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Fiscal News Roundup
- White House Tells Congress Iran War Has Been 'Terminated,' Skirting 60-Day Clock — MS Now
- Trump Says He's Dissatisfied With Iran's Latest Proposal — CNN
- Scoop: U.S. Blockade Has Cost Iran $4.8 Billion, Pentagon Says — Axios
- US Asks for Help With Opening Strait of Hormuz While Trump Attacks Allies — NBC News
- Poll: Trump's Iran War Reaches Iraq- and Vietnam-Era Disapproval Levels — Washington Post
- Spirit Airlines Prepares to Shut Down as Rescue Deal Falls Apart — Wall Street Journal
- The Fed Subtly Signaled That Only Rate Cuts Are on the Table. Some Fed Officials Are Crying Foul — CNN
- Fed Dissenters Speak Out: 'The Next Rate Change Could Be Either a Cut or a Hike' — Yahoo Finance
- FEMA Aims to Rehire Most of the Disaster-Response Employees It Fired Months Ago — Washington Post
- Centrist Democrats Beef Up Affordability Message — Politico
- How US Equipment Ended Up in the Hands of Iran's Allies in Yemen as USAID Was Disbanded — CNN
- Pentagon Strikes Deals With 7 Big Tech Companies After Shunning Anthropic — CNN
- Cigna's Exit Adds to Obamacare Marketplace Upheaval — The Hill
- Millions of Americans Might Be Eligible for Tax Refunds From Covid Era — Wall Street Journal
- What Is TrumpIRA.gov? Trump Unveils Plan for New Retirement Website — The Hill
Views and Analysis
- It's Harder Than Ever to Get Federal Disaster Aid. Even in Red States — Scott Dance and Ashley Cai, New York Times
- Since Congress Let Obamacare Subsidies Expire, Millions Are Dropping Coverage — Reed Abelson and Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times
- Mike Johnson Ekes Out Wins, but at a Cost — Mia McCarthy and Calen Razor, Politico
- How Trump's Attacks on the Fed Backfired, Frustrating His Plans to Reshape It — Andrew Ackerman, Washington Post
- Trump's Latest Tariffs in Court: Are They About to Be Blocked? — Alan Wolff, Peterson Institute for International Economics
- K-Shaped Economy Is 'Alive and Well,' Expert Says - What New Research Shows — Jessica Dickler, CNBC
- What Strings Will Trump Attach to Dollar Lifelines? — Christopher Smart, Bloomberg
- Taxing the Wealthy Won't Reduce Their Power — Allison Schrager, Bloomberg
- Seattle's Mayor Waves Goodbye to Prosperity — Washington Post Editorial Board
- AI Saves the Trump Economy — Wall Street Editorial Board
- States Rush to Regulate AI in Health Care — Rebecca Adams, Washington Post
Fiscal News Roundup
- Congress Ends Record-Shattering DHS Shutdown — Politico
- House Approves Bill to Fund the Department of Homeland Security and End the Record Shutdown — Associated Press
- Republicans Unlock Filibuster-Skirting Power to Pump Billions of Dollars to ICE — Politico
- Budget Resolution for Immigration Funds Adopted in House — Roll Call
- House Speaker Mike Johnson Says the U.S. Is 'Not at War' With Iran as White House Approaches 60-Day Deadline — NBC News
- Key Inflation Gauge Jumps to Highest Level in 3 Years as Iran War Spikes Gas Prices — Associated Press
- U.S. Economy Grew 2% in Early 2026 Even as War in Iran Began to Hit Energy Prices — New York Times
- Trump Says He Doesn't Care If Powell Remains on Fed Board — Bloomberg
- Warsh Eyes Fed 'Regime Change' With Less Talk, New Models — Bloomberg
- U.S. Debt Tops 100% of GDP — Wall Street Journal
- America's National Debt Is Now Larger Than the Entire Economy — Yahoo Finance
- Trump Pulls Nomination for Stalled Surgeon General Nominee Means and Says He'll Put Forth Saphier — Associated Press
- Thom Tillis Doubles Down on His Latest Trump Personnel Ultimatum — Politico
- Trump Administration Appeals Court Order in Effort to Cut Vaccine Recommendations for Kids — Associated Press
Views and Analysis
- Pete Hegseth Tangles With Senate Democrats: Five Takeaways — Filip Timotija and Sophie Brams, The Hill
- Tax Refunds and AI Boom Have Offset Some US Economic Pain From Iran War and High Gas Prices, So Far — Paul Wiseman and Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
- Paying to Kill Wind Projects Is a Blow to Energy Development — Washington Post Editorial Board
- The U.S. Military Was Losing Its Edge. After Iran, Everyone Knows It. — New York Times Editorial Board
- 'Integrity Is Priceless': Powell Closes Out Eight Years at the Helm of the Fed — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN