POLITICO Playbook: MTG plays cat and mouse with McCarthy
And the deadly new coronavirus variant spreading rapidly in southern Africa now has a name.
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Renters strike back as cities cap price hikes by landlords
The revival of rent control policies long derided by economists, including one of President Joe Biden’s top advisers, comes as…
Wall Street brushes off Democrats’ ‘piddling’ tax on stock buybacks
Analysts say they expect total buybacks this year to approach levels unseen since shortly after Republicans slashed the corporate…
Powell vows to tighten Fed ethics rules after stock trading uproar
Trades by the Dallas and Boston Fed presidents have sparked calls by some progressive groups for their resignation.
Powell opens review into Fed ethics rules after backlash over trading
Any tightening of the rules would be added to the Reserve Bank Code of Conduct, which governs ethics at the regional Fed branches,…
POLITICO Playbook: Reports of Trump’s demise are exaggerated
And New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces down the prospect of impeachment.
Biden’s bipartisan win leaves progressives thirsting for more
The sprawling bill tackles a range of items on Congress’ wish list, including transit, broadband, climate change, clean water,…
What the infrastructure bill will mean for tech – Politico
Progressives lay out Biden’s antitrust to-do list — Microsoft, Google face off in court
Virus resurgence menaces economy just as rescue programs unravel
A new wave of cases followed by the looming expiration of enhanced jobless benefits, a ban on evictions and other rescue programs…