Monday, August 24, 2026
Every side of the story
7 stories
Political reporters are covering the data-center backlash as a 2026 election story. Policy reporters call it a market failure. Both are skipping the part where nobody's fix is tested yet.
Read the storyThe EPA's emergency gasoline waiver reads as consumer relief in most coverage. Trade press shows it's also timed to the midterms and a win for ethanol producers.
Read the storyJuly payrolls shrank by 23,000 and revisions erased 103,000 more jobs — yet unemployment fell. Here is what outlets chose to emphasize.
Read the storyTrump revived his bid to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook with a letter built to survive the defect the Supreme Court flagged in June. Here's what coverage left out.
Read the storyThe Fed held rates steady on July 29 and outlets called it prudent. Stocks fell and 30-year Treasury yields hit a 19-year high the same day. Here's the gap.
Read the storySpirit's sudden shutdown follows a failed $500m rescue and surging jet fuel prices — a collapse that mixes economic shock with political rescue drama.
Read the storyA deep dive into the IMF's 2026 outlook and the strategic divide between the UK's economic hit and the US's security goals.
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