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Oil markets are tuning out Trump's "truths"

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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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Rural Kansas is turning majority-minority early

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A map showing rural counties in the U.S. as of 2023. Of 1,957 rural counties, 221, or 11.3% are majority-minority. Most of these counties are in the southwest, deep South, and Alaska.

Axios Visuals: 2026-08-04-rural-minority

Data: U.S. Census, USDA; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

The majority-minority shift changing rural America

Data: U.S. Census, USDA; Note: Census data and BLS rural designations are released in different years; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

Tested: Wall Street's appetite for sandwiches

A line chart showing price change for select sandwich companies for their first year after IPO. Einstein Bagels, Cosi, Quiznos, and Potbelly all ended down after their first year of trading, while Au Bon Pain ended up.

Price change of select sandwich companies

Data: S&P Capital IQ Pro; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals

The hidden costs of low-tax states

A set of area charts showing the share of state tax revenue by source between 1950 and 2025, by state. Nationally, the share of state tax revenue from sales tax has fallen from 57% in 1950 to 45% in 2025, while the share from income tax has rise from 16% to 44% over the same period. Many blue states have a plurality of their tax income from income taxes while many red states skew toward sales tax.

Axios Visuals: 2026-06-18-state-taxes

Data: U.S. Census; Note: Income tax includes individual and corporate taxes; Data for Hawai'i and Alaska starts in 1955 and 1957, respectively; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visual

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Oil markets are tuning out Trump's "truths"

Rural Kansas is turning majority-minority early

The majority-minority shift changing rural America

Tested: Wall Street's appetite for sandwiches

The hidden costs of low-tax states