A looming health insurance cliff, U.S. inflation hits a 40-year high, and takeaways from the first Jan. 6 hearing.
Is time on Ukraine’s side? Russian President Vladimir Putin has dug his heels in and seems to think that Russia can fight for as long as it takes to achieve his ends. With the Ukraine war stretching on with no end in sight, Marvin Kalb and Henry Aaron consider the cracks that have recently emerged on both the diplomatic and domestic fronts in NATO’s response to the conflict. Read more |
Averting a health insurance cliff Preserving and expanding health insurance coverage for Americans has been a salient goal of the Biden administration, but a looming health insurance cliff threatens to erode coverage gains achieved during Biden’s first two years. Frank Thompson explains the daunting nature of the problem. Read more |
Expert conversations to catch up on Inflation hits a 40-year high. New Consumer Price Index data show that inflation rose to a whopping 8.6% in May. On Twitter Spaces, David Wessel, Justin Wolfers, Jason Furman, and Wendy Edelberg discuss the latest numbers and what might come next. Prefer to read? This summary outlines five key points from the speakers. Takeaways from the first Jan. 6 hearing. On Thursday, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol held its first hearing. The Lawfare team hosted a Twitter Spaces conversation to share their thoughts on a historic day in Congress. The global rise of white supremacist terrorism. The white supremacist movement has become a top counterterrorism concern in the U.S. and around the world. To assess the scale of the white supremacist threat, the movement’s capacities and weaknesses, and policies to counter it, the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors brought experts together for an important discussion. |
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