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The base is already home to fighter planes from another foreign country, and has a storied history of defending the U.S.

What to know about Idaho's Mountain Home base, home to Qatar's new air force station

The facility will not be a military base for Qatar.

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Axios @axios.com · 1d

NEW: Qatar will build an air force facility at Idaho's Mountain Home Airbase, the U.S. and Qatar jointly announced today.

Qatar to build air force facility on U.S. base in Idaho

Laura Loomer and other MAGA figures expressed shock and outrage, but the deal was long in the making.

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Axios @axios.com · 1d

LATEST: Health and Human Services and the Treasury departments have sent out layoff notices, spokespeople confirmed to Axios

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NEW: Trump set to unveil drug price deal with AstraZeneca

Trump cuts pricing deals with AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is the latest drugmakers to cut a deal with Trump.

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

🚨 BREAKING: Trump officials say mass federal layoffs have begun

Trump officials confirm mass federal layoffs have begun

Russell Vought announced the cuts Friday.

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

🚨 SCOOP: Trump plans to hold a summit of world leaders on Gaza during his visit to Egypt next week

Scoop: Trump plans leaders summit on Gaza during Egypt visit next week

Germany, France, the U.K., Italy, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are expected to participate.

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BREAKING: Trump threatens to cancel Xi meeting over China's rare earth restrictions

Trump threatens to cancel Xi meeting over China's rare earth restrictions

China's latest move threatens to reignite the countries' trade war.

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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 2d

"Trump's touting of his peace deals became a common refrain in the lead up to the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize winner on Friday."

Here are the "8 wars" Trump says he deserves a Nobel Prize for ending

Some of the conflicts Trump claimed he resolved date back to his first term

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NEW: A U.S. official told Axios one factor in the breakthrough was that "Hamas had started to see the hostages as a liability rather than an asset" in terms of its future negotiating position.

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

As negotiations for a Gaza peace deal approached the finish line, President Trump provided a personal guarantee he wouldn't let Israel abandon it and resume the war.

These assurances were a key factor in convincing Hamas to take the deal.

Trump promised not to let Israel break Gaza ceasefire to get deal

Israel broke one ceasefire. Trump told the mediators he wouldn't let it happen this time.

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

Speaker Mike Johnson told Axios today that "of course" Congress will ensure furloughed federal workers get back pay once the government reopens.

Mike Johnson: "Of course" we'd give back pay to federal workers

The White House has made clear that back pay isn't a guarantee.

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

President Trump is temporarily barred from sending the National Guard to Illinois to aid his immigration crackdown after a federal judge in part granted the state a temporary restraining order against the deployment.

Judge rules against Trump's federalization of National Guard in Chicago

A U.S. judge says the president can't federalize the National Guard just because of political conflict.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James responded to her indictment today, calling her charges of bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution "baseless."

Letitia James responds to indictment: "I am not fearful, I am fearless"

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the president's desperate weaponization of our justice system," she said.

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READ: New York Attorney General Letitia James was criminally indicted on two counts by a grand jury on today. Read the indictment in full here.

Read: N.Y. AG Letitia James' indicted on 2 charges

"We will fight these baseless charges," James said on X.

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The Trump admin has resumed a key student-loan forgiveness program impacting about two million borrowers. Here's who's eligible, and who's likely getting relief first.

Student loan forgiveness resumes for 2 million people. Here's who is eligible.

The move by the Department of Education affects borrowers on Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plans.

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

BREAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted for alleged fraud

New York AG Letitia James indicted for alleged fraud

James successfully prosecuted Trump in a civil fraud lawsuit for improper business practices.

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Axios @axios.com · 2d

SCOOP: Dominion Voting, the voting machine behemoth that Trump and his allies baselessly attacked after the 2020 election, has been sold to a company run by an ex-GOP election official.

Scoop: Dominion Voting sold to company run by ex-GOP election official

Dominion is one of the biggest election equipment providers and was used by 27 states during the 2024 election.

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Axios @axios.com · 3d

Exclusive: Nearly all federal employees will be furloughed Monday for Columbus Day

Those in critical roles who would normally be working on a holiday — air traffic controllers, say — will still have to work.

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Axios @axios.com · 3d

NEW: An appeals court appeared skeptical of Oregon's bid to block Trump's National Guard orders

Oregon bid to block Trump's National Guard orders hits skeptical appeals court

"What I'm struggling with is, the president gets to direct his resources as he deems fit," a judge said.

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Axios @axios.com · 3d

Turning Point USA says it will host a rival event to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show

Turning Point USA will host a rival to Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show

One of its music genre choices was "anything in English."

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Exclusive: U.S. trails China and Russia on hypersonic weapons, task force finds

Exclusive: The hypersonic weapons "asymmetry" plaguing the U.S.

The document lands as Trump 2.0 begins cobbling together Golden Dome, a $175 billion missile shield.

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The Bank of England is sounding alarms the Fed isn't, warning investors they are underpricing large risks to this bull market.

This central bank says what the Federal Reserve won't

It is unusual for one major central bank to flag risks in another economy so explicitly.

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Axios @axios.com · 3d

Chicago has become the ultimate proving ground for President Trump's domestic military experiment, pitting armed federal forces against a Democratic-led city determined to resist them.

How Chicago became ground zero for Trump's military crackdown

"This has never happened before," said Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 3d

The White House isn't just standing by its view that federal law doesn't guaranteeback pay for furloughed workers: It has emails showing this belief dates back to the 2019 shutdown.

Here’s what they said. Read it first in @axios

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2019 emails boost White House's view that furloughed workers aren't guaranteed back pay

The OMB's interpretation of the law has roiled Congress, outraged labor unions and added a layer of tension to the federal shutdown that began Oct. 1.

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Axios @axios.com · 3d

The Department of Defense plans to enforce new policies that "appear designed to stifle a free press," the Pentagon Press Association said today.

New Pentagon policy sends "message of intimidation," press group says

"Access to the Pentagon is a privilege, not a right," a Defense Department spokesperson said.

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