stLouISTTrump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.
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AI Bubble, Meet Pin
Open-source software from China calls into question why we’re committing trillions to winning the AI race.
Dropping the Big One
Will some serious pushback set in before Trump blows us and the Constitution to hell?
Pulled in All Directions
Chris Hayes’s new book argues that the demand for attention has taken over every facet of our lives.
Trump’s Gestapo Raids
Today on TAP: Will they increase his popular support—or backfire?
We Found the $2 Trillion
Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. But the waste in the system goes to elites like him. Here’s a better way to bring down deficits.
The Only ‘American President’ Trump Resembles Is Jefferson Davis
Like the Confederacy’s leader, Trump’s agenda is civil war.
Preparing for the Worst
From the church to the schoolyard to the legislature, Americans are making plans to protect themselves and their loved ones from deportation.
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: With Every Action, a Reaction
On our live show, David and Emma break down the early days of the Trump presidency.
Executive Action Reaction: Day 4
Explaining what Donald Trump is up to
Rohit Chopra Still Has a Job
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head has not been fired. Apparently, it’s because the Trump team can’t find anyone to replace him.
The ‘DEI Theory’ of Boeing’s Undoing
It’s 95 percent fake news, but the rise and fall of American aviation is also a powerful parable about the limits of what Percy Green called ‘tokenism.’
At NYC’s MAGA Clubhouse, Libertarians Are Left in the Cold
The subsector of the economic far right that actually likes immigration is not enthused by the dawn of a new Trump era.
Executive Action Reaction: Day 3
Explaining what Donald Trump is up to
The End of Birthright Citizenship?
Trump’s order is unlawful and unconstitutional under current law, but that’s not the point.
Is Florida’s Migration Tide Turning?
Young people are leaving the state, and climate change’s impacts on the cost of living are contributing factors.
Child Death Sparks Reconsideration of Private Equity–Owned Affordable Housing
A two-year-old died in Section 8 housing in Pittsburgh, in one of over 130 federally subsidized properties owned by private equity firm Vitus.
Executive Disorder
President Musk is running the government like he ruined Twitter.
Executive Action Reaction: Day 2
Explaining what Donald Trump is up to
Will the Courts Enforce the Constitution Against President Trump?
If they don’t, the checks and balances that have defined our government since its inception will give way to one-man authoritarian rule.