Jim VandeHei

Little by little, week after week, a subtle but significant shift is unfolding in American politics: Institutions and even a small but growing number of Republicans are standing up to President Tru...

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei is here with advice on how to use your insecurities to motivate you. For a video version of this column (and to see what Jim looked like as a 20-year-old punk), click here. ...

You can only fully understand politics, business and your own anxiety in 2026 by reckoning with the three, once-in-a-generation shifts unfolding at once:The ideologies, tactics and tone of governan...

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei and Axios chief technology officer Dan Cox were chatting about how to share the basics of AI, and this prompting primer was born: The No. 1 pushback we get from AI skeptics o...

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, the architect of the most powerful and popular AI system for global business, is warning of the imminent "real danger" that super-human intelligence will cause civilizat...

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei wrote this note to his wife, Autumn, and their three kids. She suggested sharing it more broadly since so many families are wrestling with how to think and talk about AI. So ...

DAVOS, Switzerland — In a 24-hour span in the Swiss Alps, we're witnessing what future historians might mark as a hinge moment: The people building civilization-altering AI, a prime minister declar...

Elon Musk and his SpaceX team believe they've cracked the code on building orbiting data centers to power the future of AI — and plan to use the company's upcoming public offering to help fund the ...

OpenAI's ChatGPT previewed the future with its chatbot release in late 2022. Anthropic's latest Claude AI takes you there.Why it matters: Claude Opus 4.5 — which powers Anthropic's agent tools, Cla...

There's little evidence AI is destroying large numbers of white-collar jobs today. But five developments show the potential for massive future job and workplace disruption.A new report from Goldman...

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei and co-founder Mike Allen write this column on their 20 years as entrepreneurs together:Twenty years ago this year, Jim quit The Washington Post and Mike bolted TIME magazine...

The nation is splitting into three distinct economic realities: the Have-Nots (stalling) ... the Haves (coasting) ... and the Have-Lots (rocketing to greater wealth).Why it matters: This isn't just...

Axios' Jim VandeHei & Mike Allen write: We're taking a break from the chaos of news and life in January of 2026, and stepping back — way back — to think about where America stands on the 250th ...

We're locked in the fastest, broadest, most consequential reordering of politics, tech and business of our lifetimes — and it's a global phenomenon.Why it matters: The conventional wisdom is that e...

America faces an aging crisis: We have too few young people supporting too many older people — at the very moment Social Security, our national retirement program, nears insolvency.To make matters ...

President Trump is betting his presidency — and the future of the GOP — on lightly regulated, fast expansion of AI.Why it matters: Yes, Trump zigs and zags into countless political and diplomatic i...

President Trump came into office promising to decapitate mainstream media. He bullied and sued media companies, blocked or curtailed access for reporters, and elevated nontraditional news sources.Y...

Every president back to Bill Clinton enjoyed full party control of Congress and fantasized about lasting, durable governing dominance.Every president back to Bill Clinton lost it within two years.W...