Prospect

On our live show, Harold and Adam Serwer of The Atlantic talk about the early days of the second Trump term.

Today on TAP: Will the Democrats have the savvy and unity to outplay Trump?

While shutting down dozens of corporate crime probes, the Trump DOJ seems to have jump-started a forever investigation into the mega-insurer’s billing practices.

Some state and local leaders are trying to recruit suddenly jobless U.S. government employees.

Federal call center workers continue their fight after the Biden administration dialed back support for it.

Today on TAP: Elon Musk’s drug use has been widely reported—but not since he’s become deputy president.

A timely research paper looking at SSA staff cuts in the 1980s found that it led to tens of thousands of Americans not getting their earned benefits.

The lone civilian representative overseeing a sprawling partnership between the federal government and the NYPD says that officers are avoiding guidelines in place for 40 years.

Industry actors, Congress, and the EPA are teaming up to potentially make our air less breathable.

Propose economic fixes? He’d rather refight battles with Biden.

Donald Trump is on track to be the first president to deliberately engineer a severe depression.

His Starlink internet service could benefit from a proposed Republican fire sale of the government’s wireless spectrum.

High-energy progressives can provide a compelling daily account of everything going wrong and coordinate opposition to the Trump-Musk nightmare.

Today on TAP: When courts rule against him and he’s already neutered an agency, it’s that agency, not the courts, that his lawyers say should rule.

The California congressman explains why the upheaval of federal agencies is ineffective and a pretext for tax cuts for the rich.

Will it be one more source of division, or will Trump’s sadism unite Americans against him?

Today on TAP: Trump’s Mafia treatment of Zelensky, Republican complicity, and Europe’s awakening

The illegal plan to dismantle the consumer agency is failing. So Russ Vought and his charges are engaging in some CYA.

A new study shows that Biden’s signature initiatives helped Kamala Harris—well, microscopically.

The shadow president is gutting America’s vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.