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Trump’s Agenda Is Still Undecided

1 day 1 hour ago
Congress returns to tackle the ‘big beautiful bill’ that would extend his tax cuts and cut social safety net spending. They still don’t have the details in place.
David Dayen

The Markets as Master

1 day 1 hour ago
Trump and Musk could evade public opinion and popular outrage for a while, but the markets have brought them to heel.
Harold Meyerson

Runaway Tren

5 days 1 hour ago
How a Colorado slumlord’s psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela
Maureen Tkacik

Kat Abughazaleh Wants Dems to Fight Back

5 days 1 hour ago
The 26-year-old congressional candidate was pigeonholed into being a younger voice. She’s really running against a culture of complacency and apathy in the Democratic Party.
Emma Janssen

The Permanent Tariff Damage

5 days 1 hour ago
Trump tries to walk back his tariffs after supply chain collapse and threats of empty store shelves. But reversing course entirely may not be possible.
David Dayen

Trump Blinks

5 days 20 hours ago
Today on TAP: The president has backed off his latest threats to fire Fed Chair Jay Powell and is now talking of a grand bargain with China.
Robert Kuttner

Francis and His Critics

6 days 15 hours ago
Today on TAP: To the American and Catholic right wing, the Pope’s Christian humanism was all but heretical.
Harold Meyerson