Jacob Bogage

‘Hot Wasps’ Found at Nuclear Facility in South Carolina

I’m sorry, does that say “radioactive wasps”?

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/s...

Now that Trump has shown a willingness to sack government officials who report data that angers him, it’ll be a doozy to see how he handles wider trade deficits from the EU + Japan investment funds (if these truly materialize).

The slippery slope only gets steeper from here

President Trump's #tariffs are (almost) here.

Large hashtag #tax hikes on imports are coming August 7.

🇨🇦 For Canadian goods, they're already here.

Here's what they mean for you and the U.S. economy for @washingtonpost.com.

Staffing shortages at the bureau are already fueling questions about the agency’s ability to accurately tabulate data on consumer prices. “The president is risking material economic harm through his politicization of the BLS and of official government data,” said Michael Strain, an economist at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, who worked with McEntarfer in the early 2010s at the U.S. Census Bureau. “It is imperative that businesses, households and investors believe that official government data are accurate and do not reflect any political bias,” Strain said. “Fortunately, that is true of the data, but by sewing doubt, President Trump is undermining the integrity of the information that businesses, investors and households rely on.”

Trump fired the official in charge of collecting basic statistics about the US economy.

He's risking material harm to the economy by politicizing routine data reports, @michaelrstrain.bsky.social tells me.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I know this is a joke, but GERD is real and getting treatment helps!

I cover the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Trump and Republicans’ massive new #tax and #immigration law.

And even I lose track of what’s in it and when certain cuts to #Medicaid and #SNAP kick in.

So here’s a breakdown — complete with a list you can screenshot.

I'm with @washingtonpost.com, though WSJ is great, too! Thanks for reading.

Here’s a better sense of what’s on the chopping block at IRS:

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Great question. Unclear.

IRS considers eliminating non-English language tax services The Trump administration is considering eliminating non-English-language tax services, which could affect millions of taxpayers who rely on multilingual support.

🚨 NEW: The IRS is weighing dropping non-English language services

That'd get rid of phone and in-person interpreters & translations of common tax forms and notices.

It's to comply with Trump's executive order declaring English the "official language" -- a power the president may not actually have.

You should read the story.

We built a calculator about how Trump and Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill" will affect you.

And then we updated it to reflect all the last-minute changes in the bill.

Plug in your info. See what it will mean for you and your family.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...

It’s incredible. It’s like he presses a button and says, “It’s go time.”

You guys, Journalism did it again.

Even more thrilling: @rbeggin.bsky.social is joining our WaPo econ family in Congress.

If you don’t follow her, now is the time.

She’s brilliant, scoopy — and a fellow @mujschool.bsky.social grad.

Who’s got it better than us?
Nooooobody!

We’re thrilled to announce that Jacob Bogage will become White House economic policy correspondent, shifting from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other to cover taxes, trade and other issues shaping President Donald Trump’s economic agenda. A tenacious reporter who loves both scoops and spreadsheets, Jacob is already an indispensable member of The Post’s economics team. As the congressional economic policy correspondent since September 2023, Jacob has led our coverage of Trump’s tax and spending bill, breaking news on key policy decisions and explaining the intricacies of the legislation. While numerous lawmakers have admitted they did not read the 1,000-plus-page law, Jacob did, and he developed a running tally of every policy added to the bill. This winter, when the U.S. DOGE Service began its drive for granular government datasets, Jacob scooped on DOGE’s efforts to obtain personal taxpayer data and Social Security data. When immigration enforcement officials sought to collaborate with the IRS to locate migrants, Jacob reported it first, then broke news on the acting IRS commissioner’s resignation over the arrangement. Jacob has also produced groundbreaking reporting on the U.S. Postal Service, breaking news of Trump’s wish to oust the postmaster general and deep dysfunction in the mail agency’s vehicle procurement process.

Before moving to the Capitol, Jacob was a member of the Business Breaking News team. He joined The Post as an intern in 2015. A graduate of the University of Missouri, he is a Montgomery County native who lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with his wife, Dani, and their dog, Cash. Please join us in congratulating Jacob on his new role. His first day will be July 21. Lori    Nick    Jen Mike

Some *very* fun @washingtonpost.com news:

I’m moving to our White House economics beat! That’s covering taxes, spending, trade and more.

I loved my time in Congress and getting to cover the GOP push through the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

Now I get to cover how it will shape the nation.

If you don't follow @kadiagoba.bsky.social, now is the time. She's @washingtonpost.com's newest congressional correspondent, and one of the best-sourced reporters in Washington.

And she's super cool. Give her a follow and say hi.

Trump's War On The Poor What A Day · Episode

Joined our friends at @crooked.com to talk the winners and losers of the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

How’d I do? (If you really give me feedback, be polite 🫣)

Why does she have bison??

Paris-Saint Germain. Onions. Double order.

Best way to come down from a very intense month of work?

Can confirm this email is authentic — and about nothing in it is true.

Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.

It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.

Can you send me a copy of that email to jacob.bogage@washpost.com?

Or you can DM me a photo here or on Signal at jacobbogage.87.

That’s right.

Not by an administration, but by Congress, sure.

That’d have required Jeffries to go for ~30 hours.

The record for all of Congress is Cory Booker’s 25+ hours.

Booker spent several days preparing his body for that feat. Jeffries didn’t have that kinds prep time.

His speech broke records set by Pelosi and McCarthy.

Pelosi did her’s in heels.

That's right. We have a piece publishing momentarily that will get into some of this in greater detail.

Phase in starts in 2028.

SNAP is administered by the states, so this will be up to each state about how it wants to handle it.

The language linking SNAP and immigration status did not survive the Senate's "Byrd bath" to approve reconciliation text.

Slowly and then all at once.