Tara Siegel Bernard
@tarasiegelbernard.bsky.social
Hi. I'm a reporter for The New York Times, covering all things money. I'm a little late to the party here.
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"Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss..." From @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign
Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, opting instead to reroute grants to an organization th...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Following public outcry, the Department of Education has reversed its decision to cut funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss..." From @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The policy constrains how journalists can report on the U.S. military, funded by nearly $1T in taxpayer dollars annually, said the NYT’s Washington bureau chief, Richard Stevenson. “The public has a right to know how the government and military are operating.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline
The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The policy constrains how journalists can report on the U.S. military, funded by nearly $1T in taxpayer dollars annually, said the NYT’s Washington bureau chief, Richard Stevenson. “The public has a right to know how the government and military are operating.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
"Just from an economic standpoint, it makes no economic sense to terminate NASA missions that are returning incredibly valuable data," Crisp says.
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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"Just from an economic standpoint, it makes no economic sense to terminate NASA missions that are returning incredibly valuable data," Crisp says.
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"...Mr. Trump said he planned to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He implied on social media that she had manipulated the monthly jobs figures for political reasons, without offering supporting evidence." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Live Updates: Markets Fall on Weak Jobs Data and Trump’s New Tariffs
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August 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"...Mr. Trump said he planned to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He implied on social media that she had manipulated the monthly jobs figures for political reasons, without offering supporting evidence." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
Meta arrived...and then their water pressure slowed to a trickle. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door
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July 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Meta arrived...and then their water pressure slowed to a trickle. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...
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By next summer, new borrowers will have just two repayment options, streamlining the previous menu to pay off higher-education debt.
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Student Loan Repayments Are About to Look Very Different
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July 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
By next summer, new borrowers will have just two repayment options, streamlining the previous menu to pay off higher-education debt.
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This is one of the best stories of how Musk's lies and distortions have directly affected policy and DOGE decisions at a federal agency.
The sheer unwillingness to understand a system before posting conspiracies about them or dismantling them is plain for all to see.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
The sheer unwillingness to understand a system before posting conspiracies about them or dismantling them is plain for all to see.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security
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June 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is one of the best stories of how Musk's lies and distortions have directly affected policy and DOGE decisions at a federal agency.
The sheer unwillingness to understand a system before posting conspiracies about them or dismantling them is plain for all to see.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
The sheer unwillingness to understand a system before posting conspiracies about them or dismantling them is plain for all to see.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
"Writing and reading are not effortless. But, without that effort, we will slide deeper and deeper into inchoateness, darkness, violence, diminished freedom for all and a diminished state of human being." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The end of writing and reading will be the end of freedom
Why graduation season is so heartening to me.
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May 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"Writing and reading are not effortless. But, without that effort, we will slide deeper and deeper into inchoateness, darkness, violence, diminished freedom for all and a diminished state of human being." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
“We’re being used like pawns in some game we have no control over,” Mr. Williamson said. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
Shock at Harvard After Government Says International Students Must Go
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May 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
“We’re being used like pawns in some game we have no control over,” Mr. Williamson said. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
The Comey news had me search for Chumley's, the old speakeasy that has (sadly) closed. I was pretty sure the term 86-ed originated there. This piece confirms it: www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
The Rich Literary History of Chumley’s
Opened during Prohibition, the bar was frequented by writers including Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. It’s now a swanky restaurant.
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May 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Comey news had me search for Chumley's, the old speakeasy that has (sadly) closed. I was pretty sure the term 86-ed originated there. This piece confirms it: www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
Grading with A.I. crosses a line today...how long until that line is erased entirely? It seems we're already okay with loading that capability into NYC public schools' curriculums. . . www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It
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May 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Grading with A.I. crosses a line today...how long until that line is erased entirely? It seems we're already okay with loading that capability into NYC public schools' curriculums. . . www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
"..the episode made her painfully aware of the hazards of being a student — even an honest one — in an academic landscape distorted by A.I. cheating." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...
A New Headache for Honest Students: Proving They Didn’t Use A.I.
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May 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"..the episode made her painfully aware of the hazards of being a student — even an honest one — in an academic landscape distorted by A.I. cheating." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...
"Diplomats said the events were an alarming departure from standard practice — because of both the tactics used and the person who would benefit most from them." www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a...
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May 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
"Diplomats said the events were an alarming departure from standard practice — because of both the tactics used and the person who would benefit most from them." www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"For those who think that professors are the enemy, I invite you to spend some time in our classrooms. You might discover that we are, in the end, all on the same side."
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Opinion | Did One of My Students Hate Me Enough to Lie to Get Me in Trouble?
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May 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"For those who think that professors are the enemy, I invite you to spend some time in our classrooms. You might discover that we are, in the end, all on the same side."
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With collections turned back on, the federal student loan machinery is back to its pre-pandemic state, sort of. It's a complicated picture: There are fewer income-driven repayment plans and loan forgiveness looks shakier.
