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NEW: By Trump’s own benchmarks, his approach to trade hasn’t worked. Here’s my story about what he set out to do, the guy he chose to do it, the agency

Happy Saturday. It’s 169 days since the CARES Act passed. As Congress dithers on another relief package, I want to show you what the stimulus has done for people, from

NEW: I got a couple big FOIA requests back recently for correspondence between members of Congress and @USTradeRep about tariff exclusions. One thing jumped out: The lengths to which Polaris,

NEW: With COVID19 exposing America's dependence on supply chains that often end in China, calls are mounting to bring medical manufacturing back onshore. But that’s not the only type of

Economists have gone into hyperdrive with COVID-19 related research. Just today, an analysis using smartphone location data finds that areas with more Republicans engage in less social distancing than more

Catching up on all the crazy stuff my colleagues have been digging into this week. Like this dissection of the way the White House is steering huge no-bid contracts for

Let me get this straight: - Trump says states should mostly buy their own COVID-19 stuff- FEMA refuses to centralize purchasing, leaving states to waste time and money bidding against