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Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it's been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy.
The first time we had 'one big, beautiful bill' we called it Reaganomics
Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it's been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy.
www.npr.org
May 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it's been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy.
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EXCLUSIVE: Listen to the full Biden-Hur special counsel interview — held over two days in October 2023
Exclusive: Listen to the full Biden-Hur special counsel interview
Axios obtained the recordings of Biden's interviews with Robert Hur — held over two sessions on Oct. 8 and 9
www.axios.com
May 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Listen to the full Biden-Hur special counsel interview — held over two days in October 2023
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NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a joint statement on X that they would meet on Thursday in Washington to discuss a renewed U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
Canadians call for resolution amid energy trade war concerns
A broader dispute is "going to hurt both economies," Ontario's minister of energy and electrification said.
www.axios.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
NEW: Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a joint statement on X that they would meet on Thursday in Washington to discuss a renewed U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
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The worst flu season in 15 years has left hundreds of thousands of Americans hospitalized while straining physicians' offices and emergency departments.
U.S. facing worst flu season since 2009, experts say
The illness is coming with more severe complications and hitting young children especially hard.
www.axios.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The worst flu season in 15 years has left hundreds of thousands of Americans hospitalized while straining physicians' offices and emergency departments.
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NEW: Google said it is ending its goal to boost its ranks of people from historically underrepresented groups and will also review its other diversity efforts as it looks to comply with various Trump Administration rules for government contractors.
Google rolls back diversity efforts, citing government contractor rules
Employees at the search giant and its big tech rivals remain overwhelmingly male and white.
www.axios.com
February 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
NEW: Google said it is ending its goal to boost its ranks of people from historically underrepresented groups and will also review its other diversity efforts as it looks to comply with various Trump Administration rules for government contractors.
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This man is one of Marco Rubio's newest hires at the State Department. It's hard to even comprehend the mindset that says that he's qualified to represent the United States in any capacity at all.
February 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This man is one of Marco Rubio's newest hires at the State Department. It's hard to even comprehend the mindset that says that he's qualified to represent the United States in any capacity at all.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries unveiled a 10-part plan for House Democrats' efforts to counter many of President Trump's moves to upend the federal bureaucracy.
Hakeem Jeffries lays out 10-part war plan for Democrats to take on Trump
Jeffries previewed plans to use the government funding process as leverage to reverse some of Trump's moves.
www.axios.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries unveiled a 10-part plan for House Democrats' efforts to counter many of President Trump's moves to upend the federal bureaucracy.
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Trump settled a lawsuit that will require Meta to pay about $25 million, most of which will fund a presidential library, multiple outlets reported and a source familiar confirmed to Axios.
Meta to pay Trump $25 million settlement for shutting his accounts after Jan. 6
$22 million will go toward a fund for Trump's presidential library.
www.axios.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Trump settled a lawsuit that will require Meta to pay about $25 million, most of which will fund a presidential library, multiple outlets reported and a source familiar confirmed to Axios.
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President Trump after briefly offering condolences and sharing plans to investigate a deadly plane collision outside D.C., took partisan hits against former presidents Obama and Biden.
"I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first."
"I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first."
Trump touts national unity over air disaster before bashing Biden and Obama
"I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first," Trump said Thursday.
www.axios.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
President Trump after briefly offering condolences and sharing plans to investigate a deadly plane collision outside D.C., took partisan hits against former presidents Obama and Biden.
"I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first."
"I put safety first. Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first."
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NEW: Trump reiterated that tariffs are coming against Canada and Mexico on Saturday, though he said the scope of those levies is still up in the air.
Trump promises tariffs on Canada, Mexico on Feb. 1
His threat of 25% levies has sparked fears of a trade war.
www.axios.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
NEW: Trump reiterated that tariffs are coming against Canada and Mexico on Saturday, though he said the scope of those levies is still up in the air.
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Aviation safety experts have been warning that air traffic controllers are overloaded and overworked, and that the airspace is increasingly busy with record travel — a combination fueling a grim sense that it was only a matter of time.
A pilot's take on the DCA midair collision
67 people are feared dead after an American Airlines flight and a U.S Army helicopter collided.
www.axios.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Aviation safety experts have been warning that air traffic controllers are overloaded and overworked, and that the airspace is increasingly busy with record travel — a combination fueling a grim sense that it was only a matter of time.
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There was a big effort recently to shut down criticisms of Israel using language policing tactics and basically everyone on the left could see the problem.
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
January 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There was a big effort recently to shut down criticisms of Israel using language policing tactics and basically everyone on the left could see the problem.
