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Podcast: USMCA's troubles

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USMCA, the North American trade deal designed to replace NAFTA, was supposed to be law by now. But the White House and Democrats keep failing to settle all their differences, and now Mexico is beginning to balk. Dan digs in with Politico's Sabrina Rodríguez.

Go deeper: How to think about Trump's two big trade deals

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Marina E. Franco (Noticias Telemundo)
1 hour ago - Economy & Business

Inflation threatens Latinos' buying power

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Data: Hispanic Index of Consumer Sentiment; Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios

Latinos in the U.S. are less optimistic about the economy than they were a year ago as inflation threatens to cut into their buying power.

Why it matters: Latinos have been economic growth drivers for the past decade, opening new businesses at faster rates than other groups and increasing their homeownership rates. The group's overall output would make them the seventh-largest GDP in the world if they were a country.

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Alayna Treene, author of Sneak Peek
1 hour ago - Politics & Policy

First look: Frontline Dems seek cover with bipartisan police bill

Rep. Josh Gottheimer. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Moderate Frontline Democrats facing tough reelection fights are teaming up with House Republicans on a bill that would effectively help fund the police, according to a copy of the bill text obtained by Axios.

Why it matters: One of Republicans' core and most effective campaign attacks to date is their messaging around progressive rhetoric to "defund the police." Moderate Democrats have long tried to dodge that narrative, acknowledging its political peril despite their support for broader police reform.

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Sam Baker, Kavya Beheraj
2 hours ago - Health

Omicron pushes COVID deaths toward 2,000 per day

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Data: N.Y. Times; Cartogram: Kavya Beheraj/Axios

The U.S. Omicron wave may be peaking, but now COVID deaths are climbing as cases continue to soar in most of the country.

The big picture: Omicron's stranglehold in the U.S. started about a month ago. Its death toll — while almost certain to be smaller than previous waves of the pandemic — is only now starting to take hold, and deaths will likely continue to rise for several weeks.

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