2021: AXIOS (365)

JANUARY

McConnell slaps back Trump – repeatedly

Larry King hospitalized with coronavirus

Trump’s powers backfire

Biden’s nuclear dilemma: Iran’s move on enrichment raises the stakes

Goldman Sachs CEO forecasts small business survival in the storm

Trump mob overruns Capitol

Trump condemns violent riot at U.S. Capitol, plans for “seamless transition of power”

House expected to introduce articles of impeachment next week

Scoop: House increases security for lawmaker travel

Biden’s plan to calm nation

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf stepping down

Newly declassified report lays out U.S. strategy in Asia

Trump becomes first president to be impeached twice

Biden speech calls for nearly $2T in COVID relief

Scoop: CIA director Gina Haspel almost resigned over plan to install Kash Patel as deputy

Episode 1: A premeditated lie lit the fire

Episode 3: Descent into madness … Trump: “Sometimes you need a little crazy”

Dominion sends cease and desist letter to My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell

U.S. surpasses 400,000 coronavirus deaths on Trump’s final full day in office

Biden embarks on a consequential presidency

Google’s parent shuts down effort to deliver internet via balloons

Trump impeachment trial to start week of Feb. 8, Schumer says

Brazil begins distributing AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

Mexican President Lopez Obrador tests positive for coronavirus

Scoop: Google won’t donate to members of Congress who voted against election results

Collins helps contractor before pro-Susan PAC gets donation

The Mischief Makers

The global line for coronavirus vaccines stretches back to 2023

Science helps New Zealand avoid another coronavirus lockdown

Pentagon pauses plan to offer coronavirus vaccines to Guantanamo detainees

In photos: Major winter storm takes aim at Northeast after lashing Midwest

FEBRUARY

Google to pay $3.8 million to settle discrimination allegations

Payment wearables are getting a boost from the pandemic

Moderna CEO says company needs to adapt with coronavirus variants

House votes to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from committee assignments

Biden: Trump should not receive intel briefings due to his “erratic behavior”

The Biden economy

Top union leader: Biden’s Keystone plan wrong, will cost U.S. jobs

GOP Sen. Richard Shelby will not seek re-election in 2022

Live updates: Day 1 of Trump’s second impeachment trial

Live updates: House impeachment managers lay out roadmap of Trump’s “incitement”

Biden blasts Trump’s COVID vaccination efforts: “Did not do his job”

Impeachment trial recap, day 4: Trump’s team concludes speedy defense

The Senate acquits Trump

Puerto Rico governor expects movement on statehood next month

Central U.S. faces record-setting cold snap

Trump: GOP senators “will not win again” if they support McConnell

The battle over climate change’s most important number

Ted Cruz flew to Cancun as frozen Texas battles deadly power outages

Coinbase valued above $100 billion, ahead of direct listing

Trump to speak at CPAC next week

Scoop: Cruz’s Cancun trip included college roommate

Over 500,000 dead from coronavirus in U.S.

Mitch McConnell backs Merrick Garland for attorney general

Falling sperm counts could threaten the human race

U.S. strikes Iran-backed militia structures in Syria

U.S. releases report finding Saudi prince approved Khashoggi operation

FDA authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Cuomo asks New York AG and chief judge to choose “independent” investigaor into sexaual harassment claims

MARCH

Twitter to label COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, implement strike policy

DOJ pressed to enforce Al Jazeera foreign agent ruling

House cancels Thursday session as FBI, Homeland Security warn of threat to Capitol

In AstraZeneca spat, EU fights hard for a vaccine it’s hardly using

Capitol review panel recommends more police, mobile fencing

Biden says $1,400 stimulus payments can start going out this month

Cuomo: “No way I resign” after sexual harassment accusations

Sandberg thought Zuckerberg was “nuts” on remote work in January 2020

Arkansas governor signs near-total abortion ban into law

House votes to send $1.9 trillion COVID relief package to Biden’s desk

Biden: States must designate all adults eligible for vaccines by May

Sens. Schumer and Gillibrand call on Cuomo to resign

Graphing the pandemic

Vaccine brawl riles House

What’s going on with the AstraZeneca vaccine

Senate to introduce comprehensive voting reform, anti-corruption bill

Atlanta spa killings stir even more fear among Asian Americans

House passes bipartisan bill to grant legal status to undocumented farmworkers

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago partly closed amid coronavirus outbreak

