<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wes Kosova - Senior Executive Editor:Washington DC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wes Kosova - Senior Executive Editor:Washington DC]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQe6nzA-dzs/wes-kosova</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Wes Kosova - Senior Executive Editor:Washington DC</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQe6nzA-dzs/wes-kosova</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 13:23:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQe6nzA-dzs/wes-kosova.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Businesses Don’t Want Gerrymandered Election Maps Either]]></title><description><![CDATA[A national coalition of corporate leaders says monopolies in politics are as problematic as they are in business.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/us-businesses-campaign-against-gerrymandering-saying-it-stifles-competition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/us-businesses-campaign-against-gerrymandering-saying-it-stifles-competition</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2025 09:00:23 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i02n32xwy1VI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i02n32xwy1VI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump-First Foreign Policy Pits the US Against Everybody Else]]></title><description><![CDATA[The president’s us-versus-them worldview means allies and adversaries alike get the same treatment at the negotiating table.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/america-s-foreign-policy-has-one-constant-trump-first</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/america-s-foreign-policy-has-one-constant-trump-first</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 10:00:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/io0dQpkOEHtE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/io0dQpkOEHtE/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Trade Partners Are Trying to Get Around Trump’s Tariffs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Countries look for ways to offset the economic pain. Plus: Uncertainty in the job market hurts recent grads.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-17/trump-s-tariffs-send-us-partners-looking-for-trade-deals-elsewhere</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-17/trump-s-tariffs-send-us-partners-looking-for-trade-deals-elsewhere</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 17:15:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuluURdDB8s4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuluURdDB8s4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Shipping containers at the Port of Oakland in December.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe’s Arms Makers Get a Boost From Trump’s NATO Demands]]></title><description><![CDATA[US allies look to bulk up their arsenals with European-made weapons instead of buying American.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/europe-s-arms-makers-get-a-boost-from-trump-s-nato-demands</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-16/europe-s-arms-makers-get-a-boost-from-trump-s-nato-demands</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:00:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Thoughts and an Asterisk on the NYC Mayoral Race]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trends in Zohran Mamdani’s win. Plus: The mortgage fraud that stole Canadians’ homes.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-25/nyc-mayor-s-race-three-trends-in-mamdani-s-lead-over-cuomo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-06-25/nyc-mayor-s-race-three-trends-in-mamdani-s-lead-over-cuomo</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:56:34 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iF05v55djwmY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iF05v55djwmY/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, during an election night event in New York, US, early on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. More than 930,000 New Yorkers cast their ballots in the city&apos;s Democratic primary, with more than half withstanding record temperatures to vote at polling stations on Tuesday. Photographer: Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Allies and Adversaries Are Dodging Trump’s Tariff Threats]]></title><description><![CDATA[Leaders aren’t racing to make deals despite White House pressure.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-16/trump-tariff-threats-being-dodged-by-us-allies-adversaries-alike</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-16/trump-tariff-threats-being-dodged-by-us-allies-adversaries-alike</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:00:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihqAkUbXpqjs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ihqAkUbXpqjs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[CEOs Are Already Feeling Trump Fatigue]]></title><description><![CDATA[Business leaders expected an economic boom but got tariffs instead. Plus: The market for reptile pets is booming.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-09/trump-tariffs-turn-ceos-glum-as-they-fear-higher-prices-factory-slowdowns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-05-09/trump-tariffs-turn-ceos-glum-as-they-fear-higher-prices-factory-slowdowns</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 16:31:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXwsuUciirOI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXwsuUciirOI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>View of containers at a shipping port in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, NY, May 1, 2025.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why the IRS Will Struggle With Your Tax Return This Year]]></title><description><![CDATA[The least-loved agency in government is being starved of the workers it needs to handle the mountains of 1040s it’ll be getting.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-15/irs-job-cuts-will-slow-processing-of-returns-on-tax-day-and-beyond</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-04-15/irs-job-cuts-will-slow-processing-of-returns-on-tax-day-and-beyond</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:55:51 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in.ELyWo9.Dg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/in.ELyWo9.Dg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Internal Revenue Service 1040 Individual income tax forms for 2021 arranged in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Refund sizes in some cases have been up by nearly 25% compared with last year due to pandemic relief programs and rising wages. Photographer: Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Is Firing the Wrong People, on Purpose]]></title><description><![CDATA[In his haste, Elon Musk is pushing out thousands of the government’s best minds.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/doge-government-cuts-are-pushing-out-the-wrong-people</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-09/doge-government-cuts-are-pushing-out-the-wrong-people</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:00:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVZuFb4QAegU/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVZuFb4QAegU/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a cabinet meeting at the White House on March 24.