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Trump Wants $2.5 Billion to Fight the Coronavirus. Is It Enough?

“This could be bad.” With those words, public health officials on Tuesday urged Americans to prepare for the coronavirus to spread across U.S. communities and bring with it potentially significant...
Will Bernie Sanders Bend on Medicare for All?

Would Sen. Bernie Sanders moderate his message on Medicare for All if he secures the Democratic nomination for president? At The Atlantic , Elaine Godfrey reports that some of Sanders’ supporters and...
Sanders Bristles When Asked on ’60 Minutes’ About the Cost of His Proposals

In an interview with “60 Minutes,” Sen. Bernie Sanders didn’t want to get into any details when pressed about the price tag for his ambitious agenda. He said his Medicare-for-All plan would cost...

Trump Economists Say GDP Growth Will Fall Short of 3%

President Trump and Republican lawmakers promised an economic boom in the wake of their tax cut package in 2017, but growth rates have remained below 3% annually – well below the 5% touted by the...
How Medicare for All Is Tearing Democrats Apart

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made headlines last week by suggesting in an interview with HuffPost that, given how difficult it would almost certainly be to secure the congressional votes needed to...
Chart of the Day: Boosting Corporate Tax Revenues

The leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination have all proposed increasing taxes on corporations, including raising income tax rates to levels ranging from 25% to 35%, up from the...
Census Bureau Spending Millions to Reassure Immigrant Communities

The Census Bureau is spending $500 million over the next five months to boost awareness of and encourage participation in the national 2020 headcount. Some of the money is being spent to reassure...
What's Missing From Mike Bloomberg’s Social Security Plan

Democratic presidential contender Mike Bloomberg rolled out a vague plan Sunday that calls for shoring up Social Security’s finances, expanding benefits for the poorest and creating a government-...