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Trump and the Tech Oligarchy

7 hours 9 minutes ago
Trump seems to be destroying America’s innovation system, but he is really skewing it in favor of tech monopolies.
Robert Kuttner

Republicans Break the Weather

7 hours 29 minutes ago
The private sector can’t match the value proposition of the National Weather Service, but companies work to entice Americans to pay up anyway. What happens if they can’t?
Gabrielle Gurley

Big Beautiful Bull

21 hours 29 minutes ago
Today on TAP: The Republican budget reconciliation process has inched forward, but deep schisms remain. The course of least resistance is a massive increase in the deficit.
Robert Kuttner

Rocketing Toward Monopoly

1 day 6 hours ago
Elon Musk’s control of space is even more entrenched than it seems. What dangers could that lead to?
Daniel Boguslaw

Broken China

4 days 6 hours ago
Trump’s China policy is a chaotic mess that harms the U.S. far more than it harms the Chinese.
Robert Kuttner

Is Trump Bad for Nurses?

4 days 7 hours ago
In their third walkout, New Orleans nurses face a drawn-out contract fight. Observers say the president’s policies aren’t helping.
Jesse Baum

Grim Times for Washingtonians

5 days ago
The fiscal distress Republicans are inflicting on residents of the nation’s capital is unprecedented, and it will hit human services the hardest.
Gabrielle Gurley

Flying Blind

5 days 21 hours ago
Today on TAP: Trump and his appointees are making the airport mess worse. But it would be a mistake to pin this crisis entirely on him.
Robert Kuttner

Trump Would Torch Magna Carta

6 days ago
For centuries, the writ of habeas corpus—a fundamental protection against unlawful imprisonment—has remained a core fixture of democratic governance. Suspending it would defy the Constitution, but Trump is weighing his options.
James Baratta