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Trump White House reporter @Axios

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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Iowa is on the verge of a farm crisis that threatens to wreck the agricultural heart of the state and hurt the fortunes of Republicans at the top of the midterm ticket w/@linhmaita www.axios.com/2026/09/29/i...
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"Brace for losing everything": Farm crisis fears grip GOP in Iowa
Trump's policies have cause severe financial problems for farmers. Iowa is especially vulnerable.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Exclusive: Hegseth memo launches AI-powered cyber war against foreign actors who "meddle" in U.S. elections www.axios.com/2026/09/28/h...
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Exclusive: Hegseth directs Defense Dept. to fight foreigners who "meddle" in U.S. elections
Hegseth's order doesn't direct military personnel to the polls, but Trump hasn't ruled that out.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Scoop: Anthropic's Dario Amodei to have White House dinner with Trump www.axios.com/2026/09/27/a...
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Scoop: Anthropic's Dario Amodei to have White House dinner with Trump
The dinner is an indication of thawing relations between Anthropic and the administration,
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
GOP election outlook goes from bad to "craptastic" www.axios.com/2026/09/26/t...
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GOP election outlook goes from bad to "craptastic"
This week felt different — like the political environment was disintegrating in real time.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From Senate to gubernatorial races, candidates aren’t debating the way they used to — sign of the evolution of campaigns, changes in media and the erosion of democratic norms @HansNichols & I look at the numbers www.axios.com/2026/09/25/d...
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Debate-shy: Candidates aren't sharing the stage like they used to
Candidates in this year's elections are remarkably reluctant to challenge each other face-to-face.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new memo started circulating in the White House & among Trump allies this week that targets Anthopic’s leader Dario Amodei & some of the off-the-wall beliefs of the effective altruism philosophy linked to him @m_ccuri & I www.axios.com/2026/09/24/t...
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Scoop: Trump allies open new front on Anthropic CEO as face of AI "doomerism"
Inside the MAGA effort to target Anthropic's Dario Amodei.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“You have to have elections at the end of the day," Trump told Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez in their closed meeting yesterday, White House officials tell @axios She agreed No date has been set, but don’t be surprised if it’s in the summer or fall of 2028 www.axios.com/2026/09/23/t...
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Trump to Venezuela's Rodriguez: Elections need to happen
Trump emphasized elections' importance as a crucial final step in Venezuela's turn to democracy.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It’s like the start of an only-in-D.C. joke: 3 GOP players walk into a bar for a freewheeling conversation —unwittingly next to a liberal comic who skewers them on Instagram It caused Trump Admin trouble for Harry Sargeant —once a top US-Venezuela oilman www.axios.com/2026/09/20/r...
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Three Republican power players walk into a D.C. bar, and ...
How an oilman's push for warmer relations with the Trump administration was complicated by a scene that went viral.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Scoop: President Trump is making plans for a first-ever meeting with Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodriguez, as early as next week at UNGA www.axios.com/2026/09/17/d...
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Scoop: Trump expected to meet with Venezuela's new leader
A sitdown would be fraught with political risks for the president.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Staring into the camera, Rep. Maria Salazar cut a new campaign ad that told President Trump what so many of her fellow Hispanic Republicans in Miami are saying: Immigration crackdown has gone too far The polling shows it Here’s what GOP Latinos are seeing here www.axios.com/2026/09/17/r...
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Fear and loathing in Trump's Miami backyard over immigration crackdown
Florida Republicans are worried that Trump's immigration policy could hurt the GOP in the midterms.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The second-most powerful man at the State Department put the brakes on a U.S. international exhibit featuring a bull statue because he worried it might look like Baal, a pagan god some associate with Satanic child sacrifice & Jeffrey Epstein www.axios.com/2026/09/15/l...
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Baal out: Top diplomat's worry about pagan god elicits eye rolls
A top State Department official showed unusual interest in an art exhibit.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"We're stuck:" GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midterms www.axios.com/2026/09/05/r...
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"We're stuck:" GOP accepts Trump's all-about-me midterms
Republicans are going along with a Trump-focused strategy that could cost them credibility — and congressional seats.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Geopolitics is often not the choice between the ideal and the imperfect:” US officials defend deal with controversial Venezuelan oil baron via @Ben_Geman & me www.axios.com/2026/09/01/u...
