Prospect

Kneecapping the consumer financial protection agency would do much to enable fraud, and next to nothing to reduce federal expenditures.

Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney fought off Conservative Pierre Poilievre to keep his party in power. Governing will be a challenge of a different order of magnitude.

Three cities have canceled federal-state Joint Terrorism Task Force partnerships for intelligence-gathering, which are being wielded to suppress dissent in the Trump era.

The consequences of gutting FOIA offices are both obvious and unknowable.

Today on TAP: It’s coming, and we know approximately when.

The goal is to save money on higher-education assistance to pay for tax cuts for the rich.

The House Judiciary Committee section of the GOP mega-bill is appalling.

How some (but not all) VA unions became a national-security threat

Today on TAP: On Thursday, a diverse set of demonstrators will focus on working-class rights and concerns.

Declarations in a case reveal a haphazard hobbling of the consumer protection agency.

The longtime head of the World Economic Forum resigns in disgrace. Is nothing sacred?

Regulators have been cracking down on consolidation just as dealmaking dries up and investors head for the exits. Can the lords of finance find a way out?

Today on TAP: The strategy has been effective against one GOP legislator, David Valadao in CA-22, and it is going national.

Justice Democrats endorses Donavan McKinney, their first endorsement in four years, to challenge multimillionaire Shri Thanedar for a House seat.

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.

Trump and Musk could evade public opinion and popular outrage for a while, but the markets have brought them to heel.

On our live show, David and investigative editor Maureen Tkacik break down her blockbuster story about how Tren de Aragua was turned into our latest villain of the month.

Today on TAP: The FBI has arrested a sitting judge in Wisconsin.

Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job. Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech.

Congestion pricing is surprisingly popular, even if Washington wants it gone.