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Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios If Donald Trump is once again elected president, he will enjoy a key asset absent from his 2017 White House transition: a sprawling infrastructure already preparing to staff a new administration and immediately enact major policies. Why it matters: No such apparatus devoted to Trump's political brand…

Unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, who staked much of her 2022 election bid on peddling Donald Trump’s big lie, admitted Tuesday that she’s having trouble retaining lawyers in her quest to get her own election loss overturned.  “We had attorneys who did walk away because the left is threatening them…

The House Jan. 6 committee held its final public meeting on Monday, capping off months of investigative work and public presentations on the makings of the 2021 insurrection. Reflecting back on the past year and a half, the committee did one thing superbly well: It was successful in its comprehensive…

When you look at the big Senate races, it is clear that Donald Trump blew his party’s chances at claiming the majority...Read More

The January 6 committee gave Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice more than enough to charge Donald Trump. December 19, 2022 The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol held its final public hearing on Monday. The committee unanimously voted to recommend that former president Donald…

As the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, held its final meeting on Monday—the last before the incoming Republican House majority takes office and likely ends any further congressional investigations into the worst attack on Congress since the 1800s—the cable news–ready headline was…

Elon Musk caused a stir on Twitter once again after attending the World Cup final between France and Argentina in Qatar on Sunday with Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Pictures of the two flooded the social media site, with many people calling into question the pair's relationship. Trump's former attorney,…

The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election he lost in 2020. The committee has called it an “attempted coup” that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department. That is expected to be the committee’s closing…

As the government scrambles to put together final touches on a bill to fund the government, the fate of countless Afghans hangs in the balance. Tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees residing in the U.S. remain in limbo, without a certain path to permanent residency. Even more Afghan allies have…

Since taking over Twitter, Elon Musk has made a habit of governing by poll. But he may wish he had held off on the latest one. Musk asked his followers Sunday night if he should step down as head of Twitter, promising to “abide by the results” of the poll.…