News and Views
May 16, 2024
Fiscal News Roundup
- Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding, Saving Agency — Politico
- US Supreme Court Upholds Consumer Finance Watchdog Agency's Funding Mechanism — Reuters
- House Votes to Force Weapons Shipments to Israel, Rebuking Biden — Reuters
- Trump and Biden Are Competing to Quarterback the Super Bowl of Tax Policy — Semafor
- Billionaires Jamie Dimon and Ray Dalio Sound the Alarm on Soaring US Government Debt — CNN
- The Pentagon's Growing Costly Headache: Cheap Drones — Axios
- How Much Money the U.S. Spends on War — CNBC (video)
- Bernanke and Blanchard Say Central Banks Need Cooler Job Markets — Bloomberg
- In About-Face, Wall Street's Big Donors Warm to Trump — New York Times
- At Least 9 GOP Lawmakers Are at Trump Trial, Which Could Be a Problem for Republicans — The Hill
- Pence Secures Taxpayer Funds for His Defunct White House Campaign — CNN
- Republican Chair Investigating Chamber of Commerce in Seismic K Street Shift — The Hill
- Senior-Care Referral Site 'A Place for Mom' Stays Mum on Neglect — Washington Post
- Three-Quarters of Texans Think 'Extreme Conservative Agenda' Has Captured State, Poll Finds — The Hill
Views and Analysis
- Are Billionaire Taxes Falling? That Depends on Who You Think Pays Corporate Taxes — Howard Gleckman, Tax Policy Center
- The Supreme Court Just Handed Another Loss to Congress — Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg
- Sorry Inflation Doomers, We're Heading in the Right Direction — Jonathan Levin, Bloomberg
- Is Disinflation Back on Track? — Paul Krugman, New York Times
- We Should Plug the Safety Net's Biggest Hole — Robert Greenstein, The Hill
- The Implications of the Public's Preexisting ConditionâAmnesia — Larry Levitt, JAMA Forum
- Cooler Inflation Tells Fed That Rates Are High Enough — Bloomberg Opinion Editorial Board
- Why Auto Insurance Rates Are Out of Control — David Dayen, American Prospect
- Mike Johnson Was on the Ropes. Now He's One of the Most Effective Speakers Ever — Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post
- How the Federal Government Can Save Money by Following a To-Do List — Eric Yoder, Washington Post
- How Republicans Undercut Their Own Pro-Police Message — Arthur Delaney, HuffPost
- Our Underappreciated Care Workforce Is Getting a Boost but Deserves More — April Verrett, The Hill
May 15, 2024
Fiscal News Roundup
- US Inflation Eased Last Month in the First Slowdown of 2024 — Associated Press
- Inflation Eases for First Time in 2024. Will It Be Enough to Cut Rates? — Washington Post
- Congress Clears Major Aviation Policy Bill, After Months of Delays — Politico
- US to Send Additional $2 Billion in Ukraine Aid, Blinken Says — ABC News
- Senators Urge $32 Billion in Emergency Spending on AI After Finishing Yearlong Review — Associated Press
- U.S. Needs to Address Risks After Baltimore Bridge Crash, Officials Tell Congress — Washington Post
- Manchin, GOP Senators Move to Overturn Retirement Investment Planning Rule — The Hill
- Wegovy Could Bankrupt U.S. Health System, Sanders Says in New Report — The Hill
- Biden and Trump Agree to 2 Presidential Debates, in June and in September — Associated Press
- Retail Sales Were Flat in April, Falling Below Economists' Expectations — MarketWatch
Views and Analysis
- States See Legalized Sports Betting as a Tax Windfall â but at What Cost? — Washington Post Editorial Board
- The New Cost for 2025 Tax Cut Extensions - $5 Trillion — Andrew Lautz, Bipartisan Policy Center
- Republicans' Chances at Winning the Senate Just Skyrocketed — Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post
- Think Corporate Greed Is the Leading Cause of Inflation? Think Again — Matt Egan, CNN
- Inflation, Misguided Economics, and the Fed — Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
- America Is Pulling Up the Drawbridge — Edward Luce, Financial Times
- Trump's War on Government Will Take Public Health Back a Century — Abdullah Shihipar, New Republic
- Biden's False Claim That Inflation Was 9 Percent When He Took Office — Glenn Kessler, Washington Post