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AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - Europe's leadership crisis

Data: Morning Consult ; Chart: Axios Visuals U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life, rejecting calls to resign yesterday as fallout from the Epstein files threatened to bring down the British government. Why it matters: Less than two years after the Labour Party's blowout election victory, Starmer is the most unpopular British prime minister on record, according to The Economist . Zoom in: New data from Morning Consult shows he isn't even the most unpopular leader in Europe. - French President Emmanuel Macron has a putrid 16% approval rating, setting the stage for the far-right National Rally to win next year's presidential election. - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is also deeply unpopular, reflecting…

Data: Morning Consult ; Chart: Axios Visuals U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his political life, rejecting calls to resign yesterday as fallout from the Epstein files threatened to bring down the British government. Why it matters: Less than two years after the Labour Party's blowout election victory, Starmer is the most unpopular British prime minister on record, according to The Economist . Zoom in: New data from Morning Consult shows he isn't even the most unpopular leader in Europe. - French President Emmanuel Macron has a putrid 16% approval rating, setting the stage for the far-right National Rally to win next year's presidential election. - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is also deeply unpopular, reflecting…Open

NPR (Kirk Siegler) - Trump takes aim at Colorado, a state that didn't vote for him

Colorado's Democratic leaders say President Trump is on a political retribution campaign against their state and the fallout will be rural communities on everything from water to planning for disasters.

Colorado's Democratic leaders say President Trump is on a political retribution campaign against their state and the fallout will be rural communities on everything from water to planning for disasters.Open

NPR (Steve Inskeep) - Morning news brief

Immigration officials testify before House as DHS funding deadline looms, Britain's prime minister faces calls to resign over ex-ambassador's Epstein tire, Savannah Guthrie pleads for mother's return.

Immigration officials testify before House as DHS funding deadline looms, Britain's prime minister faces calls to resign over ex-ambassador's Epstein tire, Savannah Guthrie pleads for mother's return.Open

AXIOS (Madison Mills) - OpenAI and Anthropic are picking public fights

AI CEOs are openly trash-talking each other, sniping over advertising and their philosophical approaches to the future. Why it matters: The squabbling is intensifying as the cost of staying competitive in AI soars — and pressure is mounting for the technology to deliver real returns. Driving the news: The fighting ramped up around the Super Bowl. - Anthropic pledged to keep its large language model, Claude, ad-free , alongside a commercial poking at OpenAI, which is testing ads in ChatGPT. - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman fired back with a 420-word post on X , calling the ad "dishonest." - Altman was already fending off rumors about OpenAI's relationship with Nvidia, after the Wall Street Journal reported the chipmaker was pulling back from…

AI CEOs are openly trash-talking each other, sniping over advertising and their philosophical approaches to the future. Why it matters: The squabbling is intensifying as the cost of staying competitive in AI soars — and pressure is mounting for the technology to deliver real returns. Driving the news: The fighting ramped up around the Super Bowl. - Anthropic pledged to keep its large language model, Claude, ad-free , alongside a commercial poking at OpenAI, which is testing ads in ChatGPT. - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman fired back with a 420-word post on X , calling the ad "dishonest." - Altman was already fending off rumors about OpenAI's relationship with Nvidia, after the Wall Street Journal reported the chipmaker was pulling back from…Open