Why attacks against the AAPI community are difficult to prosecute as hate crimes

Scoop: McCarthy hires top Trump official to run political operation

U.S., U.K., EU and Canada sanction Chinese officials over Uyghur abuses

Israeli election: Exit polls project narrow Netanyahu victory

Virginia becomes first Southern state to abolish death penalty

Highlights from Biden’s first press conference as president

Mayday at the Suez Canal

Myanmar security forces kill more than 100 in deadliest day since coup

The GOP’s new power centers

Scoop: Substack is raising $65 million amid newsletter boom

Office reopening patterns across the country

Obama Cabinet official took undisclosed foreign cash

APRIL

The race between COVID vaccines and emerging variants

Police confirm one officer, suspect are dead following vehicle attack at Capitol

Obama applauds MLB for “taking a stand” against Georgia’s voting restrictions

Jordan claims businessman who offered to help arrested prince is former Mossad agent

Scoop: Dem-aligned group launches 6-figure infrastructure push

U.S. threatens boycotting 2022 Beijing Olympics with allies

Pence signs two-book deal in 2024 ramp-up

Russian troops mass near Ukraine’s border, raising threat of wider war

House Ethics panel opens investigation into Gaetz

Report: John Kerry plans to visit China ahead of Biden’s climate summit

Virginia governor orders probe into pepper-spraying of Army officer

Police: Officer who shot Daunte Wright accidentally pulled gun instead of taser

FDA expects J&J vaccine pause to last “a matter of days”

Biden names Erika Moritsugu as senior AAPI liaison

Globetrotting climate envoy Kerry makes Biden team’s first visit to China

The legacy of Bernie Madoff

Super typhoon Surigae explodes to Cat. 5 intensity

Senate Democrats settling on 25% corporate tax rate

“Believe your eyes”: Prosecutors make closing arguments in Chauvin trial

Derek Chauvin found guilty of all 3 charges in George Floyd’s murder

Democrats expand party comms team

White House nominates Rick Spinrad as NOAA leader

U.S. lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine

Turkey summons U.S. ambassador over Armenian genocide recognition

Biden’s three tools for selling progressive policies: Jobs, jobs, jobs

States that voted Biden lose 3 net House seats after Census count

Biden picks Texas sheriff known for criticizing Trump-era policies to lead ICE

Rapid at-home COVID tests become available over the counter

The day Maduro almost fell: The inside story of a failed uprising

Manchin says he doesn’t support D.C. statehood

MAY

In photos: Medina Spirit wins 147th Kentucky Derby amid pandemic restrictions

Israeli official: Biden told Mossad director U.S. isn’t close to returning to Iran deal

Bill and Melinda Gates announce split

Scoop: Biden weigh posting LA Mayor Garcetti to India

SpaceX launches and lands a starship prototype

Blockades and ballots: A wild day in the post-Brexit U.K.

Ohio GOP censures Rep. Anthony Gonzalez over Trump impeachment vote

India records its deadliest day of the pandemic

Bernie Sanders skeptical of the Biden White House’s dealmaking plan

FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID vaccine for 12-to 15-year-olds

Prosecutor to seek hate crime charge, death penalty in Atlanta shootings

Biden: “Israel has a right to defend itself”

Israeli ground troops join the fight near Gaza, raising threat of war

Ex-Gaetz associate admits to sex trafficking, will cooperate with federal prosecutors

Biden in call with Netanyahu raise concerns about civilian casualties in Gaza

Franklin Graham worries Trump too old to run in 2024

Biden backs Gaza ceasefire for first time in call with Netanyahu

House sends anti-Asian hate crime bills to Biden’s desk

35 Republicans vote in favor of Jan. 6 commission

Israel and Hamas approve ceasefire in Gaza

Biden stresses Democratic Party’s support for Israel

11 days, 8 calls and a ceasefire: Inside Biden’s response to the Gaza crisis

Scoop: House members urged to jump on inflation fears

Infrastructure judgement day expected after Senate recess

Darnella Frazier, who filmed video of George Floyd’s killing at age 17, speaks out

