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Fiscal News Roundup
- The Senate Gop’s Hard-Liners Are Suddenly Sounding Softer on the Megabill — – Politico
- Schumer Cites ‘DEFCON 1’ Scenario for Fate of Clean-Energy Tax Credits — – Politico
- US Senate Seeks to Add Expanded Compensation for Nuclear Radiation Victims to Tax Bill — – Associated Press
- Senate Judiciary Releases Megabill Text to Bolster Immigration Enforcement, Rein in Judges — – Politico
- Graham, Paul Release Competing Border Security Proposals — – Politico
- Tax Breaks for 529 College-Savings Plans Expand in GOP Tax Bill — – Wall Street Journal
- RFK Jr. Blows Up America's Vaccine Policy — – Axios
- How Vaccine Critics Appointed by RFK Jr. Could Limit Access to Shots — – Washington Post
- Home Appliances Swept Up in Expansion of Trump Steel Tariffs — – Reuters
- CDC: Average Age of US Moms Giving Birth Rises to Nearly 30 — – The Hill
- Sweden and the Netherlands Say Before NATO Summit They Will Spend 5% of GDP on Defense — – Associated Press
- U.S. Military Won't Perform Law Enforcement at LA Protests, Pentagon Says — – Axios
- 6 in 10 Say Military Parade ‘Not a Good Use’ of Government Money: Survey — – The Hill
Views and Analysis
- Trump Ripping Up the Free Trade Playbook Comes With $1 Trillion Cost — – Shawn Donnan, Eleonora Mavroeidi, Maeva Cousin and Enda Curran, Bloomberg
- Trump’s Big Bill Would Be More Regressive Than Any Major Law in Decades — – Emily Badger, Alicia Parlapiano and Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times
- Trump’s Bill Is Big, But Definitely Not Beautiful — – Maya MacGuineas, U.S. News & World Report
- GOP’s Tim Scott Takes Aim at the CBO but Makes Himself Look Bad Accidentally — – Steve Benen, MSNBC
- Where’s the Inflation From Tariffs? Just Wait, Economists Say — – Colby Smith, New York Times
- How Trump Can Impound Money — – Thomas Beck, Wall Street Journal
- Kennedy Has Caused Irreparable Harm to Vaccines — – Leana S. Wen, Washington Post
Fiscal News Roundup
- Trump Calls Jerome Powell 'Numbskull,' Says He May 'Force Something' on Fed — The Hill
- Bessent Claims Tariffs Aren't Taxes — The Hill
- The Appropriations Process Is Already a Mess — Punchbowl News
- Republicans Lay Groundwork for 'Total Tax Cliff' at End of Trump's Term — The Hill
- White House Looks to Freeze More Agency Funds - and Expand Executive Power — Politico
- Senate GOP Aims to Pare Back Proposed Food Stamp Work Requirements for Parents in Trump Megabill — CNN
- 'There Is No Plan B': Republicans Make a Daring Bet on the Debt Limit — NBC News
- Wall Street Looks Past US Deficit Concerns for Now as Investors Snap Up Bonds — CNN
- IRS Tax-Filing Season Defies Gloomy Projections Despite DOGE Upheaval — Washington Post
- Senate GOP Plan Would Sell Millions of Acres of Western Public Land — Washinton Post
- Democratic Governors Seek to Roll Back State-Funded Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants — NBC News
- Congress' "Doc Fix" Spurs Value-Based Care Concerns — Axios
- Senate Confirms Billy Long to Lead I.R.S., Ignoring Troubled Tax Credit History — New York Times
- Republicans Are All Over the Place on Alex Padilla's Forcible Removal — Axios
Views and Analysis
- Elizabeth Warren: Trump Is Right About This One Thing — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), New York Times
- Republicans Have a Solution for Their Deficit Problem: Flagrant Lies — Ryan Cooper, American Prospect
- Trump Miscalculated on China. Now the Administration Is Trying to Fix the Mess — Washington Post Editorial Board
- Ahoy! It's Trump's USS Protectionism. Hope It Has Plenty of Life Jackets — Mitch Daniels, Washington Post
- Republicans Are Trying to Sell a Bizarre Fantasy on the Economy — Paul Waldman, Public Notice
- 'Isn't This Embarrassing?' Team Trump Gets a Brutal Reminder About the Weak Economy — Steve Benen, MSNBC
- Red-State Universities Will Get Hit by Trump's Cuts, Too — Richard Florida, New York Times
- US Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Decades of Progress on Driving Down Malaria — Lauren Kent and Nimi Princewill, CNN
- Republicans Have to Decide if They Stand With DOGE's Death and Destruction — Michael Steele, MSNBC
- Trump Unloads His 2020 Demons Onto the Rest of America — Philip Bump, Washinton Post