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axios.com | Sareen Habeshian |Noah Bressner
Data: Federal Register, House Oversight Committee. Chart: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsThe $400 million jet President Trump plans to accept from Qatar would be worth 100 times more than every other presidential gift from a foreign nation combined since 2001, according to an Axios analysis of State Department data. Why it matters: The prospect of such a lavish gift from the Qatari royal family raised major ethics concerns and sparked rare backlash from a set of influential MAGA media stars.
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3 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Noah Bressner
6 hours ago‘Nothing about this is normal’: Fmr. Pentagon official blasts turmoil in Hegseth’s Pentagon staffReports from POLITICO and The Washington Post say a number of senior aides to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been put on leave in an investigation into possible information leaks. Former Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh joins Richard Lui to share her thoughts on the matter and discuss the stalled peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
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axios.com | Noah Bressner
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2 months ago | 
axios.com | Mike Allen |Noah Bressner
Three top political reporters â Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager and Isaac Arnsdorf â will be out July 8 with "2024: How Trump Retook the White House and the Democrats Lost America," based on 300+ interviews over 18 months. • "The whole world was against me, and I won," President Trump told the authors in an interview 10 days before his second inauguration.
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2 months ago | 
axios.com | Mike Allen |Noah Bressner
Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) and Dina Powell McCormick, a business exec and Trump 1.0 national security official, will be out April 1 with "Who Believed in You?" — a new book designed to "kickstart a national mentoring movement." Why it matters: COVID shattered the ability of young workers and college students to build meaningful relationships with colleagues and mentors.
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2 months ago | 
axios.com | Noah Bressner |Kyle Stokes
American Matthew Tkachuk and Canada's Brandon Hagel fight during the opening seconds of a 4 Nations Face-Off tournament game on Saturday. Photo: Minas Panagiotakis/Getty ImagesPolitical tensions between the U.S. and Canada are colliding with a high-stakes hockey game tonight between the sport's major superpowers. Why it matters: The drama-filled matchup, featuring the best players from Team USA and Canada, has become the most anticipated international hockey game in over a decade.
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
msn.com | Noah Bressner
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Feb 13, 2025 | 
axios.com | Noah Bressner
Cynthia Erivo (left) and Ariana Grande in a scene from "Wicked." Photo: Universal Pictures via AP For the first time in recent history, the percentage of top-grossing films featuring female protagonists equaled the percentage of films with male protagonists, according to a pair of annual studies released yesterday, AP reports. Why it matters: Movies like "Wicked," "Inside Out 2" and "The Substance" lifted Hollywood's theatrical releases to gender parity in leading roles in 2024.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
axios.com | Noah Bressner
In his first Super Bowl inside the Fox broadcasting booth, Tom Brady will try to take the same approach he did in his previous 10 appearances in the big game as a player. What he's saying: "There's no scoreboard for us. Did we feel we approached the game the right way, and were we prepared? Ultimately, it comes down to two things: Was I confident in what I said, and did I enjoy myself? I think if those are yes, then we did a good job," Brady told AP. "I'm very excited for what's ahead."
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
axios.com | Noah Bressner |Mike Allen
Former President Clinton and mega-selling novelist James Patterson are co-writing their third thriller together — "The First Gentleman," out June 2 — about the president's husband going on trial for murder. • Why it matters: The story "will be told with Patterson's signature suspense and will be informed by details that only a president can know," the publishers, Alfred A. Knopf and Little, Brown and Company, say in a forthcoming announcement.
