Yael Ossowski

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Thanks to the U.S. sugar program, sugar beet and sugar cane farmers have had the advantage of minimum prices, cheap loans, and tariffs to keep out competitors — all at taxpayer expense. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

Sugar subsidies are anything but sweet

Yael Ossowski · February 6, 2018 9:24 pm

On Monday, President Trump's trade enforcer, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (pictured left), announced new tariffs on solar panels and washing machines assembled outside the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Workers can’t afford tariffs or a trade war, President Trump

Yael Ossowski · January 24, 2018 12:39 am

It will be the end of using a Depression-era law to regulate the most innovative invention of the last century. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

The internet didn’t need net neutrality in 2015, and it doesn’t now

Yael Ossowski · December 13, 2017 9:25 pm

While the interstate system has been in place for less than 60 years, municipal water systems have been in operation since the 1840s -- about 170 years. (iStock)

Congress shouldn’t dictate how water pipes are rebuilt

Yael Ossowski · October 20, 2017 4:01 am

In Catalonia, independence extends beyond technical questions of sovereignty. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Beltway Confidential

We are all Catalonians now: Why the Spanish crisis matters for all nations

Yael Ossowski · October 4, 2017 9:28 pm

If Bloomberg's agenda from his mayoral days are any indication, his war on sugar and tobacco will be key to any city receiving money. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Michael Bloomberg’s nanny crusade will make people poorer

Yael Ossowski · July 1, 2017 12:00 am

Former President Ronald Reagan speaks by radio-phone from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in April 1984. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)

National Security

Mad about government spying and snooping? Look at Ronald Reagan’s executive order

Yael Ossowski · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-FL, is seeking a 13th term in the U.S. House of Representatives despite a 1988 pledge to serve no more than six terms. (AP Photo)

Stearns seeks re-election despite term limits pledge

Yael Ossowski · July 21, 2012 4:00 am

Outside groups mount spending blitz for Florida Democrats

Outside groups mount spending blitz for Florida Democrats

Yael Ossowski · July 11, 2012 4:00 am

Earmarks haunt Nelson’s re-election campaign

Yael Ossowski · May 14, 2012 4:00 am

Paul delegation vows to be a force in Tampa

Yael Ossowski · May 8, 2012 4:00 am