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Fiscal News Roundup
- Senate Democrats Say They Will Reject GOP's Funding Bill as Shutdown Draws Near — NBC News
- Republicans Bank on Democrats Caving in Shutdown Standoff — Time
- Trump Imposes Sweeping 25% Steel and Aluminum Tariffs. Canada and Europe Swiftly Retaliate — CNN
- Trump Allies Are Blaming Lutnick for Trump's Tariff Turmoil — Politico
- Inflation Rate Eased to 2.8% in February, Lower Than Expected — CNBC
- Blackrock CEO Larry Fink: 'The Economy Is Weakening as We Speak' — CNN
- New CNN Poll: Americans Are Negative on Trump's Handling of Economy — CNN
- Mike Johnson Gets Candid About Elon Musk — Politico
- Reductions in Force: A Look at Which Agencies Are Affected by DOGE-Led Job Cuts — Associated Press
- With Mass Layoffs, McMahon and Trump Begin Mission to End Education Department — Roll Call
- Education Department Layoffs Gut Its Civil Rights Office, Leaving Discrimination Cases in Limbo — Associated Press
- USDA Ends Program That Helped Schools Serve Food From Local Farmers — Associated Press
- EPA's Zeldin Terminates $20B in Biden Climate Grants — Politico
- Senators to Trump Social Security Nominee: 'You Will Be Responsible' if Benefits Are Interrupted — CNBC
- CR Would Provide $1.5 Billion for Extra, Unrequested Warship — Roll Call
- Trump Official Tasked With Defending DOGE Cuts Posted Fashion Influencer Videos From Her Office — CNN
Views and Analysis
- 'In DOGE We Trust:' House GOP Governs by Embracing Trump's Effort to Cut Government — Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press
- What Musk and His Tech Boys Are Actually Proving About Our Government — Carolina A. Miranda, Washington Post
- Is Trump Taking a 'Liquidationist' Approach to the Economy? — Jon Sindreu, Wall Street Journal
- Put Away Your Knives. This 'Crisis' of a Spending Idea Deserves a Shot — Mitch Daniels, Washington Post
- Where's the Economic Sense Behind Trump's Tariffs? — Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post
- It Really Is Trump's Party Now — Rachael Bade, Politico
- How Do You Like the Trade War Now? — Wall Street Journal Editorial Board
- The Mike Johnson Redemption — Wall Street Journal Editorial Board
- It'll Be Tough for Trump to Dig His Way Out of This One — David Goldman, CNN
- 'Tariffs Break Trust': How Trump's Trade Policy Is Putting Pressure on U.S. Farmers — Sean Conlon, CNBC
- Two Reasons for Optimism About the Economy — Justin Wolfers, New York Times
Fiscal News Roundup
- House Passes Funding Bill Ahead of Friday Shutdown Deadline in Win for Republicans — CNN
- Senate Democrats Leery of Blocking GOP Bill Fear Shutdown Politics Have Changed — The Hill
- Trump Caps Wild Day, Reversing Threat to Double Tariffs on Canadian Steel — Washington Post
- Canada Incoming PM Says He'll Keep Tariffs in Place Until US Shows Respect and Commits to Free Trade — Associated Press
- U.S. Agrees to Resume Military Assistance to Ukraine — New York Times
- Wall Street Fears Trump Will Wreck the Soft Landing — Wall Street Journal
- Musk Eyes Social Security and Benefit Programs for Cuts While Claiming Widespread Fraud — Associated Press
- Schumer Assails Musk for Claiming Social Security Rife With Fraud — The Hill
- Under Trump, Social Security Resumes What It Once Called 'Clawback Cruelty' — Cox Media Group
- NASA Eliminates Chief Scientist and Other Jobs at Its Headquarters — New York Times
- Trump Administration Slashes Division in Charge of 26,000 U.S. Artworks — Washington Post
- Trump Proposes Cutting ACA Enrollment Period, Ending 'Dreamer' Coverage — The Hill
- Thought Inflation Was Bad? Health Insurance Premiums Are Rising Even Faster — KFF Health News
- Education Department to Cut About 50% of Workforce — CNN
- Senate Republicans Push Trump for Debt Ceiling Plan — Politico
- Trump Overstepped His Constitutional Authority in Freezing Congress' Funding for USAID, Judge Says — Associated Press
- Bipartisan Group Aims to Increase Transparency in Federal Spending — Politico
- US Job Openings Rose to 7.7 Million in January, a Sign Trump Inherited a Strong Labor Market — Associated Press
- NIH to Terminate or Limit Grants Related to Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake — Washington Post
- Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally — New York Times
- Kennedy Will Convene a New Health Commission in Private — New York Times
- Trump Says He's Buying a Tesla to Show Support for Musk as His Company Faces Sagging Sales — Associated Press
Views and Analysis
- What Does a Shutdown Have to Do With the Budget or Elon Musk? Here's a Guide — Margot Sanger-Katz and Alicia Parlapiano, New York Times
- Investors Thought They Had Trump Figured Out. They Were Wrong — Ben Casselman and Colby Smith, New York Times
- I Regret to Inform You That Donald Trump Does Not Understand the Economy — Bill Scher, Washington Monthly
- How Americans May Feel the Slashing of USAID — Nahal Toosi and Krystal Campos, Politico
- Trump's Massive Cuts to the VA Betrays Veterans Like Me — Vedia Barnett, Time
- What's a Recession and Why Is Rising Anxiety About It Roiling Markets? — Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
- How Trump Is Reshaping Reality by Hiding Data — Amanda Shendruk and Catherine Rampell, Washington Post
- Trump's Third Rail — Robert Kuttner, American Prospect
- Why Buyer's Remorse Is Boiling Over in Congressional GOP Town Halls — Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post
- Democracy Dies in Dumbness — Bret Stephens, New York Times
- Pandemics Change History. Covid Was No Different — Charles Kenny, New York Times