Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor. Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.
Dollar heads for worst week in three months on concerns Fed won’t move forcefully enough to contain inflation www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Dollar Heads for Worst Week in Three Months as Fed Doubts GrowThe dollar headed for its worst week in three months on concerns the Federal Reserve won’t move forcefully enough to contain inflation.www.bloomberg.comRepublicans are on the verge of finally fixing our out-of-control budget deficits. But first they need to get just *one more* unfunded spending binge out of their system—and then (they swear) they’ll get around to that purge. www.thebulwark.com/p/gop-fiscal...
GOP Fiscal Responsibility Is Always a Bill AwayRepublicans keep passing budget-busting bills—and promising spending cuts will come out tomorrow.www.thebulwark.comA republic, if you can shake it down www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising OperationMeredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.www.wsj.comVA to run trial of GLP-1 drug to treat alcohol abuse abcnews.com/Politics/va-...
VA to run trial of GLP-1 drug to treat alcohol abuseThe study aims to enroll more than 600 veterans at 18 VA medical centers.abcnews.comamazing. no notes www.reuters.com/world/africa...
US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conferenceA U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attendees who took screen...www.reuters.comUS oil inventories fall to ‘precariously low’ level as Iran war disrupts supply www.ft.com/content/86f3...
US oil inventories fall to ‘precariously low’ level as Iran war disrupts supplyDecline could erode ability to supply Asian and European markets dependent on supplies from the Middle Eastwww.ft.com"Under the changes to the FoodNet surveillance system, the 10 participating states — meant to represent a cross section of the broader population — no longer have to report cases of listeria, for example." kffhealthnews.org/public-healt...
Cyclospora Boosts Fears That Worse Foodborne Outbreaks Are Ahead - KFF Health NewsThe recent outbreak of a foodborne parasite sickened thousands and hospitalized hundreds across the U.S. before federal investigators identified the suspected source. Food safety experts say cuts to t...kffhealthnews.orgTrump administration seeks $10 million more for (past) Freedom 250 events www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration seeks $10 million more for Freedom 250 eventsThe Interior Department has asked Congress for more money to pay for National Mall events marking the country’s 250th anniversary.www.washingtonpost.comwhat—and i cannot stress this enough—the actual eff www.ft.com/content/1ed4...
Andrew Crapuchettes, founder of RedBalloon, received an unsolicited message from a US State Department official to bid for a contract to help identify candidates for the foreign service. They won the contract Just coincidentally, Don Jr. is an investor www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The High-School Dropout Hiring Diplomats for Trump’s State DepartmentRedBalloon hopes to help the administration find better cultural fits, but critics warn of politicizing the foreign servicewww.bloomberg.comBEA is reworking how it calculates prices in some parts of the economy, in a move that is expected to lower recent readings of inflation. This will take some pressure off the Fed to raise rates. Economists suggest there are sound reasons for the methodological change but optics still aren't great
US stats agency change set to lower Fed’s preferred inflation gaugeAdjustments by Bureau of Economic Analysis to ease pressure on central bank to raise rateswww.ft.comDiamonds are not forever, it seems. De Beers was valued at more than $18B in 2001. Today the company is in talks to be sold off for $1B. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Anglo Said to Be in Talks to Sell De Beers for About $1 BillionAnglo American Plc is discussing a deal worth about $1 billion to sell its De Beers diamond business, just a fraction of what the one-time diamond monopoly was once worth.www.bloomberg.comlol in trying to concoct a case against Comey for the "86 47" seashell photo, Trump's desperately sought people who would testify that “86” is an old mafia threat. They interviewed aging mobsters like “Sammy the Bull” www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
‘Preposterous’: Comey team attacks charges over alleged threat to TrumpFBI turned to convicted mafia killer to attempt to show ‘86-47’ could be a call for assassination.www.politico.comIn the past two weeks, Trump has recorded his lowest-ever approval ratings from whites without college degrees, across either term as president. yougov.com/en-us/articl...
Using children as bait. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of children, sponsors arrested by ICE after tips from US child migrant agencyMore than 12,000 people have been arrested by U.S. immigration authorities following tips from the Office of Refugee Resettlement during President Donald Trump’s second term.www.reuters.comformer deputy PM of Canada @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social, on Trump's efforts to turn her country from an economic and diplomatic partner into a "vassal" state: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...
When Sen. Ashley Moody was the Florida AG, her office approved the diversion of $10m of taxpayer money--intended to expand Medicaid--to go to two PACs instead. One of those PACs was controlled by the governor and his chief of staff. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
Florida Senator Ashley Moody faces renewed scrutiny over her role in Hope Florida scandalAs Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundationwww.cbsnews.comThe homeowner I interviewed in this piece has now sued the feds for entering his private property without a warrant www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bOg...
Federal Agents Raided His Home—Live on RingYouTube video by Institute for Justicewww.youtube.comCatherine Rampell“It was violent. There’s blood all over the house. It’s insane,” the homeowner, who is a U.S. citizen, told me. “It’s complete lawlessness. How does the government have impunity to jump into my home without a warrant?” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-w...
