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Nina Olson talked about the impact of the recent 35-day government shutdown on the Internal Revenue Service and the 2019 tax filing season. Ms. Olson’s Taxpayer Advocate Service is an…

Shoshana Zuboff, author of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, talked about the growing business of collecting and selling consumer data. She was interviewed by Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief…

The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to discuss legislative that would require the release of the president and vice president’s tax returns.

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Robert Sumwalt announced the board’s 2019-2020 list of its most-wanted improvements for transportation safety in the U.S. at a press briefing…

Senior Judge Jed Rakoff from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York joined a panel discussion on corporate scandals and accountability at Stanford University. Other…

Michael O’Rielly, a Republican FCC commissioner, talked about 2019 communications issues. Topics included whether the Chinese company Huawei should have access to U.S. markets, 5G…

Kathleen Day talked about her book, Bankers, Bailouts, and the Struggle to Tame Wall Street, in which she provides a history of the federal government’s oversight of the financial sector.…

Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson reported on the state of the news business with the influx of new technologies. She was interviewed by Vivian Schiller, former president…

Oren Cass of the Manhattan Institute talked about The Once and Future Worker, in which he took a critical look at U.S. labor and economic policies and suggested ways to improve them.

President Trump delivered remarks in the White House Rose Garden to declare a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border. The designation allows the president to re-direct funds from a number of federal programs…

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Democrats held a bill signing ceremony in the Speaker’s Ceremonial Office. The ceremony came after the House passed a bill to fund the government and…

Center for Responsible Lending’s Diane Standaert discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed changes to payday lending rules.

T-Mobile and Sprint executives testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology on the proposed merger between the two wireless companies.…

Laura Davison talked about the effects of the recent 35-day government shutdown on the IRS and the 2019 filing season. She also discussed the impact of the 2017 Republican tax cuts on the…

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the question, “Is President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency a good move for America?” President Trump the…

The Aspen Institute’s Economic Strategy Group hosted a series of presentations and discussions on expanding American economic opportunity. This portion featured a panel discussion on…

In this portion of a U.S. Chamber of Commerce summit on the need for federal investment in infrastructure projects, panelists discussed different ways of paying for road and bridge funding.…

The Heritage Foundation’s Stephen Moore talked about the Trump administration’s economic record and the impact of the 2017 tax law.

Transport Topics senior congressional reporter Eugene Mulero talked about prospects for a major infrastructure deal.

Two former Federal Communications Commission chairs, Tom Wheeler (D) and Michael Powell (R), testified at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on revising the FCC’s 2017 repeal of the…