Newsletter Archive

August 2024

Trump Economic Plans Would Cost More Than $4 Trillion: Analysis

Happy Tuesday! Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are set to return to the campaign trail with a two-day bus tour in Georgia starting tomorrow. They have also scheduled a joint interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on…

Plus: Plus: Public health experts anxious about Kennedy

Fed’s Powell Says ‘Time Has Come’ to Cut Rates

Happy Friday! It was a good day for Donald Trump, as Robert F. Kennedy dropped his independent presidential bid and backed the Republican nominee. It’s another twist in a campaign that has been chock full of them over the last two months,…

Plus: Plus: Harris makes history

Kamala Harris's High-Stakes Moment

Vice President Kamala Harris will wrap up the Democratic National Convention tonight — and kick off a 75-day dash for the White House — when she accepts her party’s presidential nomination. Will there be — or bee — any big surprises…

Plus: Plus: The Fed tries to stick a soft landing

US Job Growth Revised Sharply Lower

Happy Wednesday! It’s Tim Walz night at the Democratic National Convention. The Minnesota governor will formally accept the nomination to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate. Before he does, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,…

Plus: Plus: Trump's got gripes

Harris Allies Push Back on Critics of Price Gouging Proposal

Good evening! President Joe Biden is vacationing in the Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County, California, today after delivering his emotional Democratic National Convention speech late last night and passing the torch to Vice…

Plus: Plus: Schumer talks SALT

Harris Proposes a Corporate Tax Hike

Happy Monday! As the Democratic National Convention starts today, Vice President Kamala Harris is calling for an increase in the corporate tax rate from the current 21% to 28%, NBC News reports. A Harris campaign spokesman called it “a…

Plus: Plus: What analysts are saying about Kamalanomics

Harris Unveils Populist ‘Opportunity Economy’ Agenda

TGIF! Vice President Kamala Harris today made her first major policy speech since entering the 2024 presidential race, laying out an economic plan that she said would lower costs and increase economic security and opportunity for American…

Plus: Plus: The Inflation Reduction Act turns 2

Biden and Harris Take a Victory Lap on Drug Prices

Happy Thursday! It’s apparently National Relaxation Day, but how can we relax when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held their first joint event since she replaced him atop the Democratic ticket? And when Donald Trump…

Plus: Plus: Trump again rips into Harris

Trump Tries an Economic Attack on Harris

Happy Wednesday, and a happy 89th birthday to Social Security, which was signed into law by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on this date in 1935. Here’s what’s happening.

Plus: Plus: Inflation hits lowest level in 3 years

Elon Musk Pitches Trump an Idea to Cut Government Spending

Happy Tuesday. A reminder to retailers and other companies: It’s not fall yet, and we’re nowhere near Halloween, so cool it with the pumpkin spice and candy displays. Let us enjoy these last days of summer, please.

Plus: Plus: New data on inflation

Echoing Trump, Harris Backs Ending Taxes on Tips

Happy Monday! Vice President Kamala Harris says she will release her economic plan this week, and she’s scheduled to make a joint appearance with President Joe Biden in Maryland on Thursday to discuss “the progress they are making to lower…

Plus: Plus: Freedom Caucus pushes a strategy for coming spending fight

Trump’s ‘Truly Reckless’ Social Security Plan

Happy Friday! Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are back on the campaign trail today. Harris and running mate Tim Walz are hosting an event in Arizona, while Trump is holding a rally tonight in Montana, which…

Plus: Plus: The fiscal records of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

Trump Goes on the Attack to Reset His Campaign

Happy Thursday! On this date way back in 1911, President William Howard Taft signed a measure that raised the number of members in the House of Representatives from 391 to 433, with a provision to add one seat each for Arizona and New…

Plus: Plus: The deficit hits $1.5 trillion over 10 months

‘Joyful Warriors’ Harris and Walz Hit the Midwest

Good evening! The battle for the Blue Wall states got dialed up a notch today, with dueling campaign events in Wisconsin and Michigan. Here’s your Wednesday update.

Plus: Plus: Mnuchin says 20-year Treasuries should be eliminated

Kamala Harris Makes a Safe Pick for VP

Good evening! Kamala Harris announced today that she has picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, finalizing the Democratic ticket that was completely uncertain just a few weeks ago and setting the stage for a 90-day race to…

Plus: Plus: The uninsured rate rises in 2024

Recession Fears (and More) Rock World Markets

Happy Monday! Financial markets are freaking out, but you shouldn’t be. We’ll explain, but first, we want to note that on this date 163 years ago, Abraham Lincoln signed the Revenue Act of 1861, which included the nation’s first income tax…

Plus: Plus: How Medicare Advantage insurers got $15 billion extra

Senate Skips Town With Shutdown Deadline Looming

Happy Thursday! The United States and Russia completed a historic prisoner swap today that included the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan from Russian captivity. The exchange was the…

Plus: Plus: Senate Republicans block bipartisan tax bill

July 2024

Trump Sparks Outrage by Questioning Harris's Racial Identity

Donald Trump sparred with Black journalists at an event in Chicago today, where he questioned Vice President Kamala Harris’s racial identity and falsely suggested she had misled voters. “I don't know, is she Indian or is she Black?” Trump…

Plus: Plus: The Fed signals rate cuts could start soon

Project 2025 Leader Steps Down Under Pressure From Trump Campaign

Happy Tuesday! On this date 59 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Social Security Amendments of 1965, leading to the creation of Medicare and Medicaid. Today, the five-member U.S. women’s gymnastics team led by…

Plus: Plus: The job market continues to cool