Facebook says it will not longer remove posts claiming COVID is human-made

Facebook resumes some political contributions

Biden: “We must all stand together” against antisemitism

Bennett to announce he’s joining opposition to form new Israeli government, oust Netanyahu

Texas Senate approves sweeping voter restriction bill

America’s summer of normalcy

JUNE

Hawaii’s tourism sector’s long road to normal

Prosecutors seek 30 years for Chauvin as defense argues for retrial

Pence: “I don’t know” if Trump and I will “ever see eye to eye” on Capitol riots

In photos: World remembers Tiananmen Square Massacre

Israeli security chief warns of Jan. 6-type violence

Harris’ first foreign trip as VP hits a snag

Nigeria’s government threatens to prosecute people for tweeting

Senate passes sweeping China competition bill in rare bipartisan vote

The Keystone XL pipeline is officially dead

Lab risks face scrutiny amid COVID origins controversy

Putin calls Biden and Trump “radically different”

In photos: Harris shows up at Pride parade in downtown D.C.

Netanyahu is out at new Israeli government survives confidence vote

Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson as judge on powerful appeals court

Jared Kushner signs book deal for book to be published in 2022

House passes bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

Biden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday

Biden to meet with U.S. financial regulators on Monday

Juneteenth forces U.S. to confront lasting impact of slavery economy

Scoop: Fauci’s offensive against “craziness”

Raiders player becomes first active in NFL to come out as gay

Senate Republicans block Democrats’ sweeping voting rights bill

Gavin Newsom to face recall election

DeSantis declares state of emergency after deadly Miami-area condo collapse

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22.5 years for murder of George Floyd

Pacific Northwest heat dome to roast more than 25M

Mark Warner emerges as moderates’ dealmaker-in-chief

Facebook’s market value surpasses $1 trillion for the first time

Dangerous Pacific Northwest heat wave shifts inland

At least 486 dead in British Columbia amid historic heat wave

JULY

Remembering the victims of the Surfside condo collapse

How cooking games are highlighting the cultural importance of food

AOC urges U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to end Sha’Carri Richardson’s suspension

Surfside condo demolition expected to take place Sunday evening

Surfisde death toll hits 27 as search resumes after controlled demolition

Tropical Storm Elsa nears hurricane strength as it closes in on Florida

Biden: “We can’t wait any longer to deal with climate crisis”

Olympics to be held without spectators as Tokyo enters state of emergency

Torrid IPO could spur more investment in plus-size apparel market

Mandate COVID vaccines for military, Panetta urges Biden

Heat wave engulfs the West as Death Valley hits 130 degrees

Texas Dems flee state in effort to block GOP voting restrictions

Biden warns : “The 21st century Jim Crow assault is real”

House select committee on Jan. 6 riot to hold first hearing July 27

Capital Gazette gunman found criminally responsible for killing 5 people

Texas federal judge bars new DACA applicants

First known Olympic Village resident tests positive for COVID-19

Poll: Unvaccinated Americans least concerned about Delta variant

FEMA chief heads West as large wildfires rage, heat wave peaks

Jeff Bezos, 3 others land safely after flight to space with Blue Origin

Cheney: McCarthy is “playing politics” with Capitol riot

U.S. sanctions Cuban officials over protest crackdown

Trump ally Tom Barrack pays $250 million bond to get out of jail

Firefighters end search for bodies at Surfside

Pelosi appoints GOP Rep. Kinzinger to Jan. 6 committee

EA Sports is in expansion mode

CDC: Vaccinated people in COVID hotspots should resume wearing masks

Ubisoft workers demand company accountability in open letter

Biden details new vaccination initiatives as COVID cases surge

Most corporations are requiring workers to get vaccinated

Biden officials celebrate infrastructure deal in fuel-cell big rig

AUGUST

Key senator vows to pass infrastructure bill this week

Evictions lead to rare clash between the White House and Dems

Andrew Cuomo refuses to resign: “I never touched anyone inappropriately”

