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.@AaronDKlein joined CNN to break down the Fed's decision to hold rates steady following Kevin Warsh's first meeting as chair.

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"The challenge is not simply to restore passage through one strait, but to prevent politically differentiated access to major maritime chokepoints from becoming normalized."

Read the latest from Brookings' Kari Heerman and David Wessel on reliable, depoliticized access to key waterways: https://t.co/uImR4j4V37

[Aaron Klein @Aarondklein]

Car insurance costs have risen over 50%. Why is that and what can be done? @NYDFS Asrow joins @BrookingsEcon with a brilliant panel. Come on Wednesday 2pm and be part of the discussion. Link:

https://t.co/NBl7vXPdOh

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Happening now: The @BrookingsInst's Hutchins Center examines the legacy of the Powell Fed, with Janet Yellen, Ben Bernanke, Alan Blinder, Kristin Forbes, and Don Kohn. Christina and David Romer will present a new paper on monetary policy in the Powell era.

Watch here: https://t.co/Qmrh1K3Oac

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Don’t miss out—TOMORROW @ 1 PM ET, The Hamilton Project will host a conversation on the costs of social media. The event will feature a fireside chat with Dr. @vivek_murthy, 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, followed by an expert panel. https://t.co/mdLBHO0W6r

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Closure of the Strait of Hormuz has rattled markets—but oil prices haven't spiked to catastrophic levels. Yet. Ben Harris and Robin Brooks break down why, and map out when temporary buffers run out. https://t.co/m7OutGfCgo

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In 1985, nearly 1 in 5 wage and salary workers were members of a union. In 2025, 1 in 10 workers were members of a union.

Lauren Bauer and Tia Cole offer six economic facts about union density: https://t.co/2KLnV2VcGd

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Watson: ICE is supposed to ask detainees whether they have children, but they don't always do so, and parents often don't volunteer the information out of fear of more contact with the government.

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Watson: "I wondered what has happened to those children. We really don't have information about how many of them have left with their parents if their parent was deported in the end, how many of them are living in good situations, or relatively good situations, with family and friends, and how many of them are in unsafe situations. We just don't have the data. The transparency isn't there."

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Watson: "I wondered what has happened to those children. We really don't have information about how many of them have left with their parents if their parent was deported in the end, how many of them are living in good situations, or relatively good situations, with family and friends, and how many of them are in unsafe situations. We just don't have the data. The transparency isn't there."

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The @BrookingsInst's Tara Watson joined Morning Joe today to break down her latest research: an estimated 205,000 children have had a parent detained by ICE since January 2025. 145,000 of them are U.S. citizens. And no one in government is responsible for what happens to them next.

Read the full report: https://t.co/eAhecnVILg

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The @BrookingsInst's Tara Watson joined Morning Joe today to break down her latest research: an estimated 205,000 children have had a parent detained by ICE since January 2025. 145,000 of them are U.S. citizens. And no one in government is responsible for what happens to them next.

Read the full report: https://t.co/eAhecnVILg

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New research reveals that more than 145,000 U.S. citizen children have been separated from their parents under the administration's immigration crackdown. Tara Watson and co-authors break down what the data show—and what policymakers must address. https://t.co/nqf0WhM6B0

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Brookings' Clifford Winston argues that decades of protectionism have left U.S. airlines and automakers financially brittle. The fix: open the gates to global competition.

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Policies that insulate them from competition created the conditions that led to bailouts and bankruptcies, writes Clifford Winston.
https://t.co/rZ8MFXBSRL

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Spirit Airlines' collapse isn't a failure of the budget airline model. It's a symptom of decades of protectionism that has left U.S. airlines and automakers financially brittle and unable to compete globally.

In his latest piece in the @WSJ, @BrookingsInst's Clifford Winston argues it's time to open the gates.

Read the full piece here: https://t.co/8hzBSz04S7

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The U.S. is spending nearly $1 trillion less per year on health care than experts projected in 2010. Harvard's David Cutler explains why, and why the trend is likely to stick.
https://t.co/tY1P12fjJw

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Happening now: @BrookingsEcon hosts @SenAdamSchiff, Kalshi's @RickHeaslip, CFR's @SamHenryLazarus, and Georgia State's @tphillips to debate whether prediction markets are a level playing field or a rigged game. Moderated by WSJ's @kryshur.

Watch live: https://t.co/mjQg7ZZjJV

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Excited to interview @SenAdamSchiff on his new legislation to reign in prediction markets. Watch or come @BrookingsEcon at 11:30 today.

https://t.co/UTX5omQ8cI

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The secret to building 200,000 new homes, mostly affordable, starter level, mixed-use, and largely within existing zoning is right before us. @chrishughes and I explain how to transform the FHLB system from profits for banks to powering a housing boom.
https://t.co/2E9CioU9Fj

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Myth: Social Security is fully funded by payroll taxes and can't add to the deficit.

Reality: Social Security has run cash shortfalls since 2010 and is adding $250 billion to this year's deficit alone. By 2056, it's projected to add 39% of GDP to the national debt.

New from @BrookingsInst's @JessicaBRiedl, the first in a series busting common myths about the federal budget:
https://t.co/K5IIRYWo6k

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A plan to build 200,000 new housing units, focused on creating density in desired areas without needing massive changes to local zoning, all while not spending more taxpayer money or taxing people or businesses. @Wharton @chrishughes and I lay it out here:
https://t.co/2E9CioU9Fj