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Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 19h

Melania Trump has now forced 3 media enterprises to apologize to her & retract content over the false claim Epstein was involved in introducing her to her husband

✅HarperCollins UK

✅Carville’s podcast

✅Daily Beast

Beware, Michael Wolff

www.axios.com/2025/10/08/h...

HarperCollins UK apologizes to Melania Trump over book's Epstein claim

HarperCollins is the third media enterprise to apologize and remove content alleging Epstein was involved in introducing her to Donald Trump.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 1d

The conventional wisdom is that furloughed federal workers get backpay when the shutdown ends

But a draft White House memo says that’s not the case as the Trump admin considers ratcheting up the pressure on Senate Dems to end the shutdown

News here 👇

www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 3d

"Why are you always so fucking negative?” Trump snaps at Netanyahu over Gaza peace plans

w/ @barakravid.bsky.social in @axios.com

www.axios.com/2025/10/05/t...

Scoop — Trump to Netanyahu on Gaza talks: "You're always so f***ing negative"

"I don't know why you're always so f***ing negative. This is a win. Take it."

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 7d

🚨Scoop: On Saturday the White House was concerned Netanyahu is going to reject the plan for ending the war in Gaza. Trump then held a tough call with Netanyahu and told him: "If you leave it, we walk away from you". @barakravid.bsky.social and I write for @axios

www.axios.com/2025/10/01/s...

Scoop: How an Israeli attack inadvertently launched Trump's Gaza peace plan

Behind the scenes of how Trump's plan came together over three chaotic weeks.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 9d

Trump's meeting today with Netanyahu could boil down to a binary choice: Accept my plan for ending the war in Gaza, or risk a public rift with the U.S. and face even worse international isolation.

@BarakRavid & I

www.axios.com/2025/09/29/t...

Trump plans to squeeze Netanyahu to sign Gaza peace deal, aides say

"Everyone — and I mean everyone — is exasperated with Bibi."

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 14d

The U.S. helped Argentina, then Argentine farmers made a deal with China

@MadyMills_ & I
www.axios.com/2025/09/24/t...

The U.S. helped Argentina, then Argentine farmers made a deal with China

It's a harsh blow to already struggling U.S. soybean farmers, and illustrates the complex implications of rescuing a close ally.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 14d

The prosecution of former CIA chief John Brennan in what Trump calls the “Russia hoax” became much more challenging after many of the potential witnesses in the case had their security clearances yanked by ODNI last month —without adequately informing DOJ

www.axios.com/2025/09/24/t...

"Own goal": How Gabbard damaged the Trump admin's probe into ex-spy chief

She revoked the security clearances of potential witnesses who could have testified against John Brennan.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 16d

“On-ramp to Jesus:” Charlie Kirk’s funeral signals an evangelical shift

www.axios.com/2025/09/22/c...

Kirk's memorial signals a deeper embrace of evangelical politics on the right

The five-hour service was a call to action more than to grief.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 22d

X algo serves me back-to-back videos of

✅a guy mocking Charlie Kirk’s murder

✅a gal who claims she’s in a relationship with an AI Luigi Mangioni chatbot

It can’t be good to be exposed to this much rage and insanity on devices we’re all looking at all the time

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 23d

Lots of folks in Trump's orbit & MAGAville aren't happy with Kash Patel's performance as FBI director.

But Trump is.

So for the foreseeable future, he's not going anywhere
@talstales & me

www.axios.com/2025/09/15/t...

Trump backs Patel amid MAGA divide over FBI director

The president's backing has been enough to satisfy some — but not all — MAGA supporters.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 23d

The online left quickly spread a baseless theory over the weekend that Charlie Kirk was killed by a rightwing Groyper

There's 0 real evidence of that, officials say the killer's a leftist & so many wondered "what's a Groyper" that internet traffic spiked

www.axios.com/2025/09/15/g...

How Charlie Kirk's killing sparked unfounded theories about Groypers

Fuentes said his followers are being "framed" for Charlie Kirk's killing based on "zero evidence."

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 25d

Investigators think Tyler Robinson’s romantic relationship w/his transgender roommate may b a motive in killing Charlie Kirk for his views on gender ID

The roommate’s cooperating & “aghast” @ the killing

UT leftist groups are also being examined

www.axios.com/2025/09/13/k...

Sources: Kirk suspect's transgender roommate "aghast," may be key to motive

Investigators believe Robinson's anger at Kirk's views could be a key to establishing a motive for the slaying.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 26d

An administration official confirms to @axios that Trump did not misspeak: There's a new suspect in Kirk's murder who was taken into custody overnight

www.axios.com/2025/09/12/c...

Suspected shooter arrested in Charlie Kirk killing, Trump says

"I hope he gets the death penalty," Trump told "Fox & Friends" on Friday morning.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · 27d

Charlie Kirk didn't just found a wildly successful pro-Trump group. He was a true Trump adviser, called top officials friends & helped populate the admin with Cabinet secretaries & staff

It's why the White House is reeling from his murder

w/@axiosalex

www.axios.com/2025/09/11/c...

