Year-in-Review: 2025
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Sun, Jan 4, 2025:
The Winners and Losers from Mix of Tax and Benefit Cuts. Tax cuts should help, but changes to programs such as food stamps will hurt low-income consumers - WSJ
Thurs, Jan 1, 2025:
The Biggest Casualties of Trump’s Year of Government Cuts—and What to Expect in 2026 - Time
Tues, Dec 30, 2025:
Year in review: the impact of Project 2025 - NPR
So Long and Good Riddance to a Year of Tragedy, Presidential Antics, and Mamdani-Mania - National Review
Fri, Dec 26, 2025:
Trump launched global tariff wars in 2025. Here’s a recap of his trade actions this year – AP
The 2025 Regulatory Year in Review – Penn
Thurs, Dec 25, 2025:
10 charts that show where the economy is heading. One year into President Trump’s term, AI spending is up, gas prices are down and inflation is complicated. – WP
The whoppers of 2025. Claims about economy, war in Ukraine, measles were among the top falsehoods of past year – Roll Call
Wed, Dec 24, 2025:
A Look Back At Some Of Our Best Journalism Of 2025 – Forbes
Year in review: Trump, gerrymandering & redistricting – NPR
Tues, Dec 23, 2025:
Trump’s Reordering of US Capital. In the first year of his second administration, Donald Trump and his advisers have moved with uncommon speed to alter the flow of money in the US. – Bloomberg
Mon, Dec 22, 2025:
The year in review (part one). The defining market themes of 2025. – FT
Sun, Dec 21, 2025:
The year Trump broke the federal government. How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy. – WP
Sat, Dec 20, 2025:
Chaos in governance, finance, education and trade set off alarm bells – Bloomberg
Thurs, Dec 18, 2025:
Shouting, Ranting, Insulting: Trump’s Uninhibited Second Term. Many of President Trump’s supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership. But some of his recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies. – NYT
The year in review: the stories that defined 2025 – The Economist
Wed, Dec 17, 2025:
Look around: Bubbles are everywhere – Bloomberg
Tues, Dec 16, 2025:
What the end of Trump’s first year looks like. Prices and deportations are going up, while polls show a majority disapproves of his presidency and that most of his major policies are unpopular. – WP
Government shutdown, reconciliation law highlight turbulent year in Congress. Despite rise in rancor, lawmakers did manage a few bipartisan achievements. – Roll Call
Sun, Dec 14, 2025:
The Most Overhyped and Underhyped Trends of 2025 – Bloomberg