News and Views
November 20, 2024
Fiscal News Roundup
- Remote Work Crackdown: How Trump's DOGE Could Push Federal Workers to Quit — CNN
- Musk, Ramaswamy Publish Plan to Slash Workforce — Politico
- US Federal Workers Hope Republicans Will Curb Trump, Musk Firings — Reuters
- Republicans Leery of Trying to Pay for Tax Cuts With Trump's Tariffs — Semafor
- Trump's Casting Call as He Builds Out His Administration: TV Experience Preferred — Associated Press
- Trump Eyes Return of Russell Vought to Key White House Budget Post — Washington Post
- Trump Chooses Former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO Ambassador — Associated Press
- GOP Senators Say RFK Jr. Must 'Explain' Vaccine Criticism, Other Views — Washington Post
- RFK Jr. Said the Government May Have Planned COVID — The Bulwark
- RFK Jr. Wants Fluoride Out of Drinking Water. Oregon Shows What's Coming. — Washington Post
- Medicare Advantage Gets Ally in Dr. Oz — The Hill
- Republicans on the House Ethics Committee Reject Releasing Report on Matt Gaetz — Associated Press
- Trump Team Mulls Creating First-Ever White House Crypto Role — Bloomberg
- Trump's Education Pick Once Incorrectly Claimed to Have Education Degree — Washington Post
- GOP Senator: Using Military for Deportations Would Be 'Huge Mistake' — The Hill
- Biden Inks Billion-Dollar Climate Deals to Foil Trump Rollbacks — Politico
Views and Analysis
- The DOGE Plan to Reform Government — Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Wall Street Journal
- Yes, the FDA Needs an Overhaul. But RFK Jr. Isn't the Answer. — Washington Post Editorial Board
- Trump Has Called for Dismantling the Education Department. Here's What That Would Mean — Annie Ma, Associated Press
- Trump Sets Records With Pace of Appointments, but That Doesn't Mean the Transition Is Going Smoothly — Zeke Miller, Associated Press
- CDC Director Looks to Future of Public Health With Worry — Ariel Cohen, Roll Call
- Trump's Recess Appointment Gambit Is Unconstitutional — Noah Feldman, Bloomberg
- Trump's Cabinet Blitz Is Straight From Orban's Playbook — Francis Wilkinson, Bloomberg
- Trump's Picks Don't Look Like America. They Look Exactly Like Fox News — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN
- Mortgage Rates Are Up. That's a Big Problem for Trump. — Heather Long, Washington Post
- Why Democrats' Green Agenda Didn't Pay Off With Voters — Charles Lane, Washington Post
November 19, 2024
Fiscal News Roundup
- Trump Chooses TV Doctor Mehmet Oz to Lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — Associated Press
- Trump Selects Howard Lutnick, Wall Street CEO, as Commerce Secretary — Washington Post
- Linda McMahon Expected to Be Named Education Secretary, Sources Say — CNN
- Trump Considering Bringing Vought Back to Lead OMB — Politico
- House GOP Lays Out Legislative Priorities: Border Wall, Tax Cuts, Cutting Biden Programs — Politico
- Trump Ignores Transition Rules. It's a 'Hostile Takeover,' Ally Says — Washington Post
- Some of the Biggest Pro-Trump Donors of 2024 Are Lining Up for Administration Jobs — NBC News
- 'Ready for Prime Time': Trump Trots Out Once-Scorned Economic Plans — Politico
- MAGA vs. Establishment: A Rivalry Emerges as Trump Weighs FBI Pick — Semafor
- Trump's Vows for Revenge Take On New Seriousness — The Hill
- President-Elect Donald Trump Is Now Receiving Intelligence Briefings — Washington Post
- Trump Team Targets Auto Mileage Rules He Blasted as 'EV Mandate' — Bloomberg
- Health Care Organization Launches 'Stop RFK War Room' — Politico
- House Passes Major Veterans Care Act — The Hill
- Small Businesses Urge on Tax Deductions After GOP Wins — The Hill
- FEMA Chief Calls Passing Over of Trump Supporters Isolated Incident, Requests Wider Probe — Government Executive
Views and Analysis
- Musk Wants to Slash $2 Trillion in Federal Spending. Is That Possible? — Madeleine Ngo and David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times
- Sometimes, Donald Trump Tells the Truth — Matt Bai, Washington Post
- Before Trump, Government Efficiency Panels Saw Room to Cut Billions. DOGE Envisions Trillions — Jory Heckman, Federal News Network
- A Better Way to Pay for Extending the Trump Tax Cuts — Ernie Tedeschi, Bloomberg
- How Trump's Tax Cuts and Tariffs Could Turn Into Law — Andrew Duehren and Catie Edmondson, New York Times
- How Trump and Republicans Could Pay for New Tax Cuts — Tobias Burns, The Hill
- Cut the Government With a Scalpel, Not an Axe — Elaine Kamarck, Brookings Institution
- Roadblocks to Trump's Mass Deportations — Russell Contreras, Axios
- Trump's Treasury Challenge: A Pick Who Loves Tariffs Yet Calms Markets — Alan Rappeport, New York Times
- There's Something Scarier Than Rising Costs Behind Trump's Victory — Eduardo Porter, Washington Post
- Donald Trump Won as the Champion of Working-Class Discontent — Stanley B. Greenberg, American Prospect
- Musk Is Short-Circuiting the EV Revolution He Sparked — Liam Denning, Bloomberg
- Trump Defies the #MeToo Movement With Cabinet Picks Facing Accusations — New York Times
- RFK Jr. Threatens America's Health — Seema K. Shah, The Hill
- The World Is Watching the U.S. Deal With Bird Flu, and It's Scary — Tulio de Oliveira, New York Times