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WEBIllustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios. The 2024 general election is just one month away, and happens to come in the middle of the fall term for college students. Why it matters: Young voters in the U.S. represent one of the largest groups of undecided and persuadable blocs in the upcoming coin-toss presidential race, and a large share say they're ...
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Health - Axios
WEB6 days ago · Intermittent fasting could improve blood sugar regulation, cholesterol counts and weight loss for the 1 in 3 Americans with metabolic syndrome, new research shows.. Why it matters: The findings in Annals of Internal Medicine show that limiting food intake to certain hours of the day can be a practical, low-cost way to improve cardiometabolic health, researchers from the Salk Institute and ...
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WEBAli Rowghani has formed a new venture capital firm called Maxq, and is raising $250 million for its debut fund, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Rowghani is one of Silicon Valley's best-known investors and executives. Go deeper (<1 min. read) Joann Muller. Oct 2, 2024. -. …
Brazil's Supreme Court lifts ban on X - Axios
WEB22 hours ago · Brazil's Supreme Court lifted its ban on Elon Musk's X Tuesday after being blocked in Latin America's largest nation for more than a month.. The big picture: Justice Alexandre de Moraes prohibited the social media platform in Latin America's largest nation on Aug. 30, after the company refused to comply with his order that included appointing a legal representative for the platform in Brazil.
World - Axios
WEBThe whole world is falling in love with Moo Deng, a precocious 2-month-old pygmy hippo calf at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. State of play: If you can't stop consuming Moo Deng viral videos and memes, you don't have to travel halfway around the world to get your hippo fix in real life.Even though pygmy hippos are endangered, with fewer than 2,500 left in the wild, there are a few calves ...
House Democrats blitz dozens of Republicans over Project 2025
WEB2 days ago · Scoop: House Dems blitz dozens of Republicans over Project 2025. Andrew Solender. Photo courtesy of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. House Democrats' campaign arm is leaning hard into Project 2025 in the final stages of the election, launching billboards in more than two dozen districts blasting the conservative blueprint for a ...
Politics & Policy - Axios
WEBThe Trump White House allegedly sought to constrain and control a 2018 FBI investigation into now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, according to new details documented in a report released Tuesday.. The big picture: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's (D-R.I.) report details the extreme grip former President Trump's administration kept over the probe into Kavanaugh's alleged sexual misconduct ...
Economy & Business - Axios
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · Economy & Business. Why it matters: After a record economic expansion, the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into a recession as unemployment soared to staggering heights. The country now faces urgent questions about how much stimulus is needed for reeling consumers and businesses, and what a recovery might look like.
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