economy\" target=\"_blank\">start of the year</a> than previously thought, the government said on Thursday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The <a href=\"https://www.census.gov/retail/sales.html\" target=\"_blank\">new figures</a> may raise concerns about the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/gdp-report-us-economy-inflation-cooldown\" target=\"_blank\">health of the U.S. consumer</a> that had once looked unstoppable and fueled a stronger-than-expected economy.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers</strong>: Retail sales rose 0.6% in February from the previous month, the Commerce Department said\u2014helped in part by strong spending at gasoline stations as pump prices rose. The data are not adjusted for inflation.</p><ul><li>Spending fell 1.1% in January \u2014 a bigger drop than the 0.8% decline it initially estimated. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in</strong>: Most retail categories saw an increase in spending in February. Among the largest increases: building material shops (+2.2%), motor vehicle and parts dealers (+1.6%), electronics stores (+1.5%) and gas stations (+0.9%).</p><ul><li>Sales dropped at furniture stores and clothing retailers.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line</strong>: Strong spending was backed last year by a booming job market and rising wages.</p><ul><li>Separate <a href=\"https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">data released on Thursday</a> continued to show low levels of unemployment filings, suggesting a still-solid labor market. But the latest retail sales data shows consumers might be becoming a little more wary about opening their wallets.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>American shoppers increased spending in February, but revised figures show retail sales were much weaker at the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/15/retail-sales-january-us-economy\" target=\"_blank\">start of the year</a> than previously thought, the government said on Thursday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The <a href=\"https://www.census.gov/retail/sales.html\" target=\"_blank\">new figures</a> may raise concerns about the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/25/gdp-report-us-economy-inflation-cooldown\" target=\"_blank\">health of the U.S. consumer</a> that had once looked unstoppable and fueled a stronger-than-expected economy.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers</strong>: Retail sales rose 0.6% in February from the previous month, the Commerce Department said\u2014helped in part by strong spending at gasoline stations as pump prices rose. The data are not adjusted for inflation.</p><ul><li>Spending fell 1.1% in January \u2014 a bigger drop than the 0.8% decline it initially estimated. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in</strong>: Most retail categories saw an increase in spending in February. Among the largest increases: building material shops (+2.2%), motor vehicle and parts dealers (+1.6%), electronics stores (+1.5%) and gas stations (+0.9%).</p><ul><li>Sales dropped at furniture stores and clothing retailers.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line</strong>: Strong spending was backed last year by a booming job market and rising wages.</p><ul><li>Separate <a href=\"https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">data released on Thursday</a> continued to show low levels of unemployment filings, suggesting a still-solid labor market. But the latest retail sales data shows consumers might be becoming a little more wary about opening their wallets.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Courtenay Brown"}], "author": "Courtenay Brown", "author_detail": {"name": "Courtenay Brown"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Shoppers are seen in New York City. Photo: John Taggart/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/aURb2nJl4BtACrJCzaQdZQmS8L8=/0x30:6960x3945/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710420678394.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/ouIiMgffZZrLLKXNH0t-7_MAInc=/1847x0:6487x4640/128x128/2024/03/14/1710420678394.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:35:20 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 13, 35, 20, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/retail-sales-rebound-february", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Bitcoin's weird 2024 high", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Bitcoin's weird 2024 high"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/bitcoin-price-halving-2024"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/bitcoin-price-halving-2024", "summary": "<p>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/bitcoin-btc-all-time-high-record-69000\" target=\"_blank\">all-time high</a> for bitcoin price should not have hit yet, according to an eerily consistent time analysis of its three prior cycles. </p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>It's an article of faith among certain bitcoiners that the coin's cycle runs in four-year intervals, triggered primarily by Bitcoin's regularly scheduled <a href=\"https://qz.com/bitcoin-halving-event-explained-price-1851300020\" target=\"_blank\">halving</a>. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up fast: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/satoshi-nakamoto-bitcoin-boom-craig-wright\" target=\"_blank\">pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto</a><strong> </strong>made Bitcoin to express a preference for a predictable form of money with a fixed supply, so there will only ever be 21 million bitcoins (19.6 million are in the market today). </p><ul><li>A few get released every time a block of transactions gets stamped onto the blockchain \u2014 every 10 minutes \u2014 and go to the miner that solved that block.</li><li>That subsidy is 6.25 new bitcoin (BTC) per block, valued today at over $400,000. With the next halving, sometime in April, that will drop all at once to 3.125 BTC.</li><li>Four years later, it will be halved again, and again four years after that, until eventually there's no new BTC (<em>but we will all be dead by then</em>). </li></ul><div>Data: <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\">CoinGecko</a> and <a href=\"https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/bitcoin-halvings-history-a-look-back-in-time\" target=\"_blank\">CoinMarketCap</a>; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>The first halving hit in November 2012, when BTC was $12.20, then, 366 days later, the first all-time high to make the news hit: $1,127 (a more than 90X gain).</p><ul><li>If you look at the table above, you can see: After each high, BTC price has eventually fallen to a bottom well below the high. That lowest-low (the nadir) marks a turnaround. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue:</strong> Then there's this crazy consistency for the next two halvings. Twice, from nadir to all-time high it's about 1,065 days (1,062 and 1,068).</p><ul><li>From halving to all-time high it's been about 535 days (525 and 548). </li><li>From last nadir to April 20, btw? 528 days. If past is prologue, that would suggest a late September, early October peak.</li><li><strong>Bitcoin's never before</strong> broken a prior peak before a halving. </li></ul><p><strong>But this time it did. </strong></p><p><strong>March 8 </strong>was <em>an</em> all-time high, something like 40 days before April's halving. If BTC price follows the pattern of its three prior cycles, it's not <em>the </em>all-time high for this one.</p><ul><li>Maybe the peak will hit something like 580 days from now, and we will know that order remains in the cosmos.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> This cycle <em>has</em> included <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/bitcoin-record-etfs-gary-gensler-sec\" target=\"_blank\">new variables</a> that made BTC price carve out a new calendar.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/sec-approves-spot-bitcoin-etfs-after-much-hype\" target=\"_blank\">The BTC ETF</a> was the x-factor this time. The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/26/bitcoin-price-today-chart-crypto\" target=\"_blank\">long price rise</a> all through 2023 still squares with bitcoiner orthodoxy, suggesting it would have gotten here <em>eventually</em>. But it looks like the ETF bounce accelerated the timeline.</li></ul><p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Brady's thought bubble: </strong>I still expect this cycle's peak to hit <em>well, well</em> out from today.</p><p>\ud83d\udcad <strong>Crystal's thought bubble: </strong>ETF cycles tell a story too. Wall Street tends to put things in an ETF wrapper after the biggest performance gains have already been had, playing right into investors' foibles.</p><ul><li>Sure, BTC could hit a big round number, but I'm gonna bet percentage gains won't be as impressive from here on out.</li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Because the halving is a big event, there's likely to be a sell-off after (\"sell the news\"). </p><ul><li>It fell to a low 80% below the halving price in 2012. It only lost 20% after 2016's, but the 2020 halving marked the start of the rise \u2014 no drop.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <em>Get daily coverage of how cryptocurrency and blockchain are upending markets with the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Crypto newsletter</a></em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\"></a>.</p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/bitcoin-btc-all-time-high-record-69000\" target=\"_blank\">all-time high</a> for bitcoin price should not have hit yet, according to an eerily consistent time analysis of its three prior cycles. </p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>It's an article of faith among certain bitcoiners that the coin's cycle runs in four-year intervals, triggered primarily by Bitcoin's regularly scheduled <a href=\"https://qz.com/bitcoin-halving-event-explained-price-1851300020\" target=\"_blank\">halving</a>. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up fast: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/satoshi-nakamoto-bitcoin-boom-craig-wright\" target=\"_blank\">pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto</a><strong> </strong>made Bitcoin to express a preference for a predictable form of money with a fixed supply, so there will only ever be 21 million bitcoins (19.6 million are in the market today). </p><ul><li>A few get released every time a block of transactions gets stamped onto the blockchain \u2014 every 10 minutes \u2014 and go to the miner that solved that block.</li><li>That subsidy is 6.25 new bitcoin (BTC) per block, valued today at over $400,000. With the next halving, sometime in April, that will drop all at once to 3.125 BTC.</li><li>Four years later, it will be halved again, and again four years after that, until eventually there's no new BTC (<em>but we will all be dead by then</em>). </li></ul><div>Data: <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\">CoinGecko</a> and <a href=\"https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/bitcoin-halvings-history-a-look-back-in-time\" target=\"_blank\">CoinMarketCap</a>; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>The first halving hit in November 2012, when BTC was $12.20, then, 366 days later, the first all-time high to make the news hit: $1,127 (a more than 90X gain).</p><ul><li>If you look at the table above, you can see: After each high, BTC price has eventually fallen to a bottom well below the high. That lowest-low (the nadir) marks a turnaround. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue:</strong> Then there's this crazy consistency for the next two halvings. Twice, from nadir to all-time high it's about 1,065 days (1,062 and 1,068).</p><ul><li>From halving to all-time high it's been about 535 days (525 and 548). </li><li>From last nadir to April 20, btw? 528 days. If past is prologue, that would suggest a late September, early October peak.</li><li><strong>Bitcoin's never before</strong> broken a prior peak before a halving. </li></ul><p><strong>But this time it did. </strong></p><p><strong>March 8 </strong>was <em>an</em> all-time high, something like 40 days before April's halving. If BTC price follows the pattern of its three prior cycles, it's not <em>the </em>all-time high for this one.</p><ul><li>Maybe the peak will hit something like 580 days from now, and we will know that order remains in the cosmos.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> This cycle <em>has</em> included <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/bitcoin-record-etfs-gary-gensler-sec\" target=\"_blank\">new variables</a> that made BTC price carve out a new calendar.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/sec-approves-spot-bitcoin-etfs-after-much-hype\" target=\"_blank\">The BTC ETF</a> was the x-factor this time. The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/26/bitcoin-price-today-chart-crypto\" target=\"_blank\">long price rise</a> all through 2023 still squares with bitcoiner orthodoxy, suggesting it would have gotten here <em>eventually</em>. But it looks like the ETF bounce accelerated the timeline.</li></ul><p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Brady's thought bubble: </strong>I still expect this cycle's peak to hit <em>well, well</em> out from today.</p><p>\ud83d\udcad <strong>Crystal's thought bubble: </strong>ETF cycles tell a story too. Wall Street tends to put things in an ETF wrapper after the biggest performance gains have already been had, playing right into investors' foibles.</p><ul><li>Sure, BTC could hit a big round number, but I'm gonna bet percentage gains won't be as impressive from here on out.</li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Because the halving is a big event, there's likely to be a sell-off after (\"sell the news\"). </p><ul><li>It fell to a low 80% below the halving price in 2012. It only lost 20% after 2016's, but the 2020 halving marked the start of the rise \u2014 no drop.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <em>Get daily coverage of how cryptocurrency and blockchain are upending markets with the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Crypto newsletter</a></em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\"></a>.</p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/bitcoin-btc-all-time-high-record-69000\" target=\"_blank\">all-time high</a> for bitcoin price should not have hit yet, according to an eerily consistent time analysis of its three prior cycles. </p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>It's an article of faith among certain bitcoiners that the coin's cycle runs in four-year intervals, triggered primarily by Bitcoin's regularly scheduled <a href=\"https://qz.com/bitcoin-halving-event-explained-price-1851300020\" target=\"_blank\">halving</a>. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catch up fast: </strong>The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/satoshi-nakamoto-bitcoin-boom-craig-wright\" target=\"_blank\">pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto</a><strong> </strong>made Bitcoin to express a preference for a predictable form of money with a fixed supply, so there will only ever be 21 million bitcoins (19.6 million are in the market today). </p><ul><li>A few get released every time a block of transactions gets stamped onto the blockchain \u2014 every 10 minutes \u2014 and go to the miner that solved that block.</li><li>That subsidy is 6.25 new bitcoin (BTC) per block, valued today at over $400,000. With the next halving, sometime in April, that will drop all at once to 3.125 BTC.</li><li>Four years later, it will be halved again, and again four years after that, until eventually there's no new BTC (<em>but we will all be dead by then</em>). </li></ul><div>Data: <a href=\"https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/bitcoin\" target=\"_blank\">CoinGecko</a> and <a href=\"https://coinmarketcap.com/academy/article/bitcoin-halvings-history-a-look-back-in-time\" target=\"_blank\">CoinMarketCap</a>; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p><strong>Follow the money: </strong>The first halving hit in November 2012, when BTC was $12.20, then, 366 days later, the first all-time high to make the news hit: $1,127 (a more than 90X gain).</p><ul><li>If you look at the table above, you can see: After each high, BTC price has eventually fallen to a bottom well below the high. That lowest-low (the nadir) marks a turnaround. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue:</strong> Then there's this crazy consistency for the next two halvings. Twice, from nadir to all-time high it's about 1,065 days (1,062 and 1,068).</p><ul><li>From halving to all-time high it's been about 535 days (525 and 548). </li><li>From last nadir to April 20, btw? 528 days. If past is prologue, that would suggest a late September, early October peak.</li><li><strong>Bitcoin's never before</strong> broken a prior peak before a halving. </li></ul><p><strong>But this time it did. </strong></p><p><strong>March 8 </strong>was <em>an</em> all-time high, something like 40 days before April's halving. If BTC price follows the pattern of its three prior cycles, it's not <em>the </em>all-time high for this one.</p><ul><li>Maybe the peak will hit something like 580 days from now, and we will know that order remains in the cosmos.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check:</strong> This cycle <em>has</em> included <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/bitcoin-record-etfs-gary-gensler-sec\" target=\"_blank\">new variables</a> that made BTC price carve out a new calendar.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/sec-approves-spot-bitcoin-etfs-after-much-hype\" target=\"_blank\">The BTC ETF</a> was the x-factor this time. The <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/26/bitcoin-price-today-chart-crypto\" target=\"_blank\">long price rise</a> all through 2023 still squares with bitcoiner orthodoxy, suggesting it would have gotten here <em>eventually</em>. But it looks like the ETF bounce accelerated the timeline.</li></ul><p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Brady's thought bubble: </strong>I still expect this cycle's peak to hit <em>well, well</em> out from today.</p><p>\ud83d\udcad <strong>Crystal's thought bubble: </strong>ETF cycles tell a story too. Wall Street tends to put things in an ETF wrapper after the biggest performance gains have already been had, playing right into investors' foibles.</p><ul><li>Sure, BTC could hit a big round number, but I'm gonna bet percentage gains won't be as impressive from here on out.</li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Because the halving is a big event, there's likely to be a sell-off after (\"sell the news\"). </p><ul><li>It fell to a low 80% below the halving price in 2012. It only lost 20% after 2016's, but the 2020 halving marked the start of the rise \u2014 no drop.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <em>Get daily coverage of how cryptocurrency and blockchain are upending markets with the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Crypto newsletter</a></em><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/signup/cryptocurrency\" target=\"_blank\"></a>.</p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Brady Dale"}], "author": "Brady Dale", "author_detail": {"name": "Brady Dale"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/g2IT92RPqyjs2BmzAPo_s23bYzs=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/12/1710262196670.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/VEndbF0qs0w4LOqAvTjkCkv_aAM=/396x0:1476x1080/128x128/2024/03/12/1710262196670.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:29:30 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 13, 29, 30, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/bitcoin-price-halving-2024", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Mnuchin plans to put together a group to buy TikTok", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Mnuchin plans to put together a group to buy TikTok"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/steven-mnuchin-tiktok-buy"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/steven-mnuchin-tiktok-buy", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/steve-mnuchin-rescue-new-york-community-bancorp\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Mnuchin</a> is recruiting an investor group to buy TikTok, the former Treasury Secretary said Thursday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> TikTok's future in the U.S. is in peril after the House <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">passed</a> a bipartisan bill that would force China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban across the country. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> \"I think the legislation should pass and I think it should be sold,\" Mnuchin <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/former-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-is-putting-together-an-investor-group-to-buy-tiktok.html\" target=\"_blank\">said</a> on CNBC's \"Squawk Box\" on Thursday. \"It's a great business and I'm going to put together a group to buy TikTok.\"</p><ul><li>\"This should be owned by U.S. businesses. There's no way that the Chinese would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China,\" Mnuchin said.</li><li>Mnuchin told CNBC that he has spoken to a \"bunch of people,\" but he declined to elaborate on who. He said that no investor would own more than 10% and that he would give existing investors the option to rollover their stakes.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Some U.S. lawmakers have long been concerned about <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/11/20/tiktok-china-ties-congress-backlash\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok's ties to China</a> and have advocated for changes. </p><ul><li>In 2020, former President Trump issued an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-order-ban-tiktok-45-days\" target=\"_blank\">executive order</a> to ban TikTok. A sale to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/03/microsoft-tiktok-acquisition\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft</a> fell through. <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/oracle-auditing-tiktok-algorithms\" target=\"_blank\">Oracle</a> signed an agreement with TikTok to protect U.S. data. </li><li>But the Oracle deal has not satisfied lawmakers' concerns. Mnuchin told CNBC on Thursday that TikTok \"needs to be rebuilt in the U.S.\" He stressed that it is an issue for the app \"to be on everybody's phone\" due to concerns with China collecting data on Americans.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick also has expressed interest in buying TikTok, the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a>. </p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>TikTok did not respond to Axios' request for comment about Mnuchin's plans for a bid. </p><ul><li>In a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/TikTokPolicy/status/1768045785311035820\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> posted Wednesday responding to the House's vote, TikTok CEO Shou Chew noted a ban would strengthen its competitors and harm American creators and workers. </li><li>\"We will not stop advocating for you, and we will continue to do all we can, including exercising our legal rights to protect this amazing platform we have built for you,\" Chew said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next:</strong> The bill now goes to the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-congress-senate-house-bill-stall\" target=\"_blank\">Senate</a>. </p><ul><li>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/josh-hawley-tiktok-bill-senate\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> Axios' Dan Primack that he is doubtful there will be a similar vote there.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-reality-check\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok lives for now: How the race to ban it could unfold</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/congress-tiktok-cfius-bytedance-ban\" target=\"_blank\">Congress is cracking down on TikTok because CFIUS hasn't</a></li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/steve-mnuchin-rescue-new-york-community-bancorp\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Mnuchin</a> is recruiting an investor group to buy TikTok, the former Treasury Secretary said Thursday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> TikTok's future in the U.S. is in peril after the House <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">passed</a> a bipartisan bill that would force China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban across the country. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> \"I think the legislation should pass and I think it should be sold,\" Mnuchin <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/former-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-is-putting-together-an-investor-group-to-buy-tiktok.html\" target=\"_blank\">said</a> on CNBC's \"Squawk Box\" on Thursday. \"It's a great business and I'm going to put together a group to buy TikTok.\"</p><ul><li>\"This should be owned by U.S. businesses. There's no way that the Chinese would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China,\" Mnuchin said.</li><li>Mnuchin told CNBC that he has spoken to a \"bunch of people,\" but he declined to elaborate on who. He said that no investor would own more than 10% and that he would give existing investors the option to rollover their stakes.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Some U.S. lawmakers have long been concerned about <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/11/20/tiktok-china-ties-congress-backlash\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok's ties to China</a> and have advocated for changes. </p><ul><li>In 2020, former President Trump issued an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-order-ban-tiktok-45-days\" target=\"_blank\">executive order</a> to ban TikTok. A sale to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/03/microsoft-tiktok-acquisition\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft</a> fell through. <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/oracle-auditing-tiktok-algorithms\" target=\"_blank\">Oracle</a> signed an agreement with TikTok to protect U.S. data. </li><li>But the Oracle deal has not satisfied lawmakers' concerns. Mnuchin told CNBC on Thursday that TikTok \"needs to be rebuilt in the U.S.\" He stressed that it is an issue for the app \"to be on everybody's phone\" due to concerns with China collecting data on Americans.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick also has expressed interest in buying TikTok, the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a>. </p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>TikTok did not respond to Axios' request for comment about Mnuchin's plans for a bid. </p><ul><li>In a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/TikTokPolicy/status/1768045785311035820\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> posted Wednesday responding to the House's vote, TikTok CEO Shou Chew noted a ban would strengthen its competitors and harm American creators and workers. </li><li>\"We will not stop advocating for you, and we will continue to do all we can, including exercising our legal rights to protect this amazing platform we have built for you,\" Chew said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next:</strong> The bill now goes to the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-congress-senate-house-bill-stall\" target=\"_blank\">Senate</a>. </p><ul><li>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/josh-hawley-tiktok-bill-senate\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> Axios' Dan Primack that he is doubtful there will be a similar vote there.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-reality-check\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok lives for now: How the race to ban it could unfold</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/congress-tiktok-cfius-bytedance-ban\" target=\"_blank\">Congress is cracking down on TikTok because CFIUS hasn't</a></li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/06/steve-mnuchin-rescue-new-york-community-bancorp\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Mnuchin</a> is recruiting an investor group to buy TikTok, the former Treasury Secretary said Thursday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> TikTok's future in the U.S. is in peril after the House <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">passed</a> a bipartisan bill that would force China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban across the country. </p><hr /><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> \"I think the legislation should pass and I think it should be sold,\" Mnuchin <a href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/former-treasury-secretary-mnuchin-is-putting-together-an-investor-group-to-buy-tiktok.html\" target=\"_blank\">said</a> on CNBC's \"Squawk Box\" on Thursday. \"It's a great business and I'm going to put together a group to buy TikTok.\"</p><ul><li>\"This should be owned by U.S. businesses. There's no way that the Chinese would ever let a U.S. company own something like this in China,\" Mnuchin said.</li><li>Mnuchin told CNBC that he has spoken to a \"bunch of people,\" but he declined to elaborate on who. He said that no investor would own more than 10% and that he would give existing investors the option to rollover their stakes.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Some U.S. lawmakers have long been concerned about <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/11/20/tiktok-china-ties-congress-backlash\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok's ties to China</a> and have advocated for changes. </p><ul><li>In 2020, former President Trump issued an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-order-ban-tiktok-45-days\" target=\"_blank\">executive order</a> to ban TikTok. A sale to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/03/microsoft-tiktok-acquisition\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft</a> fell through. <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/oracle-auditing-tiktok-algorithms\" target=\"_blank\">Oracle</a> signed an agreement with TikTok to protect U.S. data. </li><li>But the Oracle deal has not satisfied lawmakers' concerns. Mnuchin told CNBC on Thursday that TikTok \"needs to be rebuilt in the U.S.\" He stressed that it is an issue for the app \"to be on everybody's phone\" due to concerns with China collecting data on Americans.</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Former Activision CEO Bobby Kotick also has expressed interest in buying TikTok, the Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980\" target=\"_blank\">reported</a>. </p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>TikTok did not respond to Axios' request for comment about Mnuchin's plans for a bid. </p><ul><li>In a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/TikTokPolicy/status/1768045785311035820\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> posted Wednesday responding to the House's vote, TikTok CEO Shou Chew noted a ban would strengthen its competitors and harm American creators and workers. </li><li>\"We will not stop advocating for you, and we will continue to do all we can, including exercising our legal rights to protect this amazing platform we have built for you,\" Chew said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next:</strong> The bill now goes to the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-congress-senate-house-bill-stall\" target=\"_blank\">Senate</a>. </p><ul><li>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/josh-hawley-tiktok-bill-senate\" target=\"_blank\">told</a> Axios' Dan Primack that he is doubtful there will be a similar vote there.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-reality-check\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok lives for now: How the race to ban it could unfold</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/congress-tiktok-cfius-bytedance-ban\" target=\"_blank\">Congress is cracking down on TikTok because CFIUS hasn't</a></li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Kerry Flynn"}], "author": "Kerry Flynn", "author_detail": {"name": "Kerry Flynn"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Steven Mnuchin at the 2023 Milken Institute Global Conference. Photo: Jerod Harris/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/N6fbhI6inrfTK_wV52B64_k0tUQ=/0x110:4300x2529/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710420882150.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/P0BQqG51YtJSo-bqvNdOyuLRhSo=/205x0:3071x2866/128x128/2024/03/14/1710420882150.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:01:52 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 13, 1, 52, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/steven-mnuchin-tiktok-buy", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "La Ni\u00f1a odds increase, adding to Atlantic hurricane season concerns", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "La Ni\u00f1a odds increase, adding to Atlantic hurricane season concerns"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hurricane-season-la-nina"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hurricane-season-la-nina", "summary": "<div>Data: NOAA; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>The tropical Pacific Ocean is in the process of lurching from a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/09/el-nino-extreme-heat\" target=\"_blank\">strong and planet-warming El Ni\u00f1o</a> to a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/weather-la-nina-el-nino-climate\" target=\"_blank\">cooling La Ni\u00f1a</a>, according to <a href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">new data released Thursday</a>. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>La Ni\u00f1a events may supercharge the Atlantic hurricane season, while also somewhat reducing global average surface temperatures. </p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>A new NOAA forecast increases the odds for both a rapid transition to \"El Ni\u00f1o-Southern Oscillation neutral conditions\" (when neither El Ni\u00f1o nor La Ni\u00f1a are present) during the next two months and the development of La Ni\u00f1a as early as the June through August period. </p><ul><li>Compared to the previous outlook <a href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">released on Feb. 8</a>, the odds of a La Ni\u00f1a have increased. </li><li>In fact, an area of cooler-than-average waters has already emerged along the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, with cooler-than-average waters also lurking beneath the ocean surface across a larger portion of the tropical Pacific. </li></ul><p><strong>How it works: </strong>La Ni\u00f1a episodes feature cooler-than-average waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. They can reduce upper-level winds across the Atlantic during hurricane season.</p><ul><li>This <em>decreases</em> atmospheric wind shear; in turn, it tends to favor the development and intensification of tropical storms and hurricanes.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>According to the new outlook, El Ni\u00f1o is already making a quick exit. </p><ul><li>The outlook projects a transition to ENSO-neutral conditions during the spring, with an 83% chance of ENSO-neutral conditions during the April through June period. </li><li>The forecast shows a 62% chance \u2014 up from 55% in the February outlook \u2014 of a La Ni\u00f1a developing during the June through August period. </li><li>By the August through October period, which is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, the new outlook shows an 82% chance of a La Ni\u00f1a event. </li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong>NOAA's outlooks show a remarkably quick switch away from El Ni\u00f1o, but experts told Axios this has been seen before with strong events. </p><ul><li>\"Big El Ni\u00f1os especially can end abruptly, creating conditions favorable for a rapid onset of La Ni\u00f1a,\" Michael McPhaden, a NOAA senior scientist, told Axios via email.\u00a0\"One way to think about the El Ni\u00f1o to La Ni\u00f1a transition is in terms of a playground swing.\"</li><li>\"The higher up you are on the backswing (El Ni\u00f1o), the faster you'll come down and your momentum at the bottom of the swing will propel you quickly forward and upward (La Ni\u00f1a),\" McPhaden said.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>La Ni\u00f1a is not the only factor worrying hurricane forecasters. Ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic are at the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/hurricane-season-la-nina-hot-oceans\" target=\"_blank\">highest level on record</a> for this time of year, and it is looking less likely that they will moderate before the hurricane season starts on June 1. </p><ul><li>It is possible that most seasonal outlooks due out in the next few weeks will call for unusually high numbers of storms, including the number of \"major\" hurricanes (Categories 3 and above). </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: \"</strong>This is new for everyone,\" Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami, told Axios about the conditions setting up for this season.  </p><ul><li>\"We haven't experienced a strong La Ni\u00f1a combined with Atlantic water temperatures that are this anomalously warm,\" he said.\u00a0\"At a basic level, that combination would make for a very active Atlantic hurricane season, since both of those factors individually act to nudge it upward,\" he said.\u00a0 </li><li>\"Zooming in a little, we'd be more likely to see activity begin earlier in the season than normal and then during the heart of the season, we'd be more likely to see stronger storms and potentially more instances of rapid intensification,\" McNoldy said.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The development of La Ni\u00f1a is not certain, and forecasts made at this time of year can be less accurate due to what meteorologists call the <a href=\"https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/april-2023-enso-update-el-nino-watch#:~:text=ENSO%20tends%20to%20change%20phase,to%20be%20giving%20El%20Ni%C3%B1o\" target=\"_blank\">spring predictability barrier</a>. </p><ul><li>This refers to the difficulty of predicting El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a during the spring for the following fall. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Right now, though, forecasters are more confident than they would typically be at this time of year. </p><ul><li>And if a La Ni\u00f1a does set in, it would likely knock <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/weather-winter-record-warmth\" target=\"_blank\">global average surface temperatures</a> back from their record levels, potentially causing 2024 to come in second to 2023 on the list of warmest years. </li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: NOAA; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>The tropical Pacific Ocean is in the process of lurching from a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/09/el-nino-extreme-heat\" target=\"_blank\">strong and planet-warming El Ni\u00f1o</a> to a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/weather-la-nina-el-nino-climate\" target=\"_blank\">cooling La Ni\u00f1a</a>, according to <a href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">new data released Thursday</a>. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>La Ni\u00f1a events may supercharge the Atlantic hurricane season, while also somewhat reducing global average surface temperatures. </p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>A new NOAA forecast increases the odds for both a rapid transition to \"El Ni\u00f1o-Southern Oscillation neutral conditions\" (when neither El Ni\u00f1o nor La Ni\u00f1a are present) during the next two months and the development of La Ni\u00f1a as early as the June through August period. </p><ul><li>Compared to the previous outlook <a href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">released on Feb. 8</a>, the odds of a La Ni\u00f1a have increased. </li><li>In fact, an area of cooler-than-average waters has already emerged along the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, with cooler-than-average waters also lurking beneath the ocean surface across a larger portion of the tropical Pacific. </li></ul><p><strong>How it works: </strong>La Ni\u00f1a episodes feature cooler-than-average waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. They can reduce upper-level winds across the Atlantic during hurricane season.