Axios
June 2026
GOP gets new midterm spending weapon from SCOTUS
House Dems help GOP kill another Lebanon war powers vote
House GOP agenda stuck over SAVE Act, again
Scalise, the majority leader, voted against the rule to allow GOP leadership to more easily bring it back up at a later date
Scoop: Trump's late July 4 speech throws D.C. fireworks timing into flux
Supreme Court takes up local bans on AR-15 rifles for next term
The Supreme Court in its next term will hear challenges to local bans on the AR-15 rifle, one of the most popular firearms in the country
AR–15s are semi-automatic, but so too are most handguns.... Law-abiding citizens use both AR–15s and handguns for a variety of lawful purposes, including self-defense in the home,
House Democrats hash out Israel divisions at "intense" private meeting
House Democrats grappled privately Tuesday morning with a vote to pare back U.S. aid to Israel in what one senior lawmakers described as an "intense" meeting
It's so poorly drafted,
Birthright citizenship decision gives advocates short-lived sigh of relief
SCOTUS punts Fed independence question to future courts
On the surface, Monday's Supreme Court ruling that keeps Lisa Cook in place as a Federal Reserve governor for now was a win for believers that the central bank works best when insulated from the day-to-day control of the president
Supreme Court strikes down party spending limits
Rep. Tom Kean discloses depression diagnosis upon return from months-long absence
Several months ago, due to health concerns, I entered the hospital for some testing,
SCOTUS rejects Trump's birthright citizenship policy
Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights— to freely participate in our political community,
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Supreme Court strikes down party spending limits
Supreme Court lets states ban trans girls from girls' sports
Trump's Supreme Court wins hit one wall: the economy
But it blocked his administration on two of the biggest issues for markets: the Fed and tariffs
Trump's "Swiss Army" tools on Iran: Vance and Rubio
As he tries to hammer out a peace deal with Iran, President Trump has a dovish adviser in Vice President Vance perched on one figurative shoulder — and a hawkish Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the other
Think of Marco and JD as aspects of the president's personality and policy,
The AI boom's historical warning
The bets have helped keep financial conditions loose and have supported the global economy
House vote sets up Senate clash over kids' online safety
"I would be worried if I were her": Democrats fear another loss to the left in Colorado
If enough of us share that commitment to Medicare for All, to ending corporate capture, to an arms embargo [on Israel], we should absolutely say: here are our conditions,
Democratic states sue over Medicaid work rules
Scoop: Gallego under federal investigation over campaign spending
2 Supreme Court rulings treat the Fed as an exception
Supreme Court rules Trump can fire independent agency heads, with key exception
If anything more is left of Humphrey’s, we overrule it,
Supreme Court says Trump can't fire Fed governor Lisa Cook
We see no reason to leave the public in limbo, or to sow doubt as to the status of one of our Nation’s (and the world’s) most important financial institutions. Although we appreciate that others may see matters differently, we would not so quickly unsettle this ‘special arrangement’ sanctioned by history,