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Today on TAP: How DeSantis and the College Board enable each other’s corruption

The company is transitioning to become an unavoidable gatekeeper in all commerce.

A new study says geothermal could smash growth forecasts with the backing of a powerful ally: the oil and gas industry. Can they really make friends?

Redesigning disaster insurance coverage could help low- and middle-income people keep one step ahead of the accelerating climate crisis.

The president’s signature climate bill is a huge deal for publicly owned electricity. But it will take work to unlock its potential.

The company is transitioning to become an unavoidable gatekeeper in all commerce.

Felicia Kornbluh explains why reproductive rights require more than just abortion access.

Today on TAP: The FTC takes action against GoodRx for sharing personal health data with advertisers.

The president has promised not to put anti-democratic investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in future trade deals. But they are still in many existing ones.

There are strong reasons to think we can have stable prices and low unemployment.

The first generation of climate migrants tries to cling to the places they call home, but bureaucrats, wallets, and an overheating planet have the final say.

Today on TAP: The Biden administration is increasing audits of abuses—a good start, but not enough.

Faced with the potential invalidation of CFPB’s funding structure, the top lobbyist for mortgage companies asks Congress to write the agency’s rules into law.

President Biden has promised to replace all of the lead service lines in the country, but there’s not enough money and not enough time.

In 2011, Congress created a ‘super committee’ to come to a bipartisan compromise on austerity. It didn’t work.

Today on Tap: But companies still have life to use the bankruptcy process to avoid accountability.

Will the Fed please stop trying to crush it?

Should scofflaw employers be allowed to weaponize immigration enforcement? The Department of Homeland Security says no.

The obstacles to installing a transformative technology

The controversial units have been responsible for high-profile killings and civil rights abuses in cities nationwide. Gov. Hochul doubled their state grant funding in New York—and wants to double it again.