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August 25, 2026
The data center era that's reshaping America
Nothing is driving more new U.S. economic investment or political volatility than data centers.Why it matters: They're the Great Subplot of 2026, THE topic animating the AI race and elections. Ever...
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August 19, 2026
Behind the Curtain: The new existential threat to AI
Forget energy. Forget chips. Forget China. The most clear and present danger to AI and any AI-related economic boom is rapidly rising public opposition to U.S. data centers.Why it matters: Republic...
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August 16, 2026
How AI could bring Mayo-quality health care to everyone
My wife, Autumn, has spent nearly a quarter of the past four years in ERs and hospitals, untangling and battling three chronic conditions — and a shamefully broken U.S. medical system.We live in Wa...
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August 10, 2026
The Fed's new chapter runs through Walmart's ex-CEO
When Mike Allen and I are curious about the "real economy," we talk to sources at big-box stores for a read on real-time sales trends, or friends at super-regional banks to gauge the mood and money...
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August 9, 2026
Six weeks is all you get in the age of post-processable velocity
Something big has shifted for all of us. I noticed it last week, while preparing for our Axios board meeting.First, there was a discussion around six-month horizons. And I kept thinking: This is pu...
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August 7, 2026
Trump won't drop war, tariffs or monuments to save the GOP
Read the polls, watch economic indicators and talk to President Trump's inner circle in private, and the verdict on his second term seems clear:Even some longtime insiders fear he's trapped by a wa...
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August 5, 2026
We're headed toward the first true AI election
This will be the first election cycle where AI is both a dominant policy debate — and a widely deployed political weapon.Why it matters: AI allows both candidates and bad actors to persuade and per...
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August 3, 2026
Democrats lack a leader right now — and might not get one until 2028
You're probably about 550 days from Democrats having a true leader who can show and shape the party's direction.Why it matters: Until Super Tuesday — that's March 7, 2028 — or well beyond, Democrat...
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August 2, 2026
Trump's final act begins
President Trump doesn't much care if Republicans lose the House and/or the Senate in the midterms this fall.Yes, he'd prefer a big win, but he seems indifferent to the election and the possibility ...
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July 31, 2026
Publishers are losing Google traffic as AI answers replace links
The way your work shows up in a digital-dominated world is changing lightning fast, starting with the total collapse of Google Search traffic.Why it matters: Google has basically stopped sending pe...
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July 28, 2026
Six steps to socialism
👉 Watch a video version of this column.Republicans didn't decide to become President Trump's party. They surrendered to him, one stage at a time, over a decade, in plain sight.Democrats swear that ...
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July 26, 2026
What Sam Altman will tell the White House this week
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman heads to Washington this week to preview the company's most powerful AI yet, pushing for speedy approval of a model that just hacked a real company.Why it matters: He'll tout ...
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July 24, 2026
Behind the Curtain: The AI titans' biggest private fear
We ask almost every AI architect and leader the same thing in private: What AI risk worries you most?Almost all of them fire back the same response: a killer pathogen, spreading too silently, widel...
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July 16, 2026
Behind the Curtain: AI godfathers converge on regulations
The three men racing hardest to build superhuman AI — Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman and Dario Amodei — all agree the frontier needs to be regulated ASAP.Why it matters: For the first time, the CEOs of...
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July 9, 2026
Behind the Curtain: These 3 big AI trends are colliding at the same time
Three AI trends are accelerating and colliding, forcing government, business and investors to rethink strategies in real time:AI is getting bigger and better, both here and in China. The U.S. gover...
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July 4, 2026
What America gets right
We're alive at the single greatest moment in U.S. and human history. By a lot.Why it matters: It's not even close, by almost every empirical measure. We live longer, better, richer, healthier and f...
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June 29, 2026
Jonathan Swan's 3 things that every CEO needs to know about Trump
I never read Trump books. To me, there's little mystery to how the president thinks, operates or governs. So reading about it is an inefficient use of time.Until now. Maggie Haberman and Jonathan S...
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June 26, 2026
Behind the Curtain: The cost of blind loyalty
President Trump trained elected Republicans to obey him, even when they disagreed.Elected Republicans trained Trump to expect obedience, even as his demands grew impossible to satisfy.Why it matter...
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June 25, 2026
Behind the Curtain: America's great political implosion
American politics, reordered and reimagined by a decade of President Trump's rise, fall and resurrection, is imploding in substantial ways.MAGA is splintering between Trump enthusiasts and true "Am...
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June 18, 2026
Jim VandeHei: Writing with AI
Few AI use cases elicit more outrage than writing: Using AI makes writing duller ... dumber ... robotic. It kills thinking ... creativity ... originality. It produces sameness and slop!Why it matte...
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June 14, 2026
Scoop: Trump aides fear Haberman and Swan obtained Situation Room tapes for "Regime Change"
Top White House officials believe New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their forthcoming book, "Regime Change."Why it ...
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June 9, 2026
Confessions of an AI lab rat
Axios CEO Jim VandeHei writes: I've spent the past year using AI obsessively — inputting copious amounts of personal and business data, turning myself into a lab rat for Axios and our readers.Why i...
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