What are the best sources for consensus views on American economics policies?

What are the best sources for economics information regarding political issues?

I'm a science person, and when it comes to science I listen mostly to teams of experts working together. Like the CDC. People there have experience, education, and interaction with other experts to debate and refine their views. If some retired infectious disease guy puts out a contrarian video on Facebook, I just ignore it because he's not a team of people working in the field. So I'm very comfortable finding good sources in science.

But econ confuses me. I don't want to rely on some Op-Ed by a single professor or a Nobel Prize winner or whatever. I don't want to quote research from a biased think-tank that only presents data to support their ingrained ideology. Where do I go for consensus views on American economic issues?

I know that people listen to the FED carefully. I know that sometimes I see surveys of economists that are probably relevant. I know the CBO occasionally pisses off both political parties, so maybe they are legit? It seems legit when NPR interviews people like "Chief Economist" at Blahblah corp, but fuck if I know. I used to read the Economist, but I can't tell if it's good economics or just entertaining prose about economics.

I've been pointed to FRED before and even grabbed my own data. But I'm not an economist and don't want to learn the whole field just to make my hobbyist claims. I want someone more qualified than me to explain it.

Can someone who knows what they are talking about please give me a few pointers on how to find and evaluate credible sources and commentary on economic issues?

Example questions:

1. What are consensus views on inequality?
2. How will raising the minimum wage affect different areas of America?
3. What is the current view on federal government debt and deficit?
4. How applicable are different measures of inflation to different Americans?

Do groups of economists exist? Do they address this and publish it?