https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQwaMqGpXbA/matthew-yglesias RSS for Node Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:25:54 GMT https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-02/will-wind-and-solar-power-raise-energy-prices https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-02/will-wind-and-solar-power-raise-energy-prices Sun, 02 Nov 2025 13:00:10 GMT TOPSHOT - A photo shows wind turbines next to an industrial chimney near Duisburg, western Germany, on October 14, 2024. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-26/doom-scrolling-is-a-vice-tax-it-like-cigarettes https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-26/doom-scrolling-is-a-vice-tax-it-like-cigarettes Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:00:08 GMT YICHANG, CHINA - MAY 31, 2025 - A smoker on the street in Yichang City, Hubei Province, China on May 31, 2025. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-19/government-shutdown-what-makes-this-one-so-different https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-19/government-shutdown-what-makes-this-one-so-different Sun, 19 Oct 2025 12:00:12 GMT People visit the Liberty Bell on the eve of Independence Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 2025. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP) (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-12/does-it-really-matter-who-is-mayor-of-fairbanks-alaska https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-12/does-it-really-matter-who-is-mayor-of-fairbanks-alaska Sun, 12 Oct 2025 12:00:11 GMT Can you name the mayor of this Alaskan city? https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-05/government-shutdown-republicans-can-easily-end-it-if-they-want-to https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-05/government-shutdown-republicans-can-easily-end-it-if-they-want-to Sun, 05 Oct 2025 12:00:10 GMT The U.S. Capitol is seen on the second day of the federal government shutdown on October 2, 2025, in Washington D.C. Efforts to end the shutdown stalled as Democrats left Capitol Hill without reaching a funding agreement with President Donald Trump, while the White House warned of potential impacts on public sector jobs. 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(Photo by JC Olivera/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-21/ceo-belief-in-ai-is-causing-indifference-to-trump-policies https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-21/ceo-belief-in-ai-is-causing-indifference-to-trump-policies Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:00:29 GMT US President Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room flanked by Masayoshi Son (2L), Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp, Larry Ellison (2R), Executive Charmain Oracle and Sam Altman (R), CEO of Open AI at the White House on January 21, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-14/driverless-cars-really-don-t-need-anyone-behind-the-wheel https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-14/driverless-cars-really-don-t-need-anyone-behind-the-wheel Sun, 14 Sep 2025 12:00:22 GMT Waymo autonomous taxis near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, June 2, 2025. Significant changes are in store for President Donald Trump's signature $3.9 trillion tax-cut bill as the Senate begins closed-door talks this week on legislation that squeaked through the House by a single vote. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-07/healthcare-can-be-saved-with-a-government-shutdown https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-07/healthcare-can-be-saved-with-a-government-shutdown Sun, 07 Sep 2025 12:00:24 GMT TOPSHOT - US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Democrat from New York, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol on February 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. The US Senate on February 13, 2024 approved $60 billion in funding for Ukraine, in a bill House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated his Republican-led chamber will reject. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-31/trump-scandals-some-of-the-worst-ones-are-perfectly-legal https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-31/trump-scandals-some-of-the-worst-ones-are-perfectly-legal Sun, 31 Aug 2025 12:00:21 GMT L/R, US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem look on as US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before signing an executive order that aims to end cashless bail, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 25, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-24/could-susan-collins-lose-to-graham-platner-in-maine-senate-race https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-24/could-susan-collins-lose-to-graham-platner-in-maine-senate-race Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:00:19 GMT Going after the all-important oyster-farmer voting bloc. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-17/washington-should-be-a-freedom-city-not-a-police-state https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-17/washington-should-be-a-freedom-city-not-a-police-state Sun, 17 Aug 2025 12:00:30 GMT Not making the city any safer. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-10/tim-cook-white-house-visit-shows-the-true-cost-of-tariffs https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-10/tim-cook-white-house-visit-shows-the-true-cost-of-tariffs Sun, 10 Aug 2025 12:00:30 GMT WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 06: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks behind an engraved glass disc gifted to him by Apple CEO Tim Cook (R) during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. Apple Inc. announced a $100 billion investment in manufacturing facilities in the U.S., on top of an announcement in February committing over the next four years to a $500 billion investment in the U.S. economy and the addition of 20,000 new jobs. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-03/affordable-housing-a-ray-of-hope-emerges-in-washington https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-08-03/affordable-housing-a-ray-of-hope-emerges-in-washington Sun, 03 Aug 2025 12:00:26 GMT RIVERSIDE, CA - SEPTEMBER 23: Finished homes await shipping at a Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. factory on September 23, 2005 in Riverside, California. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has ordered 7,500 travel trailers and 3,000 single-section manufactured homes from Fleetwood so far for the agency's disaster relief plan in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina which devastated New Orleans. More orders are expected as another huge hurricane, Rita, is about to hit the Texas and Louisiana coast. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-27/why-maga-wants-to-make-mexican-coke-in-the-us https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-27/why-maga-wants-to-make-mexican-coke-in-the-us Sun, 27 Jul 2025 12:00:07 GMT Coming soon to supermarkets in the US. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-20/bipartisan-outrage-over-epstein-is-just-what-america-needs https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-20/bipartisan-outrage-over-epstein-is-just-what-america-needs Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:00:07 GMT Announcing charges in 2019. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-13/copper-tariffs-won-t-bring-back-us-manufacturing https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-07-13/copper-tariffs-won-t-bring-back-us-manufacturing Sun, 13 Jul 2025 12:00:22 GMT TOPSHOT - Aerial View of Canadian First Quantum Panama copper mine in Donoso, Panama on March 21, 2025. Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino on March 20, 2025, lashed out at environmentalists who oppose the possible reopening of a Canadian-owned open-pit copper mine, whose operation was halted by Panama's Supreme Court in 2023. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-29/mamdani-proposal-for-city-owned-stores-won-t-work-for-nyc-or-elsewhere https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-29/mamdani-proposal-for-city-owned-stores-won-t-work-for-nyc-or-elsewhere Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:00:26 GMT NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 13: A man stocks shelves at a grocery store in Brooklyn on May 13, 2025 in New York City. The Labor Department's Consumer Price Index (CPI), released this morning, rose 0.2% month-over-month as consumers continue to see a rise in items such as groceries and clothing. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-22/cutting-medicaid-is-the-issue-that-can-damage-republicans-the-most https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-22/cutting-medicaid-is-the-issue-that-can-damage-republicans-the-most Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00:38 GMT WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 07: A protestor holds a sign at protect Medicaid lights up Capitol amid budget showdown, on May 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Caring Across Generations) https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-15/california-s-high-speed-rail-project-deserves-to-be-canceled https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-06-15/california-s-high-speed-rail-project-deserves-to-be-canceled Sun, 15 Jun 2025 12:00:31 GMT A contractor during the construction of a high-speed rail project in Fresno County, California, US, on Monday, March 24, 2025. The Trump administration has launched a review of California's high-speed rail project, adding to long-standing doubts about whether the venture, plagued by cost overruns and delays, will ever be completed.