Vice President Kamala Harris this week went on her first foreign trip since taking office, visiting Guatemala and Mexico to address what she refers to as the root causes of mass migration, after the U.S. saw the largest number of border apprehensions in 20 years.
Axios Re:Capspeaks with Juan Gonzalez, special assistant to President Biden and the National Security Council's senior director for the Western Hemisphere, about what Harris accomplished, criticisms of her trip and what happens next in U.S. immigration policy.
Yesterday's Consumer Price Index reading shows that prices for food, energy and products like used cars increased 5% compared to May of 2020. It’s the biggest year-over-year increase in almost 13 years.
Plus, President Biden strikes a different tone on the world stage.
And, brace yourself for cold and flu season this year.
Guests: Axios' Felix Salmon, Marisa Fernandez and Margaret Talev.
Federal authorities this week announced they successfully traced and recovered most of the bitcoin that had been paid by Colonial Pipeline to a ransomware gang called DarkSide, following the May hack that shut off gas supplies to much of the East Coast.
Axios Re:Cap digs into the battle between law enforcement and crypto hackers, including how ransomware has become a global industry of its own, with Gurvais Grigg, a 23-year FBI veteran who now serves as public sector CTO at crypto firm Chainalysis.
During the pandemic, ridership of mass transit pretty much collapsed. Now, as the country reopens, transportation experts are hoping that commuters will come back. But what if they don’t?
Plus, the uptick in trans murders in the U.S.
And, President Biden reverses the Trump administration's attempted ban on TikTok.