</p><ul><li>This <em>decreases</em> atmospheric wind shear; in turn, it tends to favor the development and intensification of tropical storms and hurricanes.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>According to the new outlook, El Ni\u00f1o is already making a quick exit. </p><ul><li>The outlook projects a transition to ENSO-neutral conditions during the spring, with an 83% chance of ENSO-neutral conditions during the April through June period. </li><li>The forecast shows a 62% chance \u2014 up from 55% in the February outlook \u2014 of a La Ni\u00f1a developing during the June through August period. </li><li>By the August through October period, which is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, the new outlook shows an 82% chance of a La Ni\u00f1a event. </li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong>NOAA's outlooks show a remarkably quick switch away from El Ni\u00f1o, but experts told Axios this has been seen before with strong events. </p><ul><li>\"Big El Ni\u00f1os especially can end abruptly, creating conditions favorable for a rapid onset of La Ni\u00f1a,\" Michael McPhaden, a NOAA senior scientist, told Axios via email.\u00a0\"One way to think about the El Ni\u00f1o to La Ni\u00f1a transition is in terms of a playground swing.\"</li><li>\"The higher up you are on the backswing (El Ni\u00f1o), the faster you'll come down and your momentum at the bottom of the swing will propel you quickly forward and upward (La Ni\u00f1a),\" McPhaden said.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>La Ni\u00f1a is not the only factor worrying hurricane forecasters. Ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic are at the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/hurricane-season-la-nina-hot-oceans\" target=\"_blank\">highest level on record</a> for this time of year, and it is looking less likely that they will moderate before the hurricane season starts on June 1. </p><ul><li>It is possible that most seasonal outlooks due out in the next few weeks will call for unusually high numbers of storms, including the number of \"major\" hurricanes (Categories 3 and above). </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: \"</strong>This is new for everyone,\" Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami, told Axios about the conditions setting up for this season.  </p><ul><li>\"We haven't experienced a strong La Ni\u00f1a combined with Atlantic water temperatures that are this anomalously warm,\" he said.\u00a0\"At a basic level, that combination would make for a very active Atlantic hurricane season, since both of those factors individually act to nudge it upward,\" he said.\u00a0 </li><li>\"Zooming in a little, we'd be more likely to see activity begin earlier in the season than normal and then during the heart of the season, we'd be more likely to see stronger storms and potentially more instances of rapid intensification,\" McNoldy said.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The development of La Ni\u00f1a is not certain, and forecasts made at this time of year can be less accurate due to what meteorologists call the <a href=\"https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/april-2023-enso-update-el-nino-watch#:~:text=ENSO%20tends%20to%20change%20phase,to%20be%20giving%20El%20Ni%C3%B1o\" target=\"_blank\">spring predictability barrier</a>. </p><ul><li>This refers to the difficulty of predicting El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a during the spring for the following fall. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Right now, though, forecasters are more confident than they would typically be at this time of year. </p><ul><li>And if a La Ni\u00f1a does set in, it would likely knock <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/weather-winter-record-warmth\" target=\"_blank\">global average surface temperatures</a> back from their record levels, potentially causing 2024 to come in second to 2023 on the list of warmest years. </li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: NOAA; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>The tropical Pacific Ocean is in the process of lurching from a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/09/el-nino-extreme-heat\" target=\"_blank\">strong and planet-warming El Ni\u00f1o</a> to a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/08/weather-la-nina-el-nino-climate\" target=\"_blank\">cooling La Ni\u00f1a</a>, according to <a href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">new data released Thursday</a>. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>La Ni\u00f1a events may supercharge the Atlantic hurricane season, while also somewhat reducing global average surface temperatures. </p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>A new NOAA forecast increases the odds for both a rapid transition to \"El Ni\u00f1o-Southern Oscillation neutral conditions\" (when neither El Ni\u00f1o nor La Ni\u00f1a are present) during the next two months and the development of La Ni\u00f1a as early as the June through August period. </p><ul><li>Compared to the previous outlook <a href=\"https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">released on Feb. 8</a>, the odds of a La Ni\u00f1a have increased. </li><li>In fact, an area of cooler-than-average waters has already emerged along the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, with cooler-than-average waters also lurking beneath the ocean surface across a larger portion of the tropical Pacific. </li></ul><p><strong>How it works: </strong>La Ni\u00f1a episodes feature cooler-than-average waters in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. They can reduce upper-level winds across the Atlantic during hurricane season.</p><ul><li>This <em>decreases</em> atmospheric wind shear; in turn, it tends to favor the development and intensification of tropical storms and hurricanes.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>According to the new outlook, El Ni\u00f1o is already making a quick exit. </p><ul><li>The outlook projects a transition to ENSO-neutral conditions during the spring, with an 83% chance of ENSO-neutral conditions during the April through June period. </li><li>The forecast shows a 62% chance \u2014 up from 55% in the February outlook \u2014 of a La Ni\u00f1a developing during the June through August period. </li><li>By the August through October period, which is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, the new outlook shows an 82% chance of a La Ni\u00f1a event. </li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong>NOAA's outlooks show a remarkably quick switch away from El Ni\u00f1o, but experts told Axios this has been seen before with strong events. </p><ul><li>\"Big El Ni\u00f1os especially can end abruptly, creating conditions favorable for a rapid onset of La Ni\u00f1a,\" Michael McPhaden, a NOAA senior scientist, told Axios via email.\u00a0\"One way to think about the El Ni\u00f1o to La Ni\u00f1a transition is in terms of a playground swing.\"</li><li>\"The higher up you are on the backswing (El Ni\u00f1o), the faster you'll come down and your momentum at the bottom of the swing will propel you quickly forward and upward (La Ni\u00f1a),\" McPhaden said.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>La Ni\u00f1a is not the only factor worrying hurricane forecasters. Ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic are at the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/05/hurricane-season-la-nina-hot-oceans\" target=\"_blank\">highest level on record</a> for this time of year, and it is looking less likely that they will moderate before the hurricane season starts on June 1. </p><ul><li>It is possible that most seasonal outlooks due out in the next few weeks will call for unusually high numbers of storms, including the number of \"major\" hurricanes (Categories 3 and above). </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: \"</strong>This is new for everyone,\" Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami, told Axios about the conditions setting up for this season.  </p><ul><li>\"We haven't experienced a strong La Ni\u00f1a combined with Atlantic water temperatures that are this anomalously warm,\" he said.\u00a0\"At a basic level, that combination would make for a very active Atlantic hurricane season, since both of those factors individually act to nudge it upward,\" he said.\u00a0 </li><li>\"Zooming in a little, we'd be more likely to see activity begin earlier in the season than normal and then during the heart of the season, we'd be more likely to see stronger storms and potentially more instances of rapid intensification,\" McNoldy said.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The development of La Ni\u00f1a is not certain, and forecasts made at this time of year can be less accurate due to what meteorologists call the <a href=\"https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/april-2023-enso-update-el-nino-watch#:~:text=ENSO%20tends%20to%20change%20phase,to%20be%20giving%20El%20Ni%C3%B1o\" target=\"_blank\">spring predictability barrier</a>. </p><ul><li>This refers to the difficulty of predicting El Ni\u00f1o and La Ni\u00f1a during the spring for the following fall. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Right now, though, forecasters are more confident than they would typically be at this time of year. </p><ul><li>And if a La Ni\u00f1a does set in, it would likely knock <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/weather-winter-record-warmth\" target=\"_blank\">global average surface temperatures</a> back from their record levels, potentially causing 2024 to come in second to 2023 on the list of warmest years. </li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Andrew Freedman"}], "author": "Andrew Freedman", "author_detail": {"name": "Andrew Freedman"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Data: NOAA; Chart: Axios Visuals", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/hUJrN/fallback.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/OmDG5MWNLHsuVKFP6MlaEz5ytoE=/128x128/smart/2024/03/14/1710424363332.png"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:00:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 13, 0, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/hurricane-season-la-nina", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Florida rising: Sunshine State metro areas lead country in population growth", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Florida rising: Sunshine State metro areas lead country in population growth"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/census-florida-cities-population-new-york"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/census-florida-cities-population-new-york", "summary": "<div>Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Chart: Kavya Beheraj/Axios</div><p>The country's top four fastest-growing metro areas over the past three years were all in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/22/state-list-florida-fastest-growing-census\" target=\"_blank\">Sunshine State</a>, according to U.S. census figures out Thursday.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The growth in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/04/07/florida-population-growth-tampa-bay\" target=\"_blank\">Florida</a> cities comes amid a broader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/14/where-america-stands\" target=\"_blank\">population</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/05/america-new-economic-hotspots-south\" target=\"_blank\">economic</a> boom in Southern states.</p><hr /><ul><li>\"Domestic migration patterns are changing, and the impact on counties is especially evident,\" the <a href=\"https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/population-estimates-more-counties-population-gains-2023.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\">Census Bureau said</a>.</li><li>On a yearly basis, the \"10 counties with the largest net domestic in-migration were mostly in the South,\" the bureau said.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Between 2020 and 2023, the country's fastest-growing metro area was Lakeland, Fla., at 12.1%.</p><ul><li>Between 2022 and 2023, it was Wildwood-The Villages, Fla., at 4.7%.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>New York City<strong> </strong>lost nearly 78,000 residents in 2023, shrinking its population to 8.26 million. But <a href=\"https://link.axios.com/click/34677678.182022/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvZmxvcmlkYS1wb3B1bGF0aW9uLWdyb3d0aC1jZW5zdXMtaW1taWdyYXRpb24tMjJhMWQ0NmFkMjc1ZjI3YjRjYmY0NTYxMWFlYTI3NjA_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbSZzdHJlYW09dG9w/5c777920a41e4f76a8235705Bef5f11ff\" target=\"_blank\">city officials say</a> that doesn't account for the influx of tens of thousands of asylum seekers last year.<em> </em></p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/income-geography-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">How the pandemic shifted America's geography of income</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Chart: Kavya Beheraj/Axios</div><p>The country's top four fastest-growing metro areas over the past three years were all in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/22/state-list-florida-fastest-growing-census\" target=\"_blank\">Sunshine State</a>, according to U.S. census figures out Thursday.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The growth in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/04/07/florida-population-growth-tampa-bay\" target=\"_blank\">Florida</a> cities comes amid a broader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/14/where-america-stands\" target=\"_blank\">population</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/05/america-new-economic-hotspots-south\" target=\"_blank\">economic</a> boom in Southern states.</p><hr /><ul><li>\"Domestic migration patterns are changing, and the impact on counties is especially evident,\" the <a href=\"https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/population-estimates-more-counties-population-gains-2023.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\">Census Bureau said</a>.</li><li>On a yearly basis, the \"10 counties with the largest net domestic in-migration were mostly in the South,\" the bureau said.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Between 2020 and 2023, the country's fastest-growing metro area was Lakeland, Fla., at 12.1%.</p><ul><li>Between 2022 and 2023, it was Wildwood-The Villages, Fla., at 4.7%.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>New York City<strong> </strong>lost nearly 78,000 residents in 2023, shrinking its population to 8.26 million. But <a href=\"https://link.axios.com/click/34677678.182022/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvZmxvcmlkYS1wb3B1bGF0aW9uLWdyb3d0aC1jZW5zdXMtaW1taWdyYXRpb24tMjJhMWQ0NmFkMjc1ZjI3YjRjYmY0NTYxMWFlYTI3NjA_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbSZzdHJlYW09dG9w/5c777920a41e4f76a8235705Bef5f11ff\" target=\"_blank\">city officials say</a> that doesn't account for the influx of tens of thousands of asylum seekers last year.<em> </em></p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/income-geography-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">How the pandemic shifted America's geography of income</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Chart: Kavya Beheraj/Axios</div><p>The country's top four fastest-growing metro areas over the past three years were all in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/22/state-list-florida-fastest-growing-census\" target=\"_blank\">Sunshine State</a>, according to U.S. census figures out Thursday.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The growth in the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2023/04/07/florida-population-growth-tampa-bay\" target=\"_blank\">Florida</a> cities comes amid a broader <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/14/where-america-stands\" target=\"_blank\">population</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/05/america-new-economic-hotspots-south\" target=\"_blank\">economic</a> boom in Southern states.</p><hr /><ul><li>\"Domestic migration patterns are changing, and the impact on counties is especially evident,\" the <a href=\"https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/population-estimates-more-counties-population-gains-2023.html?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top\" target=\"_blank\">Census Bureau said</a>.</li><li>On a yearly basis, the \"10 counties with the largest net domestic in-migration were mostly in the South,\" the bureau said.</li></ul><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>Between 2020 and 2023, the country's fastest-growing metro area was Lakeland, Fla., at 12.1%.</p><ul><li>Between 2022 and 2023, it was Wildwood-The Villages, Fla., at 4.7%.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>New York City<strong> </strong>lost nearly 78,000 residents in 2023, shrinking its population to 8.26 million. But <a href=\"https://link.axios.com/click/34677678.182022/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2FydGljbGUvZmxvcmlkYS1wb3B1bGF0aW9uLWdyb3d0aC1jZW5zdXMtaW1taWdyYXRpb24tMjJhMWQ0NmFkMjc1ZjI3YjRjYmY0NTYxMWFlYTI3NjA_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbSZzdHJlYW09dG9w/5c777920a41e4f76a8235705Bef5f11ff\" target=\"_blank\">city officials say</a> that doesn't account for the influx of tens of thousands of asylum seekers last year.<em> </em></p><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/08/income-geography-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\">How the pandemic shifted America's geography of income</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Axios"}], "author": "Axios", "author_detail": {"name": "Axios"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Data: U.S. Census Bureau; Chart: Kavya Beheraj/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/yGrRF/fallback.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/NNCKWCSIYA30KnVY3gkAQ3Gpk30=/128x128/smart/2024/03/14/1710415957477.png"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:11:46 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 12, 11, 46, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/census-florida-cities-population-new-york", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "\"There's a lot of bad information\": Beware TikTok tax advice", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "\"There's a lot of bad information\": Beware TikTok tax advice"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-advice"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-advice", "summary": "<p>No, you probably can't write off your cat or the full price of your car as business expenses on your <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/irs-tax-season-2024-taxes-refund\" target=\"_blank\">taxes</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Those are some tax strategies offered up on <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/tiktok-news\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a> to business owners, and as tax season kicks into high gear, it's a reminder that they shouldn't be taken at face value.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> There are growing fears over TikTok's influence in the U.S., evidenced by a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">bill</a> that passed the House Wednesday that would effectively ban the platform if its China-based owner, ByteDance, doesn't sell it. </p><ul><li>One of the big concerns is that the Chinese government is using the social media app to push propaganda here. </li><li>As these tax advice videos \u2014 and plenty of <a href=\"https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20240116/tik-tok-not-a-good-place-for-health-advice\" target=\"_blank\">other things</a> \u2014 show, it's often Americans who put up the misleading and potentially harmful content on the socials.  </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>A tax lawyer in San Diego tells Axios that he's seeing more clients get whacky tax ideas from social media \u2014 and it's a worrying trend.</p><ul><li> \"It's filtering into decision-making,\" says Adam Brewer, who is a tax controversy attorney \u2014\u00a0the guy who gets called in when someone is facing problems with the IRS.</li><li>A few clients of his are buying expensive cars anticipating that they can write down the price of the entire vehicle, he says. Just as this <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/%40addison.jarman/video/7138905619230166315?_r=1&amp;_t=8kPAyb7aaex\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a> from last year asserts. </li><li>But whether or not you can claim the full purchase price of a car depends on what you're using that vehicle for \u2014\u00a0how often for work purposes as opposed to regular chores, etc. </li><li>If you wind up buying one, mistakenly thinking you'll get a huge tax break \u2014\u00a0you might wind up saddled with a huge expense for years to come.</li></ul><p><strong>When Brewer visited </strong>a client's house recently, he was greeted by a little white dog \u2014 his owner wondered if he could write off the pup because he \"provided security,\" Brewer says. </p><ul><li>That's the tip offered by <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/%40chelseaismytaxlady/video/7185142411230809387?_r=1&amp;_t=8kPC0gkCSlS\" target=\"_blank\">chelseaismytaxlady</a>. \"Maybe your pet is an influencer and they help you run your monetized YouTube channel,\" she says. In cases like these, and others she mentioned, you may be able to write off your expenses on food, grooming or vet bills.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Sometimes you <em>can</em> write off expenses for an animal or pet, that's true. But filers have to meet a standard that these expenses were \"ordinary and necessary,\" says Eric Smith, an IRS spokesperson. </p><ul><li>Context matters. A cattle rancher who uses dogs for security could likely write off the animal's expenses. A freelance writer probably couldn't write off their cat for keeping her home office free of mice. </li><li>Even if your fabulous pet is a star, if she is in just one commercial, you might not get any deductions there, says Mark Luscombe, principal federal tax analyst at Wolters Kluwer. </li><li>None of the advice he saw on TikTok \u2014 about writing off travel or meals \u2014\u00a0was wrong necessarily but \"you gotta be sure and do your homework.\"</li></ul><p><strong>\"There's a lot of bad information out there,\" </strong>Smith says. \"The IRS wants you to take every deduction to which you're legally entitled. But just remember the laws are limited. Sometimes it's common sense.\"</p><ul><li>The problem doesn't end if TikTok ultimately gets banned. Brewer, the tax attorney, says<strong> </strong>he also sees these videos a lot on Instagram.  </li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>No, you probably can't write off your cat or the full price of your car as business expenses on your <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/irs-tax-season-2024-taxes-refund\" target=\"_blank\">taxes</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Those are some tax strategies offered up on <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/tiktok-news\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a> to business owners, and as tax season kicks into high gear, it's a reminder that they shouldn't be taken at face value.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> There are growing fears over TikTok's influence in the U.S., evidenced by a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">bill</a> that passed the House Wednesday that would effectively ban the platform if its China-based owner, ByteDance, doesn't sell it. </p><ul><li>One of the big concerns is that the Chinese government is using the social media app to push propaganda here. </li><li>As these tax advice videos \u2014 and plenty of <a href=\"https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20240116/tik-tok-not-a-good-place-for-health-advice\" target=\"_blank\">other things</a> \u2014 show, it's often Americans who put up the misleading and potentially harmful content on the socials.  </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>A tax lawyer in San Diego tells Axios that he's seeing more clients get whacky tax ideas from social media \u2014 and it's a worrying trend.</p><ul><li> \"It's filtering into decision-making,\" says Adam Brewer, who is a tax controversy attorney \u2014\u00a0the guy who gets called in when someone is facing problems with the IRS.</li><li>A few clients of his are buying expensive cars anticipating that they can write down the price of the entire vehicle, he says. Just as this <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/%40addison.jarman/video/7138905619230166315?_r=1&amp;_t=8kPAyb7aaex\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a> from last year asserts. </li><li>But whether or not you can claim the full purchase price of a car depends on what you're using that vehicle for \u2014\u00a0how often for work purposes as opposed to regular chores, etc. </li><li>If you wind up buying one, mistakenly thinking you'll get a huge tax break \u2014\u00a0you might wind up saddled with a huge expense for years to come.</li></ul><p><strong>When Brewer visited </strong>a client's house recently, he was greeted by a little white dog \u2014 his owner wondered if he could write off the pup because he \"provided security,\" Brewer says. </p><ul><li>That's the tip offered by <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/%40chelseaismytaxlady/video/7185142411230809387?_r=1&amp;_t=8kPC0gkCSlS\" target=\"_blank\">chelseaismytaxlady</a>. \"Maybe your pet is an influencer and they help you run your monetized YouTube channel,\" she says. In cases like these, and others she mentioned, you may be able to write off your expenses on food, grooming or vet bills.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Sometimes you <em>can</em> write off expenses for an animal or pet, that's true. But filers have to meet a standard that these expenses were \"ordinary and necessary,\" says Eric Smith, an IRS spokesperson. </p><ul><li>Context matters. A cattle rancher who uses dogs for security could likely write off the animal's expenses. A freelance writer probably couldn't write off their cat for keeping her home office free of mice. </li><li>Even if your fabulous pet is a star, if she is in just one commercial, you might not get any deductions there, says Mark Luscombe, principal federal tax analyst at Wolters Kluwer. </li><li>None of the advice he saw on TikTok \u2014 about writing off travel or meals \u2014\u00a0was wrong necessarily but \"you gotta be sure and do your homework.\"</li></ul><p><strong>\"There's a lot of bad information out there,\" </strong>Smith says. \"The IRS wants you to take every deduction to which you're legally entitled. But just remember the laws are limited. Sometimes it's common sense.\"</p><ul><li>The problem doesn't end if TikTok ultimately gets banned. Brewer, the tax attorney, says<strong> </strong>he also sees these videos a lot on Instagram.  </li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>No, you probably can't write off your cat or the full price of your car as business expenses on your <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/29/irs-tax-season-2024-taxes-refund\" target=\"_blank\">taxes</a>.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Those are some tax strategies offered up on <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/technology/tiktok-news\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a> to business owners, and as tax season kicks into high gear, it's a reminder that they shouldn't be taken at face value.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> There are growing fears over TikTok's influence in the U.S., evidenced by a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">bill</a> that passed the House Wednesday that would effectively ban the platform if its China-based owner, ByteDance, doesn't sell it. </p><ul><li>One of the big concerns is that the Chinese government is using the social media app to push propaganda here. </li><li>As these tax advice videos \u2014 and plenty of <a href=\"https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/news/20240116/tik-tok-not-a-good-place-for-health-advice\" target=\"_blank\">other things</a> \u2014 show, it's often Americans who put up the misleading and potentially harmful content on the socials.  </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>A tax lawyer in San Diego tells Axios that he's seeing more clients get whacky tax ideas from social media \u2014 and it's a worrying trend.</p><ul><li> \"It's filtering into decision-making,\" says Adam Brewer, who is a tax controversy attorney \u2014\u00a0the guy who gets called in when someone is facing problems with the IRS.</li><li>A few clients of his are buying expensive cars anticipating that they can write down the price of the entire vehicle, he says. Just as this <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/%40addison.jarman/video/7138905619230166315?_r=1&amp;_t=8kPAyb7aaex\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a> from last year asserts. </li><li>But whether or not you can claim the full purchase price of a car depends on what you're using that vehicle for \u2014\u00a0how often for work purposes as opposed to regular chores, etc. </li><li>If you wind up buying one, mistakenly thinking you'll get a huge tax break \u2014\u00a0you might wind up saddled with a huge expense for years to come.</li></ul><p><strong>When Brewer visited </strong>a client's house recently, he was greeted by a little white dog \u2014 his owner wondered if he could write off the pup because he \"provided security,\" Brewer says. </p><ul><li>That's the tip offered by <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/%40chelseaismytaxlady/video/7185142411230809387?_r=1&amp;_t=8kPC0gkCSlS\" target=\"_blank\">chelseaismytaxlady</a>. \"Maybe your pet is an influencer and they help you run your monetized YouTube channel,\" she says. In cases like these, and others she mentioned, you may be able to write off your expenses on food, grooming or vet bills.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Sometimes you <em>can</em> write off expenses for an animal or pet, that's true. But filers have to meet a standard that these expenses were \"ordinary and necessary,\" says Eric Smith, an IRS spokesperson. </p><ul><li>Context matters. A cattle rancher who uses dogs for security could likely write off the animal's expenses. A freelance writer probably couldn't write off their cat for keeping her home office free of mice. </li><li>Even if your fabulous pet is a star, if she is in just one commercial, you might not get any deductions there, says Mark Luscombe, principal federal tax analyst at Wolters Kluwer. </li><li>None of the advice he saw on TikTok \u2014 about writing off travel or meals \u2014\u00a0was wrong necessarily but \"you gotta be sure and do your homework.\"</li></ul><p><strong>\"There's a lot of bad information out there,\" </strong>Smith says. \"The IRS wants you to take every deduction to which you're legally entitled. But just remember the laws are limited. Sometimes it's common sense.\"</p><ul><li>The problem doesn't end if TikTok ultimately gets banned. Brewer, the tax attorney, says<strong> </strong>he also sees these videos a lot on Instagram.  </li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Emily Peck"}], "author": "Emily Peck", "author_detail": {"name": "Emily Peck"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/lLmzLEoqjJQscYODhgVmwJRM_ug=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710363117618.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/_v3Nu6rXVnZI7ZQAt3fwkkpnqiw=/661x0:1741x1080/128x128/2024/03/13/1710363117618.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 11:33:45 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 11, 33, 45, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-advice", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "More books were targeted for censorship in 2023", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "More books were targeted for censorship in 2023"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/book-bans-censorship-libraries-lgbtq"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/book-bans-censorship-libraries-lgbtq", "summary": "<div>Data:\u00a0American Library Association;\u00a0Map: Rahul Mukherjee/Axios</div><p>The number of books targeted for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/22/book-bans-libraries-surge\" target=\"_blank\">censorship</a> at U.S. schools and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/libraries-ebooks-hoopla-libby-book-ban-censorship\" target=\"_blank\">libraries</a> rose 65% in 2023 over 2022, the American Library Association (ALA) said today.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's the highest level the group has ever reported, coming as pro-censorship groups increasingly target multiple titles at once.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>4,240 different titles were targeted for censorship last year, compared with 2,571 in 2022 \u2014 which was then a record.</p><ul><li><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The number of overall censorship demands dropped slightly, to 1,247 in 2023 from 1,269 in 2022.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Librarians and educators view the move to stifle reading material for young people as such a grave threat that they're propagating the term \"<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/22/book-bans-libraries-surge\" target=\"_blank\">intellectual freedom challenges</a>\" as a descriptor.</p><ul><li>Censorship efforts tend to focus on books with multicultural or LGBTQ themes \u2014\u00a047% of targeted books \"represented the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals,\" per ALA's report.</li><li>Classics like \"Lord of the Flies\" and \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" have also been in the crosshairs.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Opponents of targeted books are going beyond school libraries and putting more pressure on public libraries.</p><ul><li>The number of titles targeted for censorship at public libraries rose by 92%, versus 11% at schools.</li><li>And demands for \"censorship of multiple titles, often dozens or hundreds at a time\" drove the overall surge, per ALA.</li></ul><p><strong>Caveat: </strong>ALA considers its censorship tally \"only a snapshot,\" noting that it doesn't include book challenges that weren't reported directly to the group or covered by the media.</p><ul><li>Plus, not all book banning attempts are successful. </li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong>PEN America, which champions authors' rights, <a href=\"https://pen.org/report/book-bans-pressure-to-censor/\" target=\"_blank\">recorded</a> 3,362 book bans in the 2022-2023 school year, up 33% from the prior year.</p><p>\ud83d\udcda <strong>Reality check: </strong>Banned books often get a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/30/banned-books-increase-circulation\" target=\"_blank\">circulation bump</a>, according to a recent <a href=\"https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/media/2023/October/book-bans-may-have-unintended-consequences-in-increasingly-polarized-united-states\" target=\"_blank\">study</a>.</p><p><strong>What's next:</strong> The ALA will release its new list of the 10 most challenged books on April 8.</p><ul><li>Last year's <a href=\"https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10\" target=\"_blank\">list</a> was topped by \"Gender Queer: A Memoir<em>\"</em> by Maia Kobabe,\" All Boys Aren't Blue\" by George M. Johnson and \"The Bluest Eye\" by Toni Morrison.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data:\u00a0American Library Association;\u00a0Map: Rahul Mukherjee/Axios</div><p>The number of books targeted for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/22/book-bans-libraries-surge\" target=\"_blank\">censorship</a> at U.S. schools and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/libraries-ebooks-hoopla-libby-book-ban-censorship\" target=\"_blank\">libraries</a> rose 65% in 2023 over 2022, the American Library Association (ALA) said today.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's the highest level the group has ever reported, coming as pro-censorship groups increasingly target multiple titles at once.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>4,240 different titles were targeted for censorship last year, compared with 2,571 in 2022 \u2014 which was then a record.</p><ul><li><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The number of overall censorship demands dropped slightly, to 1,247 in 2023 from 1,269 in 2022.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Librarians and educators view the move to stifle reading material for young people as such a grave threat that they're propagating the term \"<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/22/book-bans-libraries-surge\" target=\"_blank\">intellectual freedom challenges</a>\" as a descriptor.</p><ul><li>Censorship efforts tend to focus on books with multicultural or LGBTQ themes \u2014\u00a047% of targeted books \"represented the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals,\" per ALA's report.</li><li>Classics like \"Lord of the Flies\" and \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" have also been in the crosshairs.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Opponents of targeted books are going beyond school libraries and putting more pressure on public libraries.</p><ul><li>The number of titles targeted for censorship at public libraries rose by 92%, versus 11% at schools.</li><li>And demands for \"censorship of multiple titles, often dozens or hundreds at a time\" drove the overall surge, per ALA.</li></ul><p><strong>Caveat: </strong>ALA considers its censorship tally \"only a snapshot,\" noting that it doesn't include book challenges that weren't reported directly to the group or covered by the media.</p><ul><li>Plus, not all book banning attempts are successful. </li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong>PEN America, which champions authors' rights, <a href=\"https://pen.org/report/book-bans-pressure-to-censor/\" target=\"_blank\">recorded</a> 3,362 book bans in the 2022-2023 school year, up 33% from the prior year.</p><p>\ud83d\udcda <strong>Reality check: </strong>Banned books often get a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/30/banned-books-increase-circulation\" target=\"_blank\">circulation bump</a>, according to a recent <a href=\"https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/media/2023/October/book-bans-may-have-unintended-consequences-in-increasingly-polarized-united-states\" target=\"_blank\">study</a>.</p><p><strong>What's next:</strong> The ALA will release its new list of the 10 most challenged books on April 8.</p><ul><li>Last year's <a href=\"https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10\" target=\"_blank\">list</a> was topped by \"Gender Queer: A Memoir<em>\"</em> by Maia Kobabe,\" All Boys Aren't Blue\" by George M. Johnson and \"The Bluest Eye\" by Toni Morrison.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data:\u00a0American Library Association;\u00a0Map: Rahul Mukherjee/Axios</div><p>The number of books targeted for <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/22/book-bans-libraries-surge\" target=\"_blank\">censorship</a> at U.S. schools and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/18/libraries-ebooks-hoopla-libby-book-ban-censorship\" target=\"_blank\">libraries</a> rose 65% in 2023 over 2022, the American Library Association (ALA) said today.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>It's the highest level the group has ever reported, coming as pro-censorship groups increasingly target multiple titles at once.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers: </strong>4,240 different titles were targeted for censorship last year, compared with 2,571 in 2022 \u2014 which was then a record.</p><ul><li><strong>Yes, but: </strong>The number of overall censorship demands dropped slightly, to 1,247 in 2023 from 1,269 in 2022.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Librarians and educators view the move to stifle reading material for young people as such a grave threat that they're propagating the term \"<a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/22/book-bans-libraries-surge\" target=\"_blank\">intellectual freedom challenges</a>\" as a descriptor.