Prospect

Today on TAP: All polls are prisoners of subjective assumptions. As a great student of public opinion said, ‘Don’t speak too soon, for the wheel’s still in spin.’

North Carolina Republicans nominated seemingly the most deranged pervert in the state for governor.

Trump would be unrestrained in a second term.

Robinson became famous for a viral comment at a city council meeting. His rhetoric is now coming back to haunt him.

Uber and Lyft are not opposing Question 3, which would give some bargaining rights to drivers but keep them as independent contractors without full labor protections.

David Dayen and Maureen Tkacik try their best to get through all of them.

Today on TAP: How many Republican voters appalled by pro-Nazi porn will desert North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson? And how many who respect Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine will desert Trump?

The case against Caremark, Express Scripts, and Optum Rx is the first against this element of the pharmaceutical transaction chain.

Young men appear to be drifting right. Ignoring them means trouble.

Donald Trump’s new set of tax cut promises are now more costly than his 2017 tax cuts.

Winston-Salem community groups had already banded together to strengthen efforts to help troubled young people in the face of more punitive policies.

Today on TAP: Inside the boardroom, it was no endorsement. Outside, some of the board members endorsed Harris.

New York asks that question after officers shoot and wound an alleged fare evader.

That fact, and the reality of what Harris might face on personnel if Republicans control the Senate, has not sunk in.

Federal officials of any kind should not be overseeing anything in which they have a direct financial interest.

Today on TAP: Rates have been cut by a full half-point. It’s about time.

The Prospect reports on the Harris campaign in northeast Pennsylvania.

For generations, we thought fear of nuclear holocaust would prevent world war. Is that faith obsolete?

Ken and Angela Paxton have ties to a jet-setting lobbyist-turned-CEO caught in a tangled web of alleged fraud involving a powerful business clan and a commercial shipping giant.

Today on TAP: Coloradans and Nevadans will decide this fall on switching to a form of voting that will chiefly benefit gazillionaire candidates.