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2 weeks ago | 
axios.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
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2 weeks ago | 
axios.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/AxiosPresident Trump has a much different vision of the future than the tech titans who raced to shape and support his economic agenda. Why it matters: The collision of those visions helps explain the most glaring private and public fights inside the Trump coalition over tariff strategy. The tech vision: We're at the dawn of the AI Epoch — driven by a technology so all-powerful it will reorder markets, industries and nations.
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2 weeks ago | 
axios.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
With markets nosediving across the globe, President Trump played golf, raised money for MAGA and dug in deep on his tariff plans, after warning Americans to buckle up. "THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN," he said on Truth Social on Saturday. "HANG TOUGH, it won't be easy, but the end result will be historic."Why it matters: For one of the first times in his career, Trump seems more bent on making a point than making a deal.
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2 weeks ago | 
axios.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
2 hours agoTrump’s Reciprocal Tariff On This Antarctic Island Inhabited By Penguins Triggers Hilarious Memfest OnlineHave you heard of the Heard and McDonald Islands? An Antarctic island in the Australian external territory, spread across 372 square kilometers. One of the most remote places on the planet, the island is inhabited by insects and penguins. It was transferred by the UK in 1910 to Australia in 1947. …1 hour agoThe Market Is Crashing.
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1 month ago | 
axios.com | Erica Pandey |Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
Last week, we covered the physical and mental health perks of cleaning and decluttering your bedroom, office or home this spring. Readers across the country sent us their best tips, from where to start to what tunes to play when you're working. Why it matters, via reader Clare Michel Smith of Princeton, N.J.: "Last spring, I turned 70, and I vowed that, before my next birthday, I wanted my whole house decluttered. ...
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1 month ago | 
axios.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/AxiosTop Democrats tell us their party is in its deepest hole in nearly 50 years — and they fear things could actually get worse: The party has its lowest favorability ever. No popular national leader to help improve it. Insufficient numbers to stop most legislation in Congress. A durable minority on the Supreme Court. Dwindling influence over the media ecosystem, with right-leaning podcasters and social media accounts ascendant.
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1 month ago | 
axios.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
They did it delicately, privately and belatedly. But some Cabinet members and top confidants warned President Trump that two pillars of his flood-the-zone strategy could backfire: tariffs and Elon Musk's budget-gutting. Why it matters: Both moves hacked off allies — some Hill Republicans and Cabinet officials with cuts, Canada and Mexico with tariffs — and created the impression and reality of uncertainty or outright chaos. Now, the public is weighing in:• Markets hate uncertainty and chaos.
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1 month ago | 
axios.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
If you have time to tune into only one person in the interconnected MAGA media ecosystem, follow Donald Trump Jr. Why it matters: There's no way to track all of the sources. So follow the power and influence. Don Jr. is deeply wired into every major player and most platforms, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Tal Axelrod write in an Axios AM Executive Briefing special report. Don Jr., 47, is his father's conduit, whisperer and translator of MAGA.
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1 month ago | 
axios.com | Jim Vande Hei |Mike Allen
In this city of little political agreement, there's consensus on one big thing: President Trump is picking more fights, with more action than mere words, with more lasting consequences than anyone expected. Why it matters: Turns out, Trump wasn't bluffing about imposing 25% tariffs, about pardoning Jan.
