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Jan 1, 2019

Government shutdown hits Native Americans especially hard

Members of the Chippewa Indian tribe
Updated Jan 1, 2019 - Science

Deep Dive: The new global race to space

Illustrated collage of globe and triangle pattern

Trump plans White House border wall briefing

Close up of donald trump

NASA's New Horizons phones home after flyby of Ultima Thule

NASA New Horizons scientists brief the media on the Ultima Thule flyby on Dec. 31, 2018.
Jan 1, 2019

National parks overflow with trash amid government shutdown

Yosemite National Park

Netflix takes on the movie industry

Happy new year! We're excited and worried

Dec 31, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Trump slows timeline for Syria exit

Marine Corps tactical vehicles drive along a road in Syria
Dec 31, 2018 - Economy

Stock market ends worst year in a decade

Stock traders work on the last day of 2018
Dec 31, 2018 - Science

NASA is about to make space exploration history

Just over 24 hours before its closest approach to Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule, the New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the first images that begin to reveal Ultima's shape.
Dec 31, 2018

Our favorite data viz projects from 2018

Best Axios data visuals of 2018
Dec 31, 2018 - Economy

Steel, soybeans and NAFTA 2.0: A year of Trump's trade wars

Illustration of Trump hiding in the water watching cargo ships

Netanyahu asked Trump for a gradual pullout from Syria

The 2020 presidential race is kicking off right on schedule

Elizabeth Warren
Dec 31, 2018 - Politics & Policy

House Democrats unveil plan to reopen government

Dec 31, 2018 - Technology

2018's biggest billionaire winner and loser

Dec 31, 2018 - Economy

Epic year: Living history in 2018

A pair of hands chiseling out 2018 in Roman numerals
Dec 31, 2018 - World

The global disasters that have been deferred to 2019

Illustration of the world as a bomb that almost explodes
Dec 31, 2018

The verdict on 2018: "Great" for me, "worrisome" for country

Don't be surprised if it's not a wall

Mounted Border Patrol agents on horseback in front of a prototype of Trump's border wall
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