https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AWTh9d9xV7g/jonathan-tamari RSS for Node Wed, 13 May 2026 05:25:14 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/gop-leaders-mull-gas-tax-suspension-as-momentum-grows https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-12/gop-leaders-mull-gas-tax-suspension-as-momentum-grows Tue, 12 May 2026 19:06:54 GMT A driver pays at a fuel pump at a gas station in Columbus, Ohio. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-12/trump-s-ballroom-to-put-republicans-in-congress-on-record https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-12/trump-s-ballroom-to-put-republicans-in-congress-on-record Tue, 12 May 2026 11:20:03 GMT US President Donald Trump looks out at the White House Ballroom construction while arriving for a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. Major US oil executives expressed caution to Donald Trump about reentering Venezuela, even as the president pressured their companies to spend at least $100 billion to revive the country's production following the brazen capture of leader Nicolás Maduro. Photographer: Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-11/donald-trump-s-china-trip-shows-second-term-focus-abroad https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-11/donald-trump-s-china-trip-shows-second-term-focus-abroad Mon, 11 May 2026 11:13:48 GMT US President Donald Trump arrives for a Mother's Day luncheon in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 8, 2026. Trump is hosting Angel moms and Gold Star mothers at the White House for a Mother's Day luncheon. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-08/ai-s-promise-concern-puts-trump-administration-in-bind https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-08/ai-s-promise-concern-puts-trump-administration-in-bind Fri, 08 May 2026 11:29:19 GMT US President Donald Trump, left, and Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, during a meeting with trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 16, 2026. The board is expected to vote on plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for about two years to carry out renovations. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/UPI/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-07/affordability-concerns-rise-as-trump-gop-s-biggest-midterm-headache-grows https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-07/affordability-concerns-rise-as-trump-gop-s-biggest-midterm-headache-grows Thu, 07 May 2026 11:21:25 GMT A driver refuels a vehicle with regular gasoline at a Chevron gas station in Los Angeles, California, US, on Thursday, April 30, 2026. After weeks of fuel inflation across Asia and Europe, higher pump prices are now starting to intensify in the US as war-driven energy shocks show little sign of abating. Photographer: David Swanson/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-06/marco-rubio-is-trump-s-repair-man-on-the-world-stage https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-06/marco-rubio-is-trump-s-repair-man-on-the-world-stage Wed, 06 May 2026 11:51:01 GMT Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, arrives for a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Rubio emphasized that the move to give military support to ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz near Iran is a "defensive operation," saying the US will only fire if fired upon. Photographer: Tom Brenner/The Washington Post/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-05/trump-s-revenge-tour-launches-this-month-in-elections-across-three-states https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-05/trump-s-revenge-tour-launches-this-month-in-elections-across-three-states Tue, 05 May 2026 11:22:22 GMT MIAMI, FLORIDA - APRIL 11: U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the media after walking off of Air Force One at Miami International Airport on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. President Trump came to town to attend a UFC Fight. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Photographer: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images North America https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-04/gas-prices-iran-war-top-issues-facing-gop-ahead-of-midterms https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-04/gas-prices-iran-war-top-issues-facing-gop-ahead-of-midterms Mon, 04 May 2026 11:50:13 GMT A demonstrator holds a gas prices sign outside an event with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, at The Villages Charter School in Sumterville, Florida, US, on Friday, May 1, 2026. Trump is taking his economic pitch on the road, as the White House grapples with an increasingly unpopular war with Iran ahead of the November midterm elections. Photographer: Thomas Simonetti/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-01/iran-war-hits-60-day-deadline-as-congress-leaves-town https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-01/iran-war-hits-60-day-deadline-as-congress-leaves-town Fri, 01 May 2026 11:42:02 GMT Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, left, and Senator John Barrasso, a Republican from Wyoming, during a news conference following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. President Donald Trump’s attempts to strong-arm Republicans into gutting Senate rules to pass voter ID legislation will spill out onto the Senate floor this week, focusing political time and attention on a MAGA priority that appears certain to fail. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-30/prediction-markets-draw-government-scrutiny-cheating-concerns https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-30/prediction-markets-draw-government-scrutiny-cheating-concerns Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:57:25 GMT A Kalshi advertisement at a bus stop in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. The rapid expansion of prediction markets is facing increasingly aggressive pushback from state officials pursuing a sprawling patchwork of lawsuits and cease-and-desist orders. