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Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job. Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech.

Congestion pricing is surprisingly popular, even if Washington wants it gone.

Physician assistants could help with the Veterans Administration’s staffing challenges. But though the VA pays for training scholarships, PAs have found it hard to get work there.

Several attorneys will be moved to defending the federal government from lawsuits.

Today on TAP: They’re compelling the company to bargain with their warehouse workers and delivery drivers.

The longtime anti-communist saw programs that support overthrowing the Cuban government restored after they were initially cut off.

How a Colorado slumlord’s psyop turned into a brand-new ‘forever war’ on Venezuela

The 26-year-old congressional candidate was pigeonholed into being a younger voice. She’s really running against a culture of complacency and apathy in the Democratic Party.

Trump tries to walk back his tariffs after supply chain collapse and threats of empty store shelves. But reversing course entirely may not be possible.

Turns out the Defense secretary was disclosing war plans on more than one Signal chat.

Today on TAP: The president has backed off his latest threats to fire Fed Chair Jay Powell and is now talking of a grand bargain with China.

America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.

Attacks on judges from Republican members of Congress represent the subjugation of two branches of government under the president.

Today on TAP: To the American and Catholic right wing, the Pope’s Christian humanism was all but heretical.

The ‘click-to-cancel’ rule prohibits making it hard to end a subscription. Republicans voted against that rule, then sued Uber for exactly that conduct.

Sooner or later, dictators shut down the free press. In America, that might not be so easy, but it pays to be prepared.

In Pennsylvania, a hydrogen hub in upheaval as natural gas producer pauses involvement while four others bail on the project.

Turns out Fox News loudmouths are bad at running the military.

A three-week trial began today that could force Google to sell off its Chrome browser, among other remedies for its illegal monopolization.

Today on TAP: The Treasury secretary has saved Trump from more than one disastrous impulse. But Trump resents minders. Are Scott Bessent’s own days numbered?