Jeff Stein
Chief Economics Reporter at The Washington Post
White House economics reporter for The Washington Post. New John Brown podcast @ https://t.co/fcYKyU9RMG. Founder @ithacavoice. Signal: 9178872891.
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washingtonpost.com | Jacob Bogage |Jeff Stein
Acting IRS leader replaced after 3 days as senior DOGE official loses access (washingtonpost.com) Acting IRS leader replaced after 3 days as senior DOGE official loses access By Jacob Bogage; Jeff Stein 2025041817352500 President Donald Trump replaced acting IRS commissioner Gary Shapley on Friday, three days after he was selected for the position, as rapid leadership changes continue to rock the agency charged with collecting and disbursing billions of dollars in revenue and benefits. The...
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washingtonpost.com | Jeff Stein |Elizabeth Dwoskin |Cat Zakrzewski
How Tim Cook helped Apple out of Trump’s tariff storm — for now (washingtonpost.com) How Tim Cook helped Apple out of Trump’s tariff storm — for now By Jeff Stein; Elizabeth Dwoskin; Cat Zakrzewski 2025041717301100 As President Donald Trump's enormous new tariffs on China rippled through global supply chains, Apple CEO Tim Cook went to work behind the scenes.
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washingtonpost.com | Jacob Bogage |Jeff Stein
Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status (washingtonpost.com) Trump administration asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status By Jacob Bogage; Jeff Stein 2025041621274800 The Trump administration has asked the Internal Revenue Service's top attorney to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status, according to three people familiar with the situation, amid President Donald Trump's row with the institution over its handling of antisemitism and diversity...
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washingtonpost.com | Nitasha Tiku |Aaron Gregg |Jeff Stein
Tariffs on chips, phones, laptops still coming, commerce secretary warns (washingtonpost.com) Tariffs on chips, phones, laptops still coming, commerce secretary warns By Nitasha Tiku; Aaron Gregg; Mariana Alfaro; Jeff Stein 2025041318563100 U.S. levies on semiconductor chips, smartphones and laptops — which the White House exempted late Friday from a slew of "reciprocal" tariffs — are in fact still in the works, and will be determined in a month or two, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and...
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washingtonpost.com | Jeff Stein
What President Trump’s team wants from the rest of the world (washingtonpost.com) What President Trump’s team wants from the rest of the world By Jeff Stein 2025041316023200 More natural gas purchases from American firms. Fewer tariffs on U.S. exports. Lower taxes on Silicon Valley tech giants. Pledges to stop China from using other nations to ship its products to the United States.
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"The rapid, piecemeal nature of these tariffs piling on has led to some perverse outcomes. At the moment, low-value Chinese apparel & footwear imports face an eye-popping 125% reciprocal tariff, but strategic sectors like pharmaceuticals & semiconductors are exempt." --
Confirming @mmcassella: WH official says the tariff rate on China is *145%.* Says 125% was their rate under the "reciprocal" regime, but that the preexisting 20% tariffs also remain in effect in addition to the 125%
I know this is an incredibly old and boring point by now but it's remarkable watching how the ostensibly data-driven stock market is driven so heavily by vibes. (shout out @kylascan.) Nothing has changed from yesterday's surge to today's decline other than everyone "realizing"