</p><ul><li>Censorship efforts tend to focus on books with multicultural or LGBTQ themes \u2014\u00a047% of targeted books \"represented the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals,\" per ALA's report.</li><li>Classics like \"Lord of the Flies\" and \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" have also been in the crosshairs.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Opponents of targeted books are going beyond school libraries and putting more pressure on public libraries.</p><ul><li>The number of titles targeted for censorship at public libraries rose by 92%, versus 11% at schools.</li><li>And demands for \"censorship of multiple titles, often dozens or hundreds at a time\" drove the overall surge, per ALA.</li></ul><p><strong>Caveat: </strong>ALA considers its censorship tally \"only a snapshot,\" noting that it doesn't include book challenges that weren't reported directly to the group or covered by the media.</p><ul><li>Plus, not all book banning attempts are successful. </li></ul><p><strong>Context: </strong>PEN America, which champions authors' rights, <a href=\"https://pen.org/report/book-bans-pressure-to-censor/\" target=\"_blank\">recorded</a> 3,362 book bans in the 2022-2023 school year, up 33% from the prior year.</p><p>\ud83d\udcda <strong>Reality check: </strong>Banned books often get a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/30/banned-books-increase-circulation\" target=\"_blank\">circulation bump</a>, according to a recent <a href=\"https://www.heinz.cmu.edu/media/2023/October/book-bans-may-have-unintended-consequences-in-increasingly-polarized-united-states\" target=\"_blank\">study</a>.</p><p><strong>What's next:</strong> The ALA will release its new list of the 10 most challenged books on April 8.</p><ul><li>Last year's <a href=\"https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10\" target=\"_blank\">list</a> was topped by \"Gender Queer: A Memoir<em>\"</em> by Maia Kobabe,\" All Boys Aren't Blue\" by George M. Johnson and \"The Bluest Eye\" by Toni Morrison.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jennifer A. Kingson"}], "author": "Jennifer A. Kingson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jennifer A. Kingson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Data:\u00a0American Library Association;\u00a0Map: Rahul Mukherjee/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Qtnod/fallback.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/2POSRdJ_xZ6dReHG7-mDseVUUTI=/128x128/smart/2024/03/13/1710359832272.png"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:01:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 10, 1, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/book-bans-censorship-libraries-lgbtq", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "How Medicare can start covering a popular weight-loss drug for more people", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "How Medicare can start covering a popular weight-loss drug for more people"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/medicare-weight-loss-drugs-ozempic-wegovy-coverage"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/medicare-weight-loss-drugs-ozempic-wegovy-coverage", "summary": "<p>Federal regulators' recent <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/fda-wegovy-cardiovascular-risk-expansion\" target=\"_blank\">approval</a> of anti-obesity drug Wegovy to reduce cardiovascular risks in overweight people opens the door for Medicare to cover the pricey treatment for more people \u2014\u00a0though takeup is likely to be slow initially. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong><a href=\"https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/research/mcbs/data-briefs-items/heartconditions_databrief_2017#:~:text=Forty%2Dtwo%20percent%20of%20Medicare,at%20least%20one%20heart%20condition.\" target=\"_blank\">More than 40%</a> of Medicare enrollees have at least one heart condition, meaning the new Wegovy approval could greatly expand older adults' access to a drug that so far has been limited for this group.</p><hr /><p><strong>Context:</strong> Medicare, the country's largest health insurer, is barred from paying for weight-loss drugs, but it can cover the drugs for other approved indications. </p><ul><li>Those include diabetes, which the new class of GLP-1 agonists were initially approved for. In 2021, Medicare prescription drug plans spent <a href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/a-small-number-of-drugs-account-for-a-large-share-of-medicare-part-d-spending/\" target=\"_blank\">$2.6 billion</a> on diabetes treatment Ozempic for about a half-million enrollees, per KFF.  </li><li>Drugmakers, who are lobbying Congress to reverse Medicare's prohibition on weight-loss drugs, are also working to secure the Food and Drug Administration's approval of these drugs for <a href=\"https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/data-insights/tirzepatide-eli-lilly-and-co-chronic-kidney-disease-chronic-renal-failure-likelihood-of-approval/\" target=\"_blank\">kidney disease</a>, <a href=\"https://trials.lilly.com/en-US/trial/346876\" target=\"_blank\">sleep apnea</a> and other conditions that often go hand in hand with obesity.</li></ul><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>Despite the FDA green light last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is still reviewing how it will cover Wegovy for heart risks. </p><ul><li>Medicare prescription drug plans can add coverage for this indication at any point now. But the plans most will likely wait to change their formularies until after CMS has made its determination to ensure consistency, said a spokesperson for<strong> </strong>health insurance trade group AHIP.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>The proposition of covering Wegovy isn't that attractive right now for Medicare prescription drug plans, said<strong> </strong>analysts at investment research firm Capstone. </p><ul><li>Plans can't adjust member premiums midyear, so the cost of covering Wegovy \u2014 which is listed at about $1,300 per month before any rebates or discounts \u2014<strong>\u00a0</strong>would come directly out of plan profits, said Capstone senior associate Angela Lamari.</li><li>Plans already cover cheaper generic drugs like statins<strong> </strong>to reduce heart attacks and strokes, so the benefit of covering Wegovy isn't likely to outweigh the cost if CMS considers those drugs to be in the same category. </li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Plans may be more interested in covering the drugs next year, Lamari said. Wegovy could be a big selling point for Part D plans competing for customers. </p><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Medicare coverage of Wegovy for heart risks could mean millions of new prescriptions for drugmakers, Compass Point Research &amp; Trading managing director Max Reale predicted in a new report. </p><ul><li>Starting next year, Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket drug costs will be capped at $2,000 annually, with the government picking up the rest. </li><li>Reale said that means the Medicare population could be more lucrative for drugmakers than the commercial market, since those insurers are more likely to make patients pay more out of pocket.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Federal regulators' recent <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/fda-wegovy-cardiovascular-risk-expansion\" target=\"_blank\">approval</a> of anti-obesity drug Wegovy to reduce cardiovascular risks in overweight people opens the door for Medicare to cover the pricey treatment for more people \u2014\u00a0though takeup is likely to be slow initially. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong><a href=\"https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/research/mcbs/data-briefs-items/heartconditions_databrief_2017#:~:text=Forty%2Dtwo%20percent%20of%20Medicare,at%20least%20one%20heart%20condition.\" target=\"_blank\">More than 40%</a> of Medicare enrollees have at least one heart condition, meaning the new Wegovy approval could greatly expand older adults' access to a drug that so far has been limited for this group.</p><hr /><p><strong>Context:</strong> Medicare, the country's largest health insurer, is barred from paying for weight-loss drugs, but it can cover the drugs for other approved indications. </p><ul><li>Those include diabetes, which the new class of GLP-1 agonists were initially approved for. In 2021, Medicare prescription drug plans spent <a href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/a-small-number-of-drugs-account-for-a-large-share-of-medicare-part-d-spending/\" target=\"_blank\">$2.6 billion</a> on diabetes treatment Ozempic for about a half-million enrollees, per KFF.  </li><li>Drugmakers, who are lobbying Congress to reverse Medicare's prohibition on weight-loss drugs, are also working to secure the Food and Drug Administration's approval of these drugs for <a href=\"https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/data-insights/tirzepatide-eli-lilly-and-co-chronic-kidney-disease-chronic-renal-failure-likelihood-of-approval/\" target=\"_blank\">kidney disease</a>, <a href=\"https://trials.lilly.com/en-US/trial/346876\" target=\"_blank\">sleep apnea</a> and other conditions that often go hand in hand with obesity.</li></ul><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>Despite the FDA green light last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is still reviewing how it will cover Wegovy for heart risks. </p><ul><li>Medicare prescription drug plans can add coverage for this indication at any point now. But the plans most will likely wait to change their formularies until after CMS has made its determination to ensure consistency, said a spokesperson for<strong> </strong>health insurance trade group AHIP.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>The proposition of covering Wegovy isn't that attractive right now for Medicare prescription drug plans, said<strong> </strong>analysts at investment research firm Capstone. </p><ul><li>Plans can't adjust member premiums midyear, so the cost of covering Wegovy \u2014 which is listed at about $1,300 per month before any rebates or discounts \u2014<strong>\u00a0</strong>would come directly out of plan profits, said Capstone senior associate Angela Lamari.</li><li>Plans already cover cheaper generic drugs like statins<strong> </strong>to reduce heart attacks and strokes, so the benefit of covering Wegovy isn't likely to outweigh the cost if CMS considers those drugs to be in the same category. </li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Plans may be more interested in covering the drugs next year, Lamari said. Wegovy could be a big selling point for Part D plans competing for customers. </p><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Medicare coverage of Wegovy for heart risks could mean millions of new prescriptions for drugmakers, Compass Point Research &amp; Trading managing director Max Reale predicted in a new report. </p><ul><li>Starting next year, Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket drug costs will be capped at $2,000 annually, with the government picking up the rest. </li><li>Reale said that means the Medicare population could be more lucrative for drugmakers than the commercial market, since those insurers are more likely to make patients pay more out of pocket.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Federal regulators' recent <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/fda-wegovy-cardiovascular-risk-expansion\" target=\"_blank\">approval</a> of anti-obesity drug Wegovy to reduce cardiovascular risks in overweight people opens the door for Medicare to cover the pricey treatment for more people \u2014\u00a0though takeup is likely to be slow initially. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong><a href=\"https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/research/mcbs/data-briefs-items/heartconditions_databrief_2017#:~:text=Forty%2Dtwo%20percent%20of%20Medicare,at%20least%20one%20heart%20condition.\" target=\"_blank\">More than 40%</a> of Medicare enrollees have at least one heart condition, meaning the new Wegovy approval could greatly expand older adults' access to a drug that so far has been limited for this group.</p><hr /><p><strong>Context:</strong> Medicare, the country's largest health insurer, is barred from paying for weight-loss drugs, but it can cover the drugs for other approved indications. </p><ul><li>Those include diabetes, which the new class of GLP-1 agonists were initially approved for. In 2021, Medicare prescription drug plans spent <a href=\"https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/a-small-number-of-drugs-account-for-a-large-share-of-medicare-part-d-spending/\" target=\"_blank\">$2.6 billion</a> on diabetes treatment Ozempic for about a half-million enrollees, per KFF.  </li><li>Drugmakers, who are lobbying Congress to reverse Medicare's prohibition on weight-loss drugs, are also working to secure the Food and Drug Administration's approval of these drugs for <a href=\"https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/data-insights/tirzepatide-eli-lilly-and-co-chronic-kidney-disease-chronic-renal-failure-likelihood-of-approval/\" target=\"_blank\">kidney disease</a>, <a href=\"https://trials.lilly.com/en-US/trial/346876\" target=\"_blank\">sleep apnea</a> and other conditions that often go hand in hand with obesity.</li></ul><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>Despite the FDA green light last week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is still reviewing how it will cover Wegovy for heart risks. </p><ul><li>Medicare prescription drug plans can add coverage for this indication at any point now. But the plans most will likely wait to change their formularies until after CMS has made its determination to ensure consistency, said a spokesperson for<strong> </strong>health insurance trade group AHIP.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>The proposition of covering Wegovy isn't that attractive right now for Medicare prescription drug plans, said<strong> </strong>analysts at investment research firm Capstone. </p><ul><li>Plans can't adjust member premiums midyear, so the cost of covering Wegovy \u2014 which is listed at about $1,300 per month before any rebates or discounts \u2014<strong>\u00a0</strong>would come directly out of plan profits, said Capstone senior associate Angela Lamari.</li><li>Plans already cover cheaper generic drugs like statins<strong> </strong>to reduce heart attacks and strokes, so the benefit of covering Wegovy isn't likely to outweigh the cost if CMS considers those drugs to be in the same category. </li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Plans may be more interested in covering the drugs next year, Lamari said. Wegovy could be a big selling point for Part D plans competing for customers. </p><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Medicare coverage of Wegovy for heart risks could mean millions of new prescriptions for drugmakers, Compass Point Research &amp; Trading managing director Max Reale predicted in a new report. </p><ul><li>Starting next year, Medicare beneficiaries' out-of-pocket drug costs will be capped at $2,000 annually, with the government picking up the rest. </li><li>Reale said that means the Medicare population could be more lucrative for drugmakers than the commercial market, since those insurers are more likely to make patients pay more out of pocket.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Maya Goldman"}], "author": "Maya Goldman", "author_detail": {"name": "Maya Goldman"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/8QkSzmW1UvApFOJojITTGTpWBfY=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710358238829.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/NwJGDrGOsrSBmJj3juls_SvKfg4=/0x0:1080x1080/128x128/2024/03/13/1710358238829.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:30:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 9, 30, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/medicare-weight-loss-drugs-ozempic-wegovy-coverage", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "College Republicans and Democrats agree: Defend speech that hurts feelings", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "College Republicans and Democrats agree: Defend speech that hurts feelings"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/college-students-campus-free-speech-axios-vibes"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/college-students-campus-free-speech-axios-vibes", "summary": "<p>More than two-thirds of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/student-loans-biden-college-axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">college students</a> believe universities should protect free speech \u2014 even if the speech extends to physical threats or inciting violence, according to a new <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Vibes</a> survey by The Harris Poll.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The stunning finding reveals a desire to push the limits of free expression on campus. It hints at deep divides over how to advocate for Palestinian civilians while protecting the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/29/antisemitism-college-campus-adl-survey-israel-hamas-war\" target=\"_blank\">safety of Jewish students</a>.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers:</strong> Free speech was the third most-cited concern (32%) of the 643 students polled about their institutions, after tuition (50%) and safety (46%).</p><ul><li>A clear majority of students \u2014 68% \u2014 argued for pushing the limits of speech on campus even if there's some risk of violence. That's much higher than the 43% of the 3,525 non-students polled who share that view.</li><li>77% of respondents said campus speech should be protected even if some feel the language is deeply upsetting.</li><li>86% said their institutions should make them feel safe sharing their opinions on tense social issues and global conflicts, and be a safe haven for free speech for the student body.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> There was no difference between Democratic students and Republican students. But there was a gender gap, with 74% of men but just 61% of women arguing for expanded speech.</p><p>\ud83d\ude1f <strong>Axios Vibe Check:</strong> Students are worried. They increasingly view their colleges as hypocritical, and think administrators are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/11/bill-ackman-harvard-antisemitism-mit\" target=\"_blank\">prioritizing big donors</a> over free speech.</p><ul><li>55% of students said their school's administration is more concerned with protecting endowments and donors than protecting expression.</li><li>57% of students surveyed said their university has a bias toward Israel or pro-Israel issues, as opposed to favoring Palestinians.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"They just don't feel like they have any control,\" The Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema told Axios.</p><ul><li>\"They've spent all this money to be on campus and be free-thinkers, and they feel that their university is 'more worried about endowments and donors than us.'\"</li><li>\"They're on the cusp of activism because of the lack of control they feel over their future.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>The survey found a big gap between students' view of their administration's response to the war in Gaza, and how non-students see universities' response.</p><ul><li>70% of students said their institution is addressing antisemitism well. Just 37% of those not enrolled in higher education institutions think they are doing a good job.</li><li>64% of students said their institutions are handling those who support pro-Palestinian issues well. Just 37% of non-students agreed.</li></ul><p><strong><em>Methodology:</em></strong><em></em> <em>The findings in this Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll are based on a nationally representative sample of 4,168 U.S. adults conducted online, Feb. 16-25, 2024.</em></p><ul><li><em>Of those, 643 were enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or professional higher education program.</em></li><li><em>The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the data for the overall population is accurate to within \u00b12.0 percentage points using a 95% confidence level, while the data for the subset is accurate to within \u00b14.8 points.</em></li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>More than two-thirds of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/student-loans-biden-college-axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">college students</a> believe universities should protect free speech \u2014 even if the speech extends to physical threats or inciting violence, according to a new <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Vibes</a> survey by The Harris Poll.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The stunning finding reveals a desire to push the limits of free expression on campus. It hints at deep divides over how to advocate for Palestinian civilians while protecting the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/29/antisemitism-college-campus-adl-survey-israel-hamas-war\" target=\"_blank\">safety of Jewish students</a>.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers:</strong> Free speech was the third most-cited concern (32%) of the 643 students polled about their institutions, after tuition (50%) and safety (46%).</p><ul><li>A clear majority of students \u2014 68% \u2014 argued for pushing the limits of speech on campus even if there's some risk of violence. That's much higher than the 43% of the 3,525 non-students polled who share that view.</li><li>77% of respondents said campus speech should be protected even if some feel the language is deeply upsetting.</li><li>86% said their institutions should make them feel safe sharing their opinions on tense social issues and global conflicts, and be a safe haven for free speech for the student body.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> There was no difference between Democratic students and Republican students. But there was a gender gap, with 74% of men but just 61% of women arguing for expanded speech.</p><p>\ud83d\ude1f <strong>Axios Vibe Check:</strong> Students are worried. They increasingly view their colleges as hypocritical, and think administrators are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/11/bill-ackman-harvard-antisemitism-mit\" target=\"_blank\">prioritizing big donors</a> over free speech.</p><ul><li>55% of students said their school's administration is more concerned with protecting endowments and donors than protecting expression.</li><li>57% of students surveyed said their university has a bias toward Israel or pro-Israel issues, as opposed to favoring Palestinians.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"They just don't feel like they have any control,\" The Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema told Axios.</p><ul><li>\"They've spent all this money to be on campus and be free-thinkers, and they feel that their university is 'more worried about endowments and donors than us.'\"</li><li>\"They're on the cusp of activism because of the lack of control they feel over their future.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>The survey found a big gap between students' view of their administration's response to the war in Gaza, and how non-students see universities' response.</p><ul><li>70% of students said their institution is addressing antisemitism well. Just 37% of those not enrolled in higher education institutions think they are doing a good job.</li><li>64% of students said their institutions are handling those who support pro-Palestinian issues well. Just 37% of non-students agreed.</li></ul><p><strong><em>Methodology:</em></strong><em></em> <em>The findings in this Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll are based on a nationally representative sample of 4,168 U.S. adults conducted online, Feb. 16-25, 2024.</em></p><ul><li><em>Of those, 643 were enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or professional higher education program.</em></li><li><em>The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the data for the overall population is accurate to within \u00b12.0 percentage points using a 95% confidence level, while the data for the subset is accurate to within \u00b14.8 points.</em></li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>More than two-thirds of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/student-loans-biden-college-axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">college students</a> believe universities should protect free speech \u2014 even if the speech extends to physical threats or inciting violence, according to a new <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Vibes</a> survey by The Harris Poll.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The stunning finding reveals a desire to push the limits of free expression on campus. It hints at deep divides over how to advocate for Palestinian civilians while protecting the <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/29/antisemitism-college-campus-adl-survey-israel-hamas-war\" target=\"_blank\">safety of Jewish students</a>.</p><hr /><p><strong>By the numbers:</strong> Free speech was the third most-cited concern (32%) of the 643 students polled about their institutions, after tuition (50%) and safety (46%).</p><ul><li>A clear majority of students \u2014 68% \u2014 argued for pushing the limits of speech on campus even if there's some risk of violence. That's much higher than the 43% of the 3,525 non-students polled who share that view.</li><li>77% of respondents said campus speech should be protected even if some feel the language is deeply upsetting.</li><li>86% said their institutions should make them feel safe sharing their opinions on tense social issues and global conflicts, and be a safe haven for free speech for the student body.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> There was no difference between Democratic students and Republican students. But there was a gender gap, with 74% of men but just 61% of women arguing for expanded speech.</p><p>\ud83d\ude1f <strong>Axios Vibe Check:</strong> Students are worried. They increasingly view their colleges as hypocritical, and think administrators are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/11/bill-ackman-harvard-antisemitism-mit\" target=\"_blank\">prioritizing big donors</a> over free speech.</p><ul><li>55% of students said their school's administration is more concerned with protecting endowments and donors than protecting expression.</li><li>57% of students surveyed said their university has a bias toward Israel or pro-Israel issues, as opposed to favoring Palestinians.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"They just don't feel like they have any control,\" The Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema told Axios.</p><ul><li>\"They've spent all this money to be on campus and be free-thinkers, and they feel that their university is 'more worried about endowments and donors than us.'\"</li><li>\"They're on the cusp of activism because of the lack of control they feel over their future.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>The survey found a big gap between students' view of their administration's response to the war in Gaza, and how non-students see universities' response.</p><ul><li>70% of students said their institution is addressing antisemitism well. Just 37% of those not enrolled in higher education institutions think they are doing a good job.</li><li>64% of students said their institutions are handling those who support pro-Palestinian issues well. Just 37% of non-students agreed.</li></ul><p><strong><em>Methodology:</em></strong><em></em> <em>The findings in this Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll are based on a nationally representative sample of 4,168 U.S. adults conducted online, Feb. 16-25, 2024.</em></p><ul><li><em>Of those, 643 were enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or professional higher education program.</em></li><li><em>The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the data for the overall population is accurate to within \u00b12.0 percentage points using a 95% confidence level, while the data for the subset is accurate to within \u00b14.8 points.</em></li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Margaret Talev"}, {"name": "Noah Bressner"}], "author": "Noah Bressner", "author_detail": {"name": "Margaret Talev"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/0809as9CQg7ioQs2vufkqnkYKIA=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710358461041.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/4t5SA2PKvrjaswzI6CE2aZhoVN4=/0x0:1080x1080/128x128/2024/03/13/1710358461041.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:03:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 9, 3, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/college-students-campus-free-speech-axios-vibes", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Axios Vibes: On campus, huge bipartisan support for government loan help", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Axios Vibes: On campus, huge bipartisan support for government loan help"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/student-loans-biden-college-axios-vibes"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/student-loans-biden-college-axios-vibes", "summary": "<div>Data: The Harris Poll; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>Huge majorities of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/college-students-campus-free-speech-axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">students</a> in both parties say the government should do more to help them pay off their <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/student-loan-forgiveness-save\" target=\"_blank\">student loans</a>, a new <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Vibes</a> survey by The Harris Poll finds.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Among all adults, party ID drives deep differences of opinion on this question. But the gap all but disappears among U.S. students currently enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional institutions.</p><hr /><ul><li>89% of Democratic students surveyed \u2014 and 81% of Republicans \u2014 said the government should offer some relief, according to the poll of 4,168 U.S. adults.</li><li>Compare that with the general population: 76% of Democrats \u2014 but only 62% of independents and 47% of Republicans \u2014 say the government should help.</li></ul><p>\ud83e\udd2f <strong>Axios Vibe Check:</strong> The trends could spell trouble for President Biden as he tries to turn out younger voters in November.</p><ul><li>So far, the steps he's taken to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/student-loan-forgiveness-save\" target=\"_blank\">erase billions of dollars</a> of student debt have yet to lock in enthusiasm from younger voters. Some complain he <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/30/supreme-court-student-loan-decision\" target=\"_blank\">hasn't done enough</a>. Others are frustrated with his support for Israel.</li><li>\"Biden's popular student loan program was struck down, but the genie is out of the bottle. ... In courting young voters, taking things away is not usually a good campaign strategy,\" said Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Despite divisions among Americans over how to deal with student loan debts, the survey found broad agreement on government help with future borrowing.</p><ul><li>Four in five Americans support the idea of the government making student loans available at 0% or near-zero interest rates. </li></ul><p><strong>But there's a 22-point gap </strong>\u2014 84% of students vs. just 62% of the general population \u2014 among those who feel the government should have some responsibility to help pay off student loans. That difference is driven by Republicans who aren't in school.</p><ul><li>76% of Americans of color, but only 57% of white Americans, say the government should help.</li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Americans overall were split 50-50 over whether getting a college education today is worth it. 58% said it isn't as worthwhile financially as it was 20 years ago.</p><ul><li>Democrats were more likely to see college as more necessary than Republicans (56% vs. 45%).</li></ul><p><strong>Among students,</strong> 31% feared their future earnings potential wouldn't be worth the time and money spent on school. 69% said the costs will pay off.</p><ul><li>73% of students from urban areas and 69% from the suburbs \u2014 but just 54% from rural areas \u2014 said it was worth the time and cost.</li><li>That tracks with a partisan gap \u2014 76% of Democratic students v. 59% of Republican students.</li></ul><p><strong><em>Methodology:</em></strong><em></em> <em>The findings in this Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll are based on a nationally representative sample of 4,168 U.S. adults conducted online, Feb. 16-25, 2024.</em></p><ul><li><em>Of those, 643 were enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or professional higher education program.</em></li><li><em>The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the data for the overall population is accurate to within +/- 2.0 percentage points using a 95% confidence level. The data for the subset is accurate to within </em>\u00b1 <em>4.8 percentage points.</em></li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: The Harris Poll; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>Huge majorities of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/college-students-campus-free-speech-axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">students</a> in both parties say the government should do more to help them pay off their <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/student-loan-forgiveness-save\" target=\"_blank\">student loans</a>, a new <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Vibes</a> survey by The Harris Poll finds.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Among all adults, party ID drives deep differences of opinion on this question. But the gap all but disappears among U.S. students currently enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional institutions.</p><hr /><ul><li>89% of Democratic students surveyed \u2014 and 81% of Republicans \u2014 said the government should offer some relief, according to the poll of 4,168 U.S. adults.</li><li>Compare that with the general population: 76% of Democrats \u2014 but only 62% of independents and 47% of Republicans \u2014 say the government should help.</li></ul><p>\ud83e\udd2f <strong>Axios Vibe Check:</strong> The trends could spell trouble for President Biden as he tries to turn out younger voters in November.</p><ul><li>So far, the steps he's taken to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/student-loan-forgiveness-save\" target=\"_blank\">erase billions of dollars</a> of student debt have yet to lock in enthusiasm from younger voters. Some complain he <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/30/supreme-court-student-loan-decision\" target=\"_blank\">hasn't done enough</a>. Others are frustrated with his support for Israel.</li><li>\"Biden's popular student loan program was struck down, but the genie is out of the bottle. ... In courting young voters, taking things away is not usually a good campaign strategy,\" said Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Despite divisions among Americans over how to deal with student loan debts, the survey found broad agreement on government help with future borrowing.</p><ul><li>Four in five Americans support the idea of the government making student loans available at 0% or near-zero interest rates. </li></ul><p><strong>But there's a 22-point gap </strong>\u2014 84% of students vs. just 62% of the general population \u2014 among those who feel the government should have some responsibility to help pay off student loans. That difference is driven by Republicans who aren't in school.</p><ul><li>76% of Americans of color, but only 57% of white Americans, say the government should help.</li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Americans overall were split 50-50 over whether getting a college education today is worth it. 58% said it isn't as worthwhile financially as it was 20 years ago.</p><ul><li>Democrats were more likely to see college as more necessary than Republicans (56% vs. 45%).</li></ul><p><strong>Among students,</strong> 31% feared their future earnings potential wouldn't be worth the time and money spent on school. 69% said the costs will pay off.</p><ul><li>73% of students from urban areas and 69% from the suburbs \u2014 but just 54% from rural areas \u2014 said it was worth the time and cost.</li><li>That tracks with a partisan gap \u2014 76% of Democratic students v. 59% of Republican students.</li></ul><p><strong><em>Methodology:</em></strong><em></em> <em>The findings in this Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll are based on a nationally representative sample of 4,168 U.S. adults conducted online, Feb. 16-25, 2024.</em></p><ul><li><em>Of those, 643 were enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or professional higher education program.</em></li><li><em>The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the data for the overall population is accurate to within +/- 2.0 percentage points using a 95% confidence level. The data for the subset is accurate to within </em>\u00b1 <em>4.8 percentage points.</em></li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<div>Data: The Harris Poll; Chart: Axios Visuals</div><p>Huge majorities of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/college-students-campus-free-speech-axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">students</a> in both parties say the government should do more to help them pay off their <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/student-loan-forgiveness-save\" target=\"_blank\">student loans</a>, a new <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/axios-vibes\" target=\"_blank\">Axios Vibes</a> survey by The Harris Poll finds.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Among all adults, party ID drives deep differences of opinion on this question. But the gap all but disappears among U.S. students currently enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and professional institutions.</p><hr /><ul><li>89% of Democratic students surveyed \u2014 and 81% of Republicans \u2014 said the government should offer some relief, according to the poll of 4,168 U.S. adults.</li><li>Compare that with the general population: 76% of Democrats \u2014 but only 62% of independents and 47% of Republicans \u2014 say the government should help.</li></ul><p>\ud83e\udd2f <strong>Axios Vibe Check:</strong> The trends could spell trouble for President Biden as he tries to turn out younger voters in November.</p><ul><li>So far, the steps he's taken to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/21/student-loan-forgiveness-save\" target=\"_blank\">erase billions of dollars</a> of student debt have yet to lock in enthusiasm from younger voters. Some complain he <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/30/supreme-court-student-loan-decision\" target=\"_blank\">hasn't done enough</a>. Others are frustrated with his support for Israel.</li><li>\"Biden's popular student loan program was struck down, but the genie is out of the bottle. ... In courting young voters, taking things away is not usually a good campaign strategy,\" said Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Despite divisions among Americans over how to deal with student loan debts, the survey found broad agreement on government help with future borrowing.</p><ul><li>Four in five Americans support the idea of the government making student loans available at 0% or near-zero interest rates. </li></ul><p><strong>But there's a 22-point gap </strong>\u2014 84% of students vs. just 62% of the general population \u2014 among those who feel the government should have some responsibility to help pay off student loans. That difference is driven by Republicans who aren't in school.</p><ul><li>76% of Americans of color, but only 57% of white Americans, say the government should help.</li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching: </strong>Americans overall were split 50-50 over whether getting a college education today is worth it. 58% said it isn't as worthwhile financially as it was 20 years ago.</p><ul><li>Democrats were more likely to see college as more necessary than Republicans (56% vs. 45%).