How long will the Iran War last? President Trump’s timeline has been shifting, but it’s generally been in the range of days or weeks. “Any time I want it to end, it will end,” he told Axios last week. Americans aren’t so sure. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Daughter: (Tells story of something she read that was written in the first person plural.) Me: "I prefer to write in the third person, thank you very much." Daughter: "You just used two pronouns in that sentence, and neither one of them was in the third person."

The Trump administration is moving to gut the seniority protections that have provided job security to federal workers for decades. "Another step in the administration’s effort to dismantle the nonpartisan civil service.” via @gregorykorte.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: The Trump administration is proposing the biggest change to its employee retention rules in decades, attempting to substitute job performance for seniority in deciding who’s fired when an agency institutes layoffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

For 88 Years, One Number Graded US Presidents. Now It’s Going Away: Gallup’s decision to drop its approval poll underscores how polarization transformed one of the most important metrics in politics. (@gregorykorte.com) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Gallup's late, lamented question on presidential approval was once "the most important time series in US polling history." But in the age of Trump, the truth is presidential approval had become simply a proxy for partisan identity. My weekend essay for Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Gallup's late, lamented question on presidential approval was once "the most important time series in US polling history." But in the age of Trump, the truth is presidential approval had become simply a proxy for partisan identity. My weekend essay for Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A new disclosure reveals that one of Joe Biden’s most meaningful White House keepsakes was a piece of a crashed WWII plane -- part of a family story that once sparked a diplomatic controversy over his suggestion that his uncle was eaten by cannibals. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to US cities cost taxpayers at least $496 million in 2025 — with the price tag rising to a rate of $93 million a month. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As a massive winter storm bears down on the US, FEMA is pausing plans to "offboard" disaster relief workers. From @zhirji.bsky.social + @gregorykorte.com (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

One of the most important economic indicators to watch going into midterms is showing a warning for Republicans. From the Washington Edition newsletter from @bloomberg.com. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

“musicology duck gets briefly kidnapped”

NEW: President Donald Trump’s move to revive the name “Department of War” could cost as much as $125 million, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

More Americans are declaring their independence.

Jerome Powell has public opinion on his side so far. From tonight's Washington Edition newsletter from @bloomberg.com. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The demographic cliff is coming sooner than we thought. Chart of the day in the Washington Edition newsletter via @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

New federal workforce data just dropped, giving the most detailed account yet of the impact of the efforts by President Trump and Elon Musk to shrink the size of the federal government. My latest for Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: President Donald Trump intends to designate Peru as a major non-NATO ally, another sign of his outreach to Latin American partners as the administration escalates its campaign against Venezuela and alleged narco-terrorists. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Twelve Hungry Men. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Here's the most detailed accounting to date of federal workforce departures in 2025: 144,000 took the DOGE "fork in the road" 129,000 left through attrition 21,000 early retirement/buyout 17,000 RIF 7,000 probationary ~ 317,000 total www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Elon Musk returned to the White House Tuesday in a sign that tensions between President Donald Trump and the world’s richest man have thawed since a fierce split over deficit spending earlier this year fractured their once-cozy relationship. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: The White House is ordering furloughed federal employees back to work Thursday, as the government reopens following a historic shutdown that furloughed about 600,000 federal employees, shuttered offices and froze billions in salaries and payments. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The last time that 2.3 million US government employees all got paychecks for their work the White House still had an East Wing, the US Mint was still making pennies and Taylor Swift was in a completely different era. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

It could take a while for for government operations to return to normal even after the shutdown ends. w/ @allyversprille.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

INGRAHAM: "Is this a voter perception issue of the economy or is there more that needs to be done by Republicans on Capitol Hill or done in terms of policy?" TRUMP: "More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"Trump's Pardon of Giuliani: How Presidential Clemency Powers Work," via @gregorykorte.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The economy helped get Donald Trump elected to a second term. Now it's his Achilles’ heel. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... by @mniquette.bsky.social and @laurendezenski.bsky.social

In this year’s elections, Democrats across the political spectrum built their campaigns around a single word: affordability. It paid off. w/ @mniquette.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The lowest confidence in government economic policy in the history of the University of Michigan survey, in today's Washington Edition newsletter: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

NEW: A top CIA official warned that an extended government shutdown could pose serious national security risks to the US, and that the foreign intelligence agency was already struggling to fund some critical operations. w/ @natdroz.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Call it "perpetual redistricting." California’s vote on Tuesday to redraw its congressional maps marks an escalation of a protracted redistricting arms race, in which voters can expect an explosion of partisan gerrymandering before every election. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The US government has reached a major milestone of dysfunction as Congress has allowed a federal shutdown to drag into its 36th day — the longest in history — amid a stalemate over health-care and spending priorities. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Voters in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and California will soon offer the strongest and earliest clues about America’s political landscape heading into next year’s consequential midterm elections. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Nearly 42 million Americans are hours away from missing food aid as SNAP runs out of money. USDA data show most recipients spend nearly all their benefits early in the month — meaning the shutdown could leave grocery budgets empty fast. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chart of the day: More consumers than ever say the US government is doing a poor job managing economic policy. From today's Washington Edition newsletter by @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

NEW: The Pentagon said it received an anonymous $130 million donation to pay the military during the US government shutdown, a move the administration might not legally be able to carry out. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The US Army Corps of Engineers will pause $11 billion in infrastructure projects in 12 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024 as the White House continues to exert leverage in talks to end a government shutdown now in its 17th day. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Senate votes -- like the nine consecutive failed votes to end the shutdown -- are getting more predictable. From today's Washington Edition newsletter: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

White House budget director: "The RIFs have begun." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Prediction markets and opinion polls suggest that most people are bracing for the shutdown to last at least another two weeks. More this morning in Bloomberg's Economics Daily newsletter: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The first week of a government shutdown is usually the easy one. It only gets harder after that. Here's my latest on how this ever-changing -- and increasingly painful -- shutdown is unfolding: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

We've reached a tipping point in this government shutdown, as the now-routine Washington standoff over spending is starting to have real economic consequences. Today's Washington Edition newsletter: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Some good details on the mechanics of when pay arrives for government workers from @gregorykorte.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: The White House still employs 45 staffers for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency despite the Tesla Inc. CEO’s departure in May — and they’re exempt from being furloughed during the government shutdown. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump Plans to Use Shutdown to Fire Federal Workers This Week www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via @bloomberg.com By Erik Wasson @gregorykorte.com @steventdennis.bsky.social @jamietarabay.bsky.social

My grandfather was born 120 years ago today. So I wrote a little thing about baseball, immigrant families, and the place where he was from. www.johnnyhodapp.com/johnny-hodap...

NEW: Critical economic data could be one of the first casualties of a government shutdown, including a jobs report due next Friday and an October inflation number that's crucial for computing Social Security COLA increases. w/ @mniquette.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In tonight's Washington Edition newsletter, I look at some of the game theory behind President Trump's latest escalation of shutdown politics: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

NEW: The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown -- with @laurendezenski.bsky.social. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New Gallup data find Republicans far more willing to weaponize the IRS against political foes — even before the assassination of Charlie Kirk ramped up partisan division.