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While much of the funding to the ‘dark money’ behemoths tied to the leaders of Congress remains a mystery, a review of corporate disclosures reveals more of the companies that have donated.

Today on TAP: Though the public thinks he’s too old to serve a second term, Joe Biden keeps getting older. What should the Democrats do?

Biden’s administration, like his Democratic predecessors, isn’t prioritizing diversity in worldview when selecting federal judges.

Today on X-Date: Squint at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and you see MAGA conservatives endorsing legislative hostage-taking.

Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa, and husband. His death by hyperthermia is absent from a Tesla report required as part of a Travis County tax deal.

Today on TAP: The run on regional bank stocks will bring tighter regulation and lower interest rates.

On today’s X-Date, the epidemic of buck-passing breaking out in the nation’s capital

This time, Hollywood’s striking writers think they may just win. Will cross-union solidarity be enough?

On the heels of groundbreaking federal prison phone call legislation, public utility commissions across the country can also regulate exploitative prison telecoms.

The Democratic members are trying to stop implementation of a system that could cut worker pay by thousands of dollars.

Today on TAP: Better regulation would head off dubious rescues that only increase bank concentration.

On today’s X-Date, looking at what could actually be accomplished in bipartisan talks yields few answers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed rules forcing a program that offers loans for energy efficiency upgrades to confirm a borrower’s ability to repay.

The government’s least democratic branches are incompetent and corrupt because they are unaccountable. James Madison would not be surprised…

Today on TAP: The union’s new leaders seek some administration guarantees of just transition before backing Biden in ’24.

A group of unionized delivery drivers in Palmdale, California, could open new possibilities for a legal challenge to Amazon’s subcontracting model.

Venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan made one of the worst bets in the history of gambling.

A bondholder could simply allege that America failing to pay off its debts is unconstitutional. There’s a good argument for that.

Former appeals judge J. Michael Luttig gets it right; Congress has the power to impose rules of conduct on the high court.

Today on TAP: The comptroller of the currency rejected other alternatives in the rush to have government underwrite Morgan’s latest coup.