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Israelis head to the polls today for one of the most consequential elections in the country's history — with rival camps warning that victory for the other would put Israel's future in jeopardy.

BREAKING: James Comey charged again by the DOJ

BREAKING: DOJ unlawfully fired Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey, judge rules

Claude says Anthropic's IPO is a buy. ChatGPT disagrees.

BREAKING: Anthropic files for IPO

JUST IN: Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected to a fourth, nonconsecutive term in the nation's presidential election according to early results.

Anthropic's Claude accessed publicly available Georgia voter data without human authorization, a disclosure sure to add to growing concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is an electoral juggernaut in America's biggest swing state — and he's widely seen as a likely contender for president in 2028. But strategists in both parties question how tested he really is.

SCOOP: Benjamin Netanyahu — fighting for political survival in Tuesday's elections — has pleaded with President Trump in recent days to show more public support for his campaign.

Even pro-AI government officials and lawmakers wish AI founders would do what every other major industry chief does — shut up and just build their products ... safely.

NEW: Mysterious "flying triangle" sighting leads new government release of UFO documents

NEW: America's largest banks are working to prevent AI worst-case scenarios. But they're also preparing for the "day after" a catastrophe, Axios has learned.

NEW by me -- The internet's hidden security nightmare — and how AI exposed it --A look at why the PHP bugs are so dangerous and have created a cyber emergency --Details on Black October: why bugs discovered by OpenAI tech are creating a cyber emergency www.axios.com/2026/10/22/p...

Here's why the PHP bugs are so dangerous and have created a cyber emergency.

SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions.

NEW: Vance's call for fellow Republicans to "stop whining" about Vivek Ramaswamy's controversial attack ad in Ohio's race for governor showed a key part of his political mindset ahead of his expected run for president in 2028: Never back down.

Federal and Texas officials confirmed today the first known case of the New World screwworm parasite in U.S. wildlife during the current outbreak.

House Democrats' campaign arm is instructing allied super PACs to promote minor candidates in several key House races, Axios has learned.

NEW by me -- Hegseth's Pentagon approves testing of "heat ray" at the border. The potential use of a military weapon against migrants raises significant safety and legal questions. www.axios.com/2026/10/21/h...

Hegseth approves testing of "heat ray" at the border. Here's how it works

SCOOP: Senate Republicans fear Mississippi is in play

BREAKING: Meta hit with $25 billion penalty for misleading Facebook users

Kenan Thompson on Shane Gillis' SNL monologue and comedy's limits

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is crisscrossing Europe with a multibillion-dollar checkbook and a grand ambition: Make his company the indispensable backbone of the global AI economy.

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for Ohio governor is pouring $4 million into a bombshell ad in which his opponent's estranged mother attacks her daughter — doubling down on the message despite fierce bipartisan backlash, Axios has learned.

NEW by me -- Trump goes full apocalypse in anti-Dems midterms message Trump has long portrayed Democrats as an existential threat to the country. But in an effort to preserve Republicans' grip on Washington, he's taking that rhetoric to new extremes. www.axios.com/2026/10/20/t...

Trump goes full apocalypse in anti-Dems midterms message

On their down days, Republicans privately worry that the great redistricting war of 2026 will net them only one seat nationwide, according to top GOP strategists.

Slowly but surely, the leading AI companies are creating a national self-governing structure to oversee their technology and its societal impact. Not since the age of the robber barons have America's industrial titans wielded such sweeping power to shape society.

NEW: Trump wants to hold a summit with Xi and Putin to discuss "denuclearization" — but not necessarily Ukraine

Could you soon make your own moonshine? SCOTUS takes up 160-year-old ban

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Top Trump adviser Ric Grenell allegedly outlined a stunning pay-for-influence offer to a Turkish billionaire last year that included access to Trump, according to a text message reviewed by Axios that the White House counsel is investigating.

Three national polls show President Trump's approval rating hitting new lows as Democrats lead Republicans by 8 to 10 points ahead of the midterms.

Barack Obama has denounced the Trump administration's legal pursuit of Ilhan Omar, saying if "this becomes the new normal, there's no reason to believe it will stop with her."

Katie Zacharia will be the shortest-tenured press secretary in modern history, with her first and only week in the White House marked by speculation about her legal credentials and criticism of her first press briefing.

LATEST: Zacharia is expected to leave her new job within "a few days," according to a senior Trump adviser

BREAKING: Trump tells Katie Zacharia to "reconsider" press secretary role

Democrats boasted a staggering 3rd quarter fundraising advantage in 9 closely watched Senate races. "Oh, my God! Holy crap," GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno said when informed of James Talarico's $64m haul in Texas. "I mean, that's a number that's mind-blowing." www.axios.com/2026/10/16/d...

NEW: MAGA activists are pushing for President Trump to resort to extraordinary measures — including martial law — if they believe the midterm elections are "rigged."

White House press secretary Katie Zacharia said today that she failed the bar exam and never retook it, explaining that she had planned to move to China after graduating from law school and considered the exam results "inconsequential."

NEW by me -- Could Ilhan Omar be stripped of her citizenship? Here's how she could can lose citizenship as Trump investigations increase >> www.axios.com/2026/10/15/i...

Could Ilhan Omar be stripped of her citizenship? Here's what it would take.

BREAKING: Trump says Fort Hood shooter execution will not be streamed

The rupture between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over last week's diesel deal deepened today after an Elon Musk-owned satellite system used by Kyiv unexpectedly restricted service — undercutting Ukraine's fight against Russia.

NEW by me -- France is facing crisis after crisis. Here's what's happening across the country.

France is facing crisis after crisis: fires, protests, massive debt and more. Here's what's happening across the country.

EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump attorney Alina Habba told the president Friday in the Oval that former Kennedy Center leader Ric Grenell failed to deposit a multimillion-dollar donation that her billionaire husband made to the center a year ago.

President Trump is indulging his fondness for Vladimir Putin at a moment of acute political peril, forcing Republicans in the midterms to take cover as he showers Moscow with one-sided concessions.

Congressional Democrats' private text chains lit up with fear and anger today after Department of Homeland Security agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's home in Washington, D.C.

Former Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has told business and political leaders in Arizona that she chose to vote in the Republican primary — for House candidate Jay Feely, Axios has learned.