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Ken Sweet

@kensweet

I’m the banking reporter for The Associated Press. Incoming @Bagehots fellow for 2024-25. Email is [email protected].

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linkhttps://apnews.com/ calendar_today28-10-2008 00:03:01

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President Joe Biden released his income tax returns on the IRS deadline of Monday. Filing jointly with his wife, Jill, he reported gross income of $619,976 and paid a federal income tax rate of 23.7%.

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Since January 2017, 63% of all Chamber of Commerce lawsuits challenging federal regulations have been filed at courts in the Fifth Circuit. Hassan Ali Kanu details how the Fifth Circuit is fighting to keep hearing these high-stakes cases, despite a backlash.
prospect.org/justice/2024-0…

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Mark Cuban is essentially singlehandedly funding the combined discretionary budgets of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Office of Management and Budget.

Mark Cuban is essentially singlehandedly funding the combined discretionary budgets of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Office of Management and Budget.
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Interesting point from Goldman Sachs about the UMich consumer sentiment survey. Online responses more negative? Who woulda thought?

Interesting point from Goldman Sachs about the UMich consumer sentiment survey. Online responses more negative? Who woulda thought?
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The O.J. case foreshadowed an era of info-saturation, when the news is always on, often sensationalized, and everything and everyone is content. Stars were made, TV fortunes were won and lost, and viewer expectations were rewritten forever. More >>> rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

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Most Millennials remember when they rolled in the TVs into our classrooms for the OJ Simpson verdict.

Teachers argued it was important to see the justice system work.

More likely the teachers were just as transfixed as the rest of us.

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Judge Lance Ito. Marsha Clark. Johnny Cochran. Kato Kailin. The beginning of the Kardashians. The glove didn't fit, so you must acquit. The car chase.
For years, these were names and phrases in our popular lexicon.

apnews.com/article/oj-sim…

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Donald Trump is now 0 for 3 in last-minute attempts to get a New York appeals court to delay his looming hush money criminal trial. Latest w/Jake Offenhartz apnews.com/article/donald…

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I get the homeowners' insurance increase, I'd like to understand more about why auto insurance is so hot. Is this making up for those rebates during the non-driving pandemic?

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Excited to announce the 2024-25 Knight-Bagehot fellows. Congrats @varshaabansal, @bjonescooper,Olivia Konotey-Ahulu, @ralfrivas, Sarah Ryley, Bjarke Smith-Meyer, Alexandra Sternlicht, Ken Sweet, Kate Taylor, Zhang Erchi Archer.  Full list and bios at journalism.columbia.edu/news/2024-2025…

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I guess it’s public now!

I’ve been selected as a 2024-2025 Knight Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University.

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