Prospect

On our live show, David and Suzanne Gordon discuss developments damaging the Veterans Health Administration and its prodigious research functions.

The FDA expert panel on vaccines, barred from meeting by RFK Jr., needs to continue operating as part of a necessary government-in-exile.

Declarations in a court case involving the union of the consumer protection agency detail a desire to whittle it down to ‘five men in a room.’

Declarations in a court case involving the union of the consumer protection agency detail a desire to whittle it down to “five men in a room.”

There are much more effective ways to improve government than cutting ‘to the bone.’

An agency-wide email announces the organizational restructuring and encourages employees to retire or resign.

Today on TAP: The primary goal of the Post’s new editorial policy is to protect the owner’s wealth.

The agency dropped five cases of alleged financial predation while the nominee to run the agency was in a Senate confirmation hearing.

The party needs fighters to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

As state leaders gathered for their annual meeting in Washington, few understood the real reasons for ramping up a North American trade war.

Dan Abrams’s documentary on the UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying takes the police perspective. That’s common for the longtime journalist and legal analyst.

Today on TAP: A new White House effort to block domestic and foreign rules on data security is at odds with the U.S. government’s long-standing efforts to shield data from China.

Sources tell the Prospect that a meeting called for a 50 percent reduction in an agency that millions rely on for benefit implementation.

But there is a lot more work to do, and no consensus yet.

Bird flu is rampaging among chickens and cattle, while Trump and Musk gut the agencies responsible for stopping it.

Elon Musk and other Big Tech CEOs want to manage your money without any regulatory protections.

Today on TAP: Trump swaps democracies for the tin-pot tyrants of what he’s termed ‘shithole nations.’

There’s mounting evidence that Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary is not telling the truth about DOGE’s infiltration of the federal payments system.

Restoration of democracy will require containing both Trumpism and corporate excess, which feed on each other.

Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.