I broke it all down here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
I broke it all down here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
Student Debt Collections Restart on May 5. Here’s What to Know.
More than five million borrowers are in default, and millions of others are projected to be on the precipice.
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April 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
With collections turned back on, the federal student loan machinery is back to its pre-pandemic state, sort of. It's a complicated picture: There are fewer income-driven repayment plans and loan forgiveness looks shakier.
I broke it all down here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
I broke it all down here: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year.
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April 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
An expert on the federal work force estimates that the speed and chaos of Mr. Musk’s cuts to the bureaucracy will cost taxpayers $135 billion this fiscal year. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
“If the I.R.S. becomes politicized, and people feel like only one party is playing by the rules, then I would expect noncompliance would go up," said Michael Graetz, a tax scholar at Columbia Law School.
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With Harvard Threat, Trump Tries to Bend the I.R.S. to His Will
Since the post-Nixon era, the Internal Revenue Service has had a degree of independence from the White House. President Trump is seeking to change that.
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April 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“If the I.R.S. becomes politicized, and people feel like only one party is playing by the rules, then I would expect noncompliance would go up," said Michael Graetz, a tax scholar at Columbia Law School.
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Some good news for victims of sophisticated online scams: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/b...
Some Online Scam Victims Can Now Seek Tax Relief on Firmer Ground
The Internal Revenue Service issued a memo last month that said victims of certain impersonation and investment schemes might be eligible for a tax break.
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April 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Some good news for victims of sophisticated online scams: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/b...
“People feel nervous about lending us money,” said Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan. “They are saying, ‘We’ve lost our faith in America and the American economy.’”
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Trump’s Tariff War Has Added Risk to U.S. Bonds, Long the Surest Bet in Global Finance
Shocked by Trump’s trade war, foreign investors are selling U.S. government bonds, long the world’s safe haven.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
“People feel nervous about lending us money,” said Justin Wolfers, an economist at the University of Michigan. “They are saying, ‘We’ve lost our faith in America and the American economy.’”
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There are a handful of apparel brands that proudly cut and sew their clothing in America. Even they're not cheering the wild, on-again-off-again tariffs coming out of the White House. I took a field trip to the garment district to learn why: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/b...
Trump’s Tariffs Could Impact Apparel Companies That Make Clothing in the U.S.
Even companies that make clothing in America aren’t feeling great about stiff duties on their overseas competition.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There are a handful of apparel brands that proudly cut and sew their clothing in America. Even they're not cheering the wild, on-again-off-again tariffs coming out of the White House. I took a field trip to the garment district to learn why: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/b...
Their “financial lives,” Leland Dudek, the Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner, wrote in an email to staff members, would be “terminated.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
Pressuring Migrants to ‘Self-Deport,’ White House Moves to Cancel Social Security Numbers
By placing migrants in Social Security’s “death master file,” the Trump administration is seeking to cut off their access to credit cards, bank accounts and other financial services.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Their “financial lives,” Leland Dudek, the Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner, wrote in an email to staff members, would be “terminated.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
The Social Security Administration is in a state of tumult --here's a look at what's happening. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/b...
What’s Happening to Social Security Under Trump? Here’s What Retirees Need to Know.
Deep staff reductions. New policies. Spreading misinformation. Since President Trump has taken office, the agency has been in tumult.
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April 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The Social Security Administration is in a state of tumult --here's a look at what's happening. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/b...
"Audrey Casillas, who helps low-income residents of the Los Angeles area file their taxes, said fewer people were coming in to file their taxes this year because they don’t want to be deported." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Live Updates: 104% China Tariffs, Supreme Court Federal Workers Decision and More
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April 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
"Audrey Casillas, who helps low-income residents of the Los Angeles area file their taxes, said fewer people were coming in to file their taxes this year because they don’t want to be deported." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
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Last yr I was advisor to Social Security Commissioner on children.
My #1 goal: use data to ID kids whose parents died, so they could get survivors benefits (ie, life insurance). But even w/best intentions, privacy laws limit data sharing.
I’ll be damned if these people break the law to do bad.
My #1 goal: use data to ID kids whose parents died, so they could get survivors benefits (ie, life insurance). But even w/best intentions, privacy laws limit data sharing.
I’ll be damned if these people break the law to do bad.
The first and most important thing to know about last night's Exec order is that it's intended to break current law and allow people throughout the federal gov look at yr tax returns. Beyond that it's intended to compel states to turn over all their data to the fed govt.
March 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Last yr I was advisor to Social Security Commissioner on children.
My #1 goal: use data to ID kids whose parents died, so they could get survivors benefits (ie, life insurance). But even w/best intentions, privacy laws limit data sharing.
I’ll be damned if these people break the law to do bad.
My #1 goal: use data to ID kids whose parents died, so they could get survivors benefits (ie, life insurance). But even w/best intentions, privacy laws limit data sharing.
I’ll be damned if these people break the law to do bad.