Marc Caputo
@marcacaputo.bsky.social
Trump White House reporter @Axios
Air Force One turned around en route to Switzerland and is heading back to the U.S. with the president aboard due to “minor electrical issue,” the White House says
Trump will board another plane and then continue on to Davos
Trump will board another plane and then continue on to Davos
January 21, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Air Force One turned around en route to Switzerland and is heading back to the U.S. with the president aboard due to “minor electrical issue,” the White House says
Trump will board another plane and then continue on to Davos
Trump will board another plane and then continue on to Davos
Trump sees his Board of Peace as a NATO alternative, and he might draw that contrast in his speech in Davos
But there’s a giant Greenland-sized wrinkle in all of this…
@BarakRavid & I
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But there’s a giant Greenland-sized wrinkle in all of this…
@BarakRavid & I
www.axios.com/2026/01/20/t...
Trump heads to Davos more aggressive and ambitious than ever
A senior U.S. official said Davos attendees should prepare to be insulted.
www.axios.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Trump sees his Board of Peace as a NATO alternative, and he might draw that contrast in his speech in Davos
But there’s a giant Greenland-sized wrinkle in all of this…
@BarakRavid & I
www.axios.com/2026/01/20/t...
But there’s a giant Greenland-sized wrinkle in all of this…
@BarakRavid & I
www.axios.com/2026/01/20/t...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is looking to secure oil and critical minerals deals with Venezuela in the next few weeks ahead of a trip to Caracas, he said in a Friday interview with Axios’s @m_ccuri.
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Exclusive: Wright's next steps in Venezuela
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is looking to secure oil and critical minerals deals with Venezuela in the next few weeks ahead of a trip to Caracas.
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January 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Energy Secretary Chris Wright is looking to secure oil and critical minerals deals with Venezuela in the next few weeks ahead of a trip to Caracas, he said in a Friday interview with Axios’s @m_ccuri.
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www.axios.com/2026/01/16/w...
Trump’s team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling. The results, reflected in public polls, bolstered internal concern about the administration's confrontational enforcement tactics.
@axiosalex & I
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@axiosalex & I
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Trump's immigration erosion worries his team
Some Trump advisers quietly are talking about "recalibrating" the White House's approach — though it's unclear what changes Trump would embrace, if any.
www.axios.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Trump’s team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling. The results, reflected in public polls, bolstered internal concern about the administration's confrontational enforcement tactics.
@axiosalex & I
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@axiosalex & I
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Trump and Rubio like to "bro out" over football and they plan to do so in the secretary's hometown of Miami on Monday night at the natty
There's some only-in-Miami Cuban American intrigue here as well
www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...
There's some only-in-Miami Cuban American intrigue here as well
www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...
Trump, Rubio to attend national college football title game in Miami
A rare window into how the Cabinet secretary bonds with the president.
www.axios.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Trump and Rubio like to "bro out" over football and they plan to do so in the secretary's hometown of Miami on Monday night at the natty
There's some only-in-Miami Cuban American intrigue here as well
www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...
There's some only-in-Miami Cuban American intrigue here as well
www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...
Inside Trump's $11 billion health plan to replace "neo-colonial" USAID to extend U.S. influence, particularly in Africa
Critics fear catastrophe
www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...
Critics fear catastrophe
www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...
Inside Trump's $11 billion health plan to replace "neo-colonial" USAID
The new program aims to boost U.S. influence and interests in developing nations without the NGOs delivered services through USAID.
www.axios.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Inside Trump's $11 billion health plan to replace "neo-colonial" USAID to extend U.S. influence, particularly in Africa
Critics fear catastrophe
www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...
Critics fear catastrophe
www.axios.com/2026/01/14/t...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, like others in the admin, was caught off guard by news of the federal investigation of the Fed chair — & he expressed concerns to POTUS about the effects on financial markets and the internal plan to get Powell to leave
www.axios.com/2026/01/12/b...
www.axios.com/2026/01/12/b...
Scoop: Bessent told Trump that investigation of Fed chair creates a "mess"
"The secretary isn't happy, and he let the president know," one source familiar with Bessent's call to Trump told Axios.
www.axios.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, like others in the admin, was caught off guard by news of the federal investigation of the Fed chair — & he expressed concerns to POTUS about the effects on financial markets and the internal plan to get Powell to leave
www.axios.com/2026/01/12/b...
www.axios.com/2026/01/12/b...
Forget talk about elections and democracy in Venezuela (at least for now)
Trump has a simple goal there: Back a pro-U.S. government — and prop it up with millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
Trump has a simple goal there: Back a pro-U.S. government — and prop it up with millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
Trump's Venezuela oil strategy comes into focus
Such a raw exercise of U.S. imperial force hasn't been seen in modern times.
www.axios.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Forget talk about elections and democracy in Venezuela (at least for now)
Trump has a simple goal there: Back a pro-U.S. government — and prop it up with millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
Trump has a simple goal there: Back a pro-U.S. government — and prop it up with millions of barrels of Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2026/01/07/t...
