Prospect

Today on TAP: He’s borne back ceaselessly into a fictitious past reshaped for his immediate needs.

The cost-sharing requirements on beneficiaries above the federal poverty line is the most notable item in a menu of Medicaid cuts seen by the Prospect.

The former congressman is the most employed man in D.C.

Delays in funding and new procedures to justify budgets have led to temporary closures and massive uncertainty for programs, workers, and families who rely on child care.

Today on TAP: As the West’s only majority left-of-center government dithers, the far-right Reform party makes big gains.

Democrats can use the Congressional Review Act to force votes on many Trump regulatory actions. A decision by Senate Republicans could widen the opportunity.

The EU must now look to its own political and economic interests. That could be good for European values and European union.

Avian flu outbreaks are exacerbated by the consolidated structure of the poultry industry.

Today on TAP: A stablecoin bill is stopped in its tracks after Trump’s organization starts a stablecoin.

David Horowitz bequeathed his rage-filled and slanderous extremism to Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and MAGA world.

The Loan Programs Office is one of the most successful government agencies in history—or it was until Elon Musk arrived.

Measures introduced in 13 states this year would impose criminal penalties on people who obtain an abortion.

On our live show, David and writing fellow James Baratta look at private equity and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Today on TAP: The executive order purporting to cut NPR and PBS funding was supposed to go through Congress, but Trump had to go it alone.

A former oversight staffer on how to generate attention from Capitol Hill for working-class issues

And within hours of a Wednesday court ruling, innovation on smartphones is exploding, showing private regulation can be more burdensome to markets than democratic rules CEOs like to condemn.

Gov. Ron DeSantis installs another far-right ally to lead one of the state’s top schools as he tightens his control over public universities and colleges.

Today on TAP: 55,000 L.A. County workers just walked off the job. Striking was their only way to win raises commensurate with the cost of living.

Kneecapping the consumer financial protection agency would do much to enable fraud, and next to nothing to reduce federal expenditures.

Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney fought off Conservative Pierre Poilievre to keep his party in power. Governing will be a challenge of a different order of magnitude.