Prospect

The Congressional Review Act gives Congress the power to nullify federal regulations made at the end of a presidential term.

A short story about health care, and desperation.

On our live show, David and Luke discuss the changing of the guard in the Democratic leadership.

Today on TAP: The next DNC chair will have a higher profile than usual. The two leading candidates, Ken Martin of Minnesota and Ben Wikler of Wisconsin, are both terrific.

There are early disagreements over even how to pass big bills, let alone what to put in them.

Democrats are starting to deal with their gerontocracy problem. But there are still battles to come.

After Donald Trump’s transphobic campaign, will Democrats continue to support transgender people?

A loss for fair wages, a win for the restaurant industry

An open letter to Joe Biden

Today on TAP: That nation’s legislators overturned their president’s attempt to seize power. Our Republicans played along with Trump’s.

Only about 50 million customers of America’s reigning medical monopoly might have a motive to exact revenge upon the UnitedHealthcare CEO.

The hero worship of the family of American royalty has a dark side: a tendency toward conspiracism that fits with the MAGA movement.

The numbers don’t work for Trump, and neither do the politics.

The legislature could spend early 2025 debating how to upend the constitutional amendment on reproductive rights that voters just passed.

Today on TAP: More Trump screwball nominations are going down, and he belatedly agrees to let the FBI vet nominees—meaning that still more will fall.

Even if you think immigration is good, you must consider the people who don’t.

A cursory look at her record reveals the standard contemporary GOP positions.

A fund supporting terrorism victims has claimed Justice Department settlement money. If successful, an already-depleted fund that assists domestic violence and rape survivors could lose out.

Today on TAP: The Democratic base voters who stayed home, and voting Democrats’ rejection of urban disorder, swung the Golden State.

The first Democratic trifecta in 40 years is ending with internal dissent, stalled legislation, and up to $10 billion in corporate subsidies.