1 big thing

Why you're getting more spam texts

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If you feel like you’ve been inundated with spam texts lately, you're not alone. According to new data from Robokiller, an app that blocks spam calls and texts, Americans received an average of 42 spam texts each just in the month of March.

  • Plus, the Pope pleads for peace on what he called “an Easter of War.”
  • And, the latest out of Ukraine.

    • Guests: Axios' Margaret Harding McGill and Zach Basu.

    Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, and Lydia McMullen-Laird. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

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