National

Washington D.C.

Axios D.C.

Scoop: Take a look at Trump's Kennedy Center renovation plans

Exclusive: Azerbaijan courts U.S. help on landmines

Trump's secret plane switch puts Air Force One defenses in focus

Trump dives headfirst back into vaccine minefield

Latino

Axios Latino

Violent crime keeps falling in biggest U.S. cities

A bar chart that shows the largest homicide declines among 66 major U.S. law enforcement agencies from Jan. 1 to June 30, 2025 to 2026. Newark, New Jersey, had the steepest drop at 64.7%, followed by Raleigh, North Carolina, at 63.6%. Memphis had the smallest decline among those shown at 43.7%.

Areas with the largest drops in homicides from H1 2025 to 2026

Data: Major Cities Chiefs Association (MCCA); Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios

Generate

Axios Generate

Why Trump's mineral push could aid EVs

Scharf takes White House counsel job before midterms

Trump to Axios: "We are low-keying it" with Iran

Macro

Axios Macro

White House revives unprecedented effort to remove Fed governor Lisa Cook

Finish Line

Axios Finish Line

Axios AM

Behind the Curtain: Trump's quicksand

Back to Politics & Policy

What to know about the 47th president, his policies and his controversies.

Donald Trump

Donald Trump coverage from Axios

Epstein files

2026 midterm elections

Immigration policy

Behind the Curtain

Race and Equity

2024 will be an election year like no other, as President Biden seeks re-election amid economic uncertainty, two wars and questions about his age. His likely foe, former President Trump, faces felony charges and vows revenge on his political enemies. Meanwhile, Americans generally are dissatisfied with those choices and are divided over immigration, race, education and more.

Politics & Policy

topics

politics-policy

epstein-files

donald-trump

2026-midterm-elections

immigration

behind-the-curtain

race-and-equity

technology

privacy-tech-regulation

automation-and-ai

tiktok-news

big-tech

social-media

cybersecurity

economy

social-security

inflation

tariffs

federal-reserve

transportation

business

c-suite

retail-news

media

elon-musk

dealmaking

health

rfk-jr

drug-prices

axios-explains-abortion

public-health

world

israel

axios-explains-ukraine

iran

russia

china

energy-climate

nuclear-energy

climate-energy-policy

climate-change

extreme-weather

alternative-energy

electric-vehicles

science

emerging-tech

biomedicine

newsletters

charlotte

salt-lake-city

denver

fort-lauderdale

cincinnati

boulder

kansas-city

austin

chicago

dallas

detroit

atlanta

indianapolis

nashville

nw-arkansas

columbus

hollywood

north-of-cincy

washington-dc

richmond

san-francisco

boston

des-moines

houston

phoenix

miami

philadelphia

seattle

new-orleans

colorado-springs

huntsville

raleigh

san-antonio

twin-cities

pittsburgh

san-diego

tampa-bay

portland

cleveland

arapahoe

douglas

axios-local

axios-pro

axios-live

the-axios-show