Category: Washington Updates

White House Eyes Thanksgiving Deadline for Ukraine Peace Proposal

The White House is asking Ukraine to accept a new 28-point peace proposal by next week or risk losing U.S. support in its war with Russia. U.S. Army Secretary Daniel...

Record Shutdown Ends

Tax & Trade Nov 13, 2025 Lulu Geller

Last night, the historic 43-day government shutdown finally ended. The final tally was 222 to 209. The House passed legislation that reopens the federal government and funds several agencies but...

White House Freezes Canada Talks, Launches China Trade Investigation

On Friday, President Trump announced he is terminating U.S.–Canada trade negotiations, citing an Ontario government television ad that uses excerpts from a 1987 Ronald Reagan radio address to argue that tariffs harm...

Senate Advances Defense Policy Bill After Weeks-Long Stalemate

Last Thursday, the Senate approved its version of the annual defense policy bill (S.2296) in a 77-20 vote. The measure authorizes $925.8 billion in national defense spending, $32.1 billion above...

Negotiations Continue, Agencies Release Shutdown Directives, and the Executive Branch Retaliates

The federal government officially shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, October 1, following the Senate’s failure to pass the House-approved continuing resolution (CR) [217 – 212]. The House remains in recess, leaving...

Trade Pressures and Policy Shifts: Insights from Business Leaders Across Sectors

It has been an eventful week in the world of tariffs and trade. From President Trump’s discussion of providing tariff revenue to farmers, the formalization of the US-EU tariff agreement...

State of the Shutdown: Updates We’ve Been Watching

CR Overview The threat of a government shutdown continues to loom over Washington after a week of dueling proposals. The Republican stopgap was rejected by Democrats on a 48-44 vote...

Court Rules IEEPA Tariffs Unlawful, but Stays Relief Pending Remand to Trade Court

Tax & Trade Aug 29, 2025 Patrick Firth

A late Friday, August 29 ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has declared most of President Donald J. Trump’s global tariffs to be illegal,...

New Executive Order Aims to Fortify the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

The global pharmaceutical supply chain, once an interconnected and largely invisible network, has been a growing topic of national security concern. The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the vulnerabilities of this...

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