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Inside the unbuilding of Trump's border wall

A map showing planned border wall types in southwestern Texas. Both physical barriers and detection technology are planned.

Planned border wall types in southwestern&nbspTexas

Latino

Axios Latino

Hate crimes against Latinos and Sikhs hit record high in 2025

A bar chart that shows the percentage increase in hate crimes by bias category from 2015 to 2025, based on prior and preliminary FBI data. Anti-Trans rose the most at 395%, followed by Anti-Latino at 239% and Anti-Asian at 195%. Anti-Gay (M) increased the least at 27%.

Percentage increase of the number of hate crimes from 2015 to 2025

Data: FBI/Brian Levin; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios

Macro

Axios Macro

The labor market's new norm swings between job gains and losses

Labor market's new norm swings between job gains, losses

A line chart that shows monthly jobs needed to keep unemployment steady from January 2022 to January 2026 under fixed and variable labor force participation assumptions. Fixed participation rises from 97,382 to 164,972 in November 2023, then falls to 29,722 by January 2026. Variable participation peaks at 257,090 in April 2023 and drops below zero in September 2025.

Monthly jobs needed to hold unemployment steady

Data: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas; Chart: Courtenay Brown/Axios

2028

Axios 2028

Dems weighing 2028 campaigns run from 2020 positions

Mike Johnson will wait on holding a vote to fund DHS

Senate sends plan to end record-long DHS shutdown back to House

Republicans announce plan to end record-long DHS shutdown

The five words fueling Trump's birthright citizenship fight

Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump's birthright citizenship order

The surprise winners of Trump's immigration wars

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The latest developments from the border and the politics of who is allowed in.

Immigration

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Epstein files

Donald Trump

2026 midterm elections

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.

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