</li></ul><p><strong>Among students,</strong> 31% feared their future earnings potential wouldn't be worth the time and money spent on school. 69% said the costs will pay off.</p><ul><li>73% of students from urban areas and 69% from the suburbs \u2014 but just 54% from rural areas \u2014 said it was worth the time and cost.</li><li>That tracks with a partisan gap \u2014 76% of Democratic students v. 59% of Republican students.</li></ul><p><strong><em>Methodology:</em></strong><em></em> <em>The findings in this Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll are based on a nationally representative sample of 4,168 U.S. adults conducted online, Feb. 16-25, 2024.</em></p><ul><li><em>Of those, 643 were enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate or professional higher education program.</em></li><li><em>The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the data for the overall population is accurate to within +/- 2.0 percentage points using a 95% confidence level. The data for the subset is accurate to within </em>\u00b1 <em>4.8 percentage points.</em></li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Margaret Talev"}, {"name": "Noah Bressner"}], "author": "Noah Bressner", "author_detail": {"name": "Margaret Talev"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Data: The Harris Poll; Chart: Axios Visuals", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/JMPpm/fallback.png"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/ounVdwTd9qTufKG37wBD7hZHdU0=/128x128/smart/2024/03/14/1710390250537.png"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:02:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 9, 2, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/student-loans-biden-college-axios-vibes", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Biden eyes chance to bully Trump on TikTok and China", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Biden eyes chance to bully Trump on TikTok and China"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china", "summary": "<p>With an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/congress-tiktok-ban-legislation-user-data\" target=\"_blank\">anti-TikTok bill</a> flying through the House, Senate Democrats are debating whether to give President Biden what he's wanted for three years: An opportunity to bully former President Trump on China.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Biden has used his presidency to stake out <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/25/china-investments-ai-semiconductor-biden-order\" target=\"_blank\">hawkish positions</a> toward Beijing. But he's never had the chance to clearly distinguish his approach from Trump's.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Trump rode a wave of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/01/19/trump-china-policy-special-report\" target=\"_blank\">anti-China sentiment</a> to the White House and then promptly launched his trade war against Beijing. He later <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-china-tiktok-wechat\" target=\"_blank\">tried</a> to ban TikTok and WeChat.</p><ul><li>But Trump appears to have changed his mind. He's now <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/tiktok-ban-trump-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">opposed</a> to the House-approved bill that would force ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, to sell the popular platform or be banned in the U.S. </li><li>Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-claims-tiktok-ban-would-only-help-enemy-facebook\" target=\"_blank\">told CNBC</a> he thinks a TikTok ban would help his \"enemy\" Facebook, and its owner, Mark Zuckerberg.</li><li>That flip-flop gives Biden a chance to show he's more willing to stand up to China than Trump. The White House also has made <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/07/statement-from-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-introduction-of-the-restrict-act/\" target=\"_blank\">national security arguments</a> for forcing a sale.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> There are clear political pros and cons for Democrats to try to delete TikTok.</p><ul><li>The party learned from Trump that there's little downside to hitting Beijing. Trump started a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-china-offensive-trade-tiktok-sanctions\" target=\"_self\">trade war</a>. Biden has extended it.</li><li>But some Democrats <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-young-voters-democrat\" target=\"_blank\">fear a backlash</a> among young voters if they mess with TikTok, which has more than 150 million users in the U.S. </li><li>The decision is now in the hands of a 73-year-old senator \u2014 Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) \u2014 who uses a flip phone. Biden says he'd sign the bill.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> By a 352-65 vote, the House moved to force Beijing-based ByteDance to make the difficult choice between divesting from TikTok or removing it from U.S. phones.</p><ul><li>The first option is unappealing to ByteDance.</li><li>The second option is terrifying to young people who live their lives through TikTok.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> Schumer is signaling that he doesn't want to step in front of the anti-TikTok train and will defer to his committee chairs.</p><ul><li>At least one of them, Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.), was quick to come out in favor of the House bill and issued a joint statement with the panel's ranking member, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).</li><li>Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Commerce Committee, was noncommittal, saying she would talk \"to my Senate and House colleagues to try to find a path forward.\"</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>In challenging China, administration officials argue that Biden has been more strategic and surgical than Trump \u2014 and in some cases more aggressive.</p><ul><li>Biden called President Xi Jinping a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/21/biden-calls-chinese-president-xi-dictator\" target=\"_blank\">\"dictator\"</a> last June. A few months earlier, Trump called him \"brilliant.\"</li><li>Biden has kept Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/08/01/donald-trump-china-tariffs-300-billion-10-percent\" target=\"_self\">controversial tariffs</a> on some $300 billion in Chinese imports<strong> </strong>in place, with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/biden-keep-many-trump-china-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\">plans to announce some increases</a> in the coming weeks.</li><li>His Commerce Department has imposed <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/17/biden-export-restrictions-ai-chips-china\" target=\"_blank\">several rounds</a> of export controls on high-powered semiconductors to thwart China's military on AI and quantum computing.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> For a campaign that needs to make inroads with working-class voters in the Midwest, moving to the right of Trump on China has obvious appeal.</p><ul><li>But it's also crucial for Biden to reach \u2014 and motivate \u2014 young voters.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>With an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/congress-tiktok-ban-legislation-user-data\" target=\"_blank\">anti-TikTok bill</a> flying through the House, Senate Democrats are debating whether to give President Biden what he's wanted for three years: An opportunity to bully former President Trump on China.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Biden has used his presidency to stake out <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/25/china-investments-ai-semiconductor-biden-order\" target=\"_blank\">hawkish positions</a> toward Beijing. But he's never had the chance to clearly distinguish his approach from Trump's.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Trump rode a wave of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/01/19/trump-china-policy-special-report\" target=\"_blank\">anti-China sentiment</a> to the White House and then promptly launched his trade war against Beijing. He later <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-china-tiktok-wechat\" target=\"_blank\">tried</a> to ban TikTok and WeChat.</p><ul><li>But Trump appears to have changed his mind. He's now <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/tiktok-ban-trump-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">opposed</a> to the House-approved bill that would force ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, to sell the popular platform or be banned in the U.S. </li><li>Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-claims-tiktok-ban-would-only-help-enemy-facebook\" target=\"_blank\">told CNBC</a> he thinks a TikTok ban would help his \"enemy\" Facebook, and its owner, Mark Zuckerberg.</li><li>That flip-flop gives Biden a chance to show he's more willing to stand up to China than Trump. The White House also has made <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/07/statement-from-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-introduction-of-the-restrict-act/\" target=\"_blank\">national security arguments</a> for forcing a sale.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> There are clear political pros and cons for Democrats to try to delete TikTok.</p><ul><li>The party learned from Trump that there's little downside to hitting Beijing. Trump started a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-china-offensive-trade-tiktok-sanctions\" target=\"_self\">trade war</a>. Biden has extended it.</li><li>But some Democrats <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-young-voters-democrat\" target=\"_blank\">fear a backlash</a> among young voters if they mess with TikTok, which has more than 150 million users in the U.S. </li><li>The decision is now in the hands of a 73-year-old senator \u2014 Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) \u2014 who uses a flip phone. Biden says he'd sign the bill.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> By a 352-65 vote, the House moved to force Beijing-based ByteDance to make the difficult choice between divesting from TikTok or removing it from U.S. phones.</p><ul><li>The first option is unappealing to ByteDance.</li><li>The second option is terrifying to young people who live their lives through TikTok.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> Schumer is signaling that he doesn't want to step in front of the anti-TikTok train and will defer to his committee chairs.</p><ul><li>At least one of them, Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.), was quick to come out in favor of the House bill and issued a joint statement with the panel's ranking member, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).</li><li>Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Commerce Committee, was noncommittal, saying she would talk \"to my Senate and House colleagues to try to find a path forward.\"</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>In challenging China, administration officials argue that Biden has been more strategic and surgical than Trump \u2014 and in some cases more aggressive.</p><ul><li>Biden called President Xi Jinping a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/21/biden-calls-chinese-president-xi-dictator\" target=\"_blank\">\"dictator\"</a> last June. A few months earlier, Trump called him \"brilliant.\"</li><li>Biden has kept Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/08/01/donald-trump-china-tariffs-300-billion-10-percent\" target=\"_self\">controversial tariffs</a> on some $300 billion in Chinese imports<strong> </strong>in place, with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/biden-keep-many-trump-china-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\">plans to announce some increases</a> in the coming weeks.</li><li>His Commerce Department has imposed <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/17/biden-export-restrictions-ai-chips-china\" target=\"_blank\">several rounds</a> of export controls on high-powered semiconductors to thwart China's military on AI and quantum computing.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> For a campaign that needs to make inroads with working-class voters in the Midwest, moving to the right of Trump on China has obvious appeal.</p><ul><li>But it's also crucial for Biden to reach \u2014 and motivate \u2014 young voters.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>With an <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/congress-tiktok-ban-legislation-user-data\" target=\"_blank\">anti-TikTok bill</a> flying through the House, Senate Democrats are debating whether to give President Biden what he's wanted for three years: An opportunity to bully former President Trump on China.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Biden has used his presidency to stake out <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/25/china-investments-ai-semiconductor-biden-order\" target=\"_blank\">hawkish positions</a> toward Beijing. But he's never had the chance to clearly distinguish his approach from Trump's.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Trump rode a wave of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2021/01/19/trump-china-policy-special-report\" target=\"_blank\">anti-China sentiment</a> to the White House and then promptly launched his trade war against Beijing. He later <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-china-tiktok-wechat\" target=\"_blank\">tried</a> to ban TikTok and WeChat.</p><ul><li>But Trump appears to have changed his mind. He's now <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/tiktok-ban-trump-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">opposed</a> to the House-approved bill that would force ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, to sell the popular platform or be banned in the U.S. </li><li>Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-claims-tiktok-ban-would-only-help-enemy-facebook\" target=\"_blank\">told CNBC</a> he thinks a TikTok ban would help his \"enemy\" Facebook, and its owner, Mark Zuckerberg.</li><li>That flip-flop gives Biden a chance to show he's more willing to stand up to China than Trump. The White House also has made <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/03/07/statement-from-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-introduction-of-the-restrict-act/\" target=\"_blank\">national security arguments</a> for forcing a sale.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> There are clear political pros and cons for Democrats to try to delete TikTok.</p><ul><li>The party learned from Trump that there's little downside to hitting Beijing. Trump started a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2020/08/07/trump-china-offensive-trade-tiktok-sanctions\" target=\"_self\">trade war</a>. Biden has extended it.</li><li>But some Democrats <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-young-voters-democrat\" target=\"_blank\">fear a backlash</a> among young voters if they mess with TikTok, which has more than 150 million users in the U.S. </li><li>The decision is now in the hands of a 73-year-old senator \u2014 Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) \u2014 who uses a flip phone. Biden says he'd sign the bill.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> By a 352-65 vote, the House moved to force Beijing-based ByteDance to make the difficult choice between divesting from TikTok or removing it from U.S. phones.</p><ul><li>The first option is unappealing to ByteDance.</li><li>The second option is terrifying to young people who live their lives through TikTok.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> Schumer is signaling that he doesn't want to step in front of the anti-TikTok train and will defer to his committee chairs.</p><ul><li>At least one of them, Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner (D-Va.), was quick to come out in favor of the House bill and issued a joint statement with the panel's ranking member, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).</li><li>Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), chair of the Commerce Committee, was noncommittal, saying she would talk \"to my Senate and House colleagues to try to find a path forward.\"</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>In challenging China, administration officials argue that Biden has been more strategic and surgical than Trump \u2014 and in some cases more aggressive.</p><ul><li>Biden called President Xi Jinping a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/21/biden-calls-chinese-president-xi-dictator\" target=\"_blank\">\"dictator\"</a> last June. A few months earlier, Trump called him \"brilliant.\"</li><li>Biden has kept Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2019/08/01/donald-trump-china-tariffs-300-billion-10-percent\" target=\"_self\">controversial tariffs</a> on some $300 billion in Chinese imports<strong> </strong>in place, with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/05/biden-keep-many-trump-china-tariffs\" target=\"_blank\">plans to announce some increases</a> in the coming weeks.</li><li>His Commerce Department has imposed <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/10/17/biden-export-restrictions-ai-chips-china\" target=\"_blank\">several rounds</a> of export controls on high-powered semiconductors to thwart China's military on AI and quantum computing.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> For a campaign that needs to make inroads with working-class voters in the Midwest, moving to the right of Trump on China has obvious appeal.</p><ul><li>But it's also crucial for Biden to reach \u2014 and motivate \u2014 young voters.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Hans Nichols"}], "author": "Hans Nichols", "author_detail": {"name": "Hans Nichols"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/QohAgDIZ1bao8dWTdjzBkgPKR2o=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710372039597.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/7L9powLOjgovm157mVyzAPi9wG4=/411x0:1491x1080/128x128/2024/03/13/1710372039597.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:01:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 9, 1, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-trump-biden-china", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Coming soon: A programmable army of humanoid robots", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Coming soon: A programmable army of humanoid robots"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/humanoid-robot-army-agility-digit-amazon-warehouse"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/humanoid-robot-army-agility-digit-amazon-warehouse", "summary": "<p>Envisioning a day when hundreds of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/29/robots-workers-humanoid-warehouse-amazon\" target=\"_blank\">humanoid robots</a> can be summoned and deployed at the touch of a button, Agility Robotics has <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/agility-robotics-brings-operational-visibility-to-deployment-of-digit-fleets-with-the-launch-of-agility-arc\" target=\"_blank\">announced</a> its first fleet management platform. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>There's intense competition among humanoid robot manufacturers to get their products into the industrial marketplace, where companies like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/27/cyber-monday-amazon-robots-black-friday-discount\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/humanoid-robots-bmw-automotive-manufacturing-figure\" target=\"_blank\">BMW</a> are eager for their help.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The new platform, <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/products/arc\" target=\"_blank\">Agility Arc</a>, is a cloud-based tool that'll be able to command a robot army, say, to start moving bins to a conveyor belt at a particular time.</p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"The ability to control fleets of robots is something that everybody in the robotics business needs to do,\" Damion Shelton, president of Agility Robotics, tells Axios. </p><ul><li>\"I think we're the first humanoid robot vendor to have any solution offering on that front.\" </li><li>Agility \"envisions ultimately very large deployments, into the hundreds,\" Shelton adds.</li></ul><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>Walking, dexterous robots are gradually making the leap from the science lab to the workplace, requiring more sophisticated management systems.</p><ul><li>Agility's robot, named Digit, is being tested by <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/2023/expanded-partnership-amazon\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a> and <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/2023/gxo-conducting-industry-leading-pilot-of-human-centric-robot\" target=\"_blank\">GXO Logistics</a>, which recently <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-HekFcpwSw\" target=\"_blank\">deployed</a> it at a Spanx warehouse in Georgia. </li><li>A competing robot maker called <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/17/robots-humanoid-figure-tesla-robotics-ai\" target=\"_blank\">Figure</a>, which just garnered a massive <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/ai-robot-figure-nvidia-openai-jeff-bezos\" target=\"_blank\">investment</a> from Jeff Bezos and OpenAI, is starting to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/humanoid-robots-bmw-automotive-manufacturing-figure\" target=\"_self\">staff</a> a BMW production line \u2014 and said just yesterday that its robot can \"now have full conversations with people on end-to-end neural networks.\"</li><li>Agility is opening a manufacturing facility in Oregon called <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/humanoid-robot-factory-agility-bipedal-amazon\" target=\"_blank\">RoboFab</a>, with plans to eventually produce 10,000 two-legged robots annually.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/V0wqR4GA9bVg_Ce4VXc8XfFt-JE=/2024/03/11/1710181084322.png\" /> <div>Digit, the robot from Agility Robotics, has new \"hands\" capable of grasping bins. Photo courtesy of Agility</div><p><strong>The latest: </strong>Agility just <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/agility-appoints-peggy-johnson-ceo\" target=\"_blank\">hired</a> a new CEO, Peggy Johnson, formerly of the augmented reality headset maker Magic Leap, to land new customers.</p><ul><li>She's touting Digit's expanding skillset and specs \u2014 it's 5'9,\" 140 pounds and can lift 35 pounds from the floor to nearly 6 feet.</li><li>The company is planning a \"robots as a service\" model, in which it'll charge customers a monthly fee for their Digit fleet.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/83ncA6BGkJGQBH0wBScjYcFx_44=/2024/03/11/1710183558598.jpg\" /> <div>At an Amazon test facility, a human warehouse worker toils alongside a robot. Photo courtesy of Agility Robotics</div><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>In its earliest incarnations, Digit was controlled by \"a single engineer with a laptop, telling the robot to do something,\" Shelton says.</p><ul><li>Last year the system was upgraded so that multiple robots could be controlled at the same time to work together on a single task.</li></ul><p><strong>\"Now what we have </strong>is a whole integrated fleet management system that allows you to coordinate multiple robots out of a single user interface,\" Shelton says.</p><ul><li>\"That's a big step towards the larger customer deployments, where you would have multiple robots operating within a customer environment and want to track the charge level, the success or failure rate of the robot, and statistics like how much load they've been carrying.\"</li></ul><p>\ud83e\udd16 <strong>Zoom in: </strong>Shelton gave the example of a warehouse that has an inbound tractor-trailer arriving at 3 p.m. with inventory that needs to be processed.</p><ul><li>\"So you need all the robots charged up and ready to go by 3 p.m,\" he says, \"but you also have this body of work that needs to get done from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.\"</li><li>With Agility Arc, \"you can dynamically load-balance the fleet,\" Shelton says \u2014 ensuring there's constantly enough robots to get the day's work done.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out:</strong> Advances in humanoid robots are coming thick and fast. </p><ul><li>Agility has been experimenting with integrating large language models and generative AI into Digit, so you can assign it tasks in natural language.</li><li>See a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnkM0AecxYA\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> of Digit being told verbally to \"pick the box that's the color of Darth Vader's lightsaber and put it on top of the tallest box in the front row.\"</li><li>The H1 robot from a Chinese company called Unitree recently set the full-size humanoid robot speed record, moving at a top speed of 7.3 mph compared with the old record of 5.5 mph, <a href=\"https://www.iotworldtoday.com/robotics/humanoid-robot-breaks-walking-speed-record?_mc=NL_DR_EDT__20240307&amp;cid=NL_DR_EDT__20240307&amp;utm_source=eloqua&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=IOT_News_IoTWorldToday_NL_03072024&amp;sp_cid=6301&amp;utm_content=IOT_News_IoTWorldToday_NL_03072024&amp;sp_rid=549256&amp;sp_aid=8710&amp;sp_eh=a0533cec4f65224e3f158b4db5b3f921d44930accf2a3ad259964f97624e1f35\" target=\"_blank\">per</a> IOT World Today.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other federal agencies are still working out how to set safety rules governing the new metallic workers. </p><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The humanoid robot revolution is upon us \u2014 expect these droids to start moving into industrial settings over the next few years, and then retail stores and our homes. </p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Envisioning a day when hundreds of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/29/robots-workers-humanoid-warehouse-amazon\" target=\"_blank\">humanoid robots</a> can be summoned and deployed at the touch of a button, Agility Robotics has <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/agility-robotics-brings-operational-visibility-to-deployment-of-digit-fleets-with-the-launch-of-agility-arc\" target=\"_blank\">announced</a> its first fleet management platform. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>There's intense competition among humanoid robot manufacturers to get their products into the industrial marketplace, where companies like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/27/cyber-monday-amazon-robots-black-friday-discount\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/humanoid-robots-bmw-automotive-manufacturing-figure\" target=\"_blank\">BMW</a> are eager for their help.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The new platform, <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/products/arc\" target=\"_blank\">Agility Arc</a>, is a cloud-based tool that'll be able to command a robot army, say, to start moving bins to a conveyor belt at a particular time.</p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"The ability to control fleets of robots is something that everybody in the robotics business needs to do,\" Damion Shelton, president of Agility Robotics, tells Axios. </p><ul><li>\"I think we're the first humanoid robot vendor to have any solution offering on that front.\" </li><li>Agility \"envisions ultimately very large deployments, into the hundreds,\" Shelton adds.</li></ul><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>Walking, dexterous robots are gradually making the leap from the science lab to the workplace, requiring more sophisticated management systems.</p><ul><li>Agility's robot, named Digit, is being tested by <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/2023/expanded-partnership-amazon\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a> and <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/2023/gxo-conducting-industry-leading-pilot-of-human-centric-robot\" target=\"_blank\">GXO Logistics</a>, which recently <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-HekFcpwSw\" target=\"_blank\">deployed</a> it at a Spanx warehouse in Georgia. </li><li>A competing robot maker called <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/17/robots-humanoid-figure-tesla-robotics-ai\" target=\"_blank\">Figure</a>, which just garnered a massive <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/ai-robot-figure-nvidia-openai-jeff-bezos\" target=\"_blank\">investment</a> from Jeff Bezos and OpenAI, is starting to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/humanoid-robots-bmw-automotive-manufacturing-figure\" target=\"_self\">staff</a> a BMW production line \u2014 and said just yesterday that its robot can \"now have full conversations with people on end-to-end neural networks.\"</li><li>Agility is opening a manufacturing facility in Oregon called <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/humanoid-robot-factory-agility-bipedal-amazon\" target=\"_blank\">RoboFab</a>, with plans to eventually produce 10,000 two-legged robots annually.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/V0wqR4GA9bVg_Ce4VXc8XfFt-JE=/2024/03/11/1710181084322.png\" /> <div>Digit, the robot from Agility Robotics, has new \"hands\" capable of grasping bins. Photo courtesy of Agility</div><p><strong>The latest: </strong>Agility just <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/agility-appoints-peggy-johnson-ceo\" target=\"_blank\">hired</a> a new CEO, Peggy Johnson, formerly of the augmented reality headset maker Magic Leap, to land new customers.</p><ul><li>She's touting Digit's expanding skillset and specs \u2014 it's 5'9,\" 140 pounds and can lift 35 pounds from the floor to nearly 6 feet.</li><li>The company is planning a \"robots as a service\" model, in which it'll charge customers a monthly fee for their Digit fleet.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/83ncA6BGkJGQBH0wBScjYcFx_44=/2024/03/11/1710183558598.jpg\" /> <div>At an Amazon test facility, a human warehouse worker toils alongside a robot. Photo courtesy of Agility Robotics</div><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>In its earliest incarnations, Digit was controlled by \"a single engineer with a laptop, telling the robot to do something,\" Shelton says.</p><ul><li>Last year the system was upgraded so that multiple robots could be controlled at the same time to work together on a single task.</li></ul><p><strong>\"Now what we have </strong>is a whole integrated fleet management system that allows you to coordinate multiple robots out of a single user interface,\" Shelton says.</p><ul><li>\"That's a big step towards the larger customer deployments, where you would have multiple robots operating within a customer environment and want to track the charge level, the success or failure rate of the robot, and statistics like how much load they've been carrying.\"</li></ul><p>\ud83e\udd16 <strong>Zoom in: </strong>Shelton gave the example of a warehouse that has an inbound tractor-trailer arriving at 3 p.m. with inventory that needs to be processed.</p><ul><li>\"So you need all the robots charged up and ready to go by 3 p.m,\" he says, \"but you also have this body of work that needs to get done from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.\"</li><li>With Agility Arc, \"you can dynamically load-balance the fleet,\" Shelton says \u2014 ensuring there's constantly enough robots to get the day's work done.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out:</strong> Advances in humanoid robots are coming thick and fast. </p><ul><li>Agility has been experimenting with integrating large language models and generative AI into Digit, so you can assign it tasks in natural language.</li><li>See a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnkM0AecxYA\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> of Digit being told verbally to \"pick the box that's the color of Darth Vader's lightsaber and put it on top of the tallest box in the front row.\"</li><li>The H1 robot from a Chinese company called Unitree recently set the full-size humanoid robot speed record, moving at a top speed of 7.3 mph compared with the old record of 5.5 mph, <a href=\"https://www.iotworldtoday.com/robotics/humanoid-robot-breaks-walking-speed-record?_mc=NL_DR_EDT__20240307&amp;cid=NL_DR_EDT__20240307&amp;utm_source=eloqua&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=IOT_News_IoTWorldToday_NL_03072024&amp;sp_cid=6301&amp;utm_content=IOT_News_IoTWorldToday_NL_03072024&amp;sp_rid=549256&amp;sp_aid=8710&amp;sp_eh=a0533cec4f65224e3f158b4db5b3f921d44930accf2a3ad259964f97624e1f35\" target=\"_blank\">per</a> IOT World Today.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other federal agencies are still working out how to set safety rules governing the new metallic workers. </p><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The humanoid robot revolution is upon us \u2014 expect these droids to start moving into industrial settings over the next few years, and then retail stores and our homes. </p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Envisioning a day when hundreds of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/29/robots-workers-humanoid-warehouse-amazon\" target=\"_blank\">humanoid robots</a> can be summoned and deployed at the touch of a button, Agility Robotics has <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/agility-robotics-brings-operational-visibility-to-deployment-of-digit-fleets-with-the-launch-of-agility-arc\" target=\"_blank\">announced</a> its first fleet management platform. </p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>There's intense competition among humanoid robot manufacturers to get their products into the industrial marketplace, where companies like <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/27/cyber-monday-amazon-robots-black-friday-discount\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/humanoid-robots-bmw-automotive-manufacturing-figure\" target=\"_blank\">BMW</a> are eager for their help.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The new platform, <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/products/arc\" target=\"_blank\">Agility Arc</a>, is a cloud-based tool that'll be able to command a robot army, say, to start moving bins to a conveyor belt at a particular time.</p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"The ability to control fleets of robots is something that everybody in the robotics business needs to do,\" Damion Shelton, president of Agility Robotics, tells Axios. </p><ul><li>\"I think we're the first humanoid robot vendor to have any solution offering on that front.\" </li><li>Agility \"envisions ultimately very large deployments, into the hundreds,\" Shelton adds.</li></ul><p><strong>Where it stands: </strong>Walking, dexterous robots are gradually making the leap from the science lab to the workplace, requiring more sophisticated management systems.</p><ul><li>Agility's robot, named Digit, is being tested by <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/2023/expanded-partnership-amazon\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon</a> and <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/2023/gxo-conducting-industry-leading-pilot-of-human-centric-robot\" target=\"_blank\">GXO Logistics</a>, which recently <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-HekFcpwSw\" target=\"_blank\">deployed</a> it at a Spanx warehouse in Georgia. </li><li>A competing robot maker called <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/17/robots-humanoid-figure-tesla-robotics-ai\" target=\"_blank\">Figure</a>, which just garnered a massive <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/29/ai-robot-figure-nvidia-openai-jeff-bezos\" target=\"_blank\">investment</a> from Jeff Bezos and OpenAI, is starting to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/humanoid-robots-bmw-automotive-manufacturing-figure\" target=\"_self\">staff</a> a BMW production line \u2014 and said just yesterday that its robot can \"now have full conversations with people on end-to-end neural networks.\"</li><li>Agility is opening a manufacturing facility in Oregon called <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/05/humanoid-robot-factory-agility-bipedal-amazon\" target=\"_blank\">RoboFab</a>, with plans to eventually produce 10,000 two-legged robots annually.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/V0wqR4GA9bVg_Ce4VXc8XfFt-JE=/2024/03/11/1710181084322.png\" /> <div>Digit, the robot from Agility Robotics, has new \"hands\" capable of grasping bins. Photo courtesy of Agility</div><p><strong>The latest: </strong>Agility just <a href=\"https://agilityrobotics.com/news/agility-appoints-peggy-johnson-ceo\" target=\"_blank\">hired</a> a new CEO, Peggy Johnson, formerly of the augmented reality headset maker Magic Leap, to land new customers.</p><ul><li>She's touting Digit's expanding skillset and specs \u2014 it's 5'9,\" 140 pounds and can lift 35 pounds from the floor to nearly 6 feet.</li><li>The company is planning a \"robots as a service\" model, in which it'll charge customers a monthly fee for their Digit fleet.</li></ul><img src=\"https://images.axios.com/83ncA6BGkJGQBH0wBScjYcFx_44=/2024/03/11/1710183558598.jpg\" /> <div>At an Amazon test facility, a human warehouse worker toils alongside a robot. Photo courtesy of Agility Robotics</div><p><strong>Catch up quick: </strong>In its earliest incarnations, Digit was controlled by \"a single engineer with a laptop, telling the robot to do something,\" Shelton says.</p><ul><li>Last year the system was upgraded so that multiple robots could be controlled at the same time to work together on a single task.</li></ul><p><strong>\"Now what we have </strong>is a whole integrated fleet management system that allows you to coordinate multiple robots out of a single user interface,\" Shelton says.</p><ul><li>\"That's a big step towards the larger customer deployments, where you would have multiple robots operating within a customer environment and want to track the charge level, the success or failure rate of the robot, and statistics like how much load they've been carrying.\"</li></ul><p>\ud83e\udd16 <strong>Zoom in: </strong>Shelton gave the example of a warehouse that has an inbound tractor-trailer arriving at 3 p.m. with inventory that needs to be processed.</p><ul><li>\"So you need all the robots charged up and ready to go by 3 p.m,\" he says, \"but you also have this body of work that needs to get done from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.\"</li><li>With Agility Arc, \"you can dynamically load-balance the fleet,\" Shelton says \u2014 ensuring there's constantly enough robots to get the day's work done.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out:</strong> Advances in humanoid robots are coming thick and fast. </p><ul><li>Agility has been experimenting with integrating large language models and generative AI into Digit, so you can assign it tasks in natural language.</li><li>See a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnkM0AecxYA\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> of Digit being told verbally to \"pick the box that's the color of Darth Vader's lightsaber and put it on top of the tallest box in the front row.\"</li><li>The H1 robot from a Chinese company called Unitree recently set the full-size humanoid robot speed record, moving at a top speed of 7.3 mph compared with the old record of 5.5 mph, <a href=\"https://www.iotworldtoday.com/robotics/humanoid-robot-breaks-walking-speed-record?_mc=NL_DR_EDT__20240307&amp;cid=NL_DR_EDT__20240307&amp;utm_source=eloqua&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=IOT_News_IoTWorldToday_NL_03072024&amp;sp_cid=6301&amp;utm_content=IOT_News_IoTWorldToday_NL_03072024&amp;sp_rid=549256&amp;sp_aid=8710&amp;sp_eh=a0533cec4f65224e3f158b4db5b3f921d44930accf2a3ad259964f97624e1f35\" target=\"_blank\">per</a> IOT World Today.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but:</strong> The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other federal agencies are still working out how to set safety rules governing the new metallic workers. </p><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> The humanoid robot revolution is upon us \u2014 expect these droids to start moving into industrial settings over the next few years, and then retail stores and our homes. </p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jennifer A. Kingson"}], "author": "Jennifer A. Kingson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jennifer A. Kingson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Agility's robots are on trial assignment at an Amazon warehouse south of Seattle. Photo courtesy of Agility Robotics", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/MN7XsH14Y822LvDUv3SZDMp_NUk=/0x0:1500x844/1280x720/2024/03/11/1710178476749.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/wVlSpdOqpXBn_VnTBIfUb23H_eI=/540x0:1384x844/128x128/2024/03/11/1710178476749.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 9, 0, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/humanoid-robot-army-agility-digit-amazon-warehouse", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Generative AI has a growing privacy problem", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Generative AI has a growing privacy problem"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/generative-ai-privacy-problem-chatgpt-openai"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/generative-ai-privacy-problem-chatgpt-openai", "summary": "<p>Privacy is the next battleground for the AI debate, even as conflicts over <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/01/ai-copyright-law-biden-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\">copyright</a>, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/ai-software-bugs-google-gemini-att\" target=\"_blank\">accuracy</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/02/22/government-companies-try-to-tackle-ai-bias-in-employment\" target=\"_blank\">bias</a> continue.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Critics say large language models are collecting and often disclosing personal information gathered from around the web, often without the permission of those involved.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Many businesses have <a href=\"https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2023/05/08/generative-ai-data-leaks-are-a-serious-problem-experts-say\" target=\"_blank\">grown wary</a> of execs and employees using proprietary information to query ChatGPT and other AI bots \u2014 either banning such apps or opting for paid versions that keep business information private. </p><ul><li>As more individuals use AI to seek relationship advice, medical information or psychological counseling, experts say the risks to individuals are growing.</li><li>Personal data leaks from AI can take a variety of forms, from accidental information disclosure to data gained via deliberate efforts to <a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xe75/chatgpt-can-reveal-personal-information-from-real-people-google-researchers-show\" target=\"_blank\">break through guardrails</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Several lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in recent months alleging Google, OpenAI and others have violated federal and state privacy laws in training and operating their AI services.</p><ul><li>The FTC <a href=\"https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/01/ai-companies-uphold-your-privacy-confidentiality-commitments\" target=\"_blank\">issued a warning</a> in January that tech companies have an obligation to uphold their privacy commitments as they develop generative AI models.</li></ul><p><strong>\"With AI, it's this big feeding frenzy</strong> for data, and these companies are just gathering up any personal data they can find on the internet,\" George Washington University law professor Daniel J. Solove told Axios.</p><ul><li>The risks go far beyond just the disclosure of discrete pieces of private information, argues Timothy K. Giordano, partner at Clarkson Law Firm, which has brought a number of privacy and copyright suits against generative AI companies.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> While AI is creating new scenarios, Solove points out that many of these privacy issues aren't new.</p><ul><li>\"A lot of the AI problems are exacerbations of existing problems that law has not dealt with well,\" Solove told Axios, pointing to the lack of federal online privacy protections and the flaws in the state laws that do exist.</li><li>\"If I had to grade them, they would be like D's and F's,\" Solove said. \"They are very weak.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Generative AI's unique capabilities raise bigger concerns than the common aggregation of personal information sold and distributed by data brokers.</p><ul><li>In addition to potentially sharing specific pieces of data, generative AI tools can draw connections, or inferences (accurate or not), Giordano told Axios.</li><li>This means tech companies now have, in Giordano's words, \"a chillingly detailed understanding of our personhood \u2014 enough ultimately to create digital clones and deepfakes that would not only look like us, but that could also act and communicate like us.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Building AI so that it respects data privacy</strong> is complicated by how generative AI systems work. </p><ul><li>Typically, they are trained on huge sets of data that leave a kind of probability imprint in the model, but they don't save or store the data afterward. That means you can't simply erase information that's been woven in.</li><li>\"You cannot untrain generative AI,\" said Grant Fergusson, a fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. \"Once the system has been trained on something, there's no way to take that back.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Many online publishers and AI companies have added language noting that customer data may be used to train future models.</p><ul><li>In some cases, people have the option to choose not to have their data used for AI training, though such policies vary and data sharing settings can be confusing and hard to find.</li><li>Plus, even where users do offer consent, they might be sharing data that could impact the online privacy of others.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> An OpenAI representative told Axios it doesn't seek out personal data to train its models and takes steps to prevent its models from disclosing private or sensitive information.</p><ul><li>\"We want our models to learn about the world, not private individuals,\" an OpenAI spokesperson told Axios. \"We also train our models to refuse to provide private or sensitive info about people.\"</li><li>The company said its <a href=\"https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\">privacy policy</a> outlines options for people to delete certain information as well as to opt out of model training.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>Regulators will try to enforce existing privacy laws in the new AI realm, lawmakers will propose new bills, and courts will grapple with novel dilemmas.</p><ul><li>AI companies could do more on their own, but Solove said that expecting companies to protect privacy without mandating it through law is probably unrealistic.</li><li>\"You're kind of telling sharks, 'Please sit down and use utensils,'\" Solove said.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Privacy is the next battleground for the AI debate, even as conflicts over <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/01/ai-copyright-law-biden-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\">copyright</a>, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/ai-software-bugs-google-gemini-att\" target=\"_blank\">accuracy</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/02/22/government-companies-try-to-tackle-ai-bias-in-employment\" target=\"_blank\">bias</a> continue.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Critics say large language models are collecting and often disclosing personal information gathered from around the web, often without the permission of those involved.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Many businesses have <a href=\"https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2023/05/08/generative-ai-data-leaks-are-a-serious-problem-experts-say\" target=\"_blank\">grown wary</a> of execs and employees using proprietary information to query ChatGPT and other AI bots \u2014 either banning such apps or opting for paid versions that keep business information private. </p><ul><li>As more individuals use AI to seek relationship advice, medical information or psychological counseling, experts say the risks to individuals are growing.</li><li>Personal data leaks from AI can take a variety of forms, from accidental information disclosure to data gained via deliberate efforts to <a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xe75/chatgpt-can-reveal-personal-information-from-real-people-google-researchers-show\" target=\"_blank\">break through guardrails</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Several lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in recent months alleging Google, OpenAI and others have violated federal and state privacy laws in training and operating their AI services.</p><ul><li>The FTC <a href=\"https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/01/ai-companies-uphold-your-privacy-confidentiality-commitments\" target=\"_blank\">issued a warning</a> in January that tech companies have an obligation to uphold their privacy commitments as they develop generative AI models.</li></ul><p><strong>\"With AI, it's this big feeding frenzy</strong> for data, and these companies are just gathering up any personal data they can find on the internet,\" George Washington University law professor Daniel J. Solove told Axios.</p><ul><li>The risks go far beyond just the disclosure of discrete pieces of private information, argues Timothy K. Giordano, partner at Clarkson Law Firm, which has brought a number of privacy and copyright suits against generative AI companies.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> While AI is creating new scenarios, Solove points out that many of these privacy issues aren't new.</p><ul><li>\"A lot of the AI problems are exacerbations of existing problems that law has not dealt with well,\" Solove told Axios, pointing to the lack of federal online privacy protections and the flaws in the state laws that do exist.</li><li>\"If I had to grade them, they would be like D's and F's,\" Solove said. \"They are very weak.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Generative AI's unique capabilities raise bigger concerns than the common aggregation of personal information sold and distributed by data brokers.</p><ul><li>In addition to potentially sharing specific pieces of data, generative AI tools can draw connections, or inferences (accurate or not), Giordano told Axios.</li><li>This means tech companies now have, in Giordano's words, \"a chillingly detailed understanding of our personhood \u2014 enough ultimately to create digital clones and deepfakes that would not only look like us, but that could also act and communicate like us.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Building AI so that it respects data privacy</strong> is complicated by how generative AI systems work. </p><ul><li>Typically, they are trained on huge sets of data that leave a kind of probability imprint in the model, but they don't save or store the data afterward. That means you can't simply erase information that's been woven in.</li><li>\"You cannot untrain generative AI,\" said Grant Fergusson, a fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. \"Once the system has been trained on something, there's no way to take that back.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Many online publishers and AI companies have added language noting that customer data may be used to train future models.</p><ul><li>In some cases, people have the option to choose not to have their data used for AI training, though such policies vary and data sharing settings can be confusing and hard to find.</li><li>Plus, even where users do offer consent, they might be sharing data that could impact the online privacy of others.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> An OpenAI representative told Axios it doesn't seek out personal data to train its models and takes steps to prevent its models from disclosing private or sensitive information.</p><ul><li>\"We want our models to learn about the world, not private individuals,\" an OpenAI spokesperson told Axios. \"We also train our models to refuse to provide private or sensitive info about people.\"</li><li>The company said its <a href=\"https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\">privacy policy</a> outlines options for people to delete certain information as well as to opt out of model training.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>Regulators will try to enforce existing privacy laws in the new AI realm, lawmakers will propose new bills, and courts will grapple with novel dilemmas.</p><ul><li>AI companies could do more on their own, but Solove said that expecting companies to protect privacy without mandating it through law is probably unrealistic.</li><li>\"You're kind of telling sharks, 'Please sit down and use utensils,'\" Solove said.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Privacy is the next battleground for the AI debate, even as conflicts over <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/01/ai-copyright-law-biden-executive-order\" target=\"_blank\">copyright</a>, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/28/ai-software-bugs-google-gemini-att\" target=\"_blank\">accuracy</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/02/22/government-companies-try-to-tackle-ai-bias-in-employment\" target=\"_blank\">bias</a> continue.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Critics say large language models are collecting and often disclosing personal information gathered from around the web, often without the permission of those involved.</p><hr /><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Many businesses have <a href=\"https://www.itbrew.com/stories/2023/05/08/generative-ai-data-leaks-are-a-serious-problem-experts-say\" target=\"_blank\">grown wary</a> of execs and employees using proprietary information to query ChatGPT and other AI bots \u2014 either banning such apps or opting for paid versions that keep business information private. </p><ul><li>As more individuals use AI to seek relationship advice, medical information or psychological counseling, experts say the risks to individuals are growing.</li><li>Personal data leaks from AI can take a variety of forms, from accidental information disclosure to data gained via deliberate efforts to <a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xe75/chatgpt-can-reveal-personal-information-from-real-people-google-researchers-show\" target=\"_blank\">break through guardrails</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Several lawsuits seeking class action status have been filed in recent months alleging Google, OpenAI and others have violated federal and state privacy laws in training and operating their AI services.</p><ul><li>The FTC <a href=\"https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2024/01/ai-companies-uphold-your-privacy-confidentiality-commitments\" target=\"_blank\">issued a warning</a> in January that tech companies have an obligation to uphold their privacy commitments as they develop generative AI models.</li></ul><p><strong>\"With AI, it's this big feeding frenzy</strong> for data, and these companies are just gathering up any personal data they can find on the internet,\" George Washington University law professor Daniel J. Solove told Axios.</p><ul><li>The risks go far beyond just the disclosure of discrete pieces of private information, argues Timothy K. Giordano, partner at Clarkson Law Firm, which has brought a number of privacy and copyright suits against generative AI companies.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> While AI is creating new scenarios, Solove points out that many of these privacy issues aren't new.</p><ul><li>\"A lot of the AI problems are exacerbations of existing problems that law has not dealt with well,\" Solove told Axios, pointing to the lack of federal online privacy protections and the flaws in the state laws that do exist.</li><li>\"If I had to grade them, they would be like D's and F's,\" Solove said. \"They are very weak.\"</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Generative AI's unique capabilities raise bigger concerns than the common aggregation of personal information sold and distributed by data brokers.</p><ul><li>In addition to potentially sharing specific pieces of data, generative AI tools can draw connections, or inferences (accurate or not), Giordano told Axios.</li><li>This means tech companies now have, in Giordano's words, \"a chillingly detailed understanding of our personhood \u2014 enough ultimately to create digital clones and deepfakes that would not only look like us, but that could also act and communicate like us.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Building AI so that it respects data privacy</strong> is complicated by how generative AI systems work. </p><ul><li>Typically, they are trained on huge sets of data that leave a kind of probability imprint in the model, but they don't save or store the data afterward. That means you can't simply erase information that's been woven in.</li><li>\"You cannot untrain generative AI,\" said Grant Fergusson, a fellow at the Electronic Privacy Information Center. \"Once the system has been trained on something, there's no way to take that back.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Many online publishers and AI companies have added language noting that customer data may be used to train future models.</p><ul><li>In some cases, people have the option to choose not to have their data used for AI training, though such policies vary and data sharing settings can be confusing and hard to find.</li><li>Plus, even where users do offer consent, they might be sharing data that could impact the online privacy of others.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> An OpenAI representative told Axios it doesn't seek out personal data to train its models and takes steps to prevent its models from disclosing private or sensitive information.</p><ul><li>\"We want our models to learn about the world, not private individuals,\" an OpenAI spokesperson told Axios. \"We also train our models to refuse to provide private or sensitive info about people.\"</li><li>The company said its <a href=\"https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\">privacy policy</a> outlines options for people to delete certain information as well as to opt out of model training.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>Regulators will try to enforce existing privacy laws in the new AI realm, lawmakers will propose new bills, and courts will grapple with novel dilemmas.</p><ul><li>AI companies could do more on their own, but Solove said that expecting companies to protect privacy without mandating it through law is probably unrealistic.</li><li>\"You're kind of telling sharks, 'Please sit down and use utensils,'\" Solove said.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Ina Fried"}], "author": "Ina Fried", "author_detail": {"name": "Ina Fried"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/ZWbZPgWRDEtMU8Dy97g-zkq4X4Y=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710365971111.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/DD5_BgcUSfyrIwwcnnIr0r-fn5c=/423x0:1503x1080/128x128/2024/03/13/1710365971111.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:53:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 8, 53, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/generative-ai-privacy-problem-chatgpt-openai", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Maternal death rates may be sharply overstated: study", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Maternal death rates may be sharply overstated: study"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/maternal-deaths-cdc-study"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/maternal-deaths-cdc-study", "summary": "<p>Rising <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/02/maternal-mortality-birth-death-disparities\" target=\"_blank\">maternal death rates</a> in the U.S. may have been sharply overstated due to flawed record-keeping, according to new research that found mortality held steady and was in line with other developed nations over two decades.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Maternal health statistics have become a critical public health focus with millions of women living in areas with little to no access to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/maternity-care-rural-hospitals-states-map-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">maternity care</a> and with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/05/20/abortion-roe-supreme-court-babies-mothers\" target=\"_blank\">more restricted access to abortion</a>.</p><hr /><ul><li>But <a href=\"https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378%2824%2900005-X/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\">the study</a> in the <em>American Journal of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology</em> concludes the 2003 inclusion of a checkbox on death certificates to show if a woman was pregnant at or close to the time of death has led to an increase in misclassified maternal deaths.</li></ul><p><strong>What they found:</strong> Researchers reviewed National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data from 1999 to 2021 and zeroed in on those deaths that required a mention of pregnancy among the causes on a death certificate.</p><ul><li>They found overall maternal deaths were stable, at just over 10 per 100,000 live births for the periods 1999 to 2002 and 2018 to 2021.  </li><li>In contrast, maternal death rates recorded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where NCHS is housed, rose from 9.65 per 100,000 to 23.6 per 100,000 for those periods. </li></ul><p><strong>Deaths resulting from obstetric causes</strong> such as hemorrhaging or preeclampsia decreased over those time periods, the study found.</p><ul><li>Meanwhile, deaths from indirect causes like hypertension that were aggravated by pregnancy rose.</li><li>Non-Hispanic Black women still had disproportionately high rates of maternal death, with striking disparities due to ectopic pregnancy, cardiovascular conditions and kidney and other diseases. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"The CDC has acknowledged in the past that errors were artificially inflating numbers, but their efforts to correct those errors haven't worked,\" said Cande Ananth, chief of the division of epidemiology and biostatistics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and senior author of the study.</p><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> The CDC changed the rules on the use of checkbox in 2018, limiting it to women age 15 to 44. But the system still counts many non-maternal and incidental deaths, such as those from a car accident, as maternal deaths, researchers said.</p><ul><li>Ananth said recent increases in the official numbers are also partly driven by the tendency to include more cancers unrelated to pregnancy in maternal death rates.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> The CDC's most recent <a href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2021/maternal-mortality-rates-2021.htm\" target=\"_blank\">maternal death report for 2021</a> found an almost 40% jump in deaths over 2020, with rates for Black women 2.6 times higher than for white women.</p><ul><li>NCHS <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/13/1238269753/maternal-mortality-overestimate-deaths-births-health-disparities\" target=\"_blank\">declined NPR's request for comment</a> on the study. </li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching:</strong> Researchers said one way to improve the checkbox system of death identification would be requiring certifying physicians to specify the pregnancy-related cause of death.</p><ul><li>Their findings of a significantly higher non-maternal death rate from hypertension also point to the need for an increased focus on treating the condition in women of reproductive age.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Rising <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/02/maternal-mortality-birth-death-disparities\" target=\"_blank\">maternal death rates</a> in the U.S. may have been sharply overstated due to flawed record-keeping, according to new research that found mortality held steady and was in line with other developed nations over two decades.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Maternal health statistics have become a critical public health focus with millions of women living in areas with little to no access to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/maternity-care-rural-hospitals-states-map-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">maternity care</a> and with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/05/20/abortion-roe-supreme-court-babies-mothers\" target=\"_blank\">more restricted access to abortion</a>.</p><hr /><ul><li>But <a href=\"https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378%2824%2900005-X/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\">the study</a> in the <em>American Journal of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology</em> concludes the 2003 inclusion of a checkbox on death certificates to show if a woman was pregnant at or close to the time of death has led to an increase in misclassified maternal deaths.</li></ul><p><strong>What they found:</strong> Researchers reviewed National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data from 1999 to 2021 and zeroed in on those deaths that required a mention of pregnancy among the causes on a death certificate.</p><ul><li>They found overall maternal deaths were stable, at just over 10 per 100,000 live births for the periods 1999 to 2002 and 2018 to 2021.  </li><li>In contrast, maternal death rates recorded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where NCHS is housed, rose from 9.65 per 100,000 to 23.6 per 100,000 for those periods. </li></ul><p><strong>Deaths resulting from obstetric causes</strong> such as hemorrhaging or preeclampsia decreased over those time periods, the study found.</p><ul><li>Meanwhile, deaths from indirect causes like hypertension that were aggravated by pregnancy rose.</li><li>Non-Hispanic Black women still had disproportionately high rates of maternal death, with striking disparities due to ectopic pregnancy, cardiovascular conditions and kidney and other diseases. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"The CDC has acknowledged in the past that errors were artificially inflating numbers, but their efforts to correct those errors haven't worked,\" said Cande Ananth, chief of the division of epidemiology and biostatistics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and senior author of the study.</p><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> The CDC changed the rules on the use of checkbox in 2018, limiting it to women age 15 to 44. But the system still counts many non-maternal and incidental deaths, such as those from a car accident, as maternal deaths, researchers said.</p><ul><li>Ananth said recent increases in the official numbers are also partly driven by the tendency to include more cancers unrelated to pregnancy in maternal death rates.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> The CDC's most recent <a href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2021/maternal-mortality-rates-2021.htm\" target=\"_blank\">maternal death report for 2021</a> found an almost 40% jump in deaths over 2020, with rates for Black women 2.6 times higher than for white women.</p><ul><li>NCHS <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/13/1238269753/maternal-mortality-overestimate-deaths-births-health-disparities\" target=\"_blank\">declined NPR's request for comment</a> on the study. </li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching:</strong> Researchers said one way to improve the checkbox system of death identification would be requiring certifying physicians to specify the pregnancy-related cause of death.</p><ul><li>Their findings of a significantly higher non-maternal death rate from hypertension also point to the need for an increased focus on treating the condition in women of reproductive age.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Rising <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/02/maternal-mortality-birth-death-disparities\" target=\"_blank\">maternal death rates</a> in the U.S. may have been sharply overstated due to flawed record-keeping, according to new research that found mortality held steady and was in line with other developed nations over two decades.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Maternal health statistics have become a critical public health focus with millions of women living in areas with little to no access to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/maternity-care-rural-hospitals-states-map-cuts\" target=\"_blank\">maternity care</a> and with <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/05/20/abortion-roe-supreme-court-babies-mothers\" target=\"_blank\">more restricted access to abortion</a>.</p><hr /><ul><li>But <a href=\"https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378%2824%2900005-X/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\">the study</a> in the <em>American Journal of Obstetrics &amp; Gynecology</em> concludes the 2003 inclusion of a checkbox on death certificates to show if a woman was pregnant at or close to the time of death has led to an increase in misclassified maternal deaths.</li></ul><p><strong>What they found:</strong> Researchers reviewed National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) data from 1999 to 2021 and zeroed in on those deaths that required a mention of pregnancy among the causes on a death certificate.</p><ul><li>They found overall maternal deaths were stable, at just over 10 per 100,000 live births for the periods 1999 to 2002 and 2018 to 2021.  </li><li>In contrast, maternal death rates recorded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where NCHS is housed, rose from 9.65 per 100,000 to 23.6 per 100,000 for those periods. </li></ul><p><strong>Deaths resulting from obstetric causes</strong> such as hemorrhaging or preeclampsia decreased over those time periods, the study found.</p><ul><li>Meanwhile, deaths from indirect causes like hypertension that were aggravated by pregnancy rose.</li><li>Non-Hispanic Black women still had disproportionately high rates of maternal death, with striking disparities due to ectopic pregnancy, cardiovascular conditions and kidney and other diseases. </li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> \"The CDC has acknowledged in the past that errors were artificially inflating numbers, but their efforts to correct those errors haven't worked,\" said Cande Ananth, chief of the division of epidemiology and biostatistics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and senior author of the study.</p><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> The CDC changed the rules on the use of checkbox in 2018, limiting it to women age 15 to 44. But the system still counts many non-maternal and incidental deaths, such as those from a car accident, as maternal deaths, researchers said.</p><ul><li>Ananth said recent increases in the official numbers are also partly driven by the tendency to include more cancers unrelated to pregnancy in maternal death rates.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side:</strong> The CDC's most recent <a href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/maternal-mortality/2021/maternal-mortality-rates-2021.htm\" target=\"_blank\">maternal death report for 2021</a> found an almost 40% jump in deaths over 2020, with rates for Black women 2.6 times higher than for white women.</p><ul><li>NCHS <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/13/1238269753/maternal-mortality-overestimate-deaths-births-health-disparities\" target=\"_blank\">declined NPR's request for comment</a> on the study. </li></ul><p><strong>What we're watching:</strong> Researchers said one way to improve the checkbox system of death identification would be requiring certifying physicians to specify the pregnancy-related cause of death.</p><ul><li>Their findings of a significantly higher non-maternal death rate from hypertension also point to the need for an increased focus on treating the condition in women of reproductive age.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Adriel Bettelheim"}], "author": "Adriel Bettelheim", "author_detail": {"name": "Adriel Bettelheim"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/NjyTXKHhFtwfjsB_-eqK6McAzkc=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710364605971.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/WWCuAzJd0KBBTrPY1T04a-i5Bcw=/0x0:1080x1080/128x128/2024/03/13/1710364605971.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:40:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 8, 40, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/maternal-deaths-cdc-study", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "How a TikTok crackdown could get jammed in the Senate", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "How a TikTok crackdown could get jammed in the Senate"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-congress-senate-house-bill-stall"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-congress-senate-house-bill-stall", "summary": "<p>A House-approved bill that threatens to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">ban TikTok</a> picked up critical bipartisan support in the Senate on Wednesday \u2014 but Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains noncommittal about bringing it to a vote.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> President Biden's commitment to sign the legislation on top of the decisive, bipartisan House vote puts immense pressure on the Senate to take action. But the politics will be tricky.</p><hr /><ul><li>\"This overwhelming of a vote really means that this is an issue that we've got to take up,\" Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who chairs the Intelligence committee, told Axios. </li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Warner was joined by the highest-ranking Republican on the committee, Sen. Mark Rubio (Fla.), in praising the House's passage of the bill, which would force Chinese-owned Bytedance to divest from TikTok or be banned in the U.S.</p><ul><li>\"We are united in our concern about the national security threat posed by TikTok,\" they said in a joint statement.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Senate Democrats<em> and</em> Republicans have expressed concerns over whether the bill would stand up in court \u2014 or does enough to stop future iterations of TikTok-like apps.</p><ul><li>Passing a potential TikTok ban also risks upsetting young voters who rely on the app for news, entertainment and income. </li><li>Biden and some Democrats already have been losing support among young voters over their support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza \u2014 an issue that has led Biden boost aid to displaced Palestinians and press Israel to agree to a ceasefire. </li><li>Despite broad agreement in principle, what \"we're likely to see happen in the Senate is people will nickel-and-dime it, a death by a thousand cuts,\" Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who supports the House bill, told Axios' Dan Primack.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Like Schumer, Senate Commerce committee chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) hasn't committed to advancing the House bill.</p><ul><li>\"The Senate will review the legislation when it comes over from the House,\" Schumer said in a statement after the House vote.</li><li>\"I will be talking to my Senate and House colleagues to try to find a path forward that is constitutional and protects civil liberties,\" Cantwell, who has been critical of the House's measure, <a href=\"https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1767982617108828610?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The right flank also has problems with the TikTok bill.</p><ul><li>Donald Trump, the presumed GOP nominee for president, has said he's against the bill. A source who has spoken to Trump and Republican senators on the issue told Axios they would be surprised if the Senate voted on the House bill without any changes to the legislation.</li><li>Some Senate conservatives are expected to criticize the bill because it would give new power to the White House and not address broader data privacy concerns, according to one top Senate GOP staffer.</li><li>Trump has said he's worried that companies such as Meta would become more powerful in TikTok's absence.</li><li>Momentum behind a similar Senate bill last year was stifled in part by similar <a href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-introducing-flat-out-totalitarianism-system\" target=\"_blank\">attacks by Tucker Carlson</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Trump allies, TikTok lobbyists and dedicated app users descended upon Capitol Hill during the past week to lobby or protest against the bill. It might have been counterproductive.</p><ul><li>Lawmakers\u00a0\u2014 including members of GOP Senate leadership \u2014 declined requests to meet with TikTok CEO Shou Chew, sources familiar with the situation told Axios.</li><li>\"I think their kind of over-the-top scare tactics ... really backfired in their face. And frankly ... ,  gained more votes in the House,\" Warner said.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>The rapid movement on restricting TikTok offers Congress an opportunity in a regulatory space in which there has long been no action.</p><ul><li>\"We've done no guardrails on social media, no kids online safety protection, no privacy bill, no guardrails on AI \u2014 the litany \u2014 even though there's lots of interest,\" Warner said.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A House-approved bill that threatens to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">ban TikTok</a> picked up critical bipartisan support in the Senate on Wednesday \u2014 but Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains noncommittal about bringing it to a vote.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> President Biden's commitment to sign the legislation on top of the decisive, bipartisan House vote puts immense pressure on the Senate to take action. But the politics will be tricky.</p><hr /><ul><li>\"This overwhelming of a vote really means that this is an issue that we've got to take up,\" Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who chairs the Intelligence committee, told Axios. </li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Warner was joined by the highest-ranking Republican on the committee, Sen. Mark Rubio (Fla.), in praising the House's passage of the bill, which would force Chinese-owned Bytedance to divest from TikTok or be banned in the U.S.</p><ul><li>\"We are united in our concern about the national security threat posed by TikTok,\" they said in a joint statement.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Senate Democrats<em> and</em> Republicans have expressed concerns over whether the bill would stand up in court \u2014 or does enough to stop future iterations of TikTok-like apps.</p><ul><li>Passing a potential TikTok ban also risks upsetting young voters who rely on the app for news, entertainment and income. </li><li>Biden and some Democrats already have been losing support among young voters over their support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza \u2014 an issue that has led Biden boost aid to displaced Palestinians and press Israel to agree to a ceasefire. </li><li>Despite broad agreement in principle, what \"we're likely to see happen in the Senate is people will nickel-and-dime it, a death by a thousand cuts,\" Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who supports the House bill, told Axios' Dan Primack.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Like Schumer, Senate Commerce committee chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) hasn't committed to advancing the House bill.</p><ul><li>\"The Senate will review the legislation when it comes over from the House,\" Schumer said in a statement after the House vote.</li><li>\"I will be talking to my Senate and House colleagues to try to find a path forward that is constitutional and protects civil liberties,\" Cantwell, who has been critical of the House's measure, <a href=\"https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1767982617108828610?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The right flank also has problems with the TikTok bill.