Rubio’s 28-year career has led to this historic inflection point in Venezuela
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
Rubio faces ghosts of American interventions after spearheading Maduro takedown
Marco Rubio is suddenly facing his most daunting puzzle in his 28 years in politics.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Rubio’s 28-year career has led to this historic inflection point in Venezuela
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
News: The Trump Administration estimates it has about one week to go —and as many as 700,000 more pages to review— before it finishes releasing all the Jeffrey Epstein files
Some news about their thinking the admin & what’s coming next..
www.axios.com/2025/12/24/e...
Some news about their thinking the admin & what’s coming next..
www.axios.com/2025/12/24/e...
Scoop: Trump administration expects Epstein files release could last another week
The White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, an effort to finish out the year and the Epstein file disclosure requirements set by Congress.
www.axios.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
News: The Trump Administration estimates it has about one week to go —and as many as 700,000 more pages to review— before it finishes releasing all the Jeffrey Epstein files
Some news about their thinking the admin & what’s coming next..
www.axios.com/2025/12/24/e...
Some news about their thinking the admin & what’s coming next..
www.axios.com/2025/12/24/e...
Trump’s new immigration weapon: investigating money lenders on the border
www.axios.com/2025/12/22/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/22/t...
Exclusive: Treasury uses new tech targeting money lenders along Mexican border
The operation examines whether money services businesses violated anti-money laundering laws and rules.
www.axios.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Trump’s new immigration weapon: investigating money lenders on the border
www.axios.com/2025/12/22/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/22/t...
The U.S. is intercepting its third oil tanker off Venezuela, this time a sanctioned vessel that was on its way to get loaded up with crude
We have conflicting sources on whether the vessel, identified by one source as Bella 1, has been fully boarded yet
www.axios.com/2025/12/21/u...
We have conflicting sources on whether the vessel, identified by one source as Bella 1, has been fully boarded yet
www.axios.com/2025/12/21/u...
U.S. intercepting third oil tanker as Venezuela hostilities intensify
This is the latest sign Trump wants to squeeze the Venezuela's economy.
www.axios.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The U.S. is intercepting its third oil tanker off Venezuela, this time a sanctioned vessel that was on its way to get loaded up with crude
We have conflicting sources on whether the vessel, identified by one source as Bella 1, has been fully boarded yet
www.axios.com/2025/12/21/u...
We have conflicting sources on whether the vessel, identified by one source as Bella 1, has been fully boarded yet
www.axios.com/2025/12/21/u...
U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade
It's another escalation by Trump and a sign that, sanctioned or not, the U.S. military will interdict ships carrying Venezuela's crude.
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/v...
It's another escalation by Trump and a sign that, sanctioned or not, the U.S. military will interdict ships carrying Venezuela's crude.
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/v...
U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade
The move makes clear the Trump administration considers almost all oil tankers with Venezuelan crude subject to possible seizure.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
U.S. boards un-sanctioned tanker with Venezuelan oil to tighten blockade
It's another escalation by Trump and a sign that, sanctioned or not, the U.S. military will interdict ships carrying Venezuela's crude.
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/v...
It's another escalation by Trump and a sign that, sanctioned or not, the U.S. military will interdict ships carrying Venezuela's crude.
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/v...
🐈⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
Maduro tests Trump with "Plan B" oil tanker strategy
This newest cat-and-mouse game between Trump and Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is heightening the tension in the Caribbean.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🐈⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
🐈⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
Maduro tests Trump with "Plan B" oil tanker strategy
This newest cat-and-mouse game between Trump and Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is heightening the tension in the Caribbean.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🐈⬛ &🐁 🇺🇸 🇻🇪
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
No, Maduro didn’t “call Trump’s bluff,” as some say, by running Trump’s blockade w/2 oil tankers & a VZ naval escort
The vessels arent under US sanction & ergo aren’t targeted (yet?) by the blockade
It’s a recipe for armed conflict
www.axios.com/2025/12/20/m...
In labeling Venezuela’s govt a terrorist org, Trump is echoing the cause of oil companies with claims against the regime
At least 2 firms that once had business in Venezuela have inquired about the fate of the oil seized last week, Axios has learned www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
At least 2 firms that once had business in Venezuela have inquired about the fate of the oil seized last week, Axios has learned www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
December 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
In labeling Venezuela’s govt a terrorist org, Trump is echoing the cause of oil companies with claims against the regime
At least 2 firms that once had business in Venezuela have inquired about the fate of the oil seized last week, Axios has learned www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
At least 2 firms that once had business in Venezuela have inquired about the fate of the oil seized last week, Axios has learned www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
The U.S. is preparing to seize more sanctioned oil-filled tankers off Venezuela as the Trump administration opens a new phase of its pressure campaign on Maduro
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/t...
