Americans are still shopping, despite climbing energy costs
Income growth is accelerating — supporting consumer spending — while inflation is rising even beyond the energy-price shock. Why it matters: That combination, s…
Income growth is accelerating — supporting consumer spending — while inflation is rising even beyond the energy-price shock. Why it matters: That combination, s…
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that consumers can't use state courts to bring lawsuits against manufacturers that don't warn of hazards surrounding their prod…
House Democrats are launching a discharge petition to force a vote on permanently blocking the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fun…
Two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela about 100 miles west of Caracas on Wednesday, killing at least 164 people, injuring 971 others and causing widespread …
American politics, reordered and reimagined by a decade of President Trump's rise, fall and resurrection, is imploding in substantial ways. MAGA is splintering …
Water is fast becoming one of the defining fights around the AI buildout. Why it matters: After spending much of the past year defending data centers' electrici…
Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Neil Irwin/Axios The big-picture indicators of the U.S. economy — GDP, unemployment and so on — are doing fine while pu…
AI is moving from chat and web search to delegated work. Why it matters: The frontier AI labs have spent years promising that effective AI agents will act as ou…
Data: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimates; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios America's child population fell by 1.8 million from 2020 to 2025 — wi…
House Democrats are preparing themselves for a caucus in 2027 that is significantly more outspoken and left-wing than the one they have now. Why it matters: It …
The Trump administration asked Congress on Wednesday for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, most of it to cover costs related to the Iran war. Why it matter…
President Trump is making life hell for Senate Republicans, and they're returning the favor. "I make no apologies for standing up to the president," Sen. Bill C…
President Trump's lunch with GOP senators devolved into a lengthy shouting match between him and outgoing Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.). Why it matters: Trump's han…
President Trump cancelled Wednesday's planned signing of a landmark bipartisan housing bill, demanding Congress pass the unrelated SAVE America Act first. Why i…
In a speech in New York on Tuesday night, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that a long-running bet on cheaper goods and deeper economic integration making …
Data: Gallup; Chart: Avery Lotz/Axios Back in 2001, most Americans thought the Founding Fathers would be pleased with how our country turned out. Today, fewer t…
What looked like a typical round of President Trump insulting European leaders last weekend could turn into a wholesale reordering of the trans-Atlantic relatio…
The AI job apocalypse may make for an "incredible headline," AI investor and "All-In" podcast co-host Chamath Palihapitiya said on "The Axios Show" — but he say…
Data: Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Emily Peck/Axios Investors seem to be hitting pause on the AI run-up. Chip stocks in particular are slumping from their re…
House Democrats were left stunned on Tuesday night after two of their colleagues — including the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus — lost primaries to …