Prospect

Today on TAP: Tuesday’s January 6th hearing was devised to pack an emotional wallop, but the real news had to seep through the cracks.

So why does no one care?

Abortion access is on the ballot in several states this year, where Democratic AG candidates have pledged not to enforce restrictive abortion laws and Republicans have said the opposite.

Today on TAP: Criminal prosecution of Trump will be a good start, but just the beginning.

Every day waiting for a bipartisan agreement is a day further away from reconciliation.

The seeds of unraveling a host of gender-based protections are present in the draft opinion.

In Philadelphia, police apathy and incompetence have flooded the streets with guns, and the results are bloody.

Today on TAP: And the U.S., despite Biden’s commitment to a waiver of drug company patent rights, sides with Pharma.

As KKR shops around a new ESG fund, top investors are helping promote its image as a socially responsible investor.

When Congressman Filemon Vela decamped for K Street, he created a predictable opportunity for a Republican upset in the Valley.

The case of its abruptly resigned leader highlights its dependence on big money from the Gulf.

The state Supreme Court throws a Proposition 22–like initiative off November’s ballot.

How to become a hero for following foundational and very, very settled law

Today on TAP: As they keep counting votes in Los Angeles and elsewhere, last week’s claim of a backlash to criminal justice reform is disappearing.

The ambitious transportation secretary has the power to go after multiple abuses by the airlines and signal administration support for suffering consumers. He’s barely touched it.

Reduced refinery capacity, in large part triggered by industry consolidation, has been a major factor.

Congress is ready to settle for less, or nothing at all.

Biden stepped up and helped negotiate a global deal last fall. Now, Congress has to act.

Today on TAP: Parting company with almost every other U.S. big business, Microsoft says it won’t oppose employee unionization.

A top official at the department claims he needs executives’ personal signatures on specific documents to make them financially liable for defrauding their students. But he already has them.