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U.S. officials defend deal with controversial Venezuelan oil baron
A U.S. official talked up Alejandro Betancourt as a "proven operator" in the country's oil sector.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Trump's historic Venezuelan oil deal revolves around a colorful & controversial baron from Caracas with a long history of supporting US interests — including the Maduro coup This is the inside story of how Alejandro Betancourt got here 👇 www.axios.com/2026/09/01/t...
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The secret history of Trump's Venezuelan oil baron
"No Betancourt, no energy-security deal," a U.S. official told Axios.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Scoop: The Trump Admin is close to striking a “massive” deal for Venezuelan oil fields that could double U.S. proven petroleum reserves overnight www.axios.com/2026/08/27/t...
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U.S. close to striking "massive" deal for Venezuelan oil fields
The deal would give the U.S. an ownership stake in Venezuela's oil fields and more than double American oil reserves.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
'Stop gaslighting me!': Florida Democrats' Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism @hollyotterbein @apantazi & I www.axios.com/2026/08/21/f...
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'Stop gaslighting me!': Florida Democrats' Senate nominee and party chair have heated call over socialism
Florida's new Democratic Senate nominee, Angie Nixon, and the state party's chair got into a shouting match Friday
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The FL Dems Senate nominee, Angie Nixon, is making it clear she isn't really a socialist — even though she'd just joined the DSA She says she’s not a socialist, opposes abolishing the politics & opposed the DSA’s commemoration of Castro @apantazi & I www.axios.com/2026/08/21/f...
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Florida's Angie Nixon isn't the socialist you've heard about
"I don't campaign as a member of any organization," she told Axios.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Florida Man primary: ✅carpetbaggers ✅racial conflict ✅homophobia ✅struggling socialists ✅a scandal-plagued Congressman slapped with a restraining order ✅and an antisemitic manosphere influencer asking if Hitler was right (via AI, of course) www.axios.com/2026/08/18/f...
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This primary is "like 'Florida Man' having his own election"
There's carpetbaggers, racial conflict, homophobia, struggling socialists, antisemitism and more.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio isn't running for president, but his interview on "The Katie Miller Podcast" this week showcased why so many Republicans want him to. www.axios.com/2026/08/13/m...
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From Pop-Tarts to UFOs: Greatest hits from Rubio's head-turning podcast interview
Katie Miller's show is the Trump administration's go-to new media outlet where officials talk at length in a friendly setting.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"Not helpful": White House winces over conservatives bashing AOC for egg freezing www.axios.com/2026/08/11/a...
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"Not helpful": White House winces over conservatives bashing AOC for egg freezing
While the left cheered AOC's announcement, conservatives on the right were divided.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“No escape:" Inside Rubio's pressure campaign against Cuba At least 40 entities & 38 people have been sanctioned since Jan. 2026, crushing Cuba’s communist economy & creating some capitalist opportunities (especially US fuel exporters) www.axios.com/2026/08/07/m...
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"No escape:" Inside Rubio's Cuba pressure campaign
"What we're trying to teach them is, there are no escape valves," Rubio told Axios.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Exclusive: President Trump plans to sign two executive orders Thursday aimed at denying citizenship to children born in the U.S. because of the commercial "birth tourism" industry www.axios.com/2026/08/06/t...
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Exclusive: Trump targets birth tourism and citizenship in new executive orders
The measures are sure to be challenged in court as a violation of the 14th Amendment.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Energy Dept. draws fire for slow pace of Venezuelan oil deals www.axios.com/2026/08/03/e...
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Energy Dept. draws fire for slow pace of Venezuelan oil deals
"We have no new concessions. No new deals. It is absolutely a problem," a senior U.S. official said.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer held a high-level video call with China's vice premier to prepare for the September visit of its president, Xi Jinping, Axios has learned. Critical minerals & Ag were on the agenda www.axios.com/2026/07/30/b...
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Bessent sets stage for Xi visit in high-level China talk
The Chinese leader is set to meet with Trump in September.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Trump's economic assault on Iran has drawn a fraction of the attention devoted to his bombing campaign, even as senior US officials believe it may ultimately do more damage to the regime in Tehran. Here’s what the admin’s thinking www.axios.com/2026/07/27/i...
