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Fiscal News Roundup
- Trump Threatens Iran as Vance Heads to Pakistan for Peace Talks — Bloomberg
- Vance Warns Iran Not to 'Play' the US as He Departs for Negotiations Aimed at Ending the War — Associated Press
- Trump, Senate GOP Agree on Outline of Fast-Track Spending Bill — Bloomberg
- War in Iran Sends Inflation Soaring and the Mood of American Consumers Plunging — Associated Press
- 'This Is Very Real': Surging Gas Prices Drive Inflation to Highest Level in Two Years — Politico
- Consumer Sentiment Plummets to Record Low as Iran War Jacks Up Inflation — CNN
- These Republican-on-Republican Disputes Are Keeping Congress Frozen — Politico
- IRS CEO, in Brooklyn, Promotes Tax Breaks and Refunds Alongside GOP House Member — Politico
- Confusion Surrounds Trump Effort to Pay TSA, DHS; Some Could See Last Paycheck Friday — The Hill
- Tariff Refund Tool Will Go Live on April 20, US Customs Says — Bloomberg
- Trump Administration Admits a Glaring Error in Its New York Health Fraud Accusations — Associated Press
- Democrats Denounce Trump's Plan to Use Foreign Steel in White House Ballroom — New York Times
- Pope Leo XIV Condemns War, Rejects Claims of Divine Backing — Politico
- L'Arc De Trump: Commission Unveils Plans for 250-Foot Arch — Politico
- Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office — Wall Street Journal
Views and Analysis
- The Oil Shock Is Worse Than You Think — Rebecca F. Elliott, New York Times
- It's Not Just Oil. A Blocked Hormuz Risks Hiking the Price of Nearly Everything You Buy — Sarah Holder and Rachael Lewis-Krisky, Bloomberg (podcast)
- Consumers Are in a Foul, Foul Mood — Neil Irwin, Axios
- Prices Are High. Here's One Reason Not to Panic — Jason Furman, New York Times
- Bad Inflation Reports Are Often Like Cockroaches — Jonathan Levin, Bloomberg
- Hillary Clinton: How to Fix Affordability — Hillary Clinton, New York Times
- Budgets Used to Be About Fiscal Control. Not Anymore — Bloomberg Editorial Board
- Getting New York City to Believe in Government — David Dayen and Whitney Curry Wimbish, American Prospect
- America's Demographic Stagnation Will Make It Poorer — Clive Cook, Bloomberg
- The Trump Administration Is in a Psychotic State — Jonathan Rauch and Peter Wehner, New York Times
- An Unpardonable Abuse of Presidential Power With Only One Solution — George F. Will, Washington Post
Fiscal News Roundup
- White House Struggles to Prop Up Truce Marked by Confusion, Contradictions — Washington Post
- Hormuz Traffic Still Blocked as Only Iran-Linked Ships Cross — Bloomberg
- Trump Threatens Iran Over Hormuz Tolls as Israel Strikes Lebanon — Bloomberg
- GOP Blocks Democrats' Attempt to Limit Trump's Iran War Powers — The Hill
- Top GOP Senators to Meet With Trump on DHS Funding — The Hill
- DHS Staffers Are Now Getting Paid During the Shutdown. Here's How — CNN
- Republicans Fight Among Themselves Over Their Long Pre-Election To-Do List — Semafor
- Johnson Faces Rocky Weeks of Lassoing Frustrated House Republicans for Major Bills — The Hill
- US Economy Grew a Sluggish 0.5% in Fourth Quarter, Government Says, Downgrading Previous Estimate — Associated Press
- Inflation Stayed Stubbornly High Heading Into the Iran War, Fed's Preferred Gauge Shows — CNN
- Trump Promised to Cut Electric Costs in Half. Bills in Energy-Rich West Virginia Now Top Mortgages — Associated Press
- For Second Time, Trump Seeks to Eliminate Federal Funding for Tribal Colleges and Universities — Associated Press
- CDC Delays Publishing Report Showing Covid Vaccine Benefits — Washington Post
- States Face Another Challenge With Medicaid Work Rules: Staffing Shortages — KFF Health News
- RFK Jr. Has Stopped Talking About Vaccines. A Memo Shows Why — Bloomberg
Views and Analysis
- I Studied the Economic Fallout From World War I. This Could Be Worse Than We Expect — Jamie Martin, New York Times
- Will the Iran Ceasefire Quickly Ease U.S. Gas Prices? Here's What Experts Think — Mary Cunningham, CBS News
- The Iran War Is Making Life More Expensive for Americans — Samantha Delouya and John Towfighi, CNN
- A Cease-Fire for Now in Iran, but a Blow to American Credibility — Steven Erlanger, New York Times
- Trump Got Schooled by Iran. He'll Never Learn — Timothy L. O'Brien, Bloomberg
- The Fed Can Only Watch Iran's Energy Shock - and Wait — Bill Dudley, Bloomberg
- The Middle East War Depleted US Weapons. Rebuilding Will Require China's Cooperation — Daniel Desrochers, Politico
- Pharma Fallout From Iran War Won't End With Ceasefire — Peter Sullivan, Axios
- A Special Session for Homeland Security Funding? — Don Wolfensberger, The Hill
- EVs Represent All That's Wrong With US Industrial Policy — Scott Lincicome, Bloomberg
- Inside the Unbuilding of Trump's Border Wall — Brittany Gibson, Axios
- This Is a Tale of Two Outbreaks. The Difference Is RFK Jr. — Alexander Sundermann, Washington Post
- This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade — Jeff Coller, New York Times
- Shooting $100 Billion in Taxpayer Funds to the Moon Is Not a Win — Julia R. Cartwright, Washington Post