"Quite a buffet": U.S. ready to seize more tankers with Venezuelan oil
Impounding more tankers would threaten to further impoverish Venezuela as Trump tries to force Maduro to leave office.
www.axios.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The U.S. is preparing to seize more sanctioned oil-filled tankers off Venezuela as the Trump administration opens a new phase of its pressure campaign on Maduro
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/16/t...
Trump’s pinning his 2026 hopes on the economy soaring next year, starting around tax season
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
Trump's article of faith: Economy will soar in '26
Trump's bullish belief is key to understanding why he's so reluctant to say there's an "affordability crisis."
www.axios.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Trump’s pinning his 2026 hopes on the economy soaring next year, starting around tax season
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/15/t...
Scoop: Trump sanctions 3 nephews of Maduro, a regime businessman and 6 companies and ships carrying Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
Scoop: Trump sanctions Maduro's nephews, 6 ships carrying Venezuela oil
It's the latest turn in President Trump's pressure campaign on Maduro, whom the administration has accused of leading a narco-trafficking terrorist organization.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Scoop: Trump sanctions 3 nephews of Maduro, a regime businessman and 6 companies and ships carrying Venezuelan oil
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/v...
Trump hasn’t told anyone he wants to get rid of Noem.
So where did the rumor come from?
Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan
The two of them just don’t get along
Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/t...
So where did the rumor come from?
Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan
The two of them just don’t get along
Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/t...
Inside Kristi Noem's bitter feud with Trump's border czar
Tensions reached a fever pitch last week amid rumors Noem would be ousted as head of homeland security.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Trump hasn’t told anyone he wants to get rid of Noem.
So where did the rumor come from?
Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan
The two of them just don’t get along
Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/t...
So where did the rumor come from?
Noem supporters at DHS suspect it comes from backers of Border Czar Tom Homan
The two of them just don’t get along
Here’s the backstory from @brittanyagibson & me
www.axios.com/2025/12/11/t...
From a U.S. prison cell, Honduras' ex-president secured a likely pardon for drug trafficking thanks to a letter he penned praising President Trump and a persistent lobbying campaign by longtime POTUS pal Roger Stone
Read the letter here first
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Read the letter here first
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Scoop: The letter behind Trump's pardon of Honduras' ex-president for drug trafficking
The surprise announcement of Juan Orlando Hernandez's looming pardon is a window into the unorthodox, norm-shattering way President Trump grants clemency.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
From a U.S. prison cell, Honduras' ex-president secured a likely pardon for drug trafficking thanks to a letter he penned praising President Trump and a persistent lobbying campaign by longtime POTUS pal Roger Stone
Read the letter here first
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Read the letter here first
www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...
Scoop: Trump kickstarted the latest peace talks in Ukraine in a Nov. 18 White House meeting with Vance & Rubio, who made the case that a new 28-point plan could help end the war
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/i...
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/i...
Scoop: Inside the White House meeting that launched the new Ukraine peace talks
The previously unreported meeting laid the groundwork for the talks in Geneva last weekend.
www.axios.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Scoop: Trump kickstarted the latest peace talks in Ukraine in a Nov. 18 White House meeting with Vance & Rubio, who made the case that a new 28-point plan could help end the war
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/i...
www.axios.com/2025/11/27/i...
SCOOP: President Trump's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week got tense when they discussed the possibility of Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel. @barakravid.bsky.social and I report for @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
Scoop: Trump's meeting with MBS got tense over Israel
With the war in Gaza over, Trump had hoped for a breakthrough toward Saudi-Israeli normalization.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
SCOOP: President Trump's meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week got tense when they discussed the possibility of Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel. @barakravid.bsky.social and I report for @axios.com
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
www.axios.com/2025/11/25/t...
Trump has told advisers he's ready to talk with Nicolás Maduro —as the U.S. ramps up pressure on the Venezuelan dictator by designating him the head of a terrorist org
There are no imminent plans to strike inside Venezuela nor snatch Maduro —not yet
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
There are no imminent plans to strike inside Venezuela nor snatch Maduro —not yet
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
Scoop: Trump ready to talk with Maduro over Venezuela drug strikes
It could be a sign that U.S. missile strikes or direct military action on land are not imminent, sources tell Axios.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump has told advisers he's ready to talk with Nicolás Maduro —as the U.S. ramps up pressure on the Venezuelan dictator by designating him the head of a terrorist org
There are no imminent plans to strike inside Venezuela nor snatch Maduro —not yet
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...
There are no imminent plans to strike inside Venezuela nor snatch Maduro —not yet
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/t...