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-29/hegseth-testifies-on-iran-war-1-5-trillion-budget-at-congressional-hearing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-29/hegseth-testifies-on-iran-war-1-5-trillion-budget-at-congressional-hearing Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:08:11 GMT ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - APRIL 08: U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on April 08, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. It was announced that a temporary ceasefire has been reached between the U.S., Iran, and Israel, pausing attacks for about two weeks while Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and negotiations continue toward a longer-term agreement. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Photographer: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images North America https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-28/trump-s-ballroom-dhs-funding-get-boost-in-aftermath-of-attack https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-28/trump-s-ballroom-dhs-funding-get-boost-in-aftermath-of-attack Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:10:01 GMT Construction work continues on President Trump's White House Ballroom on the site of the former East Wing of the White House, seen from the Washington Monument on March 8, 2026 in Washington, DC. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-27/white-house-press-dinner-attack-adds-to-tally-of-political-violence https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-27/white-house-press-dinner-attack-adds-to-tally-of-political-violence Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:07:21 GMT Secret service agents respond during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner) Photographer: Tom Brenner/FR117851 AP https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-24/china-has-gained-from-trump-s-stumbles-as-president-heads-to-nerd-prom https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-24/china-has-gained-from-trump-s-stumbles-as-president-heads-to-nerd-prom Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:23:19 GMT Members of the People's Armed Police walk through Tiananmen Square after the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, China, on Thursday, March 12, 2026. China adopted a law cementing President Xi Jinping's push to assimilate the country's ethnic minorities, another shift away from Beijing's long-held policy of giving such groups at least symbolic autonomy. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-23/senate-vote-a-rama-yields-progress-on-dhs-shutdown https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-23/senate-vote-a-rama-yields-progress-on-dhs-shutdown Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:28:42 GMT United States Capitol building, in Washington, DC. Taken at night, the building is lit. Black and white image. Photographer: Trevor Carpenter/Moment RF https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-22/trump-s-indefinite-ceasefire-leaves-lots-of-uncertainty https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-22/trump-s-indefinite-ceasefire-leaves-lots-of-uncertainty Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:18:04 GMT Commuters walk along a street during a power cut in Karachi on April 19. Photographer: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-21/virginia-election-is-among-the-last-of-the-redistricting-fights https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-21/virginia-election-is-among-the-last-of-the-redistricting-fights Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:08:31 GMT An election official checks in a voter on the last day of early voting at a polling location inside Burke Centre Library in Burke, Virginia, US, on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Virginia lawmakers are looking to redraw the state's congressional maps, the latest push by Democrats as the party seeks to counter similar moves by Republicans in the race to win a House majority in the 2026 midterms. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-20/how-is-iran-fighting-back-against-trump https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-20/how-is-iran-fighting-back-against-trump Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:27:11 GMT Transits through the waterway have reduced to a trickle over seven weeks of war in the Persian Gulf. Photographer: Andreea Campeanu/Getty Images https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-17/gas-prices-are-battling-tax-refunds-for-consumer-sentiment https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-17/gas-prices-are-battling-tax-refunds-for-consumer-sentiment Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:34:54 GMT US President Donald Trump speaks during a "No Tax on Tips" roundtable in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Trump sought to assuage voters’ fears about the cost of living despite higher energy prices stemming from his war in Iran at a rally to build support for his economic record ahead of November’s midterm elections. Photographer: Ian Maule/Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-16/iran-war-costs-remain-unclear-as-administration-ducks-question https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-16/iran-war-costs-remain-unclear-as-administration-ducks-question Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:32:27 GMT Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during a House Budget Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. Vought will argue on Capitol Hill Wednesday that a "sizable increase" in Defense Department spending is needed to make massive investments in weapons to allow the US military to remain dominant. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg