Eduardo Porter

President’s proposed budget slashes health department by 12% while throwing $1.5tn – a 42% increase – to the military

Americans are dying in droves. Deaths due to avoidable causes in the United States –which could be dealt with via prevention or proper healthcare – far

Americans having less kids plus an ageing population could be a recipe for disaster that further erodes social stability

Kevin Warsh, Trump’s ‘central casting’, has a long road ahead of convincing board members to lower interest rates

Senator Chris Van Hollen and other Democratic lawmakers are embracing a policy that hardly benefits the middle class

The president’s ultimate goal is to push the Fed – among other independent US institutions – to bend to his will

Eduardo Porter Jerome Powell, who stepped down this week as chair of the Federal Reserve , had his hits and misses.

Trump’s second term has revealed that Washington’s policy response to such a crisis will be misguided and full of chaos

Trump’s pursuit of policies that drive up prices, including tariffs and war, might be punished in November’s elections

A new belief set is uniting some of the wealthiest men in the world around a ‘transhuman’ future – actual humanity be damned