</p><ul><li>Donald Trump, the presumed GOP nominee for president, has said he's against the bill. A source who has spoken to Trump and Republican senators on the issue told Axios they would be surprised if the Senate voted on the House bill without any changes to the legislation.</li><li>Some Senate conservatives are expected to criticize the bill because it would give new power to the White House and not address broader data privacy concerns, according to one top Senate GOP staffer.</li><li>Trump has said he's worried that companies such as Meta would become more powerful in TikTok's absence.</li><li>Momentum behind a similar Senate bill last year was stifled in part by similar <a href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-introducing-flat-out-totalitarianism-system\" target=\"_blank\">attacks by Tucker Carlson</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Trump allies, TikTok lobbyists and dedicated app users descended upon Capitol Hill during the past week to lobby or protest against the bill. It might have been counterproductive.</p><ul><li>Lawmakers\u00a0\u2014 including members of GOP Senate leadership \u2014 declined requests to meet with TikTok CEO Shou Chew, sources familiar with the situation told Axios.</li><li>\"I think their kind of over-the-top scare tactics ... really backfired in their face. And frankly ... ,  gained more votes in the House,\" Warner said.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>The rapid movement on restricting TikTok offers Congress an opportunity in a regulatory space in which there has long been no action.</p><ul><li>\"We've done no guardrails on social media, no kids online safety protection, no privacy bill, no guardrails on AI \u2014 the litany \u2014 even though there's lots of interest,\" Warner said.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A House-approved bill that threatens to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">ban TikTok</a> picked up critical bipartisan support in the Senate on Wednesday \u2014 but Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) remains noncommittal about bringing it to a vote.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> President Biden's commitment to sign the legislation on top of the decisive, bipartisan House vote puts immense pressure on the Senate to take action. But the politics will be tricky.</p><hr /><ul><li>\"This overwhelming of a vote really means that this is an issue that we've got to take up,\" Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who chairs the Intelligence committee, told Axios. </li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>Warner was joined by the highest-ranking Republican on the committee, Sen. Mark Rubio (Fla.), in praising the House's passage of the bill, which would force Chinese-owned Bytedance to divest from TikTok or be banned in the U.S.</p><ul><li>\"We are united in our concern about the national security threat posed by TikTok,\" they said in a joint statement.</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>Senate Democrats<em> and</em> Republicans have expressed concerns over whether the bill would stand up in court \u2014 or does enough to stop future iterations of TikTok-like apps.</p><ul><li>Passing a potential TikTok ban also risks upsetting young voters who rely on the app for news, entertainment and income. </li><li>Biden and some Democrats already have been losing support among young voters over their support for Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza \u2014 an issue that has led Biden boost aid to displaced Palestinians and press Israel to agree to a ceasefire. </li><li>Despite broad agreement in principle, what \"we're likely to see happen in the Senate is people will nickel-and-dime it, a death by a thousand cuts,\" Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who supports the House bill, told Axios' Dan Primack.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Like Schumer, Senate Commerce committee chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) hasn't committed to advancing the House bill.</p><ul><li>\"The Senate will review the legislation when it comes over from the House,\" Schumer said in a statement after the House vote.</li><li>\"I will be talking to my Senate and House colleagues to try to find a path forward that is constitutional and protects civil liberties,\" Cantwell, who has been critical of the House's measure, <a href=\"https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1767982617108828610?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The right flank also has problems with the TikTok bill.</p><ul><li>Donald Trump, the presumed GOP nominee for president, has said he's against the bill. A source who has spoken to Trump and Republican senators on the issue told Axios they would be surprised if the Senate voted on the House bill without any changes to the legislation.</li><li>Some Senate conservatives are expected to criticize the bill because it would give new power to the White House and not address broader data privacy concerns, according to one top Senate GOP staffer.</li><li>Trump has said he's worried that companies such as Meta would become more powerful in TikTok's absence.</li><li>Momentum behind a similar Senate bill last year was stifled in part by similar <a href=\"https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-introducing-flat-out-totalitarianism-system\" target=\"_blank\">attacks by Tucker Carlson</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Trump allies, TikTok lobbyists and dedicated app users descended upon Capitol Hill during the past week to lobby or protest against the bill. It might have been counterproductive.</p><ul><li>Lawmakers\u00a0\u2014 including members of GOP Senate leadership \u2014 declined requests to meet with TikTok CEO Shou Chew, sources familiar with the situation told Axios.</li><li>\"I think their kind of over-the-top scare tactics ... really backfired in their face. And frankly ... ,  gained more votes in the House,\" Warner said.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line: </strong>The rapid movement on restricting TikTok offers Congress an opportunity in a regulatory space in which there has long been no action.</p><ul><li>\"We've done no guardrails on social media, no kids online safety protection, no privacy bill, no guardrails on AI \u2014 the litany \u2014 even though there's lots of interest,\" Warner said.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Stef W. Kight"}, {"name": "Stephen Neukam"}], "author": "Stephen Neukam", "author_detail": {"name": "Stef W. Kight"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the U.S. Capitol Building. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/tJoDMam0iExyG7W1i32SxekQTwY=/0x576:5527x3685/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710347121130.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/O41VgjhCEZB1dKWa6PoNkFQ8UrQ=/1375x0:5060x3685/128x128/2024/03/13/1710347121130.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 8, 30, 0, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/tiktok-ban-congress-senate-house-bill-stall", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Minnesota abortion clinic in historic first", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Minnesota abortion clinic in historic first"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/kamala-harris-abortion-clinic-minnesota-visit"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/kamala-harris-abortion-clinic-minnesota-visit", "summary": "<p>Vice President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/kamala-harris-voting-rights-2024\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Harris</a> will visit an abortion clinic in Minnesota's Twin Cities area Thursday, a dramatic and symbolic move to emphasize the Biden administration's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/26/biden-harris-2024-focus-abortion-elections\" target=\"_blank\">commitment</a> to reproductive rights.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Harris will become the first president or vice president to tour an abortion clinic while in office, according to the White House.</p><hr /><ul><li>Her visit is another indication that the Biden-Harris campaign considers reproductive rights as one of the most potent and salient issues favoring Democrats in the 2024 election.</li><li>It's also a sign of the key role Harris is taking in trying to generate enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket among Black, Hispanic and young voters.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Polls suggest that many voters in those traditionally Democratic groups are either lukewarm about <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a>, giving <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a> a look or haven't tuned into the 2024 campaign yet.</p><ul><li>Getting those three groups to support Biden is crucial to the White House's plan to reassemble the coalition that gave Democrats a narrow victory in 2020. </li><li>Harris has been tasked with making appeals to those groups, and has had an increasing presence in battleground states that are key to Biden winning a second term.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> Harris will tour a health center that provides abortion services, in addition to birth control and preventative wellness services.</p><ul><li>She will listen to how Minnesota is potentially affected by the Supreme Court's overturning of abortion rights under <em>Roe v. Wade, </em>and aims to blast Republicans who push for a national ban on abortion and other limits on reproductive rights.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> In his State of the Union address last week, Biden made a forceful case for reproductive rights and accused Republicans of wanting to restrict birth control and in-vitro fertilization (IVF).</p><ul><li>But he skipped over the word \"abortion,\" which was included in his prepared remarks, and used phrases that he's more comfortable with, such as \"freedom to choose.\"</li><li>\"I happen to be a practicing Catholic. I'm not big on abortion,\" Biden told donors <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/06/27/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-chevy-chase-md/\" target=\"_blank\">last June</a>.</li><li>Harris is much more comfortable talking about abortion. She routinely calls Republicans \"extremists\" for supporting national abortion bans.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> Earlier this month, Harris traveled to Selma, Ala., where she called for an \"immediate ceasefire\" in Gaza, directly addressing the concerns of many Democrats who have been concerned by Biden's rhetoric and actions on the Israel-Hamas war.</p><ul><li>It was another example of Harris moving to shore up support for Biden with a key group, in this case progressives upset about the war.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Minnesota is the fifth state Harris has visited in a cross-country tour that also included stops in Arizona, Nevada, California and Colorado as part of Biden's post-State of the Union push to sell the country on his economic and social<strong> </strong>policies. </p><ul><li>She's spoken to specific groups in the party's base on issues she cares most about.</li><li>Next month, she'll go to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Fla., and <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/03/11/1237215884/harris-will-visit-parkland-school\" target=\"_blank\">walk the halls</a> with family members of those killed in a mass shooting there in 2018.</li><li>This week in Denver, she focused on the Biden administration's efforts on behalf of Latino voters, mentioning its push to lower prescription drug costs.</li><li>In Durham, N.C., earlier this month, she talked with African American entrepreneurs how the Biden administration is trying to ensure they have adequate financing to help them grow their businesses. </li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Vice President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/kamala-harris-voting-rights-2024\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Harris</a> will visit an abortion clinic in Minnesota's Twin Cities area Thursday, a dramatic and symbolic move to emphasize the Biden administration's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/26/biden-harris-2024-focus-abortion-elections\" target=\"_blank\">commitment</a> to reproductive rights.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Harris will become the first president or vice president to tour an abortion clinic while in office, according to the White House.</p><hr /><ul><li>Her visit is another indication that the Biden-Harris campaign considers reproductive rights as one of the most potent and salient issues favoring Democrats in the 2024 election.</li><li>It's also a sign of the key role Harris is taking in trying to generate enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket among Black, Hispanic and young voters.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Polls suggest that many voters in those traditionally Democratic groups are either lukewarm about <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a>, giving <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a> a look or haven't tuned into the 2024 campaign yet.</p><ul><li>Getting those three groups to support Biden is crucial to the White House's plan to reassemble the coalition that gave Democrats a narrow victory in 2020. </li><li>Harris has been tasked with making appeals to those groups, and has had an increasing presence in battleground states that are key to Biden winning a second term.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> Harris will tour a health center that provides abortion services, in addition to birth control and preventative wellness services.</p><ul><li>She will listen to how Minnesota is potentially affected by the Supreme Court's overturning of abortion rights under <em>Roe v. Wade, </em>and aims to blast Republicans who push for a national ban on abortion and other limits on reproductive rights.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> In his State of the Union address last week, Biden made a forceful case for reproductive rights and accused Republicans of wanting to restrict birth control and in-vitro fertilization (IVF).</p><ul><li>But he skipped over the word \"abortion,\" which was included in his prepared remarks, and used phrases that he's more comfortable with, such as \"freedom to choose.\"</li><li>\"I happen to be a practicing Catholic. I'm not big on abortion,\" Biden told donors <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/06/27/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-chevy-chase-md/\" target=\"_blank\">last June</a>.</li><li>Harris is much more comfortable talking about abortion. She routinely calls Republicans \"extremists\" for supporting national abortion bans.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> Earlier this month, Harris traveled to Selma, Ala., where she called for an \"immediate ceasefire\" in Gaza, directly addressing the concerns of many Democrats who have been concerned by Biden's rhetoric and actions on the Israel-Hamas war.</p><ul><li>It was another example of Harris moving to shore up support for Biden with a key group, in this case progressives upset about the war.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Minnesota is the fifth state Harris has visited in a cross-country tour that also included stops in Arizona, Nevada, California and Colorado as part of Biden's post-State of the Union push to sell the country on his economic and social<strong> </strong>policies. </p><ul><li>She's spoken to specific groups in the party's base on issues she cares most about.</li><li>Next month, she'll go to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Fla., and <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/03/11/1237215884/harris-will-visit-parkland-school\" target=\"_blank\">walk the halls</a> with family members of those killed in a mass shooting there in 2018.</li><li>This week in Denver, she focused on the Biden administration's efforts on behalf of Latino voters, mentioning its push to lower prescription drug costs.</li><li>In Durham, N.C., earlier this month, she talked with African American entrepreneurs how the Biden administration is trying to ensure they have adequate financing to help them grow their businesses. </li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Vice President <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/27/kamala-harris-voting-rights-2024\" target=\"_blank\">Kamala Harris</a> will visit an abortion clinic in Minnesota's Twin Cities area Thursday, a dramatic and symbolic move to emphasize the Biden administration's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/26/biden-harris-2024-focus-abortion-elections\" target=\"_blank\">commitment</a> to reproductive rights.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> Harris will become the first president or vice president to tour an abortion clinic while in office, according to the White House.</p><hr /><ul><li>Her visit is another indication that the Biden-Harris campaign considers reproductive rights as one of the most potent and salient issues favoring Democrats in the 2024 election.</li><li>It's also a sign of the key role Harris is taking in trying to generate enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket among Black, Hispanic and young voters.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Polls suggest that many voters in those traditionally Democratic groups are either lukewarm about <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\">President Biden</a>, giving <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump</a> a look or haven't tuned into the 2024 campaign yet.</p><ul><li>Getting those three groups to support Biden is crucial to the White House's plan to reassemble the coalition that gave Democrats a narrow victory in 2020. </li><li>Harris has been tasked with making appeals to those groups, and has had an increasing presence in battleground states that are key to Biden winning a second term.</li></ul><p><strong>Driving the news:</strong> Harris will tour a health center that provides abortion services, in addition to birth control and preventative wellness services.</p><ul><li>She will listen to how Minnesota is potentially affected by the Supreme Court's overturning of abortion rights under <em>Roe v. Wade, </em>and aims to blast Republicans who push for a national ban on abortion and other limits on reproductive rights.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines:</strong> In his State of the Union address last week, Biden made a forceful case for reproductive rights and accused Republicans of wanting to restrict birth control and in-vitro fertilization (IVF).</p><ul><li>But he skipped over the word \"abortion,\" which was included in his prepared remarks, and used phrases that he's more comfortable with, such as \"freedom to choose.\"</li><li>\"I happen to be a practicing Catholic. I'm not big on abortion,\" Biden told donors <a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/06/27/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-campaign-reception-chevy-chase-md/\" target=\"_blank\">last June</a>.</li><li>Harris is much more comfortable talking about abortion. She routinely calls Republicans \"extremists\" for supporting national abortion bans.</li></ul><p><strong>Flashback:</strong> Earlier this month, Harris traveled to Selma, Ala., where she called for an \"immediate ceasefire\" in Gaza, directly addressing the concerns of many Democrats who have been concerned by Biden's rhetoric and actions on the Israel-Hamas war.</p><ul><li>It was another example of Harris moving to shore up support for Biden with a key group, in this case progressives upset about the war.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom out: </strong>Minnesota is the fifth state Harris has visited in a cross-country tour that also included stops in Arizona, Nevada, California and Colorado as part of Biden's post-State of the Union push to sell the country on his economic and social<strong> </strong>policies. </p><ul><li>She's spoken to specific groups in the party's base on issues she cares most about.</li><li>Next month, she'll go to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Fla., and <a href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/03/11/1237215884/harris-will-visit-parkland-school\" target=\"_blank\">walk the halls</a> with family members of those killed in a mass shooting there in 2018.</li><li>This week in Denver, she focused on the Biden administration's efforts on behalf of Latino voters, mentioning its push to lower prescription drug costs.</li><li>In Durham, N.C., earlier this month, she talked with African American entrepreneurs how the Biden administration is trying to ensure they have adequate financing to help them grow their businesses. </li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Hans Nichols"}], "author": "Hans Nichols", "author_detail": {"name": "Hans Nichols"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/bHJnSMl59kNg-JOOFE8rYlMHrKg=/0x0:5053x2842/1280x720/2024/03/14/1710381464737.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/R-Ok3aToVMuGYMP51g6V9RSs-Mw=/956x0:4325x3369/128x128/2024/03/14/1710381464737.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:12:02 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 2, 12, 2, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/kamala-harris-abortion-clinic-minnesota-visit", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Don Lemon says Elon Musk canceled his new show after \"tense\" interview", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Don Lemon says Elon Musk canceled his new show after \"tense\" interview"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/elon-must-don-lemon-x-show-canceled"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/elon-must-don-lemon-x-show-canceled", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/24/don-lemon-fired-from-cnn\" target=\"_blank\">Former CNN anchor Don Lemon</a> said on Wednesday that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/business/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk</a> canceled his new show on X, formerly Twitter, after he interviewed the multibillionaire last week.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The split comes as X CEO Linda Yaccarino <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lindayaX/status/1767675796334776506\" target=\"_blank\">announced</a> the platform is shifting to \"video first\" and Musk has tried to broker deals with high-profile content creators.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Lemon claimed Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech \"absolutist,\"  was \"mad\" at him over the \"tense\" interview, which will be included in the premiere episode of \"The Don Lemon Show\" next week.</p><ul><li>\"Apparently, free speech absolutism doesn't apply when it comes to questions about him from people like me,\" Lemon <a href=\"https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1767949937894121894\" target=\"_blank\">said in a video</a> on X.</li><li>\"There were no restrictions on the interview that he willingly agreed to, and my questions were respectful and wide ranging, covering everything from SpaceX to the presidential election,\" Lemon said <a href=\"https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1767948372999299549/photo/1\" target=\"_blank\">in a separate post</a>.</li><li>Lemon said he agreed to join X with the new show after Musk publicly encouraged him to do so.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>\"Don has a deal with X and expects to be paid for it.\u00a0If we have to go to court we will,\" Lemon's spokesperson, Allison Gollust, said in a statement to <a href=\"https://twitter.com/DylanByers/status/1767952713692983461?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Puck</a>.</p><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Axios has confirmed that X did not have a signed contract with Lemon, although there was a mutual understanding that such an agreement would soon be codified. </p><ul><li><a href=\"https://twitter.com/XBusiness/status/1767956757882581042?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">One of X's official accounts</a> said on Wednesday that Lemon's show is welcome to publish its content on X \"without censorship.\" </li><li>\"However, like any enterprise, we reserve the right to make decisions about our business partnerships, and after careful consideration, X decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show,\" it said.</li><li>X did not specify why it did not partner with the show.</li></ul><p><strong>Of note:</strong> Just hours before Lemon announced that X dropped his show, Musk posted, \"Free speech is the bedrock of democracy.\"</p><ul><li>During an interview with Lemon later Wednesday, CNN aired clips from the new show. In one, Lemon asked Musk if he believes both he and X have a responsibility to moderate hate speech on the platform, alluding to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/16/elon-musk-antisemitic-claim-tesla-shares\" target=\"_blank\">comments the entrepreneur has made</a> about Jewish people.</li><li>\"I don't have to answer questions from reporters,\" Musk said. \"Don, the only reason I'm doing this interview is because you're on the X platform and you asked for it,\" Musk responded, adding that he \"could care less\" about being criticized.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Since Musk purchased Twitter, the platform has been lenient to those who post hateful or extremist content while cracking down on other forms of speech.</p><ul><li>Musk personally reinstated the account of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/10/elon-musk-restore-alex-jones-x\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Jones</a>, a conspiracy theorist who <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/10/judge-alex-jones-473-million-sandy-hook-defamation\" target=\"_blank\">spread conspiracy theories</a> about the children killed during the Sandy Hook school shooting.</li><li>The platform has also <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/twitter-suspends-account-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-day-after-restoration-2023-01-25/\" target=\"_blank\">suspended</a> accounts belonging to white supremacist Nick Fuentes for antisemitic comments only to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/30/twitter-bans-nick-fuentes-new-account\" target=\"_blank\">reinstate</a> and again ban the accounts later.</li><li>The platform has also temporarily suspended the accounts of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-journalists-suspended\" target=\"_blank\">journalists</a> who cover Musk and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/14/twitter-elon-musk-jet-tracker-account-suspended\" target=\"_blank\">permanently suspended</a> an account that used public information to track the billionaire's private jet.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/01/twitter-hateful-content-blue-subscribers-study\" target=\"_blank\">Watchdog</a> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/13/x-twitter-hate-speech-moderation-report\" target=\"_blank\">groups</a> have also said X has repeatedly failed to remove posts including \"extreme hate speech\" that were in clear violation of its policies.</p><ul><li>Through its paid verification system, it has been accused of accepting money from <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68297121\" target=\"_blank\">designated terrorist groups</a>.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details, including confirmation of no signed contract between X and Don Lemon, and excerpts from his interview on CNN.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/24/don-lemon-fired-from-cnn\" target=\"_blank\">Former CNN anchor Don Lemon</a> said on Wednesday that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/business/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk</a> canceled his new show on X, formerly Twitter, after he interviewed the multibillionaire last week.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The split comes as X CEO Linda Yaccarino <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lindayaX/status/1767675796334776506\" target=\"_blank\">announced</a> the platform is shifting to \"video first\" and Musk has tried to broker deals with high-profile content creators.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Lemon claimed Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech \"absolutist,\"  was \"mad\" at him over the \"tense\" interview, which will be included in the premiere episode of \"The Don Lemon Show\" next week.</p><ul><li>\"Apparently, free speech absolutism doesn't apply when it comes to questions about him from people like me,\" Lemon <a href=\"https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1767949937894121894\" target=\"_blank\">said in a video</a> on X.</li><li>\"There were no restrictions on the interview that he willingly agreed to, and my questions were respectful and wide ranging, covering everything from SpaceX to the presidential election,\" Lemon said <a href=\"https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1767948372999299549/photo/1\" target=\"_blank\">in a separate post</a>.</li><li>Lemon said he agreed to join X with the new show after Musk publicly encouraged him to do so.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>\"Don has a deal with X and expects to be paid for it.\u00a0If we have to go to court we will,\" Lemon's spokesperson, Allison Gollust, said in a statement to <a href=\"https://twitter.com/DylanByers/status/1767952713692983461?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Puck</a>.</p><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Axios has confirmed that X did not have a signed contract with Lemon, although there was a mutual understanding that such an agreement would soon be codified. </p><ul><li><a href=\"https://twitter.com/XBusiness/status/1767956757882581042?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">One of X's official accounts</a> said on Wednesday that Lemon's show is welcome to publish its content on X \"without censorship.\" </li><li>\"However, like any enterprise, we reserve the right to make decisions about our business partnerships, and after careful consideration, X decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show,\" it said.</li><li>X did not specify why it did not partner with the show.</li></ul><p><strong>Of note:</strong> Just hours before Lemon announced that X dropped his show, Musk posted, \"Free speech is the bedrock of democracy.\"</p><ul><li>During an interview with Lemon later Wednesday, CNN aired clips from the new show. In one, Lemon asked Musk if he believes both he and X have a responsibility to moderate hate speech on the platform, alluding to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/16/elon-musk-antisemitic-claim-tesla-shares\" target=\"_blank\">comments the entrepreneur has made</a> about Jewish people.</li><li>\"I don't have to answer questions from reporters,\" Musk said. \"Don, the only reason I'm doing this interview is because you're on the X platform and you asked for it,\" Musk responded, adding that he \"could care less\" about being criticized.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Since Musk purchased Twitter, the platform has been lenient to those who post hateful or extremist content while cracking down on other forms of speech.</p><ul><li>Musk personally reinstated the account of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/10/elon-musk-restore-alex-jones-x\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Jones</a>, a conspiracy theorist who <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/10/judge-alex-jones-473-million-sandy-hook-defamation\" target=\"_blank\">spread conspiracy theories</a> about the children killed during the Sandy Hook school shooting.</li><li>The platform has also <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/twitter-suspends-account-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-day-after-restoration-2023-01-25/\" target=\"_blank\">suspended</a> accounts belonging to white supremacist Nick Fuentes for antisemitic comments only to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/30/twitter-bans-nick-fuentes-new-account\" target=\"_blank\">reinstate</a> and again ban the accounts later.</li><li>The platform has also temporarily suspended the accounts of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-journalists-suspended\" target=\"_blank\">journalists</a> who cover Musk and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/14/twitter-elon-musk-jet-tracker-account-suspended\" target=\"_blank\">permanently suspended</a> an account that used public information to track the billionaire's private jet.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/01/twitter-hateful-content-blue-subscribers-study\" target=\"_blank\">Watchdog</a> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/13/x-twitter-hate-speech-moderation-report\" target=\"_blank\">groups</a> have also said X has repeatedly failed to remove posts including \"extreme hate speech\" that were in clear violation of its policies.</p><ul><li>Through its paid verification system, it has been accused of accepting money from <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68297121\" target=\"_blank\">designated terrorist groups</a>.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details, including confirmation of no signed contract between X and Don Lemon, and excerpts from his interview on CNN.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/04/24/don-lemon-fired-from-cnn\" target=\"_blank\">Former CNN anchor Don Lemon</a> said on Wednesday that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/business/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk</a> canceled his new show on X, formerly Twitter, after he interviewed the multibillionaire last week.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The split comes as X CEO Linda Yaccarino <a href=\"https://twitter.com/lindayaX/status/1767675796334776506\" target=\"_blank\">announced</a> the platform is shifting to \"video first\" and Musk has tried to broker deals with high-profile content creators.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>Lemon claimed Musk, a self-proclaimed free speech \"absolutist,\"  was \"mad\" at him over the \"tense\" interview, which will be included in the premiere episode of \"The Don Lemon Show\" next week.</p><ul><li>\"Apparently, free speech absolutism doesn't apply when it comes to questions about him from people like me,\" Lemon <a href=\"https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1767949937894121894\" target=\"_blank\">said in a video</a> on X.</li><li>\"There were no restrictions on the interview that he willingly agreed to, and my questions were respectful and wide ranging, covering everything from SpaceX to the presidential election,\" Lemon said <a href=\"https://twitter.com/donlemon/status/1767948372999299549/photo/1\" target=\"_blank\">in a separate post</a>.</li><li>Lemon said he agreed to join X with the new show after Musk publicly encouraged him to do so.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong>\"Don has a deal with X and expects to be paid for it.\u00a0If we have to go to court we will,\" Lemon's spokesperson, Allison Gollust, said in a statement to <a href=\"https://twitter.com/DylanByers/status/1767952713692983461?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Puck</a>.</p><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Axios has confirmed that X did not have a signed contract with Lemon, although there was a mutual understanding that such an agreement would soon be codified. </p><ul><li><a href=\"https://twitter.com/XBusiness/status/1767956757882581042?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">One of X's official accounts</a> said on Wednesday that Lemon's show is welcome to publish its content on X \"without censorship.\" </li><li>\"However, like any enterprise, we reserve the right to make decisions about our business partnerships, and after careful consideration, X decided not to enter into a commercial partnership with the show,\" it said.</li><li>X did not specify why it did not partner with the show.</li></ul><p><strong>Of note:</strong> Just hours before Lemon announced that X dropped his show, Musk posted, \"Free speech is the bedrock of democracy.\"</p><ul><li>During an interview with Lemon later Wednesday, CNN aired clips from the new show. In one, Lemon asked Musk if he believes both he and X have a responsibility to moderate hate speech on the platform, alluding to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/16/elon-musk-antisemitic-claim-tesla-shares\" target=\"_blank\">comments the entrepreneur has made</a> about Jewish people.</li><li>\"I don't have to answer questions from reporters,\" Musk said. \"Don, the only reason I'm doing this interview is because you're on the X platform and you asked for it,\" Musk responded, adding that he \"could care less\" about being criticized.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>Since Musk purchased Twitter, the platform has been lenient to those who post hateful or extremist content while cracking down on other forms of speech.</p><ul><li>Musk personally reinstated the account of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/10/elon-musk-restore-alex-jones-x\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Jones</a>, a conspiracy theorist who <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/11/10/judge-alex-jones-473-million-sandy-hook-defamation\" target=\"_blank\">spread conspiracy theories</a> about the children killed during the Sandy Hook school shooting.</li><li>The platform has also <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/twitter-suspends-account-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-day-after-restoration-2023-01-25/\" target=\"_blank\">suspended</a> accounts belonging to white supremacist Nick Fuentes for antisemitic comments only to <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/30/twitter-bans-nick-fuentes-new-account\" target=\"_blank\">reinstate</a> and again ban the accounts later.</li><li>The platform has also temporarily suspended the accounts of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/16/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-journalists-suspended\" target=\"_blank\">journalists</a> who cover Musk and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/12/14/twitter-elon-musk-jet-tracker-account-suspended\" target=\"_blank\">permanently suspended</a> an account that used public information to track the billionaire's private jet.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/06/01/twitter-hateful-content-blue-subscribers-study\" target=\"_blank\">Watchdog</a> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/09/13/x-twitter-hate-speech-moderation-report\" target=\"_blank\">groups</a> have also said X has repeatedly failed to remove posts including \"extreme hate speech\" that were in clear violation of its policies.</p><ul><li>Through its paid verification system, it has been accused of accepting money from <a href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68297121\" target=\"_blank\">designated terrorist groups</a>.</li></ul><p><em>Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details, including confirmation of no signed contract between X and Don Lemon, and excerpts from his interview on CNN.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jacob Knutson"}], "author": "Jacob Knutson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jacob Knutson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Don Lemon. Photo: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/WPnJ3bIznR13Vzqvq6nny62v01s=/0x408:7920x4863/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710347830505.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/NI8I5iJR-ofpKX8LnHkNqgRGfy0=/1382x0:6662x5280/128x128/2024/03/13/1710347830505.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:23:57 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 14, 0, 23, 57, 3, 74, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/elon-must-don-lemon-x-show-canceled", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "TikTok lives for now: How the race to ban it could unfold", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "TikTok lives for now: How the race to ban it could unfold"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-reality-check"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-reality-check", "summary": "<p>U.S. lawmakers are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/congress-tiktok-ban-legislation-user-data\" target=\"_blank\">trying to regulate TikTok</a> over long-standing alleged national security concerns, but it's unlikely the app is going anywhere anytime soon.