Prospect

Today on TAP: The requirement of in-person visits and Elon Musk’s fishing expedition into Social Security data have awakened a torpid AARP, docile federal judges—and public opinion.

Liberals and conservatives face off in the most political apolitical race in the country.

The logical, absurd end point of Donald Trump’s government smash-and-grab

New organizing groups agitate for a healthy share of resources to rebuild the Democratic image in left-behind communities.

Apple’s hit show ‘Severance’ was originally about the class struggle; Season 2 stifles that in favor of corporate crisis management.

Today on TAP: There are ideological differences and anti-Trump activist differences. Both matter.

With its city’s future in the balance, the District of Columbia watches and waits on the House.

The chief regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is now also the board chair of both companies. What’s the long game here?

Federal cuts would hurt students with disabilities, English learners and poor districts the most.

Today on TAP: How will Trump’s madness be contained? Three sources of pushback are traditional conservatives, courts, and Republicans in Congress. So far, none are all that reassuring.

Here’s why Chuck Schumer’s cave-in was beneficial to Trump’s legally shaky slashing of spending and the federal workforce.

The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters.

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya have been illegally terminated. It’s a bid to centralize executive power.

Today on TAP: The outrage at Schumer personifies a much larger sense of anger and frustration.

The president and Elon Musk are obliterating one of America’s greatest engines of prosperity. Why?

More than a dozen hospitals employing tens of thousands have either shut this year or are on the brink, while two shadowy figures prop up their owners’ stock.

What ties together all of Trump’s moves is personal vindictiveness and a fragile ego. At what point does reality or Republican pushback intrude?

A new report chronicles ten years of consolidation.

Today on TAP: The several cases in which Trump is defying court orders are coming to a head. We will soon learn whether the rule of law still applies in America—or whether we are too late.

The National Labor Relations Board general counsel is a key policymaker shaping labor law. Crystal Carey, an attorney at anti-union firm Morgan Lewis, is the apparent choice.