Prospect

As ICE agents run amok, Latino cities and communities have been compelled to cancel their celebrations.

Today on TAP: Abundance for working people blows away YIMBY.

Passage of the Big Beautiful Bill will force mandatory sequestration that will mean half a trillion dollars in Medicare cuts.

Neighborhood groups monitor immigration enforcement amid rising fear and federal scrutiny.

Having evaded accountability when he was out of power, he’s running amok today.

The House Freedom Caucus keeps saying they don’t want to vote for this bill. They keep refusing to actually vote no.

For the first time, required pre-authorizations are coming to traditional Medicare.

The FTC will probably stop defending its proposed worker protection on July 10. But action in both red and blue states is heating up.

The federal government is the economic backbone of the District of Columbia as well as Maryland and Virginia. The sudden mass layoffs have already had knock-on effects in the capital city.

The Senate GOP just voted to destroy the economies of their own districts and hand 21st century industry to a foreign adversary.

Today On TAP: A new law may spur housing construction. But the state must also boost median incomes to make housing affordable.

In a “wraparound” amendment, a new tax on solar and wind gets dropped.

Little progress and much confusion as the Senate slogs it out through the night.

As Republicans in Congress rip up the safety net, the quest for wages that keep pace with the high cost of living intensifies.

The besieged agency cannot even handle its current workload. After last week’s Supreme Court ruling, workers expect millions more people seeking help.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is gay and married. Hello?

Or will stolen elections in the 2026 midterms overcome the effect of deeply unpopular policies?

After the Senate made $3.76 trillion in tax cuts go away, amendments will determine if there are enough votes to pass the Big Beautiful Bill.

Three major unions backed New York Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani on Friday, a day after his main rival, disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, reportedly decided to remain in the race for mayor.

His coalition, like Fiorello La Guardia’s, is ideological, generational, and heavy on immigrants—a polyglot collection of the “outs.”