On this week’s episode of “Batya!”, a look at the Supreme Court ruling against President Trump’s emergency tariffs. Batya Ungar-Sargon speaks with a panel of swing voters to get their reactions and discuss whether justices aided foreign countries like China in their ruling. Plus, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee talks about growing tension in Iran and what President Trump hopes the Iranian regime will do to prevent war. And the former Biden press office chief of staff gives her take on which Democratic presidential contenders are rising to the top ahead of the 2028 election. On "Batya!" host Batya Ungar-Sargon examines the week's most newsworthy topics with a wide range of newsmakers, prominent politicians, and media…
Data: Dave's Redistricting Atlas, Cook Political Report, AP. (Virginia is in the process of redistricting.) Table: Axios Visuals Democrats plan to invest in districts that went for President Trump in 2024 by as many as 18 percentage points in their efforts to retake the House by a decisive margin in November. Why it matters: Partisan gerrymandering has resulted in a historically small number of highly competitive House seats — but that does not square with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries ' (D-N.Y.) growing ambitions. - Emboldened by strong Democratic performances in recent special elections, Jeffries said at a press conference last week that his party is eyeing an increasing number of seats as potential pickups. - "The…
The death of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes dealt a major blow to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, but few believe it spells the end for the powerful group.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon on Tuesday morning for what sources say is likely to be a tense meeting over terms for military use of Anthropic's Claude. - "Anthropic knows this is not a get-to-know-you meeting," a senior Defense official told Axios. "This is not a friendly meeting. This is a shit-or-get-off-the-pot meeting." Why it matters: Claude is the only AI model available in the military's classified systems, and the most capable model for sensitive defense and intelligence work. The Pentagon doesn't want to lose access to Claude, but is furious with Anthropic for refusing to lift its safeguards entirely. State of play: The two sides are heading into the meeting on two…
A manic new phase of the AI boom is sweeping through Silicon Valley, powered by autonomous "agents" capable of liquefying weeks of manual labor into minutes. Why it matters: For now, the frenzy is largely confined to software engineering . But inside that bubble, the shift feels seismic — deepening the gulf between AI builders and bystanders. - "I've followed tech for 25 years and I've never felt a larger gap between the ~1 million people using Codex/Claude and the rest of humanity," tweeted James Wang, director of product marketing at Cerebras. The big picture: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently described the current state of software engineering as the "centaur phase" — a reference to the half-human, half-horse creature of Greek…
The latest crop of the party’s recruits come from an array of working-class backgrounds, some having worked as farmers and ministers and served in the U.S. military.
