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One year after DOGE's historic federal workforce reduction of 300,000 jobs, former workers face pay cuts of $30,000 or more, career pivots, and mental health crises while government spending rose 6%.
Trump called for new personal and corporate tax cuts through a second reconciliation bill during his SOTU, but Republicans' 218-214 House majority makes passage a razor-thin legislative challenge.
The $2 trillion private credit market enters 2026 with rising defaults, DOJ warnings about valuation practices, $400 billion in unfunded commitments, and growing questions about systemic risk.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said the March FOMC meeting is a coin flip between cutting and holding, then delivered a stark assessment of 2025 labor data revisions showing just 181,000 jobs created all year.
American Tower beat Q4 earnings estimates with revenue of $2.74 billion, driven by 14% data center revenue growth and accelerating 5G densification across its global tower portfolio.
Realty Income beat Q4 estimates with AFFO of $4.28 per share for 2025, raised its dividend for the 113th straight quarter, and launched a private capital fund and Mexico expansion.
First Solar reported record module sales of 17.5 gigawatts and $5.2 billion in revenue for 2025, but projected tariff costs of up to $175 million in 2026 as it navigates the new Section 122 tariffs.
EOG Resources reported Q4 earnings of $2.27 per share, generated $4.7 billion in free cash flow for 2025, and returned 100% to shareholders through dividends and buybacks.
Paramount Skydance sweetened its all-cash offer for Warner Bros Discovery to $32 per share, topping Netflix's $27.75 bid in what has become Hollywood's biggest takeover battle in a decade.
DOGE reduced the federal workforce by 9% in less than 10 months, the largest peacetime cut since WWII. Yet federal spending rose $376 billion. The disconnect reveals why America's deficit problem defies political intervention.
NRG Energy's $12 billion LS Power acquisition doubled its fleet to 25 gigawatts as AI data center demand drives the biggest electricity growth story in decades.
The Federal Reserve is split between doves who want rate cuts and hawks worried about tariff inflation. The paralysis could keep rates at 3.5-3.75% for the rest of 2026.