Prospect

The VA may be the next government agency to go dark, if Pete Hegseth’s digital Rolodex is anything to go by.

Today on TAP: As with Trump himself, our relationships are now based on others’ submission to our power, not admiration of our character.

With the rightful concern about collapsing the U.S. payment system, we’ve lost sight of the illegality happening in real time: presidential impoundment of funds for disfavored causes.

The federal government relies on millions of contract workers who have minimal job protections.

All work at the agency has been shut down indefinitely.

The attempted hostile takeover of the U.S. government by Trump and Musk is beginning to hit a wall. Let’s see if the wall holds.

Making vouchers universal in D.C. would be universally unpopular, but there’s nothing to stop the GOP.

Giving DOGE access to the Treasury Department’s payment system violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and IRS statutes, three plaintiffs allege.

After a slow start, Democrats begin to resist the government takeover.

The shadow president wants total secrecy around his seizure of government agencies.

Today on TAP: Trump epitomizes the deadly combination of arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. Will his gratuitous trade war be his first major reverse?

A Q&A with Nathan Tankus on what it means for Elon Musk’s forces to have commandeered some level of control of the U.S. payment system.

An unelected billionaire is seizing control of the federal government.

Voters want big changes from Biden’s failed policies, but many are not in Trump’s plan.

Republicans agree on what they want broadly, but not on the details or how to get there. Failure is not an option, and yet it may happen anyway.

The American dream collides with tragedy in a historic, largely immigrant community in Philadelphia that’s one of the epicenters of the nation’s fentanyl crisis.

On our live show, David and Luke look at the Trump political project to grab executive power.

Today on TAP: Why would Trump pardon Eric Adams or Bob Menendez?

Trump has already flouted a SCOTUS order with impunity. Where does this end?

Big Tech app companies want to evade employment law, and they’re hoping Republicans will help.