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Although Washington <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/how-tiktok-was-blindsided-by-a-u-s-bill-that-could-ban-it-7201ac8b\" target=\"_blank\">surprised even TikTok</a> with its accelerated recent attempt to potentially ban the wildly popular video app, the efforts still face hurdles.</p><hr /><ul><li>The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">passed a bipartisan bill</a> to force <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-us-ban-bytedance-divest-sell\" target=\"_blank\">China-based ByteDance</a> to sell TikTok or <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/tiktok-ban-congress-phone-calls\" target=\"_self\">face a ban</a> in the U.S, but there's no strong indication the Senate will advance it. Though of course, the upper chamber could act with surprise swiftness.</li><li>President Biden, whose campaign recently <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/biden-campaign-tiktok-account-first-video\" target=\"_blank\">joined the app</a>, has vowed to  sign the legislation if it reaches his desk. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/03/12/senators-on-the-tiktok-bill\" target=\"_blank\">Opinions in the Senate</a> on a ban<strong> </strong>appear to be varied, and some senators remain undecided.</p><ul><li>\"We need curbs on social media, but we need those curbs to apply across the board,\" Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told Axios Pro's tech team.</li><li>Sen. <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/05/graham-gop-israel-ukraine-aid\" target=\"_self\">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-S.C.) said he's conflicted. \"I would like to protect the data, keep the website up if we could.\" But he added, we have to \"make sure our data is not used by <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/china\" target=\"_blank\">China</a> and they can't influence elections.\"</li><li>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has not yet made clear if he would be willing to bring the bill to the floor, but said he'll discuss the legislation with relevant committee chairs to determine next steps.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>TikTok CEO <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/22/tiktok-ceo-chew-congress-testimony-ban\" target=\"_blank\">Shou Zi Chew</a> in a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/TikTokPolicy/status/1768045785311035820\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> posted online Wednesday evening called the House vote \"disappointing,\" but thanked users for their support and said the company wouldn't stop fighting as he encouraged them to \"make your voices heard.\"</p><ul><li>He doubled down on TikTok's claims that if the bill were signed into law it would lead to the platform being prohibited in the U.S. </li><li>He said in his appeal to users, creators, teachers and small businesses that a ban would give \"more power to a handful of other social media companies.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>There's also political risk in banning an app beloved by young people during an election year.</p><ul><li>Former President Trump, who previously supported banning the app, has <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/tiktok-ban-trump-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">softened his stance</a> as he vies for another term.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Even if the Senate passes the bill and Biden signs it, there will be challenges in court over the constitutionality of the law and the law itself.</p><ul><li>That gives ByteDance time before they have to sell or stop operating in the U.S.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/tiktok-ban-explain-why-china-congress\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok ban timeline: Congress' yearslong case against ByteDance</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with comment from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.</em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>U.S. lawmakers are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/congress-tiktok-ban-legislation-user-data\" target=\"_blank\">trying to regulate TikTok</a> over long-standing alleged national security concerns, but it's unlikely the app is going anywhere anytime soon.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Although Washington <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/how-tiktok-was-blindsided-by-a-u-s-bill-that-could-ban-it-7201ac8b\" target=\"_blank\">surprised even TikTok</a> with its accelerated recent attempt to potentially ban the wildly popular video app, the efforts still face hurdles.</p><hr /><ul><li>The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">passed a bipartisan bill</a> to force <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-us-ban-bytedance-divest-sell\" target=\"_blank\">China-based ByteDance</a> to sell TikTok or <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/tiktok-ban-congress-phone-calls\" target=\"_self\">face a ban</a> in the U.S, but there's no strong indication the Senate will advance it. Though of course, the upper chamber could act with surprise swiftness.</li><li>President Biden, whose campaign recently <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/biden-campaign-tiktok-account-first-video\" target=\"_blank\">joined the app</a>, has vowed to  sign the legislation if it reaches his desk. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/03/12/senators-on-the-tiktok-bill\" target=\"_blank\">Opinions in the Senate</a> on a ban<strong> </strong>appear to be varied, and some senators remain undecided.</p><ul><li>\"We need curbs on social media, but we need those curbs to apply across the board,\" Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told Axios Pro's tech team.</li><li>Sen. <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/05/graham-gop-israel-ukraine-aid\" target=\"_self\">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-S.C.) said he's conflicted. \"I would like to protect the data, keep the website up if we could.\" But he added, we have to \"make sure our data is not used by <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/china\" target=\"_blank\">China</a> and they can't influence elections.\"</li><li>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has not yet made clear if he would be willing to bring the bill to the floor, but said he'll discuss the legislation with relevant committee chairs to determine next steps.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>TikTok CEO <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/22/tiktok-ceo-chew-congress-testimony-ban\" target=\"_blank\">Shou Zi Chew</a> in a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/TikTokPolicy/status/1768045785311035820\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> posted online Wednesday evening called the House vote \"disappointing,\" but thanked users for their support and said the company wouldn't stop fighting as he encouraged them to \"make your voices heard.\"</p><ul><li>He doubled down on TikTok's claims that if the bill were signed into law it would lead to the platform being prohibited in the U.S. </li><li>He said in his appeal to users, creators, teachers and small businesses that a ban would give \"more power to a handful of other social media companies.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>There's also political risk in banning an app beloved by young people during an election year.</p><ul><li>Former President Trump, who previously supported banning the app, has <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/tiktok-ban-trump-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">softened his stance</a> as he vies for another term.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Even if the Senate passes the bill and Biden signs it, there will be challenges in court over the constitutionality of the law and the law itself.</p><ul><li>That gives ByteDance time before they have to sell or stop operating in the U.S.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/tiktok-ban-explain-why-china-congress\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok ban timeline: Congress' yearslong case against ByteDance</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with comment from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.</em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>U.S. lawmakers are <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/congress-tiktok-ban-legislation-user-data\" target=\"_blank\">trying to regulate TikTok</a> over long-standing alleged national security concerns, but it's unlikely the app is going anywhere anytime soon.</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Although Washington <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/tech/how-tiktok-was-blindsided-by-a-u-s-bill-that-could-ban-it-7201ac8b\" target=\"_blank\">surprised even TikTok</a> with its accelerated recent attempt to potentially ban the wildly popular video app, the efforts still face hurdles.</p><hr /><ul><li>The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/house-passes-tiktok-ban-sale-bill-china\" target=\"_blank\">passed a bipartisan bill</a> to force <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/tiktok-us-ban-bytedance-divest-sell\" target=\"_blank\">China-based ByteDance</a> to sell TikTok or <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/tiktok-ban-congress-phone-calls\" target=\"_self\">face a ban</a> in the U.S, but there's no strong indication the Senate will advance it. Though of course, the upper chamber could act with surprise swiftness.</li><li>President Biden, whose campaign recently <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/02/12/biden-campaign-tiktok-account-first-video\" target=\"_blank\">joined the app</a>, has vowed to  sign the legislation if it reaches his desk. </li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/pro/tech-policy/2024/03/12/senators-on-the-tiktok-bill\" target=\"_blank\">Opinions in the Senate</a> on a ban<strong> </strong>appear to be varied, and some senators remain undecided.</p><ul><li>\"We need curbs on social media, but we need those curbs to apply across the board,\" Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told Axios Pro's tech team.</li><li>Sen. <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/05/graham-gop-israel-ukraine-aid\" target=\"_self\">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-S.C.) said he's conflicted. \"I would like to protect the data, keep the website up if we could.\" But he added, we have to \"make sure our data is not used by <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/world/china\" target=\"_blank\">China</a> and they can't influence elections.\"</li><li>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has not yet made clear if he would be willing to bring the bill to the floor, but said he'll discuss the legislation with relevant committee chairs to determine next steps.</li></ul><p><strong>The other side: </strong>TikTok CEO <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/22/tiktok-ceo-chew-congress-testimony-ban\" target=\"_blank\">Shou Zi Chew</a> in a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/TikTokPolicy/status/1768045785311035820\" target=\"_blank\">video</a> posted online Wednesday evening called the House vote \"disappointing,\" but thanked users for their support and said the company wouldn't stop fighting as he encouraged them to \"make your voices heard.\"</p><ul><li>He doubled down on TikTok's claims that if the bill were signed into law it would lead to the platform being prohibited in the U.S. </li><li>He said in his appeal to users, creators, teachers and small businesses that a ban would give \"more power to a handful of other social media companies.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>There's also political risk in banning an app beloved by young people during an election year.</p><ul><li>Former President Trump, who previously supported banning the app, has <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/09/tiktok-ban-trump-republicans\" target=\"_blank\">softened his stance</a> as he vies for another term.</li></ul><p><strong>Reality check: </strong>Even if the Senate passes the bill and Biden signs it, there will be challenges in court over the constitutionality of the law and the law itself.</p><ul><li>That gives ByteDance time before they have to sell or stop operating in the U.S.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/tiktok-ban-explain-why-china-congress\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok ban timeline: Congress' yearslong case against ByteDance</a></p><p><em>Editor's note: This article has been updated with comment from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.</em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Sareen Habeshian"}], "author": "Sareen Habeshian", "author_detail": {"name": "Sareen Habeshian"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/OLtI3C0xCxn1qp2n6Cc9n2uFyoM=/0x0:1280x720/1280x720/filters:no_upscale()/2024/03/13/1710358104062.gif"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/-oH8VYAL225vDA66V45f29OxmKY=/128x128/smart/2024/03/13/1710358121883.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:56:48 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 13, 23, 56, 48, 2, 73, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/tiktok-ban-reality-check", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trump \"floods the zone\" as general election tests desensitized voters", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trump \"floods the zone\" as general election tests desensitized voters"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-election-rhetoric-numb"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-election-rhetoric-numb", "summary": "<p>With Tuesday triggering the start of a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-biden-nominations-election-rematch-history?ref=upstract.com\" target=\"_blank\">34-week general election campaign</a>, critics of former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a> are imploring voters and the media to hold the presumptive GOP nominee to the same standard as any politician.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>For eight years, the hurricane of news conjured by Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-trials-timeline-jan-6-georgia-case\" target=\"_blank\">unprecedented behavior</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/14/trump-vermin-speech-response-hitler-mussolini\" target=\"_blank\">rhetoric</a> has enraged, exhilarated and eventually numbed much of the American public.</p><hr /><ul><li>Many voters have tuned out \u2014 or priced in \u2014 Trump's baggage and legal issues to the point where he's now favored to defeat President Biden in November, according to <a href=\"https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/2024GeneralElection.html#!\" target=\"_blank\">RCP's polling average</a>.</li><li>A <a href=\"https://www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suffolk/documents/academics/research-at-suffolk/suprc/polls/national/2024/3_13_2024_national_tables_embargoed_1.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=BECEEB65BFB1E743EAA0858032B1E92B8BF56669\" target=\"_blank\">Suffolk poll</a> out Wednesday found that 49% of voters now approve of Trump's job performance as president \u2014 matching the <a href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx#:~:text=Americans&#x27;%20approval%20of%20the%20job,during%20his%20presidency%20was%2041%25.\" target=\"_blank\">highest point he ever reached</a> in office.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Financial Times columnist Ed Luce <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/35106042-2e96-4dde-8cf6-734c6e89fd9e\" target=\"_blank\">calls this phenomenon</a> \"the banality of chaos.\"</p><ul><li>Trump's candidacy is \"so far off the charts it is almost paranormal,\" Luce writes, but most of the former president's controversies no longer break through to the public.</li><li>In 2018, former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/media/steve-bannon-reliable-sources/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">argued that the best way</a> to neutralize the media \u2014 which he labeled \"the real opposition\" \u2014 is to \"flood the zone with shit.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Mission accomplished,</strong> Luce argues \u2014 citing events from the last five days alone:</p><ul><li><strong>On Friday, </strong>Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-posts-nearly-92m-bond-to-appeal-e-jean-carroll-defamation-damages\" target=\"_blank\">posted a nearly $92 million bond</a> in a New York court to appeal damages a jury ordered him to pay to writer <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/16/trump-e-jean-carroll-case-defamation-iowa\" target=\"_self\">E. Jean Carroll</a> after he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.</li><li><strong>On Saturday, </strong>Trump <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/03/10/trump-biden-stutter/\" target=\"_blank\">mocked Biden's lifelong stutter</a> and <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/us/politics/trump-biden-georgia-rally.html\" target=\"_blank\">called the journalists</a> attending his rally in Georgia \"criminals.\"</li><li><strong>On Sunday, </strong>Hungary's authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n said <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/europe/orban-trump-ukraine-intl/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Trump promised him</a> that he will end Russia's war with Ukraine by not giving \"a single penny\" in aid.</li><li><strong>On Monday, </strong>Trump<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/trump-free-jan-6-rioters-election-vow\" target=\"_blank\">vowed to free</a> \"wrongfully imprisoned\" Jan. 6 rioters as one of his first acts if he's re-elected in November.</li><li><strong>On Tuesday, </strong>CNN's Jim Sciutto <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/trump-despots-advisers-sound-alarm/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported in his new book</a> that Trump privately had praised Adolf Hitler for doing \"some good things,\" according to former chief of staff John Kelly.</li></ul><p><strong>There's plenty more to choose from </strong>\u2014 including <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/13/trump-video-ai-truth-social/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump's false claim</a> Wednesday that Democrats used \"artificial intelligence\" to create a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/robert-hur-hearing-trump-memory-video\" target=\"_blank\">montage of his gaffes</a> in the House's hearing with former special counsel Robert Hur.</p><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Biden \u2014 who, like Trump, clinched his party's nomination after Tuesday's primaries \u2014 is fighting another side of the \"Americans tuning out\" equation.</p><ul><li>Biden has gotten <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/voters-are-more-upbeat-on-economy-but-biden-gets-little-benefit-wsj-poll-shows-8e608db8\" target=\"_blank\">little credit in the polls</a> for the strong U.S. economy, while concerns over his Israel policy, his age and his frequent gaffes tend to dominate media coverage.</li><li><a href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight's average of polls</a> suggests Biden's energetic State of the Union address has not produced a bump in his approval rating, which currently sits at a low of 38%.</li><li>The Biden campaign views its mission over the next six months as ensuring that the real-world implications of another Trump presidency are not lost in a deluge of hyperbole.</li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>With Tuesday triggering the start of a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-biden-nominations-election-rematch-history?ref=upstract.com\" target=\"_blank\">34-week general election campaign</a>, critics of former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a> are imploring voters and the media to hold the presumptive GOP nominee to the same standard as any politician.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>For eight years, the hurricane of news conjured by Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-trials-timeline-jan-6-georgia-case\" target=\"_blank\">unprecedented behavior</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/14/trump-vermin-speech-response-hitler-mussolini\" target=\"_blank\">rhetoric</a> has enraged, exhilarated and eventually numbed much of the American public.</p><hr /><ul><li>Many voters have tuned out \u2014 or priced in \u2014 Trump's baggage and legal issues to the point where he's now favored to defeat President Biden in November, according to <a href=\"https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/2024GeneralElection.html#!\" target=\"_blank\">RCP's polling average</a>.</li><li>A <a href=\"https://www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suffolk/documents/academics/research-at-suffolk/suprc/polls/national/2024/3_13_2024_national_tables_embargoed_1.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=BECEEB65BFB1E743EAA0858032B1E92B8BF56669\" target=\"_blank\">Suffolk poll</a> out Wednesday found that 49% of voters now approve of Trump's job performance as president \u2014 matching the <a href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx#:~:text=Americans&#x27;%20approval%20of%20the%20job,during%20his%20presidency%20was%2041%25.\" target=\"_blank\">highest point he ever reached</a> in office.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Financial Times columnist Ed Luce <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/35106042-2e96-4dde-8cf6-734c6e89fd9e\" target=\"_blank\">calls this phenomenon</a> \"the banality of chaos.\"</p><ul><li>Trump's candidacy is \"so far off the charts it is almost paranormal,\" Luce writes, but most of the former president's controversies no longer break through to the public.</li><li>In 2018, former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/media/steve-bannon-reliable-sources/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">argued that the best way</a> to neutralize the media \u2014 which he labeled \"the real opposition\" \u2014 is to \"flood the zone with shit.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Mission accomplished,</strong> Luce argues \u2014 citing events from the last five days alone:</p><ul><li><strong>On Friday, </strong>Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-posts-nearly-92m-bond-to-appeal-e-jean-carroll-defamation-damages\" target=\"_blank\">posted a nearly $92 million bond</a> in a New York court to appeal damages a jury ordered him to pay to writer <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/16/trump-e-jean-carroll-case-defamation-iowa\" target=\"_self\">E. Jean Carroll</a> after he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.</li><li><strong>On Saturday, </strong>Trump <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/03/10/trump-biden-stutter/\" target=\"_blank\">mocked Biden's lifelong stutter</a> and <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/us/politics/trump-biden-georgia-rally.html\" target=\"_blank\">called the journalists</a> attending his rally in Georgia \"criminals.\"</li><li><strong>On Sunday, </strong>Hungary's authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n said <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/europe/orban-trump-ukraine-intl/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Trump promised him</a> that he will end Russia's war with Ukraine by not giving \"a single penny\" in aid.</li><li><strong>On Monday, </strong>Trump<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/trump-free-jan-6-rioters-election-vow\" target=\"_blank\">vowed to free</a> \"wrongfully imprisoned\" Jan. 6 rioters as one of his first acts if he's re-elected in November.</li><li><strong>On Tuesday, </strong>CNN's Jim Sciutto <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/trump-despots-advisers-sound-alarm/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported in his new book</a> that Trump privately had praised Adolf Hitler for doing \"some good things,\" according to former chief of staff John Kelly.</li></ul><p><strong>There's plenty more to choose from </strong>\u2014 including <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/13/trump-video-ai-truth-social/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump's false claim</a> Wednesday that Democrats used \"artificial intelligence\" to create a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/robert-hur-hearing-trump-memory-video\" target=\"_blank\">montage of his gaffes</a> in the House's hearing with former special counsel Robert Hur.</p><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Biden \u2014 who, like Trump, clinched his party's nomination after Tuesday's primaries \u2014 is fighting another side of the \"Americans tuning out\" equation.</p><ul><li>Biden has gotten <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/voters-are-more-upbeat-on-economy-but-biden-gets-little-benefit-wsj-poll-shows-8e608db8\" target=\"_blank\">little credit in the polls</a> for the strong U.S. economy, while concerns over his Israel policy, his age and his frequent gaffes tend to dominate media coverage.</li><li><a href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight's average of polls</a> suggests Biden's energetic State of the Union address has not produced a bump in his approval rating, which currently sits at a low of 38%.</li><li>The Biden campaign views its mission over the next six months as ensuring that the real-world implications of another Trump presidency are not lost in a deluge of hyperbole.</li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>With Tuesday triggering the start of a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-biden-nominations-election-rematch-history?ref=upstract.com\" target=\"_blank\">34-week general election campaign</a>, critics of former <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/politics-policy/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\">President Trump</a> are imploring voters and the media to hold the presumptive GOP nominee to the same standard as any politician.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>For eight years, the hurricane of news conjured by Trump's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/01/trump-trials-timeline-jan-6-georgia-case\" target=\"_blank\">unprecedented behavior</a> and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/11/14/trump-vermin-speech-response-hitler-mussolini\" target=\"_blank\">rhetoric</a> has enraged, exhilarated and eventually numbed much of the American public.</p><hr /><ul><li>Many voters have tuned out \u2014 or priced in \u2014 Trump's baggage and legal issues to the point where he's now favored to defeat President Biden in November, according to <a href=\"https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/2024GeneralElection.html#!\" target=\"_blank\">RCP's polling average</a>.</li><li>A <a href=\"https://www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suffolk/documents/academics/research-at-suffolk/suprc/polls/national/2024/3_13_2024_national_tables_embargoed_1.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=BECEEB65BFB1E743EAA0858032B1E92B8BF56669\" target=\"_blank\">Suffolk poll</a> out Wednesday found that 49% of voters now approve of Trump's job performance as president \u2014 matching the <a href=\"https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx#:~:text=Americans&#x27;%20approval%20of%20the%20job,during%20his%20presidency%20was%2041%25.\" target=\"_blank\">highest point he ever reached</a> in office.</li></ul><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>Financial Times columnist Ed Luce <a href=\"https://www.ft.com/content/35106042-2e96-4dde-8cf6-734c6e89fd9e\" target=\"_blank\">calls this phenomenon</a> \"the banality of chaos.\"</p><ul><li>Trump's candidacy is \"so far off the charts it is almost paranormal,\" Luce writes, but most of the former president's controversies no longer break through to the public.</li><li>In 2018, former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/16/media/steve-bannon-reliable-sources/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">argued that the best way</a> to neutralize the media \u2014 which he labeled \"the real opposition\" \u2014 is to \"flood the zone with shit.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Mission accomplished,</strong> Luce argues \u2014 citing events from the last five days alone:</p><ul><li><strong>On Friday, </strong>Trump <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/trump-posts-nearly-92m-bond-to-appeal-e-jean-carroll-defamation-damages\" target=\"_blank\">posted a nearly $92 million bond</a> in a New York court to appeal damages a jury ordered him to pay to writer <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/16/trump-e-jean-carroll-case-defamation-iowa\" target=\"_self\">E. Jean Carroll</a> after he was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her.</li><li><strong>On Saturday, </strong>Trump <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/03/10/trump-biden-stutter/\" target=\"_blank\">mocked Biden's lifelong stutter</a> and <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/10/us/politics/trump-biden-georgia-rally.html\" target=\"_blank\">called the journalists</a> attending his rally in Georgia \"criminals.\"</li><li><strong>On Sunday, </strong>Hungary's authoritarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n said <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/europe/orban-trump-ukraine-intl/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Trump promised him</a> that he will end Russia's war with Ukraine by not giving \"a single penny\" in aid.</li><li><strong>On Monday, </strong>Trump<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/trump-free-jan-6-rioters-election-vow\" target=\"_blank\">vowed to free</a> \"wrongfully imprisoned\" Jan. 6 rioters as one of his first acts if he's re-elected in November.</li><li><strong>On Tuesday, </strong>CNN's Jim Sciutto <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/11/politics/trump-despots-advisers-sound-alarm/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">reported in his new book</a> that Trump privately had praised Adolf Hitler for doing \"some good things,\" according to former chief of staff John Kelly.</li></ul><p><strong>There's plenty more to choose from </strong>\u2014 including <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/13/trump-video-ai-truth-social/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump's false claim</a> Wednesday that Democrats used \"artificial intelligence\" to create a <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/robert-hur-hearing-trump-memory-video\" target=\"_blank\">montage of his gaffes</a> in the House's hearing with former special counsel Robert Hur.</p><p><strong>The other side: </strong>Biden \u2014 who, like Trump, clinched his party's nomination after Tuesday's primaries \u2014 is fighting another side of the \"Americans tuning out\" equation.</p><ul><li>Biden has gotten <a href=\"https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/voters-are-more-upbeat-on-economy-but-biden-gets-little-benefit-wsj-poll-shows-8e608db8\" target=\"_blank\">little credit in the polls</a> for the strong U.S. economy, while concerns over his Israel policy, his age and his frequent gaffes tend to dominate media coverage.</li><li><a href=\"https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/biden-approval-rating/\" target=\"_blank\">FiveThirtyEight's average of polls</a> suggests Biden's energetic State of the Union address has not produced a bump in his approval rating, which currently sits at a low of 38%.</li><li>The Biden campaign views its mission over the next six months as ensuring that the real-world implications of another Trump presidency are not lost in a deluge of hyperbole.</li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Zachary Basu"}], "author": "Zachary Basu", "author_detail": {"name": "Zachary Basu"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo illustration: A\u00efda Amer/Axios. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/GbIerjgl6Kw7-4ErGwpTZie_jq4=/0x0:1920x1080/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710361623937.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/ybwUI1-vTxuTIfTFbLQIF4IdyDQ=/0x0:1080x1080/128x128/2024/03/13/1710361623937.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:25:00 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 13, 23, 25, 0, 2, 73, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trump-election-rhetoric-numb", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Missing Boeing repair footage stymies Alaska Airlines blowout investigation", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Missing Boeing repair footage stymies Alaska Airlines blowout investigation"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/boeing-video-footage-overwrite-erased-door-plug-alaska"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/boeing-video-footage-overwrite-erased-door-plug-alaska", "summary": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing</a> overwrote security camera footage of repair work on the door plug of an Alaska Airlines 737-9 plane that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/06/alaska-airlines-grounds-fleet-boeing-hole\" target=\"_blank\">failed during a flight</a> in January, federal inspectors said Wednesday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The National Transportation Safety Board said in a <a href=\"https://www.ntsb.gov/news/Documents/Letter%20to%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20Commerce,%20Science%20&amp;%20Transportation%20on%20Boeing%20737-9%20MAX%20Door%20Plug%20Blowout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">letter</a> to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that the missing footage is hampering its investigation into the accident. </p><hr /><ul><li>\"To date, we still do not know who performed the work to open, reinstall, and close the door plug on the accident aircraft,\" the agency said.</li><li>NTSB said it has been unable to interview the door crew manager at the Renton, Washington facility because he is out on medical leave.</li><li>The agency in the letter stressed that it is not seeking to interview the workers that did the repairs for any punitive means but instead to learn about Boeing's quality assurance process.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 safely returned to Portland International Airport just minutes after takeoff in January after part of the fuselage flew off at 16,000 feet for yet-unclear reasons.</p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"We will continue supporting this investigation in the transparent and proactive fashion we have supported all regulatory inquiries into this accident,\" Boeing said in an emailed statement. </p><ul><li>\"We have worked hard to honor the rules about the release of investigative information in an environment of intense interest from our employees, customers, and other stakeholders, and we will continue our efforts to do so.\"</li><li>When asked about the overwritten footage, Boeing responded: \"Consistent with standard practice, video recordings are maintained on a rolling 30 day basis.\"</li><li>The plan was at the Renton facility in September and delivered to Alaska Airlines in October, according to the NTSB's <a href=\"https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Documents/DCA24MA063%20Preliminary%20report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">preliminary report</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>This week a Federal Aviation Administration audit of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/boeing-737-max-planes-crash-safety\" target=\"_self\">Boeing's 737 Max</a> jet production line found a plethora of issues with the production process.</p><ul><li>Boeing's woes are also hitting carriers like Southwest Airlines, which exclusively flies Boeing 737s. </li><li>Southwest <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/boeing-airlines-issues-southwest-united\" target=\"_blank\">lowered its 2024 capacity growth projection</a> as a result. </li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing 737 Max production plagued by numerous problems, FAA audit finds</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing</a> overwrote security camera footage of repair work on the door plug of an Alaska Airlines 737-9 plane that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/06/alaska-airlines-grounds-fleet-boeing-hole\" target=\"_blank\">failed during a flight</a> in January, federal inspectors said Wednesday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The National Transportation Safety Board said in a <a href=\"https://www.ntsb.gov/news/Documents/Letter%20to%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20Commerce,%20Science%20&amp;%20Transportation%20on%20Boeing%20737-9%20MAX%20Door%20Plug%20Blowout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">letter</a> to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that the missing footage is hampering its investigation into the accident. </p><hr /><ul><li>\"To date, we still do not know who performed the work to open, reinstall, and close the door plug on the accident aircraft,\" the agency said.</li><li>NTSB said it has been unable to interview the door crew manager at the Renton, Washington facility because he is out on medical leave.</li><li>The agency in the letter stressed that it is not seeking to interview the workers that did the repairs for any punitive means but instead to learn about Boeing's quality assurance process.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 safely returned to Portland International Airport just minutes after takeoff in January after part of the fuselage flew off at 16,000 feet for yet-unclear reasons.</p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"We will continue supporting this investigation in the transparent and proactive fashion we have supported all regulatory inquiries into this accident,\" Boeing said in an emailed statement. </p><ul><li>\"We have worked hard to honor the rules about the release of investigative information in an environment of intense interest from our employees, customers, and other stakeholders, and we will continue our efforts to do so.\"</li><li>When asked about the overwritten footage, Boeing responded: \"Consistent with standard practice, video recordings are maintained on a rolling 30 day basis.\"</li><li>The plan was at the Renton facility in September and delivered to Alaska Airlines in October, according to the NTSB's <a href=\"https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Documents/DCA24MA063%20Preliminary%20report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">preliminary report</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>This week a Federal Aviation Administration audit of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/boeing-737-max-planes-crash-safety\" target=\"_self\">Boeing's 737 Max</a> jet production line found a plethora of issues with the production process.</p><ul><li>Boeing's woes are also hitting carriers like Southwest Airlines, which exclusively flies Boeing 737s. </li><li>Southwest <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/boeing-airlines-issues-southwest-united\" target=\"_blank\">lowered its 2024 capacity growth projection</a> as a result. </li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing 737 Max production plagued by numerous problems, FAA audit finds</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing</a> overwrote security camera footage of repair work on the door plug of an Alaska Airlines 737-9 plane that <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/06/alaska-airlines-grounds-fleet-boeing-hole\" target=\"_blank\">failed during a flight</a> in January, federal inspectors said Wednesday.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The National Transportation Safety Board said in a <a href=\"https://www.ntsb.gov/news/Documents/Letter%20to%20Senate%20Committee%20on%20Commerce,%20Science%20&amp;%20Transportation%20on%20Boeing%20737-9%20MAX%20Door%20Plug%20Blowout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">letter</a> to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation that the missing footage is hampering its investigation into the accident. </p><hr /><ul><li>\"To date, we still do not know who performed the work to open, reinstall, and close the door plug on the accident aircraft,\" the agency said.