"We lost a brother": How the White House is mourning Charlie Kirk

Kirk, 31, wasn't just a trusted outside adviser to President Trump. White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles prized his counsel and help, as did Cabinet members and other top administration officials.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Sep 8

The grisly video of a woman’s murder in North Carolina became a campaign issue in the swing state’s Senate race this weekend, drew Trump’s attention and fueled conservative criticisms of Democratic policies and the way the news media covers race &’crime

www.axios.com/2025/09/08/i...

Grisly Charlotte stabbing video fuels MAGA's crime message

The rising number of surveillance cameras in public spaces, including on Charlotte's light rail, has become a big accelerant in social media debates about crime.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Sep 4

More missiles. Fewer arrests. President Trump's war on drugs is now a real war

Narcotraffickers are considered terrorists. & the US claims the right to kill them in the Caribbean just as it neutralizes jihadists in the Middle East

It’s a major escalation
www.axios.com/2025/09/04/t...

"We've never seen this before": Trump's drug war looks like a real war

The U.S. has entered an era in which Trump is claiming the right to kill suspected traffickers before they or their drugs reach this country.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Department of Homeland Security blindsided Argentina last week by unexpectedly pausing a visa-waiver agreement as officials from Buenos Aires were already en route to Washington to sign the deal.

www.axios.com/2025/09/03/a...

Scoop: DHS snubs Argentina delegation in "embarrassing" delay of visa deal

The diplomatic snafu was the result of a lack of communication and organization by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, two sources tell Axios.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Aug 27

Trump gets a two-for-one Gaza briefing today:

✅A post-war development plan briefed by Tony Blair & Jared Kushner

✅An update on options for expanding food delivery, both by volume and by speed

@BarakRavid & me

www.axios.com/2025/08/27/b...

Scoop: Tony Blair and Jared Kushner to brief Trump on Gaza post-war plans

The former British prime minister and Trump's son-in-law and former adviser will discuss ideas for how Gaza will be governed without Hamas in power.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Aug 21

After Argentina snafu with Noem, White House, Rubio seeks better foreign policy coordination

www.axios.com/2025/08/21/n...

Argentina snafu with Noem leads Rubio, White House to seek better coordination on foreign policy

The White House and National Security Council want to make there's no repeat of such a scenario.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Aug 19

48% of non-immigration arrests during Trump's D.C. takeover took place in two of the most crime-ridden areas

The White House shared the stats to refute critics who say the takeover is not operating in high crime areas

@cuneytdil & me

www.axios.com/2025/08/19/t...
@cuneytdil

White House: Half of D.C. crackdown arrests are in high-crime areas

An analysis shared with Axios shows where the majority of non-immigration-related arrests are taking place in the city.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Aug 18

Zelensky plans to suit up for his White House meeting today with Trump, a stark contrast with the last Oval Office meeting that ended poorly

@BarakRavid & me

www.axios.com/2025/08/18/t...

White House asks if Zelensky will wear a suit to meet Trump

"It would be a good sign for peace" if Zelensky wore a suit, a Trump adviser said.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Aug 18

Forget about a ceasefire right now. Trump's sole short-term goal for his Russia-Ukraine diplomacy: get the countries' leaders face-to-face to talk peace.

“Everything else is foreplay," an adviser said

Step 1 was Friday

Step 2 is today

Will 3 happen?

www.axios.com/2025/08/18/t...

Inside Trump's three-step strategy for Russia-Ukraine peace talks

White House advisers claim that Monday's crucial meeting between Trump and Zelensky is evidence of momentum.

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Aug 14

Trump just upped the ante for Friday's summit with Putin — both for the war in Ukraine and his own credibility

Trump advisers are adamant he sn’t bluffing & could slap sanctions on Russia if there’s 0 progress

@DavidLawler10 & me
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/t...

Trump's ceasefire goal raises stakes of Putin summit

This is Trump being the most serious he has ever been and the most direct. He wants to show the world."

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Aug 14

Corey Lewandowski doesn't want to clock out of his temporary government gig. So, administration officials believe, he's avoiding clocking in at Homeland Security

Now there’s a White House memo & lots of suspicion

@brittanyagibson & me
www.axios.com/2025/08/14/w...

Scoop: White House suspicious of Lewandowski's "temp" work

The longtime, controversial Trump adviser is wielding outsized influence at the Department of Homeland Security as a "special government employee."

Marc Caputo @marcacaputo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Zelensky scrambles to avert disaster as Trump meets Putin. @DavidLawler10 @barakravid.bsky.social and me write for @axios

www.axios.com/2025/08/13/z...

Zelensky scrambles to avert disaster as Trump meets Putin

Recent days have been whiplash-inducing for Ukrainian officials.