President Trump has told his advisers he's planning to speak directly with Nicolás Maduro, even as the U.S. designated the Venezuelan president Monday as the head of a terrorist organization, administration officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: Trump's decision is an important milestone in his gunboat diplomacy aimed at Venezuela — and could be a sign that U.S. missile strikes or direct military action on land are not imminent, those sources say.
The big picture: It's what is known as a megacity, population-dense hubs that are becoming more frequent across the globe. Per a new report from the United Nations, approximately 45% of the world's population lives in a city, and Jakarta is home to nearly 42 million.
Latinos feel historic levels of pessimism about their place in the U.S., their economic stability and the impact of President Trump's second-term policies, a new Pew Research Center survey found.
Why it matters: The findings mark some of the bleakest assessments by Latinos in nearly two decades of Pew surveys and confirm similar findings in an Axios-Ipsos poll released this month.
From Ukraine to Gaza, MAGA has made it clear: clinching a deal to end foreign fighting matters far more than the fine print.
Why it matters: This non-ideological approach to foreign policy explains why President Trump has faced little political pressure from his base as he's sought to broker an end to the world's most intractable conflicts.
President Trump said Monday that he'd accepted an invitation from President Xi Jinping to visit Beijing in April. He added that he'd invited the Chinese leader for a state visit later in 2026.
Why it matters: Both leaders have an interest in maintaining an equilibrium in the relationship after last month's trade truce. But with Xi ramping up his rhetoric on taking Taiwan — and with trade disputes in areas like mineral and chip exports still not fully resolved — there's always a lot at stake when the world's two most powerful leaders meet.
New Instacart data shared with Axios shows the most uniquely popular Thanksgiving pies by state, based on last year's orders.
What they found: Pumpkin pie is big out West, strawberry rhubarb and French silk are favorites in the Midwest, and cream pies are a hit in New England.
President Volodymyr Zelensky listened on speakerphone one week agoas President Trump's advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner read, line by line, from a 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Why it matters: The existence of the plan would emerge two days later on Axios. By Friday, Zelensky was warning the Ukrainian people that Trump's plan — and the pressure he faced to sign it — had plunged Ukraine into one of the most difficult moments of its existence.
The number of war crime investigations open in Ukraine at the start of the fall was 178,391, Ukrainian prosecutor Vitalii Dovhal told CBS' "60 Minutes" in a program airing Sunday evening.
The big picture: The revelation comes as Ukrainian and U.S. officials hold talks on President Trump's 28-point peace plan that would force Kyiv to make concessions including ceding additional territory to Russia's invading forces and accepting full amnesty for Russians accused of war crimes.
