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The chaotic bankruptcy of a middleware platform called Synapse has impacted numerous fintech companies, whose users are locked out of their savings.

Any other politician in American history would be ruined by this story. Trump should be.

A campaign touting the oil and gas industry’s environmental progress says its energy-producing hydrocarbons are very clean, but not all of its claims can be verified.

Today on TAP: Chair Martin Gruenberg, weakened by the sexual harassment mess at his agency, will step aside once a successor is named. Will Biden appoint someone as progressive as Gruenberg?

Millions of tenants are trapped in a rotten cycle of overflowing trash, daily water outages, and a healthy rat population.

The bankrupt casual restaurant chain didn’t fail because of Endless Shrimp. Its problems date back to monopolist seafood conglomerates and a private equity play.

The TikTok generation finds its voice.

Today on TAP: The UAW’s defeat in Alabama highlights the challenges that unions still face until our labor laws again give workers their rights.

The industry has become a major spender in political campaigns, and the most prodigious fundraiser among Democrats is taking notice.

Greg Abbott’s pardon is an attack on multiracial democracy.

Will Biden’s gamble pay off, after the Trump campaign’s surprising acceptance of the debate terms?

Leniency is needed for a good kind of civil disobedience.

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Today on TAP: It’s hard to think of a more useless financial invention. Crypto began as a fringe fad, disdained by the big investment banks. Now, Wall Street is cashing in.

A new survey of key swing states shows how it could be done, but—granting its necessity—it sure sounds difficult.

There are 16 cases that should go forward because of the Supreme Court ruling confirming the Bureau’s constitutionality. It’s been slow going.

How abortion plus Charm City infrastructure miscues could torpedo Larry Hogan’s Senate chances

On our weekly live show, David Dayen and Bob Kuttner discuss new efforts to boost the domestic electric-vehicle industry.

Today on TAP: Elizabeth Warren has had quite a run lately.

The rhetorically modest but functionally powerful ruling that ended segregation shouldn’t be misused to forestall other efforts at racial equality.