</li><li>NTSB said it has been unable to interview the door crew manager at the Renton, Washington facility because he is out on medical leave.</li><li>The agency in the letter stressed that it is not seeking to interview the workers that did the repairs for any punitive means but instead to learn about Boeing's quality assurance process.</li></ul><p><strong>Catch up quick:</strong> Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 safely returned to Portland International Airport just minutes after takeoff in January after part of the fuselage flew off at 16,000 feet for yet-unclear reasons.</p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"We will continue supporting this investigation in the transparent and proactive fashion we have supported all regulatory inquiries into this accident,\" Boeing said in an emailed statement. </p><ul><li>\"We have worked hard to honor the rules about the release of investigative information in an environment of intense interest from our employees, customers, and other stakeholders, and we will continue our efforts to do so.\"</li><li>When asked about the overwritten footage, Boeing responded: \"Consistent with standard practice, video recordings are maintained on a rolling 30 day basis.\"</li><li>The plan was at the Renton facility in September and delivered to Alaska Airlines in October, according to the NTSB's <a href=\"https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Documents/DCA24MA063%20Preliminary%20report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">preliminary report</a>.</li></ul><p><strong>State of play: </strong>This week a Federal Aviation Administration audit of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/09/boeing-737-max-planes-crash-safety\" target=\"_self\">Boeing's 737 Max</a> jet production line found a plethora of issues with the production process.</p><ul><li>Boeing's woes are also hitting carriers like Southwest Airlines, which exclusively flies Boeing 737s. </li><li>Southwest <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/boeing-airlines-issues-southwest-united\" target=\"_blank\">lowered its 2024 capacity growth projection</a> as a result. </li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-boeing-737\" target=\"_blank\">Boeing 737 Max production plagued by numerous problems, FAA audit finds</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Andrew Childers"}], "author": "Andrew Childers", "author_detail": {"name": "Andrew Childers"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "A worker walks near Boeing 737 fuselages outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington,  on Feb. 5, 2024. Photo: David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/EjRMZ7aEWREkdyKv5QFsZd5au_4=/0x265:4200x2628/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710350539580.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/KKV-Iw8zrXWcesmpPLDnZ5F3Fdk=/0x0:2800x2800/128x128/2024/03/13/1710350539580.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:45:57 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 13, 22, 45, 57, 2, 73, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/boeing-video-footage-overwrite-erased-door-plug-alaska", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Trader Joe's mini canvas tote bags are the new viral product", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Trader Joe's mini canvas tote bags are the new viral product"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trader-joes-tote-mini-bags-return"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trader-joes-tote-mini-bags-return", "summary": "<p>Move over, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/stanley-cup-target-starbucks-quencher-valentines-restock\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley cups</a>. Trader Joe's mini tote bags are the latest product to go viral and end up on the resale market for hugely marked-up prices.</p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/31/trader-joes-recall-2023-increase\" target=\"_blank\">Trader Joe's</a> confirmed to Axios on Wednesday that the $2.99 mini canvas bags \"sold more quickly than we anticipated\" and before the retailer promoted them.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The small bags, which came in four colors, have been selling on eBay and other third-party marketplaces for inflated prices.</p><ul><li>Social media posts show the frenzy the bags caused with crowds of shoppers waiting at stores for the bags.</li><li>Prices on eBay were dramatic with a single bag listed for between $18 and $500 and \"buy it now\" listings for a full set of the bags for $128.99 with free shipping.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Trader Joe's spokesperson Nakia Rohde told Axios the company does \"not endorse the re-sale of any of our products, anywhere.\"</p><ul><li>\"Our customers, in our stores, are our focus,\" Rohde said.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>The bags were the topic of <a href=\"https://www.traderjoes.com/home/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">Trader Joe's new podcast</a> episode Wednesday.</p><ul><li>\"We thought we bought enough of these mini canvas totes to last for several weeks, maybe a whole month,\" podcast host Matt Sloan said. \"We had no inkling that they would be this exciting, this quickly, for so many customers.\"</li><li>\"We had actually hundreds of thousands of bags come in and go out within a week,\" Sloan said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>More mini tote bags are coming and expected in late summer or September, Sloan said on the episode.</p><ul><li>\"They are coming back, and it was kind of a one-off in that we thought they'd be limited, and we don't want to totally limit this,\" Sloan said, noting they're working on having them in the same colors.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Exclusive and hard-to-find items sell big on online marketplaces, whether it's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/19/mcdonalds-happy-meal-halloween-bucket-cactus-plant-toys-ebay\" target=\"_self\">McDonald's Happy Meal toys</a>, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/02/girl-scout-cookies-raspberry-rally\" target=\"_blank\">Girl Scout cookies</a>, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/stanley-cup-target-starbucks-quencher-valentines-restock\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley cups</a> or just about anything with limited supplies.</p><p><strong>More from Axios:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/dollar-tree-store-closings-family-dollar\" target=\"_blank\">Dollar Tree to close nearly 1,000 Family Dollar stores</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/egg-prices-2024-easter-cpi-inflation\" target=\"_blank\">Why egg prices are going back up ahead of Easter</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/aldi-near-me-new-stores-growth-plan\" target=\"_blank\">Aldi unveils expansion with 800 new stores in 5 years</a></li></ul>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Move over, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/stanley-cup-target-starbucks-quencher-valentines-restock\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley cups</a>. Trader Joe's mini tote bags are the latest product to go viral and end up on the resale market for hugely marked-up prices.</p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/31/trader-joes-recall-2023-increase\" target=\"_blank\">Trader Joe's</a> confirmed to Axios on Wednesday that the $2.99 mini canvas bags \"sold more quickly than we anticipated\" and before the retailer promoted them.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The small bags, which came in four colors, have been selling on eBay and other third-party marketplaces for inflated prices.</p><ul><li>Social media posts show the frenzy the bags caused with crowds of shoppers waiting at stores for the bags.</li><li>Prices on eBay were dramatic with a single bag listed for between $18 and $500 and \"buy it now\" listings for a full set of the bags for $128.99 with free shipping.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Trader Joe's spokesperson Nakia Rohde told Axios the company does \"not endorse the re-sale of any of our products, anywhere.\"</p><ul><li>\"Our customers, in our stores, are our focus,\" Rohde said.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>The bags were the topic of <a href=\"https://www.traderjoes.com/home/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">Trader Joe's new podcast</a> episode Wednesday.</p><ul><li>\"We thought we bought enough of these mini canvas totes to last for several weeks, maybe a whole month,\" podcast host Matt Sloan said. \"We had no inkling that they would be this exciting, this quickly, for so many customers.\"</li><li>\"We had actually hundreds of thousands of bags come in and go out within a week,\" Sloan said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>More mini tote bags are coming and expected in late summer or September, Sloan said on the episode.</p><ul><li>\"They are coming back, and it was kind of a one-off in that we thought they'd be limited, and we don't want to totally limit this,\" Sloan said, noting they're working on having them in the same colors.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Exclusive and hard-to-find items sell big on online marketplaces, whether it's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/19/mcdonalds-happy-meal-halloween-bucket-cactus-plant-toys-ebay\" target=\"_self\">McDonald's Happy Meal toys</a>, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/02/girl-scout-cookies-raspberry-rally\" target=\"_blank\">Girl Scout cookies</a>, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/stanley-cup-target-starbucks-quencher-valentines-restock\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley cups</a> or just about anything with limited supplies.</p><p><strong>More from Axios:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/dollar-tree-store-closings-family-dollar\" target=\"_blank\">Dollar Tree to close nearly 1,000 Family Dollar stores</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/egg-prices-2024-easter-cpi-inflation\" target=\"_blank\">Why egg prices are going back up ahead of Easter</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/aldi-near-me-new-stores-growth-plan\" target=\"_blank\">Aldi unveils expansion with 800 new stores in 5 years</a></li></ul>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Move over, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/stanley-cup-target-starbucks-quencher-valentines-restock\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley cups</a>. Trader Joe's mini tote bags are the latest product to go viral and end up on the resale market for hugely marked-up prices.</p><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/08/31/trader-joes-recall-2023-increase\" target=\"_blank\">Trader Joe's</a> confirmed to Axios on Wednesday that the $2.99 mini canvas bags \"sold more quickly than we anticipated\" and before the retailer promoted them.</p><hr /><p><strong>Driving the news: </strong>The small bags, which came in four colors, have been selling on eBay and other third-party marketplaces for inflated prices.</p><ul><li>Social media posts show the frenzy the bags caused with crowds of shoppers waiting at stores for the bags.</li><li>Prices on eBay were dramatic with a single bag listed for between $18 and $500 and \"buy it now\" listings for a full set of the bags for $128.99 with free shipping.</li></ul><p><strong>Yes, but: </strong>Trader Joe's spokesperson Nakia Rohde told Axios the company does \"not endorse the re-sale of any of our products, anywhere.\"</p><ul><li>\"Our customers, in our stores, are our focus,\" Rohde said.</li></ul><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>The bags were the topic of <a href=\"https://www.traderjoes.com/home/podcast\" target=\"_blank\">Trader Joe's new podcast</a> episode Wednesday.</p><ul><li>\"We thought we bought enough of these mini canvas totes to last for several weeks, maybe a whole month,\" podcast host Matt Sloan said. \"We had no inkling that they would be this exciting, this quickly, for so many customers.\"</li><li>\"We had actually hundreds of thousands of bags come in and go out within a week,\" Sloan said.</li></ul><p><strong>What's next: </strong>More mini tote bags are coming and expected in late summer or September, Sloan said on the episode.</p><ul><li>\"They are coming back, and it was kind of a one-off in that we thought they'd be limited, and we don't want to totally limit this,\" Sloan said, noting they're working on having them in the same colors.</li></ul><p><strong>Zoom in:</strong> Exclusive and hard-to-find items sell big on online marketplaces, whether it's <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2022/10/19/mcdonalds-happy-meal-halloween-bucket-cactus-plant-toys-ebay\" target=\"_self\">McDonald's Happy Meal toys</a>, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/03/02/girl-scout-cookies-raspberry-rally\" target=\"_blank\">Girl Scout cookies</a>, <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/01/10/stanley-cup-target-starbucks-quencher-valentines-restock\" target=\"_blank\">Stanley cups</a> or just about anything with limited supplies.</p><p><strong>More from Axios:</strong></p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/dollar-tree-store-closings-family-dollar\" target=\"_blank\">Dollar Tree to close nearly 1,000 Family Dollar stores</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/egg-prices-2024-easter-cpi-inflation\" target=\"_blank\">Why egg prices are going back up ahead of Easter</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/07/aldi-near-me-new-stores-growth-plan\" target=\"_blank\">Aldi unveils expansion with 800 new stores in 5 years</a></li></ul>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Kelly Tyko"}], "author": "Kelly Tyko", "author_detail": {"name": "Kelly Tyko"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Trader Joe's mini canvas tote bags are selling for inflated prices on third-party marketplaces. Photo: Courtesy of Stacey Tyko", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/2yHt3mzNKQl543zJGQas5ZNK_2g=/0x0:3024x1701/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710364160999.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/uNOiZzFljxTEpBC6hNliLrsL7Xk=/0x0:3024x3024/128x128/2024/03/13/1710364160999.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Wed, 13 Mar 2024 22:42:15 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 13, 22, 42, 15, 2, 73, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/trader-joes-tote-mini-bags-return", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Sen. Britt says Speaker Johnson told her SOTU rebuttal would be \"fine\"", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Sen. Britt says Speaker Johnson told her SOTU rebuttal would be \"fine\""}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/katie-britt-sotu-mike-johnson"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/katie-britt-sotu-mike-johnson", "summary": "<p>Alabama <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/katie-britt-biden-state-of-the-union-response\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Katie Britt</a> (R) said on Wednesday she was assured by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) that her rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union last week would be \"fine.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Britt's speech, which she delivered from her kitchen, has been <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/katie-britt-biden-state-of-the-union-response\" target=\"_blank\">widely mocked</a>. She has also been criticized for misconstruing a human trafficking victim's story during the rebuttal.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> Britt said in an interview on<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/verdict-with-ted-cruz/id1495601614?i=1000649023583\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Ted Cruz's podcast</a> published on Wednesday that Johnson, while asking her to make the rebuttal, said: \"People are going to tell you horror stories about all of these things that happened and people's career being blown up\" over giving the speech.</p><ul><li>\"And he's like, 'It'll be fine, it'll be fine,'\" she said. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Britt said it was \"awesome\" that actress Scarlett Johansson impersonated her during \"Saturday Night Live's\" most recent cold opening.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCfLpuLdF8Q\" target=\"_blank\">During the parody,</a><strong> </strong>Johansson noted that Britt misconstrued almost every aspect of Karla Jacinto Romero's horrific experience of being sex trafficked between 2004 to 2008 in Guadalajara and other cities in Mexico.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> Though Britt never named Jacinto Romero, the details of the story align with her experience. After the rebuttal, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/katie-britt-sex-trafficking-victim-interview/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jacinto Romero told CNN</a> that she believes Britt deliberately misused her story for political purposes. </p><ul><li>Asked by <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzoMGYmUJXo\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News' Shannon Bream</a> on Sunday whether she meant to imply that the story she shared occurred during Biden's time in office, Britt said \"no\" before immediately criticizing Biden's border policies.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/republican-retire-house-gop\" target=\"_blank\">House GOP panics as another Republican sprints for the exits</a></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Alabama <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/katie-britt-biden-state-of-the-union-response\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Katie Britt</a> (R) said on Wednesday she was assured by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) that her rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union last week would be \"fine.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Britt's speech, which she delivered from her kitchen, has been <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/katie-britt-biden-state-of-the-union-response\" target=\"_blank\">widely mocked</a>. She has also been criticized for misconstruing a human trafficking victim's story during the rebuttal.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> Britt said in an interview on<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/verdict-with-ted-cruz/id1495601614?i=1000649023583\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Ted Cruz's podcast</a> published on Wednesday that Johnson, while asking her to make the rebuttal, said: \"People are going to tell you horror stories about all of these things that happened and people's career being blown up\" over giving the speech.</p><ul><li>\"And he's like, 'It'll be fine, it'll be fine,'\" she said. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Britt said it was \"awesome\" that actress Scarlett Johansson impersonated her during \"Saturday Night Live's\" most recent cold opening.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCfLpuLdF8Q\" target=\"_blank\">During the parody,</a><strong> </strong>Johansson noted that Britt misconstrued almost every aspect of Karla Jacinto Romero's horrific experience of being sex trafficked between 2004 to 2008 in Guadalajara and other cities in Mexico.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> Though Britt never named Jacinto Romero, the details of the story align with her experience. After the rebuttal, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/katie-britt-sex-trafficking-victim-interview/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jacinto Romero told CNN</a> that she believes Britt deliberately misused her story for political purposes. </p><ul><li>Asked by <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzoMGYmUJXo\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News' Shannon Bream</a> on Sunday whether she meant to imply that the story she shared occurred during Biden's time in office, Britt said \"no\" before immediately criticizing Biden's border policies.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/republican-retire-house-gop\" target=\"_blank\">House GOP panics as another Republican sprints for the exits</a></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>Alabama <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/katie-britt-biden-state-of-the-union-response\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Katie Britt</a> (R) said on Wednesday she was assured by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) that her rebuttal to President Biden's State of the Union last week would be \"fine.\"</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>Britt's speech, which she delivered from her kitchen, has been <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/08/katie-britt-biden-state-of-the-union-response\" target=\"_blank\">widely mocked</a>. She has also been criticized for misconstruing a human trafficking victim's story during the rebuttal.</p><hr /><p><strong>What they're saying:</strong> Britt said in an interview on<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/verdict-with-ted-cruz/id1495601614?i=1000649023583\" target=\"_blank\">Sen. Ted Cruz's podcast</a> published on Wednesday that Johnson, while asking her to make the rebuttal, said: \"People are going to tell you horror stories about all of these things that happened and people's career being blown up\" over giving the speech.</p><ul><li>\"And he's like, 'It'll be fine, it'll be fine,'\" she said. </li></ul><p><strong>The intrigue: </strong>Britt said it was \"awesome\" that actress Scarlett Johansson impersonated her during \"Saturday Night Live's\" most recent cold opening.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCfLpuLdF8Q\" target=\"_blank\">During the parody,</a><strong> </strong>Johansson noted that Britt misconstrued almost every aspect of Karla Jacinto Romero's horrific experience of being sex trafficked between 2004 to 2008 in Guadalajara and other cities in Mexico.</li></ul><p><strong>The bottom line:</strong> Though Britt never named Jacinto Romero, the details of the story align with her experience. After the rebuttal, <a href=\"https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/politics/katie-britt-sex-trafficking-victim-interview/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jacinto Romero told CNN</a> that she believes Britt deliberately misused her story for political purposes. </p><ul><li>Asked by <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzoMGYmUJXo\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News' Shannon Bream</a> on Sunday whether she meant to imply that the story she shared occurred during Biden's time in office, Britt said \"no\" before immediately criticizing Biden's border policies.</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/12/republican-retire-house-gop\" target=\"_blank\">House GOP panics as another Republican sprints for the exits</a></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Jacob Knutson"}], "author": "Jacob Knutson", "author_detail": {"name": "Jacob Knutson"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) in Congress in January 2024. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images", "medium": "image", "type": "image/jpeg", "url": "https://images.axios.com/0Ky3yb1JiVGnaQlNTH4vCXXDjJ0=/0x129:5022x2954/1280x720/2024/03/13/1710356697854.jpg"}], "media_thumbnail": [{"url": "https://images.axios.com/GQ0BeDp6ASDa-oCkFyVt8-_NCjE=/1193x0:4540x3347/128x128/2024/03/13/1710356697854.jpg"}], "href": "", "tags": [{"term": "top", "scheme": null, "label": null}], "published": "Wed, 13 Mar 2024 20:26:38 +0000", "published_parsed": [2024, 3, 13, 20, 26, 38, 2, 73, 0], "id": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/katie-britt-sotu-mike-johnson", "guidislink": false}, {"title": "Kate Middleton photo calls royal family\u2019s PR strategy into question", "title_detail": {"type": "text/plain", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "Kate Middleton photo calls royal family\u2019s PR strategy into question"}, "links": [{"rel": "alternate", "type": "text/html", "href": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/kate-middleton-altered-photo-princess-of-wales"}], "link": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/13/kate-middleton-altered-photo-princess-of-wales", "summary": "<p>A <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/kate-middleton-edit-family-photo\" target=\"_blank\">botched photo editing job</a> has captured the world's attention, thrusting conspiracy theories typically reserved for message boards and blind items into the mainstream discourse.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The Royal Family's recent PR blunders show that there's no place for vague communications during the age of social virality and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/10/ai-misinformation-response-measures\" target=\"_blank\">misinformation</a>. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catchup quick: </strong>In January, Kensington Palace released a statement saying the Princess of Wales was taking time off to recover from a planned abdominal surgery and was expected to spend up to two weeks in the hospital to recover. </p><ul><li>The Palace's communication left the Royal watchers with more questions than answers, which ignited the spread of conspiracy theories online.</li><li>The masses started to get concerned in February after Prince William failed to attend his godfather's memorial service, citing \"personal matters.\"  </li><li>On Sunday, Kensington Palace released a photo of Kate and her children in honor of UK Mother's Day. But news wires including Getty Images, AFP and the Associated Press quickly issued a kill notice after realizing the image had been doctored. </li><li>The following day, the Palace issued <a href=\"https://x.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1767135566645092616?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">a statement from Kate</a> apologizing for any \"confusion\" the family photograph might've caused.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The Royal Family has a \"never complain, never explain\" <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/royal-family-prince-william-complain-explain-motto-queen-elizabeth-1692861\" target=\"_blank\">policy</a> and instead <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/british-royal-family-communicate-through-clothing\" target=\"_blank\">uses visuals</a> to communicate a specific message or tell a story \u2014 which is why this string of missteps is so suspicious. </p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"The quickest way to lose a story in the middle of a crisis is to not tell a story at all,\" crisis communication expert <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/16/crisis-expert-molly-mcpherson-tiktok-reputation\" target=\"_blank\">Molly McPherson</a> told Axios.</p><ul><li><strong>\"</strong>Reasonable people understand the need to withhold information \u2014 especially with regards to health. But when there is too much engineering happening to hide that information, people become skeptical and are drawn to get to the bottom of it themselves.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Plus,</strong> close royal watchers note that members of the family are far removed from the Palace's comms and public relations efforts, which is why the Princess of Wales taking the blame for the altered photo doesn't pass the smell test.</p><ul><li>\"It would be akin to President Biden handling his own social media posts,\" said one longtime communication professional. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Audiences are more media literate and keen to understand these public relations tactics, and this instance should signal to the Palace that their comms strategies are outdated. </p><ul><li>\"The most interesting moment of change is when institutions assume the old playbook still works, and then find out it doesn't. That's what's happening to Wills and Kate now,\" says Matt Locke, CEO of UK-based strategic communications firm Storythings. </li><li>\"Queen Elizabeth managed the press extraordinarily well... but the vast majority of her reign was pre internet and social media. Like a lot of old institutions, the royals just haven't developed sustainable playbooks for the digital media age.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>The reaction to the dodgy statements and misleading photo signals that Kensington Palace's cozy relationships with the media could be souring.</p><ul><li>Add AI into the mix \u2014 which will inevitably enable the spread of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/10/ai-misinformation-response-measures\" target=\"_blank\">more mis- and disinformation</a> \u2014 and Kensington Palace could have could have a real problem on its hands. </li><li>It's clear they are unable to contain misinformation now, and since they have squandered credibility with the media and the public, it could be more difficult for them to correct misinformation or online speculation in the future. </li></ul><p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Eleanor's thought bubble:</strong> It's rare to see the palace communicate in such a ham-handed way.</p><ul><li>Either they are underestimating the savviness of the general public and struggling to keep up with the new media landscape, or they are intentionally being clumsy at the expense of Kate's reputation. </li></ul><p><em>Go deeper ... <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/british-royal-family-communicate-through-clothing\" target=\"_blank\">The British monarchy's guide to visual communications</a></em></p>", "summary_detail": {"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/kate-middleton-edit-family-photo\" target=\"_blank\">botched photo editing job</a> has captured the world's attention, thrusting conspiracy theories typically reserved for message boards and blind items into the mainstream discourse.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The Royal Family's recent PR blunders show that there's no place for vague communications during the age of social virality and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/10/ai-misinformation-response-measures\" target=\"_blank\">misinformation</a>. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catchup quick: </strong>In January, Kensington Palace released a statement saying the Princess of Wales was taking time off to recover from a planned abdominal surgery and was expected to spend up to two weeks in the hospital to recover. </p><ul><li>The Palace's communication left the Royal watchers with more questions than answers, which ignited the spread of conspiracy theories online.</li><li>The masses started to get concerned in February after Prince William failed to attend his godfather's memorial service, citing \"personal matters.\"  </li><li>On Sunday, Kensington Palace released a photo of Kate and her children in honor of UK Mother's Day. But news wires including Getty Images, AFP and the Associated Press quickly issued a kill notice after realizing the image had been doctored. </li><li>The following day, the Palace issued <a href=\"https://x.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1767135566645092616?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">a statement from Kate</a> apologizing for any \"confusion\" the family photograph might've caused.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The Royal Family has a \"never complain, never explain\" <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/royal-family-prince-william-complain-explain-motto-queen-elizabeth-1692861\" target=\"_blank\">policy</a> and instead <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/british-royal-family-communicate-through-clothing\" target=\"_blank\">uses visuals</a> to communicate a specific message or tell a story \u2014 which is why this string of missteps is so suspicious. </p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"The quickest way to lose a story in the middle of a crisis is to not tell a story at all,\" crisis communication expert <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/16/crisis-expert-molly-mcpherson-tiktok-reputation\" target=\"_blank\">Molly McPherson</a> told Axios.</p><ul><li><strong>\"</strong>Reasonable people understand the need to withhold information \u2014 especially with regards to health. But when there is too much engineering happening to hide that information, people become skeptical and are drawn to get to the bottom of it themselves.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Plus,</strong> close royal watchers note that members of the family are far removed from the Palace's comms and public relations efforts, which is why the Princess of Wales taking the blame for the altered photo doesn't pass the smell test.</p><ul><li>\"It would be akin to President Biden handling his own social media posts,\" said one longtime communication professional. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Audiences are more media literate and keen to understand these public relations tactics, and this instance should signal to the Palace that their comms strategies are outdated. </p><ul><li>\"The most interesting moment of change is when institutions assume the old playbook still works, and then find out it doesn't. That's what's happening to Wills and Kate now,\" says Matt Locke, CEO of UK-based strategic communications firm Storythings. </li><li>\"Queen Elizabeth managed the press extraordinarily well... but the vast majority of her reign was pre internet and social media. Like a lot of old institutions, the royals just haven't developed sustainable playbooks for the digital media age.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>The reaction to the dodgy statements and misleading photo signals that Kensington Palace's cozy relationships with the media could be souring.</p><ul><li>Add AI into the mix \u2014 which will inevitably enable the spread of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/10/ai-misinformation-response-measures\" target=\"_blank\">more mis- and disinformation</a> \u2014 and Kensington Palace could have could have a real problem on its hands. </li><li>It's clear they are unable to contain misinformation now, and since they have squandered credibility with the media and the public, it could be more difficult for them to correct misinformation or online speculation in the future. </li></ul><p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Eleanor's thought bubble:</strong> It's rare to see the palace communicate in such a ham-handed way.</p><ul><li>Either they are underestimating the savviness of the general public and struggling to keep up with the new media landscape, or they are intentionally being clumsy at the expense of Kate's reputation. </li></ul><p><em>Go deeper ... <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/british-royal-family-communicate-through-clothing\" target=\"_blank\">The British monarchy's guide to visual communications</a></em></p>"}, "content": [{"type": "text/html", "language": null, "base": "https://api.axios.com/feed/top/", "value": "<p>A <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2024/03/11/kate-middleton-edit-family-photo\" target=\"_blank\">botched photo editing job</a> has captured the world's attention, thrusting conspiracy theories typically reserved for message boards and blind items into the mainstream discourse.</p><p><strong>Why it matters: </strong>The Royal Family's recent PR blunders show that there's no place for vague communications during the age of social virality and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/10/ai-misinformation-response-measures\" target=\"_blank\">misinformation</a>. </p><hr /><p><strong>Catchup quick: </strong>In January, Kensington Palace released a statement saying the Princess of Wales was taking time off to recover from a planned abdominal surgery and was expected to spend up to two weeks in the hospital to recover. </p><ul><li>The Palace's communication left the Royal watchers with more questions than answers, which ignited the spread of conspiracy theories online.</li><li>The masses started to get concerned in February after Prince William failed to attend his godfather's memorial service, citing \"personal matters.\"  </li><li>On Sunday, Kensington Palace released a photo of Kate and her children in honor of UK Mother's Day. But news wires including Getty Images, AFP and the Associated Press quickly issued a kill notice after realizing the image had been doctored. </li><li>The following day, the Palace issued <a href=\"https://x.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1767135566645092616?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">a statement from Kate</a> apologizing for any \"confusion\" the family photograph might've caused.</li></ul><p><strong>Between the lines: </strong>The Royal Family has a \"never complain, never explain\" <a href=\"https://www.newsweek.com/royal-family-prince-william-complain-explain-motto-queen-elizabeth-1692861\" target=\"_blank\">policy</a> and instead <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/british-royal-family-communicate-through-clothing\" target=\"_blank\">uses visuals</a> to communicate a specific message or tell a story \u2014 which is why this string of missteps is so suspicious. </p><p><strong>What they're saying: </strong>\"The quickest way to lose a story in the middle of a crisis is to not tell a story at all,\" crisis communication expert <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/12/16/crisis-expert-molly-mcpherson-tiktok-reputation\" target=\"_blank\">Molly McPherson</a> told Axios.</p><ul><li><strong>\"</strong>Reasonable people understand the need to withhold information \u2014 especially with regards to health. But when there is too much engineering happening to hide that information, people become skeptical and are drawn to get to the bottom of it themselves.\"</li></ul><p><strong>Plus,</strong> close royal watchers note that members of the family are far removed from the Palace's comms and public relations efforts, which is why the Princess of Wales taking the blame for the altered photo doesn't pass the smell test.</p><ul><li>\"It would be akin to President Biden handling his own social media posts,\" said one longtime communication professional. </li></ul><p><strong>The big picture:</strong> Audiences are more media literate and keen to understand these public relations tactics, and this instance should signal to the Palace that their comms strategies are outdated. </p><ul><li>\"The most interesting moment of change is when institutions assume the old playbook still works, and then find out it doesn't. That's what's happening to Wills and Kate now,\" says Matt Locke, CEO of UK-based strategic communications firm Storythings. </li><li>\"Queen Elizabeth managed the press extraordinarily well... but the vast majority of her reign was pre internet and social media. Like a lot of old institutions, the royals just haven't developed sustainable playbooks for the digital media age.\"</li></ul><p><strong>What to watch: </strong>The reaction to the dodgy statements and misleading photo signals that Kensington Palace's cozy relationships with the media could be souring.</p><ul><li>Add AI into the mix \u2014 which will inevitably enable the spread of <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/07/10/ai-misinformation-response-measures\" target=\"_blank\">more mis- and disinformation</a> \u2014 and Kensington Palace could have could have a real problem on its hands. </li><li>It's clear they are unable to contain misinformation now, and since they have squandered credibility with the media and the public, it could be more difficult for them to correct misinformation or online speculation in the future. </li></ul><p><strong>\ud83d\udcad Eleanor's thought bubble:</strong> It's rare to see the palace communicate in such a ham-handed way.</p><ul><li>Either they are underestimating the savviness of the general public and struggling to keep up with the new media landscape, or they are intentionally being clumsy at the expense of Kate's reputation. </li></ul><p><em>Go deeper ... <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/2023/05/04/british-royal-family-communicate-through-clothing\" target=\"_blank\">The British monarchy's guide to visual communications</a></em></p>"}], "authors": [{"name": "Eleanor Hawkins"}], "author": "Eleanor Hawkins", "author_detail": {"name": "Eleanor Hawkins"}, "media_content": [{"caption": "Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. 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