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📄 New e-book: The Fight to Cut Spending and Avoid a Revolt Republicans are trying to cut federal spending in the new Congress, and #Medicaid could be one of the biggest targets. In this report, our expert reporters analyze the intricate landscape of proposed reforms, political debates and the potential impacts on millions of Americans. Download for free: https://lnkd.in/gGtAWmXf

The Prognosis for America's Pain Management Axios hosts an event in San Diego about the challenges in today's treatment landscape and the current state of pain.

Consumers are becoming sharply more pessimistic about the economic outlook, according to a preliminary reading of the University of Michigan's sentiment survey for March. Lower sentiment was strikingly broad-based, seen "across all groups by age, education, income, wealth, political affiliations, and geographic regions," survey director Joanne Hsu said in an announcement.

Rich Americans are moving in response to Trump's election, while others are fleeing red states with abortion bans. London, in particular, is attractive — and those who fear being targeted by Trump are urgently seeking other passports.

Hackers already have the AI tools needed to create the adaptable, destructive malware that security experts fear. But as long as their basic tactics — phishing, scams and ransomware — continue to work, they have little reason to use them.

The small modular reactor startup X-energy's work with Amazon to deploy the technology won't be its only tie-up with a major tech player, CEO Clay Sell said. "There's more to come," he said in an interview Thursday on CERAWeek by S&P Global's sidelines.

Elon Musk visited the National Security Agency on Wednesday and met with NSA chief Gen. Timothy Haugh, an agency spokesperson confirmed to Axios.

NBCUniversal and its parent Comcast have struck a new $3 billion deal with the International Olympic Committee to extend its exclusive U.S. media distribution rights on all platforms through 2036.

A group of ex-Trump officials has created a newly rebranded digital services firm called American Made Media Company.

In this week's Axios Communicators, I write about some of the topics that kept coming up in my conversations at SXSW — namely, the 'go direct' debate. It was obvious to me that going direct meant different things to different people, so I did my best to clear up the confusion. PLUS... — a spotlight on Sona Iliffe-Moon of Yahoo — and a hard look at the current state of cancel culture. READ: https://lnkd.in/eDwfc3yP