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US politics & policy
Biden turns to infrastructure as stimulus bill crosses finish line
...Bill Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who served as a domestic policy aide to president Bill Clinton, said the Biden administration should consider breaking the infrastructure package...
March 10, 2021
Trump impeachment
Trump impeachment threatens to cast shadow over Biden
...But Mr Galston of the Brookings Institution countered that the trial could make it harder for Mr Biden to fulfil his oft-repeated pledge to restore some bipartisanship to Washington....
January 15, 2021
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
US politics & policy
Trump averts government shutdown by signing Covid relief bill
...Earlier this month, the Brookings Institution think-tank estimated that about 10m Americans would lose unemployment benefits once two federal unemployment programmes expired on the night of December 26....
December 28, 2020
News in-depthUS politics & policy
The fight for $15: can Biden usher in a higher minimum wage?
...Additional reporting by Courtney Weaver in Washington...
January 28, 2021
Courtney Weaver
Black-owned businesses reel from a triple blow
...courtney.weaver@ft.com...
June 16, 2020
Coronavirus: free to read
US graduates in crisis: ‘Entry level jobs are not safe at all’
...evidence that I’ve seen . . . indicates that graduating just before or immediately after a downturn has a scarring effect on the generations that are so affected,” said Gary Burtless, a senior fellow at the Brookings...
May 29, 2020
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
US politics & policy
US lawmakers clash over new stimulus as jobless rate soars
...Louise Sheiner, policy director at the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary policy at the Brookings Institution, said a feature of the next stimulus package should probably be some form of “trigger” to...
May 9, 2020
US healthcare reform
Trump’s healthcare focus for 2020 election worries Republicans
...Henry Aaron, a senior fellow at Brookings, said he was “mystified” by Mr Trump’s decision to zero in on the ACA — particularly at a moment when the political winds appeared to be at the president’s back...
April 3, 2019
Donald Trump
Trump suggests US troops should fire on rock-throwing migrants
...Thomas Wright, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said Mr Trump’s recent comments on immigration were designed to sway midterm voters....
November 1, 2018
US politics & policy
Congress aims to push Trump into getting tough on Saudi Arabia
...“I think the president has overplayed his hand and is provoking a serious reaction on the Hill,” said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA official who is now head of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings Institution...
November 21, 2018
Retail & Consumer industry
Trump’s trade war rattles Republicans in an election year
...Mark Muro, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said the effects of the tariff battle would vary widely by district and by industry....
July 13, 2018
US politics & policy
Pruitt’s departure underscores Trump team’s high turnover rate
...Barack Obama and George W Bush each had four cabinet officials depart within the first two years, the Brookings Institution wrote in a recent report. Bill Clinton had six....
July 6, 2018
US politics & policy
Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser leaves White House
...“John Bolton wants his own team,” said Thomas Wright, an expert at the Brookings Institution. Mr Bolton, Mr Wright said, “distrusts career officials”....
April 10, 2018
News in-depthRussian politics
Trump baffles with hot-cold approach to Russia
...“There’s often a theatre to expulsions and it’s an important signal, but after it tends to go back to something approaching normal,” said Thomas Wright at the Brookings Institution....
March 26, 2018
US trade
Trump’s trade war could hit hardest in his political heartland
...retaliation unveiled by Beijing on Monday was targeted carefully at US exports from politically important states such as Wisconsin, while Mark Muro, policy director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings...
April 4, 2018
FT Live
Global Private Banking Awards 2024
Celebrating excellence in wealth management
Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
News in-depthThe Big Read
US economy learns to tune out Trump-induced chaos
...Staff turnover in his first year alone was higher than during the equivalent periods under Mr Trump’s five immediate predecessors, and more than triple that in Barack Obama’s first year, according to Brookings...
March 16, 2018
News in-depthThe Big Read
Opportunity knocks in the US for rundown areas — and investors
...Adam Looney, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, says the benefits of a variety of “place-based” policies was “inconclusive”....
November 18, 2018
US tax
Republicans feel the pinch on tax reform
...Such breaks do not always mean a lot to the very rich, or to people earning less than $60,000 a year, but they matter a great deal to those in between, says Elaine Kamarck, senior fellow at the Brookings...
October 31, 2017
US politics & policy
Trump turns trusted ally Bob Corker into chief tormentor
...Tom Wright, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said Mr Corker’s new-found autonomy could mark a significant inflection point, given that his committee would oversee the confirmation hearing for...
October 13, 2017
US presidential election
Michael Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI over Russia contacts
...Norm Eisen, a scholar at the Brookings Institution who has negotiated with Mr Mueller in legal cases, said Mr Flynn’s plea deal was ominous news for Mr Trump....
December 2, 2017
US politics & policy
White House power struggle threatens to topple Bannon
...Tom Wright, an expert at the Brookings Institution, cautioned that it was too soon to count Mr Bannon out of a job....
August 15, 2017
Special ReportNigeria: Art & Design
From Gaga to Obama, Nigeria’s fabrics enjoy a global fan base
...In the mid-1980s there were 175 textile mills in the country, according to research by the Brookings Institution....
March 31, 2018
US politics & policy
Trump makes ‘Real News’ in war against media
...“His base still gives him pretty high marks in his handling of the issues they care about the most, like the economy and terrorism,” said William Galston a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution....
August 8, 2017
News in-depthSyrian crisis
Trump’s Syria shift confounds foreign policy experts
...According to Tom Wright, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution, “it was enough for him to take America out of retirement as global policeman, at least for a while.”...
April 7, 2017
Russian politics
Trump levels dirty tricks charge against US intelligence community
...Thomas Wright, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution, said the crisis over the Trump administration’s alleged Russia links was “completely unprecedented and puts the country on the cusp of...
February 16, 2017

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