NOAA’s updated hurricane outlook calls for even more storms in 2021

Civil rights leaders plan a day of voting rights marches

Biden extends COVID relief for student debt through January 2022

Judge: PG&E must explain role in Dixie Fire that’s raging in California

Dixie Fire now 2nd largest wildfire in California history

Senate Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget resolution

Andrew Cuomo resigns as governor of New York

Sicily hits nearly 120 degrees, may have set Europe’s all-time heat record

Census reveals a more diverse, urbanized America

Coronavirus case surges force schools closures

Biden says he won’t pass Afghan war onto a “fifth” U.S. president

Scoop: Joint Chiefs chairman moves up terrorist threat in Afghanistan

Afghanistan falls

The Taliban take power

Evacuating Afghanistan

The cases for and against Biden’s key decisions on Afghanistan

Biden commits to evacuating Americans, Afghan allies

New England governors ready emergency responses as Hurricane Henri nears

Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island

Afghanistan economy on the brink

Biden told G7 allies U.S. still plans to get out of Kabul by Aug. 31

WHO experts: “Window is closing” on study into origins of COVID-19

12 U.S. troops, numerous Afghan civilians killed in Kabul airport attack

Major hurricane forecast to slam Gulf Coast this weekend

Biden says another attack “highly likely in the next 24-36 hours”

‘Extremely dangerous” Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana coast

U.S. completes withdrawal from Afghanistan

California’s Caldor Fire nears South Lake Tahoe after thousands flee

SEPTEMBER

Exclusive: Government can’t reach one-in-three released migrant kids

Biden blasts Supreme Court’s “unprecedented assault” on abortion rights

Biden’s issues order on declassification review of 9/11 documents

Scoop: Trump nears deal for D.C. hotel

New PR Ploy

DOJ vows to “protect” abortion seekers, provders in Texas

NYC identifies two more 9/11 victims

FBI releases new footage of Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect

Biden to mandate COVID vaccines for federal workers, with no option for testing

Court reinstates DeSantis’ mask mandate ban in Florida schools

Biden attends wreath-laying ceremony at Pentagon

Red flags for Biden’s “over-the-horizon” strategy

Blinken testifies on Afghanistan: “We inherited a deadline, but not a plan”

Apple debuts iPhone 13, updates iPad and Apple Watch

Biden expresses “great confidence” in top general after Woodward report

Clinton-linked lawyer indicted in investigation of FBI’s Russia probe

France recalls ambassadors for U.S. and Australia over submarine deal

28 U.S. citizens depart Afghanistan on Qatar Airways flight

Scoop – Manchin: Delay Biden plan to ’22

Democrats propose raising debt ceiling through midterms

Biden claims “era of relentless war” is over in first UN speech

Bipartisan police reform negotiations end without deal

CDC panel recommends Pfizer boosters for high-risk individuals, people 65 and up

Del Rio bridge camp empty following Haitian migrant surge

Federal judge blocks vaccine mandate for NYC teachers

Hill votes will make global waves

Senate Republicans sink short-term government funding, debt limit bill

Top Pentagon officials contradict Biden on Afghanistan advice

Scoop: Milley’s blunt private blame for the State Department

Congress passes short-term government funding bill, averting shutdown

OCTOBER

NWSL cancels games amid sexual harassment, abuse allegations

Biden floats roughly $2 trillion price tag for reconciliation

Left seizes control

Study: Urban extreme heat exposure as increased by 200% since the 1980s

Facebook whistleblower urges Congress to move against the company

McConnell proposes debt limit deal

Senate reaches agreement to raise debt ceiling through early December

Biden won’t shield initial Trump White House records from Jan. 6 panel

Blinken to hold trilateral meeting with Israeli and UAE counterparts

Retailers want nothing to do with Columbus Day

Facebook whistleblower to brief Facebook Oversight Board, U.K. parliament

Experts change guidance for people taking daily aspirin

Blue Origin launches William Shatner, 3 others to space

FDA panel unanimously endorses Moderna boosters for certain populations

FDA panel endorses shot of J&J booster for adults

Virginia energy giant quietly boosts McAuliffe

Up to 17 U.S. missionaries kidnaped in Haiti

Obama says Powell exemplified what America “can and should be”

