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The president was barely a year into his administration when a health care debate began to consume Washington. On Capitol Hill, partisan divides formed as many Democrats pressed for guaranteed insurance coverage for a broader swath of Americans while Republicans, buttressed by medical industry lobbying, warned about cost and a slide into communism. The yearContinueContinue reading “Why Washington’s healthcare debate never really goes away”

Global bond markets delivered a strong year, with most markets posting mid- to high-single-digit gains, led by higher-yielding segments, as EM hard-currency debt returned 12.16% and U.S. high yield 8.62%. source https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/insights/markets/looking-back-at-2025-fixed-income/

Bloomberg News’ White House editor Justin Sink shared the below with the newsroom Thursday afternoon: Hi all- We’re excited to announce that Jeff Mason will be joining Bloomberg’s White House and Politics team as a Washington correspondent. Jeff comes to us after a 25-year career at Reuters, during which time he covered the White HouseContinueContinue reading “Bloomberg hires Mason from Reuters in DC bureau”

The president was barely a year into his administration when a health care debate began to consume Washington. On Capitol Hill, partisan divides formed as many Democrats pressed for guaranteed insurance coverage for a broader swath of Americans while Republicans, buttressed by medical industry lobbying, warned about cost and a slide into communism. The yearContinueContinue reading “Why Washington’s health care debate never really goes away”

In recent years, there’s been a wave of studies reporting that humans are basically full of microplastics: They’ve been found in our brains, arteries, and even in placentas.  But some scientists, quoted and cited in an article published by the Guardian this week, have critiqued some of those findings, saying that microplastics research has beenContinueContinue reading “Some scientists say research on microplastics is flawed: What does it mean for our bodies?”