It has been an extraordinary week for Axios — and not in the way a newsroom might hope. First came the now-infamous framing suggesting that voter ID laws are somehow an undue burden, particularly for women — a narrative critics argue reduces capable adults to helpless caricatures unable to navigate basic identification requirements. That headline …

Murkowski Breaks Ranks Again: The SAVE Act Showdown Exposes a Familiar Divide Sen. Lisa Murkowski has once again stepped into the center of a Republican storm — and once again, she has chosen the path of opposition when her party is demanding unity. This time, the flashpoint is the SAVE Act, a sweeping election bill …

When Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear appeared on The View and invoked his Christian faith to defend gender-related medical interventions for minors, the reaction in many faith communities was immediate and deeply unsettled. His words were simple: “My faith teaches me that all children are children of God, and I didn’t want people picking on those …

The ranking Democratic member on the House Committee on Homeland Security offered a moment this week that was less about oversight and more about exposure—exposure of how casually altered or fabricated material can be laundered into official proceedings when it serves a preferred narrative. During Tuesday morning’s hearing, Rep. Bennie Thompson referenced the fatal shooting …

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna has carefully cultivated a reputation as a reform-minded lawmaker willing to challenge powerful interests, particularly when it comes to transparency surrounding the Epstein files. His public insistence that political connections to Jeffrey Epstein should be fully examined has earned him praise from those who believe the scandal transcends party lines. Now, …

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s latest broadside against President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers over the handling of the Epstein files is a case study in modern political outrage—loud, aggressive, and carefully timed. In a video posted Monday, Crockett addressed reporters with visible frustration, accusing the Trump administration of violating a law passed in December that …

Well, Bad Bunny ended up not wearing a dress during yesterday’s Super Bowl halftime show, which, given the breathless speculation leading up to it, was almost a story in itself. After weeks of signaling, teasing, and winking at controversy, the performance landed in a far more conventional place than many expected. That has naturally raised …

Some news stories are an IQ test, and this one practically came with a Scantron sheet. My immediate reaction to the recent report accusing DNI Tulsi Gabbard of covering up a damning “whistleblower” complaint involving foreign intelligence and the Trump White House was that it would separate serious readers from people who just nod along …

Remember how this whole debate only really heated up about a week ago, when Democrats were in full meltdown mode over the Department of Homeland Security portion of the funding bill. Among the laundry list of demands, complaints, and performative outrage, there was one idea that actually sounded reasonable on its face: putting body cameras …

What the hell was that supposed to be? For a brief moment, Kamala Harris managed to convince a sizable chunk of the political world that something consequential was about to happen. Her post teased a reveal that felt loaded with implication—was she reconsidering a 2028 presidential run, testing the waters for another office, or staging …