Axios

U.S. center to lean-left

Stories

• 4 Friday Storms Prompt FAA Ground Stop at Charlotte Douglas; Duke Energy Outage Reports Range From 18,100 to More Than 45,000
• 6 FEMA Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Indiana; 21 Counties Get Individual Aid, 11 Get Public Aid
• 2 Judge Rules USPS Violated Her Injunction by Issuing Mail-Ballot Rule, Imposes No Penalty
• 2 Louisiana National Guard Ends New Orleans Deployment; Last Troops to Leave City by Aug. 31
• 3 CDC Reports 431 Salmonella Illnesses in 32 States as of Aug. 19, Linked to Jalapeños Grown in Sinaloa, Mexico
• 4 Israel Says It Struck Syria's Abu al-Duhur Airbase on Aug. 18 to Stop a Turkish Deployment; Turkey and Syria Deny One Was Planned
• 4 Bloomberg Reports Stripe Has Agreed to Buy AI Model Router OpenRouter for More Than $7 Billion
• 3 NC Attorney General Says Duke Energy Misstated Residential Rate Increase Under Oath; Duke Calls It a Mix-Up
• 3 11 Charged in New York Indictment Alleging More Than 1,000 Sham Marriages for Green Cards
• 2 NC Budget Corrections Bill Ratified Aug. 6 Adds No Wake County Prosecutors; Office Funded for 45 of the 69.7 Positions a State Workload Study Lists
• 2 Kennedy Center Board Votes 20-3 to Add Trump Inscription and Partially Close Building for Renovations
• 3 Justice Department Legal Opinion Says Executive Privilege Can Cover Trump's Talks With Private Advisers
• 3 North Carolina Commits $40 Million Over Four Years to Greensboro PGA Tour Event; Tour Names It a 2028 Championship Series Stop
• 4 Trian Preparing Take-Private Bid for Wendy's, Reuters Source Says; Shares Rise as Much as 15% and Are Halted for Volatility
• 2 Federal Judge Rules Nexstar Violated Order Separating It From Tegna, Bars Its Executives From Tegna's Board