Today was the worst stock market experience in five years. Usually when you have a terrible stock market experience, it's because a bank fails, a pandemic, a hurricane or because some other country does something. We don't have these kinds of stock market responses in response to

I genuinely think the best path forward here is that the White House announces a 72 hour Phone-a-thon of Freedom, where Trump personally works out bilateral free-ish trade agreements with every country in the world, one after another, no sleep just bang-bang-bang, he has a great

SCOOP —> The White House was hours away from announcing a TikTok deal. Trump’s China tariff wrecked it. Via ⁦Drew Harwell⁩ ⁦Cat Zakrzewski⁩ washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

6 in 10 manufacturing workers say Trump’s tariffs will hurt the company they work for. Via ⁦The Washington Post⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…

New: Here's a chart of the top conservative / progressive accounts on X. See that small blue dot at the top? That's Acyn. His fast-cut clips of political combat get hundreds of millions more views than major news sources - and basically no one knows who he is. So I profiled him.

Some personal news: Honored to be returning to my roots to lead Politics and Government coverage ⁦The Washington Post⁩ AND: We’re hiring. washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/04/24/…

I'm excited to take an on expanded portfolio at The The Washington Post and lead our coverage of campaigns and democracy, critical lines of reporting headed toward 2026 and 2028! washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/05/19/…

Nick Adams Social Security benefits were first subject to income tax under the Tax Reform Act of 1983, signed into law by President Ronald Reagan. The legislation was based on recommendations from the National Commission on Social Security Reform, chaired by Alan Greenspan. It passed with

Tax cuts, economic downturns and health care

Read Tax Foundation’s analysis of the bill here taxfoundation.org/research/all/f…

FWIW, I used to work for a governor, and we had countless state boards where we were expected (by rule or tradition) to appoint both Democrats and Republicans. So the Minnesota killer being a Walz appointee to a state board tells us nothing about his political affiliation.

How Trump got to ‘yes’ on bombing Iran “Two weeks” misdirection masked a growing determination to strike. Natalie Allison Michael Birnbaum washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

📰NEW in Dallas Morning News: What's more astonishing than recent warnings that #SocialSecurity will be insolvent in just 8 years? "That our political leaders have known for decades that the program faces insolvency and have failed to act," writes CRFB President Maya MacGuineas.

SCOOP ICE declares millions of undocumented immigrants ineligible for bond hearings by ⁦Carol Leonnig⁩ & me washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Thrilled to have Karen Tumulty back on the WaPo politics team!

SCOOP: DOGE has built an AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations. The goal is to kill 100,000 regs by the one year anniversary of Trump's inauguration. wapo.st/451U8wD w/ Jeff Stein Dan Diamond Rachel Leah Siegel

Another EXCLUSIVE from the ⁦The Washington Post⁩ — Hegseth team told to stop polygraph tests after complaint to White House ⁦Dan Lamothe⁩ ⁦Ellen Nakashima⁩ washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

The attack stands out for the alleged perpetrators: a secretive network of Dallas anti-fascists, part of a growing movement of far-left political resistance that has shown signs of increasing in violence in the Trump era. Via ⁦robertklemko⁩ washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

EXCLUSIVE: The Army agency tasked with protecting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under significant strain, juggling atypical needs and requests that have become increasingly untenable.

DOD Rapid Response Kingsley Wilson x.com/DanLamothe/sta…