Alex Isenstadt
@axiosalex
Axios Reporter, Author of “REVENGE: The Inside Story of Trump’s Return to Power.” Former POLITICO Reporter
NEW: I've been working on this for 2 years... "REVENGE: The Inside Story of Trump's Return to Power" Pre-order today, out March 18 a.co/d/hGBwUAu
What a cover…and what a must-read this book will be
Hunter Biden objects here to my scrutiny of his leveraging his father to sign deals with foreign interests seeking help from the U.S. He will not like my forthcoming book, DEVILS' ADVOCATES, which exposes the foreign influence industry, including new reporting on him & others.
NEW: Trump is fixated on '16. A few tidbits: 1. WH moving to keep Ernst from retiring 2. Trump met w/Kemp re: GA-SEN 3. WH looking to back redistrcting in states other than TX 4. WH recruiting in NH-SEN 5. Trump appearing at RNC fall $ event in DC axios.com/2025/07/21/tru…
NEWS: Wesley Hunt is inching closer to a TX Senate bid as Cornyn falters in polling and Paxton deals with a messy divorce Hunt launching a new ad tweaking Paxton over divorce axios.com/2025/07/18/wes…
Story from yesterday on Massie race. Anti-Massie ads are being done by GOP consulting firm FP1 in conjunction with Trump adviser Chris LaCivita axios.com/2025/07/15/mas…
Pro-Ken Paxton Lone Star Liberty super PAC raised $1.85 million in 2Q, per person familiar
News: Netanyahu sat down yesterday for an interview with the Nelk Boys, a group of pro-Trump bro podcasters Move mirrors Trump strategy of reaching out to nontraditional, conservative U.S. media. axios.com/2025/07/09/ben…
New: The NRSC is pushing senators to more aggressively sell Trump's megabill The GOP's concern: Senators aren't doing enough to promote the bill's most popular provisions axios.com/2025/07/08/rep…
NEW: The '28 GOP sweepstakes are on: Youngkin, Sanders to early primary states this month Rand Paul to NH this fall Kemp at Reagan Inst But it's not without risk Inside the early moves >> axios.com/2025/07/07/gop…
NEWS: DOJ/FBI have concluded they have no evidence that Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful figures, kept a "client list" or was murdered, according to a memo detailing the findings obtained by Axios Read the memo and watch the prison video footage h>> axios.com/2025/07/07/jef…
News: Trump will hold an event at the WH tomorrow to pressure GOP holdouts to get behind his "big, beautiful bill" ahead of the July 4 deadline axios.com/2025/06/25/tru…
Trump just called Massie a “bum” Yesterday, @axiosalex first reported that Trump’s political team is targeting him with a super PAC (story below)
NEWS: Trump’s political operation has launched a super PAC devoted to unseating Thomas Massie called “Kentucky MAGA” PAC is led by senior Trump advisers Chris LaCivita and Tony Fabrizio axios.com/2025/06/22/tru…
NEW: Billionaire sports owners — including major donors like Robert Kraft, Jimmy Haslam and Rob Walton — are waging an aggressive behind- the-scenes fight to sink Trump’s proposal to kill a tax break for sports owners. They got a big win on Monday axios.com/2025/06/17/tru…
Newsy: A GOP operative shared a private polling that was in the field just before Israel hit Iran. The polling was of GOP primary voters in a double digit Trump state in the south, w/ a big evangelical population. Split right down the middle on whether Israel should strike Iran
NEW: Republicans are worried Musk's DOGE will sink them in this year's VA gov race A GOP internal poll found that nearly half the state's voters knew someone impacted by the cuts axios.com/2025/06/07/elo…
NEWS: Rocket launchers and missiles will be featured at next week's military parade in DC, per officials axios.com/2025/06/07/arm…
NEW: The White House has been taking early behind the scenes steps to keep the House in ‘26 If they fail? A House Dem majority could launch a flurry of investigations and move to impeach Trump The intrigue >> axios.com/2025/05/27/tru…
