Trump’s 2017 Opportunity Zones program diverted $89B to already-growing areas instead of truly distressed communities; Congress now has chance to refocus incentives on persistent poverty areas.
The U.S. faces a 3.9M-home shortage, worsened by proposed HUD subsidy cuts; federal-local partnerships are crucial for affordable housing development as local budgets allocate just 1.8% to housing.
Elon Musk’s brief tenure as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) resulted in massive federal workforce cuts, weakened public institutions, and inflated claims of saving leaving agencies crippled and benefiting only wealthy elites.
The Supreme Court’s recent rulings threaten the independence of federal agencies like the NLRB and MSPB, while ambiguously sparing the Federal Reserve, raising concerns about political interference and legal consistency.
COMMENTARY
What South Korea’s presidential election means for the US-Korea alliance
Some in Washington fear that a “quiet crisis“ may be brewing between Seoul and Washington.
An “interim” nuclear agreement between the United States and Iran seems likely, and would be a grave mistake for the United States.
Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria and meet with its new president is a major shift in U.S.-Syria relations, but it may not be an indicator that Syrian refugees should return home any time soon.
Congressional Republicans’ proposed Medicaid work reporting requirements could strip coverage from hundreds of thousands of children, cost up to 449,000 jobs, and lead to more than 15,400 avoidable deaths each year.
Proposals to impose work requirements on Medicaid expansion enrollees would cause large coverage losses and hundreds of avoidable deaths each year in many congressional districts.
The Trump administration claims to speak for American workers, but it took away the collective bargaining rights of 1 in every 15 workers protected by a union contract.
The budget legislation would gut programs for health care, food, and energy while giving enormous tax breaks to billionaires.
House Republicans Are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing
Claims from congressional Republicans and the Trump administration that supporting domestic manufacturing is a priority are completely undercut by their efforts to strip incentives and kill successful programs.