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U.S. officials believe sanctions could hurt Iran more than bombs
"I have a lot of patience," Trump said Monday.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In Florida’s Carpetbagger Primary, the conservative Club for Growth is dropping a massive $1.1 million ad buy to crush former Rep. Chris Collins He moved to FL-19 from NY after a 2019 fed conviction But the ad’s about … immigration www.axios.com/newsletters/... youtu.be/biFFEBsMnaA?...
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"Guests" (FL-19)
YouTube video by Win It Back PAC
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Neither Trump nor Rubio plan to block the extradition of Andrew & Tristan Tate, despite the brothers’ numerous MAGAville ties www.axios.com/2026/07/22/t...
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Trump, Rubio don't plan to stop Tate brothers' extradition to the U.K.
Officially and publicly, Trump and his administration have kept the Tates at arm's length.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Scoop: Trump’s MAGA brain trust —from his top pollster to his White House chief of staff to Cabinet officials to RNC strategists— meet today to plot midterm strategy Between MAGA Inc. & the RNC, they have at least $530m to spend www.axios.com/2026/07/21/t...
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Scoop: Trump's top MAGA advisers gather to plot midterms
Trump's team is sitting on about $530 million and figuring out how, when and where to deploy it.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Republicans admit the GOP's midtermforecast is bleak. But they're clinging to two hopes: voters' fear and loathing of Democrats. www.axios.com/2026/07/19/r...
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GOP midterms strategy: Make it a "hate election"
"Voters have to hate the Dems more than they hate us."
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Why Trump wants Graham's sister to replace him temporarily in the Senate And why he doesn't want Nancy Mace w/@AndrewSolender www.axios.com/2026/07/13/t...
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Trump wants Graham's sister as Senate replacement — not Mace
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is expected to make the temporary appointment today.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Cruz-aligned group blasts Fishback in ad targeting antisemitism The AI ad depicts Fishback as a talking bass yelling about white genocide as fisherman talk about whether to “throw the fish back” It runs during England-Norway’s World Cup match www.axios.com/2026/07/11/t...
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Ted Cruz-aligned group blasts Florida's Fishback in ad targeting antisemitism
The ad buy underscores how antisemitism is a major issue in the Republican Party.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
MAGA figures flock to Charlie Kirk murder hearing. They’re all monitoring it. And some are pushing against baseless conspiracy theories, but it’s like “playing Whac-A-Mole in a field of bullshit." w/@axiosalex www.axios.com/2026/07/10/m...
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MAGA figures flock to Charlie Kirk murder hearing
Nearly a year after his death, Kirk remains a unifying figure across the GOP and the MAGA movement.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Trump administration's official position about Venezuela's exiled opposition leader is simple: Don't help Maria Corina Machado gain entry to her home country. But Deputy Secretary of State Chris Landau didn't appear to get the memo. www.axios.com/2026/07/08/s...
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How a top State Dept. official "went rogue" over Machado's Venezuela plans
Chris Landau's alleged freelancing roiled the State Department for two days and led to internal arguments.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
As the NATO turns: Netanyahu is so irked by Erdogan's criticisms of Israel that he brought it up to Trump and asked about limiting US arms sales to Turkey. @barakravid.bsky.social and I in @axios.com www.axios.com/2026/07/06/t...
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Scoop: Netanyahu asks Trump to rein in Erdoğan ahead of NATO summit
Netanyahu asked Trump to refrain from selling weapons systems that would help Turkey modernize its air force
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This is JD Vance's summer: The vice president penned a bestselling book, helped broker a tentative peace deal with Iran, embarked on a media blitz and — most importantly for him — impressed the man in the Oval Office. www.axios.com/2026/07/06/v...
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Vance's hot summer positions to be Trump's heir — for now
"JD is earning it, and Trump sees it," one top adviser to the president said.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Trump admin blasts Machado's "grotesque political opportunism" after Venezuela quakes www.axios.com/2026/07/01/t...
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Trump admin blasts Machado's "grotesque political opportunism" after Venezuela quakes
Machado's attempts to return to Venezuela have saddled the State Department with "extra needless drama," an official said.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Vance and Rubio aren’t so much two sides of the same coin in Iran talks "They're more like the different tools on a Swiss Army knife,” an adviser said And it’s Trump who decides how to use them and when w/@BarakRavid www.axios.com/2026/06/30/t...
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Trump's "Swiss Army" tools on Iran: Vance and Rubio
The success of the peace talks depends on largely on how well Trump deploys each man to balance competing interests.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
On @axios show: Trump on Iran, Cuba, AI and his musings on wielding power www.axios.com/2026/06/19/t...
