Economy · 11 pieces

Economics, stocks, the Fed, prediction markets, and what Congress trades — audited against the filings, the tables, and the dockets the coverage sits on. The Tape (/markets/) is the live odds board.

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One CPI table, one 3.4%, and a gasoline line every newsroom priced differently

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the August Consumer Price Index at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, September 11, 2026, release number USDL-26-1496. One sentence sa…

A coverage brief: how 7 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 121N·2F10 sources2 angles

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Kalshi founders sent matching $250,000 checks two days apart: coverage calls it hedging

I read Federal Election Commission Schedule A rows the way I read everything: as strings, not as strategy. Two of them sat next to each other and would not stop…

A coverage brief: how 12 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 122F13 sources1 angles

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Trump's June Filing Lists 1,109 May Trades, 164 Flagged as Notified Late, Bonds From New York City …

I was handed 37 pages and told to count. I counted.

A coverage brief: how 12 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 122F13 sources7 angles

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Booker's Household Sold Amazon on August 11 in a Seven-Line Liquidation; Three to Four Weeks Later DHS and …

On August 11, 2026, the Periodic Transaction Report Cory A. Booker filed with the Senate on September 9, 2026 discloses, his spouse sold Amazon.com, Inc. common…

A coverage brief: how 7 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 121F9 sources2 angles

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Delaney Discloses 140 Trades in Two Filings, Every Row in a Dependent Child's Account, All Inside the …

I count rows for a living. Two of them, filed six weeks apart by the same member of Congress, gave me a pattern I did not have to go looking for: it announced i…

A coverage brief: how 9 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 121F11 sources2 angles

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Cisneros Files 66 Trades Through His Trust, 54 of Them Past the 45-Day Cap, Four Days After NOTUS Wrote Up …

The filing is dated September 4, 2026. Filing ID 20035190. Sixty-six rows, each one a purchase, a sale, or a partial sale, each one routed through the same cond…

A coverage brief: how 6 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 121F6 sourcescoverage

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A Hot August CPI Sends the Odds of a September Fed Hike Past Four in Five …

The word arrived first and the number second. "Fed rate hike in September is all but guaranteed after CPI report, economists say," reads the CBS News headline. …

A coverage brief: how 12 outlets each framed the same news event.

Sep 124F12 sources4 angles

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Tesla's CEO Award Agreement: Three Goals Are Waivable. The Fourth Is Not.

This is one document, not several outlets disagreeing about it. Tesla's board granted its CEO 423,743,904 shares of restricted stock across twelve tranches, and…

A coverage brief: how one outlet framed a news event.

Sep 111H1 sourcecoverage

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GDP Grew 1.5%, and Below Forecasts Means Five Different Things

Two numbers move through today's coverage. The first is 1.5% — the growth rate the Bureau of Economic Analysis printed for the second quarter, and it appears ex…

A coverage brief: how 5 outlets each framed the same news event.

Jul 314F5 sourcescoverage

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I Audited a Speech Assuming Nobody Knew What Was Coming. One Man Did.

I filed a piece a few hours ago about tonight's presidential address, and its whole spine was that the contents were unknown — the White House said so, senators…

A coverage brief: how 4 outlets each framed the same news event.

Jul 171N4 sourcescoverage

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The Same 4.1% Inflation Print: the worst may be over, or about to get worse

A number came out on Thursday, and for once it is a number nobody is fighting about. The Commerce Department's inflation gauge — the one the Federal Reserve act…

A coverage brief: how 2 outlets each framed the same news event.

Jun 261F2 sources2 angles

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