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Mapped: America's highest electric bills

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A choropleth map showing the estimated average 2025 monthly electric bill by U.S. county. The national average is estimated to be $160 per month. Some areas have averages above $200 per month, like eastern North Carolina, Alabama, Texas and California. States in the Mountain West tend to have the lowest average bills, at $100 or less.

Estimated average monthly electric bill in 2025

Data: Heatmap News, OEDI, EIA, HUD, U.S. Census; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

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SAVE Act impact measured for El Paso County

Colorado Springs

A map of the United States showing the estimated driving time to the nearest election office, without traffic, as of March 2026. Distance varies significantly by state. Much of New England, Wisconsin and Michigan are within 30 minutes of an election office. However, the closest election office can be three or more hours away in parts of the West.

Axios Visuals: 2026-03-26-save-distance

Data: OSRM, Federal Voting Assistance Program; Note: No data areas are those with no or extremely sparse roads; Map: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

SAVE Act would mean long drives for millions of American voters

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What history says about today's AI power surge

A bar chart that shows average annual electricity usage growth by decade. Annual growth declined from 8.5% in the 1950s to 0.2% in the 2010s. It slightly rose to 0.9% in 2021–24 and is projected to increase to 5.7% in 2025–30. 

Average annual growth in U.S. electricity usage


Data: GridStrategies; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

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Trump's Truth Social media targets

Media Trends Executive

A stacked column chart showing the share of Donald Trump's Truth Social posts mentioning the media. It includes posts from Jan. 20 to Dec. 15, 2025 that mention the media in general or specific outlets, shows, reporters or commentators. Overall, about 4.4% of his posts mention the media. August saw the highest rate of mentions, at 5.9% and December the lowest at 2.1%. About 67% of those mentions were negative in tone, 26% were positive, and 7% were mixed or neutral.


Share of Donald Trump's Truth Social posts mentioning the media

Data: Axios analysis of Truth Social posts; Note: Neutral posts have no clear tone, while mixed posts have both positive and negative; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

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Mapped: America's highest electric bills

SAVE Act impact measured for El Paso County

SAVE Act would mean long drives for millions of American voters

What history says about today's AI power surge

Trump's Truth Social media targets