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Exclusive: President Trump talks Iran, Cuba, Israel, AI, and power on "The Axios Show"
The president took an expansive view of his power in the wide-ranging interview.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Housing Director Bill Pulte called outgoing ODNI chief Tulsi Gabbard on Tuesday and told her it was her last day in office so he could take over But Gabbard didn’t believe him. She then talked to Trump. She was proven right Here’s how it went down… www.axios.com/2026/06/11/p...
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Scoop: Pulte sought Gabbard's early removal as intel czar
"Today is your last day," Pulte told Gabbard during a call on Tuesday.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“What the fuck are you doing?!” Trump lit into Netanyahu over the Lebanon bombing: “You're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this." @barakravid.bsky.social & I www.axios.com/2026/06/01/t...
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"You're fucking crazy": Trump fumes at Netanyahu in call on Lebanon
"You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass."
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Trump’s weaponization fund looks “dead for now” —but only after ✅ bipartisan congressional opposition ✅an adverse ruling from a federal judge ✅another federal judge launching an inquiry www.axios.com/2026/06/01/t...
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Scoop: Trump plans to drop "weaponization" fund
Trump's proposal has drawn bipartisan pushback in the GOP-led House and Senate.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The Trump administration is bracing for the potential collapse of Cuba's totalitarian government as early as this summer, and has war-gamed new military response plans in case the island descends into chaos, U.S. officials tell Axios. www.axios.com/2026/05/28/t...
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Exclusive: Trump's accelerating squeeze on Cuba
The methodical operation against the island nation is focused on eventual regime change.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
NEW: Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked Cuban Independence Day on Wednesday with a Spanish-language video message to the people of the island that blamed their "unimaginable hardships" on their communist leadership www.axios.com/2026/05/20/r...
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Rubio offers
The speech is part of the Trump administration's multi-layered pressure campaign targeting Havana.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Trump will attend the G7leaders' meeting in France in June to talk artificial intelligence, trade and crime-fighting The war in Iran, of course, will hang over the talks www.axios.com/2026/05/19/t...
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Scoop: Trump to attend G7 summit in France despite friction with allies
The summit is next month, and Trump's attendance had been in doubt.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and recently began discussing plans to use them to attack the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, military vessels & possibly Key West, 90 miles north of Havana Exclusive on what the Trump Admin is thinking 👇 www.axios.com/2026/05/17/u...
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Exclusive: U.S. eyes attack-drone threat from Cuba
Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones from Russia and Iran, U.S. intel says.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
As fuel runs out in Cuba, CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Thursday in Havana with intelligence officials —and Raul Castro’s grandson, Raulito Castro (AKA “El Cangrejo”)— to emphasize it’s time for the regime to make a deal w/@BarakRavid & @DavidLawler10 www.axios.com/2026/05/14/c...
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CIA director visits Cuba for rare meeting as island runs out of fuel
Ratcliffe met with Rául Castro's grandson, Raulito, in a highly unusual meeting.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Rep. Thomas Massie’s ex, Cynthia West, accused him of offering her $5k to drop a wrongful termination claim against his ally, Rep. Spartz Massie campaign suggested West is lying There’s an Epstein Files tie here & a looming primary w/@kate_santaliz www.axios.com/2026/05/13/t...
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Thomas Massie's ex accuses him of hush money offer
"You're not going to make a difference. Just walk away," she said Massie told her.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Philip Caputo wrote a best-selling classic about Vietnam, shared a Pulitzer for uncovering Chicago’s voting fraud, was captured by militants in Lebanon & shot by others, covered wars in Afghanistan to Africa, hunted big game & caught bigger fish RIP dad www.facebook.com/share/p/1EwY...
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Rubio announces new sanctions on Cuba’s military-industrial enterprise GAESA, its leader and a state-owned mining enterprise www.axios.com/2026/05/07/r...
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Rubio announces new Cuba sanctions
The new sanctions show the Trump administration is pushing forward for regime change in Cuba.
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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The U.S. is using force in the Strait of Hormuz and diplomacy in New York at the UN in an effort to break Tehran's chokehold on the vital shipping lane. @barakravid.bsky.social & I www.axios.com/2026/05/04/s...
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U.S. and Iran exchange fire in strait as U.S. attempts to open shipping lane
It's looking more and more like war.
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