Emily Badger
@emilymbadger
New York Times writer covering urban policy for @UpshotNYT. [email protected], ebadger.21 on Signal.
Out: Cornhusker kickback In: Caribou carveout W/@sangerkatz nytimes.com/2025/06/28/us/… via @NYTimes
New: A 50-year-old federal rule has stifled affordable housing. Congress may finally, at long last, do something about it vox.com/policy/420254/…
I think too many people are over-estimating the role Trump has in making a deal to get the Commanders a new stadium in D.C. The land’s lease is held by D.C., the deal is before the D.C. Council, and federal law prohibits any federal funds being spent on a stadium.
President Donald Trump is doubling down. He says he won’t make a deal for the team to build a new stadium if they don’t change their name back to the Washington Redskins. Buckle up.
Wild that the National Capital Planning Commission now sits at the center of Trump's campaign to pressure the Fed chair to lower interest rates: nytimes.com/2025/07/18/us/…
As this AP story points out, private landlords who accept vouchers won't like this. For all the program's hassles and paperwork, its major upside for landlords is the stability of long-term reliably paying tenants.
The Trump admin would like to put a 2-year time limit on federal housing assistance for the non-elderly or disabled. 70% of such households now in subsidized housing have already been there that long: apnews.com/article/hud-se…
The Trump admin would like to put a 2-year time limit on federal housing assistance for the non-elderly or disabled. 70% of such households now in subsidized housing have already been there that long: apnews.com/article/hud-se…
"It was an exercise of power, not reason." Helpful @adamliptak context on recent SCOTUS moves: nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/…
Important piece from the incredible @AnaSwanson: TACOs aside, Trump has actually raised the average tariff rate quite significantly over the past 6 months. nytimes.com/2025/07/14/us/…
The "DEI" science grants the Trump administration has canceled include some that support young scientists from rural and first-gen college backgrounds: nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/…
Great story/charts from @lydiadepillis @christinezhang on how health care ate the American economy. This pair of maps is especially striking.
Smart @sangerkatz + @aliciaparlap FAQ about the GOP megabill that's about to become law: nytimes.com/2025/07/03/ups…
Republicans want states to cut food aid errors. Their bill could do the opposite: nytimes.com/2025/07/02/ups…
NEW: GOP tax bill includes largest cut to US safety net in decades, possibly ever Medicaid faces ~18% cut; +10 million projected to lose insurance SNAP faces ~20%; +2 million to lose food stamps Clinton cut food stamps by ~14%. Reagan cut Medicaid by ~5% across 2 years
How the GOP bill finds its savings: piling more paperwork on the poor. w/ @sangerkatz nytimes.com/2025/06/29/ups…
Since some drama about the "current policy baseline" is clearly headed our way this week, may I recommend this piece decoding that boring but consequential language using metaphors and illustrations? nytimes.com/interactive/20… @aliciaparlap
Republicans are making statements like this because they’ve pursued a strategy that nominally doesn’t cut benefits. Rather, their bill will make benefits much harder to get, with the same result that millions will lose assistance: nytimes.com/2025/06/29/ups…
TAPPER: “Are you guaranteeing that these changes that you are voting for Monday presumably will not hurt recipients in Alabama of Medicaid, of food stamps or SNAP, for those who are citizens and for those who truly need it and deserve it?” BRITT: “Absolutely.”
Trump wants to punish Harvard by cutting off federal grants but the result is cutting research into cancer, mental health, opioid addiction, sleep deprivation and hundreds of other projects that benefit Americans. @emilymbadger Aatish Bhatia @ethanpsinger nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Rather than softening the Medicaid cuts in Republican's megabill, the Senate has made them even more aggressive: nytimes.com/2025/06/16/us/…
Trump making very clear that he intends his moves in Los Angeles to be the first in a series of efforts into big cities:
SCOOP: The House tax bill includes a carve out sought behind the scenes by a $75 billion private credit giant The firm is owned by billionaire brothers Lawrence & David Golub, who have given $2 million in campaign contributions since 2020 The provision, an exemption to a global…