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    16 hours ago
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    Scoop: Trump advisers fear China may target Taiwan in next 5 years
    Xi and Trump

    Photo: Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via Getty Images

    Some close advisers to President Trump fear the biggest substantive result of the China summit is heightened danger that Chinese President Xi Jinping will invade Taiwan in the next five years, potentially choking off the chips used to power AI to U.S. companies.

    What they're saying: Trump loved the pageantry and the special access Xi shrewdly rolled out during the Beijing visit. But the words didn't match the bonhomie. One Trump adviser told us Xi is "trying to move China to a new position where he's saying: 'We're not a rising power. We're your equal. And Taiwan is mine.'"

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    • Alex Isenstadt
    17 hours ago
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    Politics & Policy
    GOP to crypto: Show me the money
    Illustration of a business person sitting on a pixelated treasure chest on the sidelines.

    Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios. Stock: Getty Images

    Republicans have delivered major wins for the crypto industry in Washington — and they're increasingly frustrated that its biggest political spender isn't stepping up for them in the midterms.

    Why it matters: Crypto now commands the biggest political war chest of any industry in America — and how it deploys that cash could help decide the November elections.

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    • Sami Sparber
    18 hours ago
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    Business
    Boomers have the space. Millennials have the kids
    Illustration of paper cut-out families under outlined houses

    Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios

    Empty nesters are sitting on America's family-size homes.

    Why it matters: The people who have the space aren't necessarily the ones who need it — and that's making a tight housing market even tighter.

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