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The New York Times gift article: “Epstein had long been a treasured customer at JPMorgan. His accounts were brimming with more than $200 million. He generated millions of dollars in revenue for the bank, landing him atop an internal list of major money makers. He helped JPMorgan orchestrate an important acquisition. He introduced executives to …
U.S. Agency for International Development: An Overview (CRS): “The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) served as the lead international humanitarian and development arm of the U.S. government. It was established in 1961, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 10973, to implement components of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (FAA). Congress codified USAID in statute …
Politico – “D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb sued the Trump administration on Thursday for deploying the National Guard to Washington, saying it infringes on the city’s sovereignty and violates laws prohibiting the use of the military for domestic law enforcement. “The deployment of National Guard troops to police District streets without the District’s consent infringes …
Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York: “The swift advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked significant concern that this new technology will replace jobs and stifle hiring. To explore the effects of AI on employment, our August regional business surveys asked firms about their adoption of AI and if they had made …
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston – Technology Providers and Financial Stability: Overview of Risks and Regulatory Frameworks By Gene Amromin, Rebecca Chmielewski, Patty Cowperthwait, Cindy Hull, Brett Solimine, Emma Weiss, Kenechukwu E. Anadu, Falk Bräuning, Siobhan Sanders, Amy Chapel, Meeoak Cho, Lorenzo Garza, and Sam Schulhofer-Wohl. June 2025. “Technology-focused Third-Party Service Providers (TPSPs) have become …
The Atlantic – gift article: “According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, the richest of rich Americans pay an average tax rate of 34 percent, higher than any other cohort’s. In reality, as everyone has long known, they pay less than that. A new study by some of the country’s most preeminent economists has finally …
There are eight new articles and seven new columns in the August 2025 Issue: The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health, Part 2 – This is a follow up to Sabrina I. Pacifici’s July 31, 2025 article, The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health. In just one …
Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health – Part 2. This is a follow up to Sabrina I. Pacifici’s July 31, 2025 article, The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health. In just one more month this administration has ramped up its use of unsupportable …
Can We Still Govern – Don Monyihan: “It is time to admit that America is no longer a functioning democracy. There is so much happening that occasionally pausing to take stock is necessary. So where are we? In deep trouble. America may not be fully authoritarian, but by no means can we consider it to …
Follow up to previous post – Maps – Tracking Trump’s New Tariffs on Every Country, See also Forbes: “The postal services of Mexico, India, Japan and several other countries have suspended the shipment of packages to the U.S. as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and new rules implemented by his administration that end …
“The Independent Census Scientific Advisory Committee (I-CSAC) is a group of nationally recognized experts who provide independent, science-based advice to strengthen the U.S. Census Bureau. Formed after the federal Census Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC) was terminated in early 2025, I-CSAC continues the same essential mission: to provide scientific and technical expertise to address Census Bureau …
The New York Times – “Members of the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a copy of a crucial Social Security database in June to a vulnerable cloud server, putting the personal information of hundreds of millions of Americans at risk of being leaked or hacked, according to a whistle-blower complaint filed by the Social Security …
