Axios

5 big things

1.A costly summer sendoff approaches

Avery Lotz

2.Scoop: Trump administration drafting post-war Middle East plan

3.America's jobs scare recedes

Column / Behind the Curtain

4.Behind the Curtain: AI creators race to understand their creations

5.U.S. labor market booms, with 162,000 jobs added in August

Barak Ravid
Updated 13 hours ago
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World
Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner to travel to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend
Jared Kushner and special envoy Steve Witkoff. (Photo by URS FLUEELER / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
President Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel this weekend to Moscow and Kyiv for talks on ending the war, U.S. officials said.
Why it matters: This will be the first visit by Witkoff and Kushner to Kyiv since President Trump returned to office.
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Sara Fischer
Updated 16 hours ago
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Business
Maria Bartiromo fired by Fox
Anchor Maria Bartiromo during FOX Business Network's "Mornings with Maria" on June 9 in Washington, DC. Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images
Fox News Media fired longtime host Maria Bartiromo for business reasons, a spokesperson confirmed to Axios on Thursday.
Why it matters: Bartiromo is considered one of the network's most high profile hosts.
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Andrew Solender
17 hours ago
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Politics & Policy
Scoop: Rep. Mejia launches PAC to fund progressive upsets
Rep. Analilia Mejia at her swearing in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on April 20. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
After winning an upset primary victory over a field of better-funded, establishment-backed rivals, Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.) is launching a super PAC to help other progressive underdogs do the same, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Mejia is adding to a growing constellation of new progressive super PACs trying to compete with cash-rich groups like AIPAC that back more moderate Democrats in primaries.
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