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The government shutdown is just the opening act in the fight over the president's 2026 budget

The Shutdown Is Only the First Battle in the War Over Trump’s 2026 Budget

by Robert J. Shapiro October 16, 2025October 16, 2025

National Service Model: President Franklin D. Roosevelt is presented with a cake from the chefs of the Civilian Conservation Corps in his honor during his inspection visit at their Bear Mountain camp in New York, Aug. 27, 1933.

How National Service Can De-Polarize America

by Jonathan Alter October 16, 2025October 15, 2025

Clean Energy Allergy: In August, the Trump Administration halted work on a nearly completed $4 Billion Wind Farm off the coast of Rhode Island. Here, a Wind Farm is seen on August 25, 2025 in Abescon, New Jersey.

Trump’s Opposition to Clean Energy Is Costing You Money

by Laura Gillam October 15, 2025October 14, 2025

Is this an industrial policy? Not really as the president cuts ad hoc deals to promote manufacturing, and his own power. Here, the president speaks at the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

Industrial Policy, Trump Style

by James Hassett October 14, 2025October 11, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to a shipbuilding firm in Marinette, Wisconsin.

Trump Promised a Shipbuilding Boom. He’s Sinking It Instead

by Arnav Rao October 9, 2025October 8, 2025

A pallet of food awaits processing as volunteers work in the background to label cans of beans for redistribution at Roadrunner Food Bank in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

An American Hunger Crisis Is Coming

by Anne Kim October 8, 2025October 7, 2025

Data Disconnect: The price for a dozen eggs is displayed on the edge of a shelf in a refrigerated case in a Whole Foods store Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in south Denver.

Books

Measuring the Vibecession

by Jared Bernstein October 3, 2025October 3, 2025

Trump’s H-1B visa plan will backfire. By imposing a $100,000 fee that amounts to a visa ban, he would shrink U.S. jobs, weaken American companies, and hand advantages to foreign competitors. Here, President Trump at the White House, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, in Washington.

Trump’s H-1B Visa Plan Will Backfire

by Robert D. Atkinson October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

AI is disrupting entry-level work, and graduates constitute a growing share of the long-term unemployed. Yet the value of the college degree remains strong, with graduates earning far more over time than non-college workers.

The College Degree Is Not Losing Value

by Nate Weisberg September 30, 2025September 29, 2025

Numbers Game: EJ Antoni, Trump's nominee for Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, shared a viral chart showing native-born employment gains that economists say are a statistical illusion.

No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared

by Jed Kolko September 1, 2025August 31, 2025

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