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Today on TAP: There’s no equivalence between l’affaire Biden documents and l’affaire Trump documents—but politically, that may not matter so much.

How the Fed’s policies are doubly perverse for the Global South

It cuts a deal with a farmers’ group to forestall legislation requiring it to stop compelling farmers to come to Deere for all their repairs.

To guard against a Republican rollback, states can act to protect worker freedoms.

Today on TAP: Noma, the world’s most pretentious restaurant, in Copenhagen of all places, to close.

A false choice has been set up between neoliberal globalization and economic rearmament.

The major source of inflation was supply bottlenecks that are already subsiding for reasons unrelated to Fed rate hikes.

Proposed rules on income-driven repayment will fundamentally change how student loans work, if done properly.

This month’s torrent compounds the affordable-housing crisis.

Today on TAP: Literally firing ‘the libs’ is now the strategy and obsession of DeSantis and the Republican House, whether or not it’s legal.

As Congress discusses crypto regulation, it’s important to note that the most important regulation has already been done.

The schisms will only widen as McCarthy tries to carry out his deal with the crazies.

Why macroeconomic overheating was not the problem and austerity is the wrong cure.

Today on TAP: The economy is on track to avert a recession, unless the Fed creates one.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò charts a course between cynical corporate liberalism and right-wing anti-wokeness.

The secret deals may be juicy, but the real threats to the republic are the public positions of his party.

DOT has the same statutory language to effectively ban deceptive flight cancellations, the way the FTC has banned noncompete agreements.

Despite new federal funding, ongoing threats to the well-being of children and youth mean funding for school-based services is a constant challenge.

The agency used its dormant rulemaking authority to prohibit the wage suppression tactic. Conservatives are already positioning to fight the rule in the courts.

Today on TAP: The path to a majority coalition of Democrats and Republicans serious about governing