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
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And conversely, people didn’t just spontaneously start saying “Latinx” or “BIPOC” — there was a view that it would be better collectively to star using these terms and a genuine question of whether that makes communication easier or harder.
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
January 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And conversely, people didn’t just spontaneously start saying “Latinx” or “BIPOC” — there was a view that it would be better collectively to star using these terms and a genuine question of whether that makes communication easier or harder.
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
www.slowboring.com/p/defund-the...
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The Trump administration temporarily paused federal grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, effective 5 p.m. ET today.
Trump freezes federal grant payments in surprise move
The pause "does not include assistance provided directly to individuals," the memo states.
www.axios.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Trump administration temporarily paused federal grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, effective 5 p.m. ET today.
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GOP needs Dem votes on an omnibus or CR but you can’t possibly vote for anything under these circumstances
The OMB impoundment memo's consequences aren't just about disrupting, in a profound way, *current* funds. It also makes it extremely hard to negotiate *future* spending deals if no one at the table can trust that the executive branch will actually stick to the deal at the execution phase.
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
GOP needs Dem votes on an omnibus or CR but you can’t possibly vote for anything under these circumstances
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A collection of Quaker groups sued the Trump administration over a policy allowing federal officials to arrest undocumented immigrants in "sensitive" spaces, like houses of worship.
Quakers challenge Trump order allowing immigration raids at religious sites
The Quakers said the policy violates their religious freedom, which requires them to welcome everyone.
www.axios.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
A collection of Quaker groups sued the Trump administration over a policy allowing federal officials to arrest undocumented immigrants in "sensitive" spaces, like houses of worship.
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January 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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January 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Not to lib out too much but the aesthetics of Trump's bronzer are just awful.
January 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Not to lib out too much but the aesthetics of Trump's bronzer are just awful.
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The federal workforce tracks the demographics of the national population pretty closely — it’s a bit less white and a bit more male than the national average but differences are very modest.
January 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The federal workforce tracks the demographics of the national population pretty closely — it’s a bit less white and a bit more male than the national average but differences are very modest.
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What actually happened here is that one specific company (United Health) saw profits soar due to the growth of a non-insurance subsidiary (Optum) starting not after ACA's passage (in 2010) but around 2016-2017.
January 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
What actually happened here is that one specific company (United Health) saw profits soar due to the growth of a non-insurance subsidiary (Optum) starting not after ACA's passage (in 2010) but around 2016-2017.
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America’s janky health care system is highly redistributive compared to a proper one with a universal benefit floor.
www.slowboring.com/p/last-biden...
www.slowboring.com/p/last-biden...
January 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
America’s janky health care system is highly redistributive compared to a proper one with a universal benefit floor.
www.slowboring.com/p/last-biden...
www.slowboring.com/p/last-biden...
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For the last week, @kenbensinger.bsky.social and I have been in Altadena, to report on the devastation. But we kept coming back to an Arco gas station, which a group of locals have turned into a beacon of hope with tacos, clothes and community. This is their story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
Tacos, Water and ‘Homies’: A Gas Station Becomes a Uniquely L.A. Relief Site
Out of desperation and a need for social bonding, volunteers have banded together to help Altadena residents.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
For the last week, @kenbensinger.bsky.social and I have been in Altadena, to report on the devastation. But we kept coming back to an Arco gas station, which a group of locals have turned into a beacon of hope with tacos, clothes and community. This is their story: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
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Excellent analysis by my colleague at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy China Studies Program, Brandon Zheng, on behind-the-scenes mergers and acquisitions, and the need for leaders to recognize the soft power of the American anime consumer. www.bakerinstitute.org/research/ame...
American Cultural Diplomacy and Anime: The Other Army of American Consumers | Baker Institute
Overview of Transnational TrendsRecently, Japanese film producer and distributor Toho made headlines by announcing that it was acquiring GKIDS, “a New York-based distributor of award-winning feature a...
www.bakerinstitute.org
January 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Excellent analysis by my colleague at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy China Studies Program, Brandon Zheng, on behind-the-scenes mergers and acquisitions, and the need for leaders to recognize the soft power of the American anime consumer. www.bakerinstitute.org/research/ame...
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With Saudi Arabia now confirmed as the host of the 2034 FIFA men's World Cup, a plug for my forthcoming book, Kingdom of Football, out with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social in August 2025
December 11, 2024 at 5:10 PM
With Saudi Arabia now confirmed as the host of the 2034 FIFA men's World Cup, a plug for my forthcoming book, Kingdom of Football, out with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social in August 2025