Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions

National

Four maps showing states that use lethal injection (27 states), electrocution (9), the gas chamber (9), and firing squads (5) as methods of execution.

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Data: Death Penalty Information Center; Note: New Hampshire abolished the death penalty but retains one prisoner on death row; Map: Erin Davis/Axios

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Trump's $5,000 checks get chilly Senate GOP reception

A bar chart showing the cost of the proposed $5k dividend compared to select 2026 government receipts and outlays. At a potential cost of $1.3 trillion, the check is significantly more than tariffs ($406 billion) or corporate income taxes ($399 billion). It's also more than the departments of Defense ($914 billion), Veterans Affairs ($440 billion) or Agriculture ($239 billion).

Cost of the proposed $5k dividend compared to select government <b style = "color:#6533ff">receipts</b> and <b style = "color:#ff7900">outlays</b>

Data: OMB; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

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Home health care jobs expected to skyrocket amid "critical" need in Tennessee

Nashville

A bar chart showing the occupations projected to add the most jobs between 2025 and 2035. The top growing occupation is home health care aides, which is projected to add 847.3k jobs. It's followed by stockers and order fillers (+250.7k), fast food counter workers (+233.3k) and registered nurses (+194.7k)

Occupations projected to add the most jobs between 2025 and 2035

Data: BLS; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

The top-growing jobs in the country

Axios Generate

Oil markets are tuning out Trump's "truths"

A plot showing Brent crude price changes after Donald Trump's posts mentioning Iran. Each post is a dot, sized to show the absolute percentage change in the average price of Brent crude in the five minutes before and after the post was made. For posts after market hours, it shows the difference in the five minutes before the prior close and the five minutes after the next open. In general, the number of exceptionally market-moving posts has gone down over time. 

Brent crude price changes after Donald Trump's posts mentioning Iran

Data: Roll Call, Financial Modeling Prep; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

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Christa Pike survived lethal injection. How your state carries out executions

Trump's $5,000 checks get chilly Senate GOP reception

Home health care jobs expected to skyrocket amid "critical" need in Tennessee

The top-growing jobs in the country

Oil markets are tuning out Trump's "truths"