Jim Tankersley

New York Times

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Jim Tankersley is a tax and economics correspondent for the New York Times. He formerly reported on economics  for the Washington Post and National Journal, and on energy and the environment for the Tribune Company.

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Now that the Nunes memo has been released...well, what's in it?

Re: That Nunes Memo

Now that the Nunes memo has been released...well, what's in it?

from Left, Right & Center

Political veterans call the promise of tax reform a "cruel hoax," because it always amounts to just shifting money from one group to another.

Tax Cuts: Who gets the benefits? Who pays the cost?

Political veterans call the promise of tax reform a "cruel hoax," because it always amounts to just shifting money from one group to another.

from To the Point

Five days before the Iowa caucuses, the presidential campaigns of both political parties are more chaotic than ever.

Economic Inequality Fuels an Angry Electorate

Five days before the Iowa caucuses, the presidential campaigns of both political parties are more chaotic than ever.

from To the Point

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Orange County Democrats are celebrating a victory that seemed almost impossible 10 years ago.

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President Trump says negative economic forecasts are fake news, but he’s also making nervous calls to his friends in the business world to ask if they’re true.

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before congress, but does he say anything new?

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Accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself over the weekend. He was in the secure housing unit in a Manhattan jail.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Teddy Roosevelt coined the term “Bully Pulpit.” Other presidents have used it to get the nation behind them. For President Trump, it’s an instrument of division.

from To the Point

Where would America be without the muckraking journalists and the publications that champion their work?

from Scheer Intelligence

Will mass shootings become part of America’s background noise?   That’s an ugly prospect raised by the deaths of 34 people this week in Texas, Ohio and California.

from To the Point

Science continues to suffer attack from the Trump administration. Testimony on climate change and national security has been censored.

from To the Point