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Federal Judge Halts CFPB Purge Again

4 months 1 week ago
DOGE was apparently part of the effort to hobble the agency, along with Clarence Thomas pal Mark Paoletta. For the moment, the firing of 1,483 workers is on hold.
David Dayen

Are We at an Inflection Point?

4 months 1 week ago
Today on TAP: Trump is governing more and more like an impulsive mad king who assumes he has absolute power. We will soon find out whether he does.
Robert Kuttner

Google Is a Monopolist … Again

4 months 1 week ago
Previously cited for monopolizing search and app stores, now the ‘don’t be evil’ company has been found to have monopolized advertising technology markets.
David Dayen

A World Beyond Tariffs

4 months 1 week ago
The United Auto Workers weren’t always in favor of tariffs; they earlier supported cross-border coordination to support better jobs and a peaceful future.
Luis Feliz Leon

The Government Has Already Won the Meta Case

4 months 1 week ago
Mark Zuckerberg fairly obviously bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize a perceived competitor. He isn’t doing that with TikTok, and the FTC’s monopolization trial is why.
David Dayen

Homegrown Authoritarians

4 months 1 week ago
Trump is defying a Supreme Court order to return a man his own officials admit was deported by mistake.
Prospect Staff

John Roberts’s Dangerous Game

4 months 1 week ago
In ruling after ruling, the Supreme Court pretends to uphold lower-court constraints on Trump but provides a road map for Trump to defy the judges’ orders.
Robert Kuttner

The Two Movements

4 months 1 week ago
While Trump wants to break apart everything decent about America, the people are rebelling—and giving powerful opponents to Trump the will to resist.
David Dayen