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Washington Update: On Data Privacy, Look to the States
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As data breaches dominate news cycle after news cycle – at a seemingly exponential rate – have federal policymakers started to pay attention to the issue?
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Market Week in Review: The China-U.S. trade war escalates. Could a recession follow?
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s Aug. 1 threat to impose 10% tariffs on the final $300 billion of Chinese imports drew a swift response from China, which devalued its exchange rate and halted all agricultural purchases from the U.S. The retaliatory measures quickly sent markets into a tailspin, with both the S&P 500® Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average logging their steepest losses of the year on Aug. 5.
Policy and Regulatory Commentary
Washington Update: The Impact of Labeling China a Currency Manipulator
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While many Americans have been Googling the term “currency manipulation” over the last two days, one White House adviser has been enjoying the spoils of victory after a nearly decade-long policy fight.
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Washington Update: City of the Perishable
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About a decade ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called Washington, D.C. “the city of the perishable.” The speaker was talking about legislation.
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Washington Update: Don't Believe the Hype - Democratic Presidential Candidates Aren’t Likely to Implement Most of Their Financial Services Proposals
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If you are like most of professional Washington, you spent most of today glued to around-the-clock coverage of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before two House committees and are about to start packing for summer vacation. And good news! The Beltway’s summer lull will be longer than usual this year.
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Washington Update: The Fan-in-Chief
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Unless you have been without power and newspapers for the last 96 hours, you know that on Sunday the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) won their fourth soccer World Cup in the last 28 years.
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Washington Update: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Gerrymandering But Were Too Afraid to Ask
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The U.S. Supreme Court issued a flurry of decisions last week as it closed its 2018-2019 session. While its ruling rejecting the Trump administration’s rationale for a U.S. Census citizenship question will have important repercussions for representation across the U.S., another case also could impact the partisan balance in the lower chamber of Congress … unless voters in a handful of states get a say about it.