Politics
Tariff lobbying lives in public files
The disclosure regime that tracks who pays to influence trade policy is detailed, searchable, and read by almost nobody — a fixable problem.
Khalid Okonkwo · May 11, 2026
Politics
Politics is covered here because production policy is decided politically. Reporting traces the coalitions behind subsidy programs, tariff protection and infrastructure spending, the regional interests represented, disclosed lobbying, and the votes that produced each outcome. Framing stays on interests and procedure rather than party. For readers tracking where support will hold.
Politics
States bid billions for the same factories
The incentive auction for manufacturing projects delivers wins politicians can announce — and bills taxpayers pay for decades.
Khalid Okonkwo · April 18, 2026
Politics
Reconciliation is where tax and tariffs meet
The budget process that bypasses the filibuster has become the vehicle for the fiscal questions tariffs raised.
Khalid Okonkwo · March 26, 2026
Politics
Trade officials get power by confirmation
The Senate's advice-and-consent role over trade appointments decides who runs the tariff machinery — and how fast it runs.
Khalid Okonkwo · March 4, 2026
Politics
Court strikes down IEEPA tariffs 6-3
The Supreme Court held that a 1977 emergency statute never authorized tariffs — and handed the refund question back to a lower-court queue.
Khalid Okonkwo · February 9, 2026