Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates ; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios As exurban cities near booming metro areas explode in growth, hundreds of U.S. communities are losing residents at a pace that signals deep structural decline. Why it matters: The shrinking cities are a crisis in plain sight. - They concentrate poverty and tend to have aging infrastructure and limited job growth. - They struggle to attract doctors and teachers and have few of the amenities drawing younger Americans to boomtowns like Celina, Texas or Apex, N.C. Zoom in: An Axios analysis of census estimates found more than 600 incorporated places of 20,000 or more lost population between April 2020 and July 2025. - Many of the fastest-declining…
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates ; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios As exurban cities near booming metro areas explode in growth, hundreds of U.S. communities are losing residents at a pace that signals deep structural decline. Why it matters: The shrinking cities are a crisis in plain sight. - They concentrate poverty and tend to have aging infrastructure and limited job growth. - They struggle to attract doctors and teachers and have few of the amenities drawing younger Americans to boomtowns like Celina, Texas or Apex, N.C. Zoom in: An Axios analysis of census estimates found more than 600 incorporated places of 20,000 or more lost population between April 2020 and July 2025. - Many of the fastest-declining…Open
The events were canceled “to ensure public order and safety,” the authorities said. Jewish leaders had objected to the concert by Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who has a history of antisemitic remarks.
The president has wavered on whether to move ahead with an agreement with Iran to end the war. On Friday, he vowed to make a “final determination” soon.
Pope Leo's first encyclical voices his concerns about technology and AI. The pope cautions about the illusions AI bots can create, and how important actual human relationships are.
Pope Leo's first encyclical voices his concerns about technology and AI. The pope cautions about the illusions AI bots can create, and how important actual human relationships are.Open
The humpback whale, nicknamed "Timmy" by German media, died following a controversial failed rescue effort. His carcass had been drifting near the Danish shore for two weeks.
The humpback whale, nicknamed "Timmy" by German media, died following a controversial failed rescue effort. His carcass had been drifting near the Danish shore for two weeks.Open
The company best known for powering the AI boom is coming for the PC: Nvidia is expected next week to debut the first Windows computers that use its chips as the main processor, sources confirm to Axios. Why it matters: Microsoft's first AI PC push stumbled , but Nvidia's arrival gives it a second chance, this time with the world's hottest chipmaker attached. Driving the news: Nvidia and Microsoft will unveil their joint work and the first computers running the chips at two key industry conferences — the Computex trade show in Taiwan and Microsoft's Build developer conference in San Francisco. - Nvidia-powered PCs are expected both from Microsoft's homegrown Surface brand as well as other computer makers, including Dell, sources…
The company best known for powering the AI boom is coming for the PC: Nvidia is expected next week to debut the first Windows computers that use its chips as the main processor, sources confirm to Axios. Why it matters: Microsoft's first AI PC push stumbled , but Nvidia's arrival gives it a second chance, this time with the world's hottest chipmaker attached. Driving the news: Nvidia and Microsoft will unveil their joint work and the first computers running the chips at two key industry conferences — the Computex trade show in Taiwan and Microsoft's Build developer conference in San Francisco. - Nvidia-powered PCs are expected both from Microsoft's homegrown Surface brand as well as other computer makers, including Dell, sources…Open
After a tumultuous year at the DOJ, former Attorney General Pam Bondi participated in a nearly four-hour closed-door interview with the House Oversight panel Friday.
Parents, educators and lawmakers are pushing schools to curb classroom screen use amid concerns about student attention, behavior and learning. Why it matters: School cellphone bans are expanding into broader efforts to limit screen use and establish guardrails around AI in education. The big picture: At least 16 states — both red and blue — have introduced bills to limit classroom technology. Case in point: Schools Beyond Screens formed with fewer than a dozen parents in Los Angeles Unified School District last year, but the nonprofit has grown to include thousands of parents and educators nationwide, SBS policy director Kate Brody tells Axios. - SBS worked with the school board in the nation's second-largest district to pass a…
Parents, educators and lawmakers are pushing schools to curb classroom screen use amid concerns about student attention, behavior and learning. Why it matters: School cellphone bans are expanding into broader efforts to limit screen use and establish guardrails around AI in education. The big picture: At least 16 states — both red and blue — have introduced bills to limit classroom technology. Case in point: Schools Beyond Screens formed with fewer than a dozen parents in Los Angeles Unified School District last year, but the nonprofit has grown to include thousands of parents and educators nationwide, SBS policy director Kate Brody tells Axios. - SBS worked with the school board in the nation's second-largest district to pass a…Open