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D.C. schools are banning cellphones, joining almost half of the nation

15 hours ago | axios.com | April Rubin

Data: Axios research and KFF; Map: Axios VisualsD.C.'s public schools will enforce a cell phone ban starting next school year, the district said on Friday. Why it matters: D.C. joins nearly half the country in the bipartisan push to limit students' cellphone use in the classroom. D.C. middle schools and several of its high schools already implemented the ban, the district said. Catch up quick: Phone bans have gained momentum across Democratic and Republican state legislatures in recent years.
Most Republicans side with Trump over Musk: Poll

18 hours ago | axios.com | April Rubin

Data: YouGov; Chart: Axios VisualsRepublicans overwhelmingly said they'd side with President Trump over Elon Musk in the duo's explosive feud, according to Thursday polling. Why it matters: Republicans' loyalty to Trump remains strong, and the acrimony only adds to Americans' existing dissatisfaction with the former head of DOGE. By the numbers: More than half of Americans said they wouldn't side with either the president or the wealthiest man in the world, per a YouGov survey of U.S. adults.
Repricing Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI post-fallout

19 hours ago | axios.com | Ben Berkowitz |Jason Lalljee

Tesla, Musk's only publicly traded face, lost more than $150 billion in value on Thursday. Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Apu Gomes/Getty ImagesJust a few months ago, investors were willing to massively increase the valuations of Elon Musk's companies, in part because of his proximity to Donald Trump and the centers of Washington power. That ended yesterday.
Trump-Musk split exposes how reliant NASA has become on SpaceX

21 hours ago | axios.com | April Rubin

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launches from the Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on March 14 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesElon Musk's threat Thursday to decommission SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft would haveleft NASA reliant on Russian capsules to get its astronauts into space.
GOP backing for wind and solar is cratering, new poll shows

22 hours ago | axios.com | Ben Geman

Data: Pew Research Center; Chart: Axios VisualsNew polling shows steep declines in Republicans' support for solar and especially wind power — data that lands as GOP lawmakers weigh bills to curtail incentives. Why it matters: The Pew Research Center survey reveals Democrats' challenge in trying to exact a political price for scuttling IRA credits. If this poll is right, it doesn't look like ending the credits would create jeopardy with the GOP base — especially if these trend lines continue.
U.S. economy adds 139,000 jobs in May

22 hours ago | axios.com | Courtenay Brown

A worker inside a Gap store in New York earlier this week. Photo: Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe U.S. economy added 139,000 jobs in May, while the unemployment rate held at 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday. Why it matters: The labor market's headline numbers were healthy as President Trump's volatile trade war played out last month. Forecasters anticipated the economy would add 125,000 jobs in May.
Burnt ends: Bite-sized news bits

23 hours ago | axios.com | Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi |Tasha Tsiaperas

Some news makes us blue. Illustration: Brendan Lynch/Axiosğ®ğ¹ American Airlines has started nonstop service to Venice, Italy, from DFW Airport. (WFAA)ğ Trinity Metro will offer free buses starting Sunday in downtown Fort Worth to replace Molly the Trolley's route between Sundance Square and the Fort Worth Water Gardens. (Fort Worth Report)ğ Dallas police say it will likely take days to pull several vehicles found submerged in Lake Cliff in Oak Cliff.
Tarrant County's conservative politics

23 hours ago | axios.com | Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi |Tasha Tsiaperas

Illustration: Allie Carl/AxiosRedistricting is just one part of O'Hare's efforts to make Tarrant County more conservative. Why it matters: During O'Hare's tenure, Tarrant County has become an example of the impact that far-right Republicans can have in local government. Since taking office in 2023, O'Hare has questioned election integrity despite having no proof and has cut an organization's funding over its views on racial inequality and LGBTQ+ rights.
One cocktail to go: Texas Theatre

23 hours ago | axios.com | Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi |Tasha Tsiaperas

Theatre transports you to earlier era. Photo: Tasha "Cellar Door" Tsiaperas/AxiosOf all the cocktail joints in all of Dallas, you should walk into the one that shows classic films. Driving the news: Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair starts Sunday. The Los Angeles-based annual program is expanding to Texas this year. Bleak Week screens great movies that portray the dark side of humanity.
Find The Cash Twin Cities is hiding money around the metro for lucky Instagram users

23 hours ago | axios.com | Audrey Kennedy

Illustration: Aïda Amer/AxiosA new social media accountthat's stashing cash around the metro for anyone to find is taking the Twin Cities by storm — but no one seems to know who's behind it. The big picture: For the past three weeks, anInstagram account called Find The Cash Twin Cities has been posting videos of someone off-camera hiding anywhere from $50 to $250 in cash in random places, like in a flower bed outside Mall of America or taped to a sign pole at Minneapolis Institute of Art.