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An All-Too-Late Cease-Fire

7 hours 21 minutes ago
Today on TAP: Now that Gaza has been leveled, the war on the rubble and those trapped in it may cease.
Harold Meyerson

UnitedHealth’s K Street Army

13 hours 51 minutes ago
The health care conglomerate keeps former Hakeem Jeffries staffers and a Trump White House aide on its payroll.
Daniel Boguslaw

Philadelphia’s Chinatown Is Victorious

14 hours 6 minutes ago
In a major triumph for civic activists, the billionaire owners of the city’s NBA team backed out of an arena project that had been approved for the neighborhood.
Gabrielle Gurley

It Ain’t Me, Babe

1 day 7 hours ago
Today on TAP: When biopics get it wrong—and occasionally get it just right
Robert Kuttner

Blowback

3 days 4 hours ago
Today on TAP: The catastrophic L.A. fires will cast a harsh, clarifying light on Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Robert Kuttner

The Next Financial Crisis: Insurance

6 days 4 hours ago
Today on TAP: Increasing damage from fires, hurricanes, and floods will destabilize a lightly regulated industry—and spill over into broader financial markets.
Robert Kuttner

Canada Isn’t Going MAGA

6 days 14 hours ago
Justin Trudeau got himself into a fine mess, but the incoming Trump administration may be overestimating how pliable the next prime minister might be.
Gabrielle Gurley