I've been wondering about all the 'sources' who have been giving 'inside information' about potential US attacks on Iran to Axios and now Politico. We get reporting citing 'officials familiar with ongoing discussions', etc. My take is that these are likely not 'leaks'. Despite the adversarial relationship between the administration and those publications, I suspect that they are both using and being used by each other. The administration gets to put out things they want in the press, but through an outlet that their core constituency won't listen to or take seriously. Axios and Politico get news-bites that they can cite actual sources for and print what they think are negative/critical stories. I wonder if anyone else has noticed this trend. It strikes me as unrealistic that any Trump WH source would be talking to those two without using them.