Trump cranks up tariffs again, with 25% on Japan and South Korea.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/tariffs-south-korea-japan-donald-trump-trade-a9075145
Lawmakers pass a pension boost despite huge current debt.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/chicago-pensions-debt-illinois-jb-pritzker-police-firefighters-d4a4f947
Defending ‘democracy against Trump’s embrace of fascism by using the term in NEA materials’ will ‘cost an additional $3,500.’https://www.wsj.com/opinion/notable-quotable-the-national-education-association-8574ca8a
This isn’t why we have a lower rate for capital gains.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/end-the-tax-break-for-litigation-funders-policy-law-dec9b610
There’s plenty of land that could be turned into affordable housing: He could start with the Met.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/some-modest-proposals-for-mamdani-satire-housing-policy-b93dcfff
Bring the sanctions bill to the floor, writes Sen. Richard Blumenthal.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-senate-can-cripple-putins-war-machine-sanctions-trump-695c4854
If real socialism has never been tried, perhaps he’ll show his supporters that the program isn’t the nirvana that it’s sold to be.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-a-mayor-mamdani-a-blessing-in-disguise-socialism-new-york-7903db43
It was scuttled because of politics, not technological know-how or cost.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/why-did-brilliant-pebbles-fail-to-launch-reagan-bush-cost-tech-6b252ad7
Even the New York Times acknowledges that kids suffer without fathers around.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/toxic-lack-of-masculinity-9074bf70
The party may need a new bench.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/democrats-in-race-to-separate-themselves-from-biden-8cc72099
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President Trump has achieved much of his agenda, leaving the fate of the economy squarely in his hands.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-bill-tariffs-economy.html
The Treasury secretary is breaking with tradition in publicly assailing the central bank’s policies as President Trump looks for its next leader.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/bessent-federal-reserve-chair.html
Plus, the big business of youth sports.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/podcasts/the-headlines/trump-mass-layoffs-putin.html
Officials said the search for remains would continue until all the victims have been accounted for. In the hardest-hit county, no survivors have been found since Friday.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/texas-floods-missing-search.html
The rivers etching the terrain are a beloved feature of the rapidly growing region. But last week’s flooding was an agonizing reminder of the dangers they pose.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/rivers-are-the-soul-of-the-texas-hill-country-and-a-source-of-heartache.html
President Trump wants to shutter the agency and shift responsibility and costs of emergency management to the states. In Texas, that process appears to already be underway.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/climate/texas-flood-fema-trump.html
The industry’s courtship of Donald J. Trump resulted in one of the great lobbying free-for-alls in recent Washington history.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-crypto-lobbying.html
The pivot to crypto highlights the reality of Truth Social, one of President Trump’s highest-profile business interests: It doesn’t generate much revenue.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/business/truth-social-trump-media-crypto.html
A court-ordered pause in May covered nearly two dozen federal agencies at different stages of executing President Trump’s directive for mass layoffs. The Supreme Court said the administration could proceed.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/politics/trump-federal-workers-firings.html