Aphria and Tilray on Wednesday announced merger plans for what will become the world's largest cannabis company by sales, just weeks after voters in four states approved marijuana legalization.
Axios Re:Cap digs into cannabis consolidation, and the politics surrounding the mergers, with Aphria CEO Irwin Simon and Tilray chief executive Brendan Kennedy.
This week, we're hearing about even more Cabinet nominations for the Biden administration. Former South Bend mayor and 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is one — and now, we have the scoop on who will fill the roles of energy secretary and the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Plus, what’s standing in the way of COVID herd immunity.
With vaccine distribution beginning this week, America can finally see the light at the end of the COVID tunnel. But that tunnel remains several months long, and that means economic pain and hardship for millions across the U.S.
Axios Re:Cap speaks with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who's helping spearhead a bipartisan and bicameral effort to get economic stimulus passed, about the odds of success and what's in the plan.
Tensions between President Trump and Attorney General William Barr have been running high for weeks. They came to a head on Monday when Trump tweeted that Barr will resign from his post before Christmas, moments after the Electoral College affirmed President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.
Plus, could 2020 be the end of pro-democracy movements in Hong Kong?
And, what happens if the job you lost during the pandemic won’t come back.
