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Fiscal News Roundup
- US Averts Government Shutdown as Senate Passes GOP Spending Bill — Bloomberg
- Schumer, Facing Backlash for Not Forcing a Shutdown, Says He'll Take 'the Bullets' — New York Times
- Chuck Schumer Is Drowning in Dem Criticism. Hakeem Jeffries Refused to Throw Him a Rope — Politico
- Pelosi Slams 'False Choice' on Shutdown, Indirectly Criticizing Schumer — Politico
- Trump Lauds Schumer's 'Guts' in Backing Bill to Avoid Shutdown — Politico
- House Democrats Bash Senate Colleagues for Backing GOP Spending Bill: 'Huge Slap in the Face' — The Hill
- Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats Against Schumer Plan as Colleagues Privately Urge Her to Consider Primary Challenge — CNN
- Funding Bill May Grant Trump, Musk More Control Over Federal Spending — Washington Post
- Trump Backs Key Senate Tax Plan Strategy in Struggle With House — Politico
- Trump CMS Nominee Dr. Oz Won't Commit to Opposing Medicaid Cuts — CNBC
- IRS to Pause Modernization Efforts Under Trump — The Hill
- From Airports to Mentorship Programs, Local Funding Disappears in Budget Fight — New York Times
- Farmers Face Steep Losses in the Middle of Trump's Trade War and Funding Cuts — NBC News
- Kennedy Spends First Month as Health Secretary Downplaying Vaccines and Targeting Food Additives — NBC News
- This Stock Market Index Is Flashing a Clear Warning About the Economy — New York Times
- Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More — New York Times
- Former US Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, Who Bridged Partisan Gaps With His Quick Wit, Dies at Age 93 — Associated Press
Views and Analysis
- Trump and Musk Would Love a Shutdown. We Must Not Give Them One — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), New York Times
- Democratic Anger Over 'Schumer Surrender' Shows Party's Deep Divisions on How to Take on Trump — Julie Tsirkin, Sahil Kapur and Frank Thorp V, NBC News
- Schumer Brings a White Flag to a Gun Fight — Ed Kilgore, New York
- Trump Was Poised to Have a Bad Week. Enter Democrats — Megan Messerly and Meredith Lee Hill, Politico
- DOGE Says It's Saving $100 Billion. It's About to Lose a Lot More — Natasha Sarin, Washington Post
- A Small but Important Risk in Trump's Tariff Games — Binyamin Appelbaum, New York Times
- How Wall Street and Business Got Trump Wrong — Greg Ip, Wall Street Journal
- Is Trump 'Detoxing' the Economy or Poisoning It? — Ezra Klein, New York Times
- Here's Why Trump Wants the Economy in Chaos — Heather Long, Washington Post
- Trump's Ad Hoc Presidency Is Destroying the Economy - and a Lot More — Dana Milbank, Washington Post
- Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence — Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson, New York Times
- U.S. Consumers Are Starting to Crack as Tariffs Add to Inflation, Recession Concerns — Gabrielle Fonrouge and Leslie Josephs, CNBC
- Federal Budget Ax Threatens Contractors, but Could Also Be an Opportunity — Noam Scheiber, New York Times
- How a Quack TV Doctor Made It to Washington — Eoin Higgins, New York Times
- We Need a Reminder of What the Pre-Vaccine Era Was Like — Elena Conis, New York Times
- Republicans' Reckless Assault on Clean Energy Will Cost Them — Lena Moffitt, The Hill
Fiscal News Roundup
- Schumer Backs Away From Shutdown, Says He'll Vote to Advance GOP Bill — Politico
- Trump Threatens to Put 200% Tariff on French Champagne and Other EU Spirits — CNBC
- Trump Administration Must Rehire Thousands of Fired Workers, Judge Rules — New York Times
- DOGE Proposes Cutting IRS Workforce by a Total of Nearly 20% — CNN
- Richest Americans, Big Businesses Might Welcome IRS Cuts, Officials Say — Washington Post
- DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find — New York Times
- Republicans Fear Time Is Running Out to Pass Trump's Agenda — Politico
- 'Be Careful About This': Warnings Abound as GOP Considers Writing Off Tax Cuts — Politico
- Postal Service Signs Cost-Cutting Deal With DOGE — The Hill
- E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose — New York Times
- Democratic-Led States Sue to Block Trump Administration Layoffs at the Education Department — Associated Press
- Trump Administration Withdraws CDC Director Nomination Just Before Senate Hearing — Associated Press
- Weldon's History of Vaccine Skepticism Helped Tank His CDC Nomination — Politico
- Federal Agency Dedicated to Mental Illness and Addiction Faces Huge Cuts — New York Times
- Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics — New York Times
- Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Jobs After $800M in Federal Cuts — Washington Post
- Medicaid Shortfall Forces California to Borrow $3.44B — Politico
- D.C. Families, Facing Lost Jobs and a Gutted City Budget, Beseech Republican Lawmakers — New York Times
- 'Highly Unusual': White House Halts FBI Background Checks for Senior Staff, Shifts Them to Pentagon: Sources — ABC News
Views and Analysis
- 'They're Totally Screwed': White House Taunts Democrats on Shutdown — Rachael Bade, Politico
- Democrats' First Big Chance to Check Trump May Make Them Look Even Weaker — Stephen Collinson, CNN
- A Shutdown May Be Averted, but at What Cost? — Bloomberg Editorial Board
- Trump's Big Bet: Americans Will Tolerate Economic Downturn to Restore Manufacturing — David E. Sanger, New York Times
- Wall Street Is Simply Flabbergasted That Trump Is Wrecking the Economy — Catherine Rampell, Washington Post
- Trump's Tariffs Are Aimed at a Trade Deficit Driven by Popular Goods — Denie Lu and Raeedah Wahid, Bloomberg
- Mad King Trump's Tariff Disaster — Ryan Cooper, American Prospect
- Latest Inflation Readings Put the Federal Reserve in a Bind — Jonathan Levin, Bloomberg
- Federal Workers Return to the Office. Custodial Staff Doesn't — David Dayen, American Prospect
- Trump Treasury Expands Financial Surveillance — Nicholas Anthony, Cato Institute
- America Can't Be Great if America Is Stupid — Frank Bruni, New York Times