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Fiscal News Roundup
- Trump Heads to a Competitive New York District to Sell His Tax Law as Voters Sour on the Economy — Associated Press
- Trump Immunity From IRS Audit Shocks Experts, Who Warn It Could Undermine Trust in Tax System — Associated Press
- Trump, Who Claimed He "Wasn't Involved" in Creation of "Anti-Weaponization" Fund, Now Says He Allowed It — CBS News
- Blanche Thrust into Republican Firestorm Over $1.8B Fund as He Seeks to Prove His Loyalty to Trump — Associated Press
- Trump's $1.8B Fund Isn't Officially Open Yet. That Hasn't Stopped Applications — NBC News
- Kevin Warsh Sworn in as Fed Chair, but Trump's Rate Cuts Look Increasingly Unlikely — NBC News
- Consumer Sentiment Hits Fresh Record Low in May as Iran War Fuels Inflation Worries — CNBC
- Trump Directs Legal Migrants to Return to Home Country to Apply for Green Cards — The Hill
- Trump Said He'd 'Remember' Companies That Didn't Apply for Tariff Refunds. Many of Them Are Anyway — CNBC
- Trump Says He's Sending 5,000 Troops to Poland, Deepening Confusion Over Us Military Deployments to Europe — CNN
- Nation's Largest Public Pension Fund Plagued by Secrecy and Underperformance, Probe Finds — NBC News
- Military Healthcare Contractor Apologizes to 4 Million Beneficiaries — NBC News
Views and Analysis
- Trump and Top Officials Defend $1.8 Billion Fund With Inaccurate Claims — Linda Qiu, New York Times
- In a Rarity, Republicans Stand Up to Trump — Luke Broadwater, New York Times
- Trump's Inevitable Clash With Congressional Republicans Has Arrived. What Happens Next? — Aaron Blake, CNN
- Pushed to the Limit, Republicans Show Rare Defiance to Trump's Demands — Lisa Mascaro and Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press
- There's a Way to Stop Trump's I.R.S. Slush Fund — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), New York Times
- The Simple Answer to Taxing the Rich Is the Best Answer — Zachary Liscow, New York Times
- Warsh Takes Charge of a Fed Facing Rising Inflation Threat — Colby Smith, New York Times
- The Democratic Party Is Divided (But Not How You Think) — Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
- Who Died When Elon Musk Killed USAID? — Julian Scoffield, Revolving Door Project
- The FDA's About-Face on Flavored Vapes Will Prove Deadly for Kids — Michael R. Bloomberg, Bloomberg
Fiscal News Roundup
- Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' Torpedoes ICE Funding Deal — Axios
- Republicans Punt on Reconciliation Amid Furious Disagreement Over 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund — The Hill
- Bipartisan House Effort Aims to Kill 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund — Politico
- Trump's Allies Are Already Lining Up to Apply to His $1.8 Billion Fund — Washington Post
- Trump Eyes More GOP Targets for Revenge in 2028 — Axios
- US to Award Quantum-Computing Firms $2 Billion and Take Equity Stakes — Wall Street Journal
- Trump Administration Says New EPA Rules Will Save You Money at the Supermarket. It's Not Clear They Will — CNBC
- A $5 Million Donation From Big Tobacco Preceded FDA Vape Decision — New York Times
- Collins Pushes Back on Trump's Plan to Cut Health Research Funding — Politico
- Arrington Wants House to Advance a Budget Blueprint in June — Politico
- Homebuyers Hammered as War-Fueled Bond Rout Drives Up Rates — Bloomberg
- Nicole Saphier Is Trump's Pick for Surgeon General. She's Also a 'Farmer' in New Jersey - and Gets a Tax Break — Politico
- Key Federal Agency Approves the Design Plan for Trump's Washington Arch — Associated Press
- 'We've Never Been This Bad.' Eastern Pennsylvania Weighs Rising Costs — New York Times
- Gas Prices in All 50 States Are Sitting Above $4 Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend — Yahoo Finance
- New York Tax on NYC Cash Home Purchases Close to Collapsing — Bloomberg
Views and Analysis
- Defenders of Trump's 'Anti-Weaponization' Fund Are Few. And They're Struggling — Aaron Blake, CNN
- Why Critics Call Trump's $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund an Abuse of Power — Erik Larson, Bloomberg
- Is Trump's $1.7+ Billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund' Legal? Experts Weigh In — Jacob Rosen and Melissa Quinn, CBS News
- How to Stop Trump's 'Weaponization' Fund — Washington Post Editorial Board
- Trump Just Took Us Somewhere the Country Has Never Been Before — Noah Shachtman, New York Times
- Who Will Pay for Trump's Pet Projects? Taxpayers — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
- The $5.02 Ghost: Trump's Team Faces a Symbolic Blow to One of Its Favorite Economic Talking Points — Scott Waldman, Alex Gangitano and Megan Messerly, Politico
- Bond Markets Are Not So Subtly Telling the Fed That Rates Aren't High Enough — Jennifer Schonberger, Yahoo Finance
- Ignore This Bond Market Slump at Your Own Peril — Bill Dudley, Bloomberg
- The Bond Markets Are Punishing America — Washington Post Editorial Board
- One Single Company May Be Worsening the Inflation Picture — Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway, Bloomberg
- Dumb and Dumber, Republican-Style — George F. Will, Washington Post
- MAHA Is No Longer Useful to Trump — Tressie McMillan Cottom, Alexandra Sifferlin and David Wallace-Wells, New York Times