Congressman criminally charged with lying to feds

Biden’s ambassador nominee: “China is not an Olympian power”

House votes to hold Bannon in contempt of Congress

Giuliani associate Lev Parnas convicted of campaign finance crimes

Senate Democrats target billionaires

Fauci fires back at Rand Paul for slam on tonight’s “Axios on HBO”

Unvaccinated athletes face 21-day quarantine at Beijing Olympics

Scoop: Sequoia Capital just blew up the VC fund model

Democrats’ billionaires tax explained

Facebook changes corporate name to Meta

FDA authorizes Pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11

House aims to pass infrastructure and social spending bills on Tuesday

Biden’s Trump-like poll numbers

NOVEMBER

Supreme Court seems to open to lawsuits challenging Texas abortion ban

Facebook’s plan to delete a billion faces

Iran to resume nuclear talks on Nov. 29

The jobs impact of Biden’s vax and testing mandate

Republican-led states begin legal fight over Biden vaccine mandates

At least 8 dead after crowd surge at Houston music festival

Lawmakers angle for invite to infrastructure bill ceremony

Jan. 6 committee issues subpoenas to high-profile Trump allies

Trump’s taxpayer-funded political machine

China pledges more aggressive climate action

Legislation to resolve GI Bill racial inequities introduced by Democrats

Steve Bannon indicted for contempt of Congress

COP26 climate deal calls for historic shift from fossil fuels

“Axios on HBO”: Christie calls waiting on Trump for ’24 disqualifying

There will be no airlift: U.S. urges Americans to leave Ethiopia now

Olympics sponsors caught between U.S. and China

GOP Rep. Gosar censured, booted from committees over violent video

Democrats urge Biden to do more about inflation

Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all counts

Axios AM Deep Dive: America’s great reset

AOC: Progressives’ help wasn’t wanted in Virginia election

Darrell Brooks identified as Waukesha parade crash suspect

The Thanksgiving bouncers

Three Ahmaud Arbery killers found guilty of murder

New COVID variant concerns South African scientists

U.S. to restrict air travel from 8 countries over new COVID variant concerns

The next big bottleneck in the global vaccination effort

WHO: Not yet known whether Omicron leads to more severe disease

Scoop: Iran preparing to enrich weapons-grade uranium, Israel warns U.S.

Fed signals it could yank economic support quicker as inflation sticks around

DECEMBER

First known U.S. case of Omicron variant identified in California

Mitt Romney calls Ray Dalio’s China investments a “sad moral lapse”

Prosecutors charge parents of Michigan school shooting suspect

Trump social media group raises $1 billion from undisclosed investors

Bipartisan tributes flood in for “giant of the Senate” Bob Dole

Justice Department closes Emmett Till murder probe

Biden threatens Putin

Scoop: Trump-backed Perdue says he wouldn’t have certified Georgia 2020 results

New York AG Letitia James drops out of governor’s race

Netanyahu responds to Trump’s “F**k him,” defends congrats to Biden

Historic tornado outbreak leaves at least 70 dead in Kentucky, governor says

CNN hires Chris Wallace away from Fox News

Omicron derails company holiday parties

White House says Biden will sign Uygher forced labor bill

Historic storme bringing damaging winds, “unprecedented” tornado risk

U.S. records most hurricane-force wind reports in single day

Federal appeals court reinstates Biden’s vaccine mandate for large companies

Report: CDC overcounts millions of vaccinations

White House accuses Manchin of betraying “commitments” on BBB

Biden admin announces tougher fuel mileage standards

Biden: It’s “your patriotic duty” to get vaccinated

Biden extends student loan payment pause until May

Ex-officer Kim Potter found guilty of manslaughter in killing Daunte Wright

Airlines cancel thousands of holiday flights due to Omicron surge

New York cuts essential worker quarantine times in half

Wall Street predicts expensive, bumpy 2022

In photos: Desmond Tutu remembered

CDA slashes estimate of Omicron case prevalence

Biden accepts Putin request for phone call ahead of talks on Ukraine

Record number of minimum wage increases set for 2022

Climate changes linked to Colorado’s fire disaster

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