News Views
Fiscal News Roundup
- US Notches Worst Three Months for Jobs Growth Since Pandemic — Bloomberg
- Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Weak Jobs Report and Baseless Claim of 'Faked' Stats — ABC News
- Labor Secretary Hails Trump Move to Fire BLS Chief — The Hill
- Trump Tariff Blitz Unleashes Delayed Shock to Global Economy — Bloomberg
- Senate Unlocks 'Minibus' Deal, Prepares to Advance Three Spending Bills — Politico
- Donald Trump Reignites Global Trade War With Sweeping Tariff Regime — Financial Times
- Senate Strikes Deal to Approve Funding Bills Ahead of August Recess — The Hill
- Senate Panel Advances More Than $1 Trillion in Government Funding for 2026 — The Hill
- Republicans, Appropriators Dominate House Earmarks — Roll Call
- Trump Fumes at Powell, Urging Federal Reserve Board Takeover — The Hill
- Deep Staff Cuts at a Little-Known Federal Agency Pose Trouble for Droves of Local Health Programs — KFF Health News
- Trump Says He Asked 17 Drugmakers to Take Steps to Cut U.S. Prices Within 60 Days — CNBC
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After Federal Funding Cuts — ABC News
- GOP Group Launches $6 Million Plan to Defend Megabill — Politico
- CDC Says Childhood Vaccination Rates Have Dropped Again — New York Times
- Massachusetts Governor Proposes $400 Million for Colleges, Citing Federal 'Uncertainty.' — New York Times
Views and Analysis
- After a Week of Mediocre Economic News, Trump Wants to Fire the Messenger — Binyamin Appelbaum, New York Times
- Tariffs? In This Economy? Good Luck With That — Robert Burgess, Bloomberg
- Trump's Trade Deals Make America European Again — Joseph C. Sternberg, Wall Street Journal
- Trump's Tariffs Are Doing Just What His Critics Feared — Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post
- The Big Chill Hits the Labor Market as Job Creation Cools in July — Joseph Brusuelas, RSM
- Trump's Tariffs Are Undermining the Peaceful, Prosperous World Order — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
- Welcome to Liberation Day 2.0. Six Experts Weigh In — Washington Post Opinions
- Here's a Better Plan for Retirement Than Social Security — Nir Kaissar, Bloomberg
- 'Trump Accounts' Cannot Possibly Replace Social Security — Ryan Cooper, American Prospect
- Here Are the Winners and Losers of the Trade War — Madison Mills, Axios
- The Best Way to Provide Relief Is to Repeal Tariffs, Not Offer Tariff Rebate Checks — Alex Durante, Tax Foundation
- The Floods in Texas Show Why We Need to Fully Fund NOAA Labs — John Dos Passos Coggin, The Hill
- Data From Calif. and D.C. Shows How Minimum Wage Hikes Can Hurt — Washington Post Editorial Board
- The Army's Acquisition Process for New Weapons Systems Is Still Broken — Dov S. Zakheim, The Hill
- Trump's Policies Are Here to Stay — Megan McArdle, Washington Post
Fiscal News Roundup
- Senators Eye Minibus Funding Deal — Punchbowl News
- GOP Senators Reject Trump's Pitch to Use Tariff Revenue for 'Rebates' — Washington Post
- Susan Collins' Maine Bonanza — Punchbowl News
- Trump Gives Mexico 90-Day Reprieve From Higher Tariffs — Bloomberg
- Trump Escalates Fight With Brazil, Taking Aim at Its Economy and Politics — New York Times
- Trump's Tariffs Get Frosty Reception at Federal Appeals Court — Politico
- Trump Ends Tariff Exemption for Small Packages — Wired
- Price Increases Arrive From P&G, Adidas, Others as Tariffs Hit Home — Axios
- Ford Takes $800 Million Tariff Hit, Posts First Loss Since 2023 — Wall Street Journal
- Trump Lashes Out at Powell Over Rate Decision With Stream of Insults — Axios
- Student Loan Interest for Millions Resumes on Aug. 1. The Average Monthly Payment Could Rise $300 — CBS News
- Poll Finds Economy Views Improving Slightly, but Most Expect Prices to Go Up — CBS News
- The Philanthropy Fighting Trump's Budget Cuts Without Blaming Trump — New York Times
- Bill Barring Stock Trading for Congress Advances With Trump Carve-Out — New York Times
- Medicaid Was Signed Into Law 60 Years Ago. Trump's Big Bill Is Chiseling It Back — Associated Press
- Trump's DOJ Rewrites Inclusion Rules for Grant Programs — Axios
Views and Analysis
- The Tariffs Kicked In. The Sky Didn't Fall. Were the Economists Wrong? — Jason Furman, New York Times
- Despite Trade Deals, the Fallout From Tariffs Is Just Beginning — Nicholas Sargen, The Hill
- The Two Months That Will Test Whether the Fed Called the Economy Right — Nick Timiraos, Wall Street Journal
- Who Gets 'No Tax on Overtime'? It's Messy — Richard Rubin, Wall Street Journal
- One Way to Ease the US Debt Crisis? Productivity — Justin Fox, Bloomberg
- Europe's Summer of Humiliation — Marc De Vos, Financial Times
- Why the Fed Could Lose $1.5 Trillion — Darian Woods, Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi, Angel Carreras and Kate Concannon, NPR (audio)
- The Second Gilded Age Is Resembling the First — David Dayen, American Prospect
- Holy Ground, Not Battleground: Keep Politics Out of My Synagogue — Yosie Levine, The Hill
- Portrait of a Young DOGE Coder Dismantling America's Institutions — Susan Berfield, Margi Murphy and Jason Leopold, Bloomberg