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Fiscal News Roundup
- Trump on Capitol Hill Implores Divided Republicans to Unify Behind His Big Tax Cuts Bill — Associated Press
- 'Don't F--K Around With Medicaid': Trump Moves to Steamroll Megabill Opposition — Politico
- Trump Tries to Persuade, and Threaten, GOP to Support His Budget Bill — Washington Post
- Johnson Says House on Track for Trump Budget Vote Within Two Days — The Hill
- Senators Are Unmoved by Johnson's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Pitch — Politico
- Johnson Privately Cautions Senate GOP on Trump's Budget Bill — Axios
- Hawley: House GOP Must Listen to Trump on Medicaid — The Hill
- Debt Cloud Suddenly Hangs Over Megabill Talks — Politico
- Senate Unanimously Approves Bill to Eliminate Tax on Tips — The Hill
- Trump's Pick to Lead I.R.S. Promoted a Nonexistent Tax Credit — New York Times
- Democratic Senator Says He Has Recordings of Favors 'Promised' by Trump's IRS Pick — The Hill
- Trump Tax Cuts Would Add $3.8 Trillion to Debt: CBO — The Hill
- Investors Are Jittery as G.O.P. Bill Threatens to Swell Deficit — New York Times
- FDA to Limit Future Covid-19 Shots to Older People and Those at Risk of Serious Infection — CNN
- Elon Musk Says He Will Cut Back on Political Spending After Heavily Backing Trump in 2024 — Associated Press
Views and Analysis
- Behold the New Tax Plan: More Complicated, Less Fair, Totally Unaffordable — Jason Furman, New York Times
- Trump's Tax Cut Faces a New Snag: America's Debt Crisis Is Back in the Spotlight — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN
- 5 Things to Know About SALT, the Tax Break Holding Up Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' — Tobias Burns, The Hill
- The Spotlight Is on Medicaid Cuts, but the ACA Marketplaces Could See a One-Third Cut in Enrollment — Drew Altman, KFF
- Republicans Tweak the Social Contract to Ask More of States — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
- Why Moody's Picked Now to Downgrade the United States — Heather Long, Washington Post
- Markets Snap Back, but Moody's Was Onto Something — John Authers, Bloomberg
- JD Vance's Surprise Admission About Trump, Medicaid Boomerangs on Him — Greg Sargent, New Republic
- How Will the 2025 Reconciliation Bill Affect the Uninsured Rate in Each State? — Alice Burns et al., KFF
- The Real Cost of Trump's Cheap Drug Promise — Eduardo Porter, Washington Post
- The President Will Destroy You Now — Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times
Fiscal News Roundup
- House GOP Speeds Toward Showdown — The Hill
- Trump Plans to Rally House Republicans Divided on Tax Cut Bill — Bloomberg
- House GOP Leaders Want Trump to Dissuade Hard-Liners on Deeper Medicaid Cuts — Politico
- Republicans Tweak Megabill's SNAP, Medicaid Provisions — Politico
- Concerns Rise Over Medical Coverage Losses From 'Big, Beautiful Bill' — The Hill
- Senate Republicans Want to Break Up House's Trump Bill Into Bite-Size Pieces — The Hill
- Trump Warns Walmart: Don't Raise Prices Due to My Tariffs but Do Eat the Costs From Those Taxes — Associated Press
- Trump's Tariffs May Mean Walmart Shoppers Pay More, His Treasury Chief Acknowledges — Associated Press
- Scott Bessent Says Tariff Rates Will Return to 'Reciprocal' Levels if Countries Don't Reach Trade Deals With US — CNN
- Trump Economic Adviser on Debt Downgrade: 'Moody's Can Do What It Wants to' — The Hill
- Ray Dalio Says the Risk to U.S. Treasurys Is Even Greater Than What Moody's Is Saying — CNBC
- Trump's DOJ Accuses Medicare Advantage Insurers of Paying 'Kickbacks' for Primo Customers — KFF Health News
- After US Cuts Funding, WHO Chief Defends $2.1B Budget Request by Comparing It With Cost of War — Associated Press
- Libraries Are Cutting Back on Staff and Services After Trump's Order to Dismantle Small Agency — Associated Press
- Trump Administration to Pay $5 Million to Family of Jan. 6 Rioter Ashli Babbitt — CBS News
Views and Analysis
- The Stark Math on the GOP Tax Plan: It Doesn't Cut the Deficit — Richard Rubin, Wall Street Journal
- Trump Press Secretary Flat Out Lies About Effects of Budget Bill — Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, New Republic
- The Real Message of the Moody's Downgrade — Neil Irwin, Axios
- Moody's Blues Come for US Sentiment — John Authers, Bloomberg
- Moody's Market Jolt Will Leave Its Mark — Jonathan Levin, Bloomberg
- Jim Millstein Says US Risks 'Fiscal Disaster' If Recession Hits — Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg
- Trump's Massive Import Taxes Haven't Done Much Economic Damage - Yet — Paul Wiseman, Christopher Rugaber and Ann D'Innocenzio, Associated Press
- The Argument's Over: Americans Pay for Tariffs — Ben Berkowitz, Axios
- Midpoint of Trump Tariff Hiatus to Reveal Increasingly Unsettled World — Craig Stirling, Bloomberg
- Housing, Nutrition in Peril as Trump Pulls Back Medicaid Social Services — Angela Hart, KFF Health New
- Republicans Like Europe - Whether They Know It or Not — Allison Schrager, Bloomberg
- Real State Tax Revenues Decline Amid Growing Fiscal Uncertainty — Lucy Dadayan, Tax Policy Center