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Fiscal News Roundup
- Trump Says Venezuela to Send Oil Worth Up to $2.8 Billion to US — Bloomberg
- US Seizes Two More Ships as Trump Tightens Venezuela Quarantine — Bloomberg
- Hegseth Has Heated Exchange With CNN Reporter Over Cost of Venezuela Mission — The Hill
- Dems Splinter on How to Confront Trump Over Venezuela — Punchbowl News
- Trump Proposes Massive Increase in 2027 Defense Spending to $1.5T, Citing 'Dangerous Times' — Associated Press
- Trump Signs Order Pressing Defense Firms to Cut Buybacks — Bloomberg
- House One Step Closer to Passing Three-Bill Spending Package — Politico
- 9 Republicans Back Dem Effort to Revive Obamacare Subsidies — Politico
- Abortion, Minimum Premiums Emerge as Sticking Points in Senate Obamacare Talks — The Hill
- GOP Backlash to Omar Earmark Slows Government-Funding Bill — The Hill
- House, Senate Lawmakers Ignore Requested Trump Cuts at Key Science Agencies — FedScoop
- Comer, Lee Get in Heated Exchange During Minnesota Fraud Hearing: 'You All Have Failed' — The Hill
- US Suspends Assistance to Somalia's Federal Government, Alleging It Seized Food Aid — Associated Press
- Trump Officials Loosen Strings on Federal Education Money for Iowa. More States Could Follow — Associated Press
- The Big Plan Behind Kennedy's Overhaul of Childhood Vaccines — Politico
- Trump Says He Wants to Ban Large Investors From Buying Houses. It's Part of His Affordability Plan — Associated Press
Views and Analysis
- G.O.P. Congressman: Trump Needs to Change Course on Venezuela — Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), New York Times
- What's Really Driving Trump's Moves in Venezuela and Greenland — Michael Schaffer, Politico
- Trump May Regret Bypassing Congress on Venezuela — Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post
- Inside the White House Obsession With Reducing Energy Prices — Sophia Cai and Cheyenne Haslett, Politico
- Trump's Voters Are Discovering What 'America First' Really Means — Christopher Caldwell, New York Times
- Trump Is About to Lose Control of the Economy — Jason Furman, New York Times
- If Democrats Won't Shut Down the Government, Trump Will — David Dayen, American Prospect
- Minnesota's Fraud Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Democrats — Ruy Teixeira, New York Times
- The White House's Pro-Crime Manifesto — Washinton Post Editorial Board
- 'Tax Me,' Mitt Romney Says, Pointing at You — Clifford Asness and Michael Mendelson, Wall Street Journal
Fiscal News Roundup
- Trump Tries to Rally House GOP as the Party's Majority Narrows but Meanders Along the Way — Associated Press
- Trump Tells GOP It's Time to 'Own' Health Care While Urging 'Flexibility' on Abortion Restrictions — Politico
- Conservatives Balk at Trump's Calls to Be 'Flexible' on Abortion Coverage in Health Care Talks — Politico
- Trump to House Republicans: If We Don't Win Midterms, I'll Get Impeached — Reuters
- Congress Has Four Weeks to Dodge Another Shutdown — Washington Post
- ACA Subsidy Cliff May Mean 'Astronomical Tax Bills' for Many, CFP Says — CNBC
- Trump Administration Freezes Billions in Social Services Funding to Five Democratic States — CNN
- Dems Use Venezuela to Hammer Affordability Issues at Home — Politico
- Fed's Miran Says More Than Full Point of Cuts Needed in 2026 — Bloomberg
- Do Tariffs Cause Inflation? New Studies Offer Surprising Answer — Wall Street Journal
- Nvidia CEO Says He's 'Perfectly Fine' With Billionaires Tax — Bloomberg
- Justice Dept. Drops Claim That Venezuela's 'Cartel de los Soles' Is an Actual Group — New York Times
- Trump Weighs Using U.S. Military to Acquire Greenland: White House — CNBC
- On 5th Anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection, Trump Looks to Shift the Blame — Politico
- This Jan. 6 Plaque Was Made to Honor Law Enforcement. It's Nowhere to Be Found at the Capitol — Associated Press
Views and Analysis
- The GOP Is Kidding Itself About the Economy — David M. Drucker, Bloomberg
- Tariffs "Funded" Everything in 2025-Will the Fantasy Continue in 2026? — Scott Lincicome and Alfredo Carrillo Obregon, CATO Institute
- Americans Are Living in the Worst of All Tax Worlds — Allison Schrager, Bloomberg
- Millions Are Starting Off the New Year With a Heftier Health Insurance Bill — Ali Velshi, MS Now
- The Fed's Six Big Challenges in 2026 — Bill Dudley, Bloomberg
- Helping Americans Break Free From Government Dependency — Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH), The Hill
- 10 Health Stories That Could Define 2026 — Leana S. Wen, Washington Post
- Jamie Raskin: Jan. 6 Never Ended — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), New York Times
- Disgust Over Jan. 6 Is No Longer Bipartisan — New York Times Editorial Board
- Snatching Maduro From Venezuela Was Illegal - and Damaging — Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
- The Trump Revolution Is Going Much Further Than We Realize — Thomas B. Edsall, New York Times