Prospect

On our live show, David and Harold discuss the most impactful races across the country this election.

Today on TAP: Is the explicit branding of Trump as a fascist the right closing note for the Harris campaign’s final ten days?

Dan Osborn is forging a new path through red states with anti-corporate populism and working-class identity politics.

In Maryland’s U.S. Senate race, Alsobrooks faces a well-known former governor and constant attacks, but her lead is growing.

Until 2017, presidents hiring close family members as staff was illegal.

Today on TAP: The need to preserve our democracy is objectively urgent, but economic populism is the message that works.

Four and eight years ago, there was a major Republican get-out-the-vote effort. This time is different.

A ballot initiative funded by a millionaire transplant threatens the success of the state’s signature cap-and-invest program.

A closing act that battles for the middle class again can change the race.

Today on TAP: Some congressional races you might want to know about

Democrats performed badly north of New York City in critical House races. Can they do better this year?

It’s part of a Vietnamese-language red-baiting campaign by Rep. Michelle Steel, who faces a stiff challenge in California’s 45th Congressional District against veteran and pharmacy owner Derek Tran.

Norms are made to be broken in a time of emergency; so too for the idea that science must float above politics.

Today on TAP: The CFPB initiates a new ‘open banking’ rule that will make it less of a hassle to switch financial institutions.

The second-largest reservoir in the United States is drying up. What to do?

Sue Altman, former head of the state Working Families Party, is neck and neck in a suburban swing seat. Democratic campaign organizations had resisted giving ad support—until today.

Dirt farmer Jon Tester is the last statewide Democrat. Practically all the Republican officeholders are out-of-state millionaires. What gives?

Why are so many Silicon Valley billionaires supporting Donald Trump?

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Today on TAP: Can she restore anything like the excitement of the campaign’s early days when Harris replaced Biden as the Democratic candidate? Can she win without it?