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s IRS Cuts Are Tempting Taxpayers to Cheat]]></title><description><![CDATA[With DOGE cutting deep at the tax agency, more Americans might feel emboldened to dodge payments.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-28/tax-return-cheats-are-tempted-by-trump-s-irs-cuts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-28/tax-return-cheats-are-tempted-by-trump-s-irs-cuts</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:00:04 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSim900NCCvs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSim900NCCvs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. Photographer: Patrick Semansky/AP</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumer Brands Keep Getting Pulled Into Politics: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-10/consumer-brands-keep-getting-pulled-into-politics-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-10/consumer-brands-keep-getting-pulled-into-politics-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:00:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iY0mOD8AMDNs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iY0mOD8AMDNs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Protestors outside a Target store in Miami, Florida in June. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Company That Made Your Phone Wants to Make Your EV, Too: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-06/the-company-that-made-your-phone-wants-to-make-your-ev-too-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-06/the-company-that-made-your-phone-wants-to-make-your-ev-too-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 10:00:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inb5QEI_jViM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/inb5QEI_jViM/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Interior of the Foxconn factory in Lordstown, Ohio.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing Pressure on Israel Over the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-03/growing-pressure-on-israel-over-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-gaza-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-03/growing-pressure-on-israel-over-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-gaza-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2023 09:00:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izudfco_d3oU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izudfco_d3oU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>People queue for bread in front of a partially destroyed bakery in Gaza on Nov. 2.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel Debates When and How to Invade Gaza: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-24/israel-debates-when-and-how-to-invade-gaza-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-24/israel-debates-when-and-how-to-invade-gaza-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:00:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.C2g.RaQ.Bc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.C2g.RaQ.Bc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An Israeli man wearing a prayer shawl prays beside houses destroyed during fighting with Hamas militants in Kibbutz Be&apos;eri, Israel, on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. Be’eri is one of a dozen communities around the Gaza Strip, along with several military bases, that fell prey to the shock invasion by Hamas — which is designated a terrorist organization by the US and European Union - on Oct. 7.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[18 Wheelers. Big Open Highways. And No Driver: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-23/18-wheelers-big-open-highways-and-no-driver-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-23/18-wheelers-big-open-highways-and-no-driver-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 09:00:18 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDRgZS8efurw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iDRgZS8efurw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An Aurora Horizon truck.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Fertility Startup Is Having Some Growing Pains: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-19/a-fertility-startup-is-having-some-growing-pains-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-19/a-fertility-startup-is-having-some-growing-pains-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 09:00:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibpMCX6tqYGQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibpMCX6tqYGQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Facade of Kindbody fertility care clinic with brick exterior and arch detail, featuring an announcement of opening in fall 2022, plants and landscape surrounding, Walnut Creek, California, April 18, 2023. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel Braces for a High Risk, High Cost Fight in Gaza: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-17/israel-braces-for-a-high-risk-high-cost-fight-in-gaza-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-17/israel-braces-for-a-high-risk-high-cost-fight-in-gaza-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 09:00:16 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikYURvrPXEdI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikYURvrPXEdI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A military armoured personnel carrier drives on a road near the border on Oct. 15.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bob Iger Tries To Save Disney—Again: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-12/bob-iger-tries-to-save-disney-again-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-12/bob-iger-tries-to-save-disney-again-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:00:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/if4RTyB11orA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/if4RTyB11orA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Bob Iger</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Deadly Attack Unites A Divided Israel: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-09/a-deadly-attack-unites-a-divided-israel-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-09/a-deadly-attack-unites-a-divided-israel-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:50:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iS.sfzOECtvQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iS.sfzOECtvQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Smoke billows from a residential building following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 7. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Is Changing The Way Market Players Make Decisions: Big Take Podcast]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-05/ai-is-changing-the-way-market-players-make-decisions-big-take-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-05/ai-is-changing-the-way-market-players-make-decisions-big-take-podcast</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wes Kosova]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:00:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFdfVeaPvDdQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFdfVeaPvDdQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A bitcoin trading chart in the window of a cryptocurrency exchange kiosk in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Bitcoin and Ether hit all-time highs in a cryptocurrency rally that some analysts attributed partly to the search for a hedge against inflation. Photographer: Moe Zoyari/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>