It’s Official: Democrats Demand Trump’s Tax Returns. He Has One Week.
Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In a letter to the Internal Revenue Service, Chairman Richard E. Neal of the House Ways and Means Committee has officially requested Trump’s business and personal tax returns from the past six years. The committee has asked that the president complies with their…
Senate Democrats Urge FBI to Assess Security at Mar-a-Lago
Mar-a-Lago on April 03, 2019.Joe Raedle/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Three senior Senate Democrats want the FBI to evaluate the national security risks posed by vulnerabilities at Mar-a-Lago in the wake of the recent arrest there of a Chinese national, Yujing Zhang. Zhang had allegedly gained entry to Donald…
Biden Promises to Be More Respectful of “People’s Personal Space”
Joe Biden delivers the keynote speech at the First State Democratic Dinner at the Rollins Center in Dover, DE on March 16, 2019.Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Joe Biden took to Twitter Wednesday to respond to a recent string of allegations that throughout his career,…
Wage Growth Has Been . . . OK Over the Past Year
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There must be something in the water. Today brings us another terrible chart, this time from the Wall Street Journal: Come on. You can’t compare workers’ earnings to core PCE, which doesn’t include food or energy. Core PCE might be useful for the Fed when…
Has Deflation Killed the Japanese Economy?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Conventional wisdom in economics says that deflation is bad because it motivates consumers to put off purchases. Why buy now when the same item will cost less a year from now? Dean Baker isn’t so sure: Japan’s rate of deflation has only exceeded 1.0 percent…
Chart of the Day: Democratic Fundraising So Far
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here are the fundraising numbers for each of the top Democratic candidates in the first quarter. For those who haven’t announced their totals, I’ve guessed—making the assumption that their numbers are probably a little disappointing if they’re holding back. Obviously my guesses might be wrong,…