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Today on TAP: A bill in the House attacking junk fees gets broad bipartisan support.

The only thing New York’s mayor likes more than exaggerated fears of crime is sketchy campaign cash.

Monopolies across the grocery supply chain squeeze consumers and small-business owners alike. Big Data will only entrench those dynamics further.

There are seven different trade actions to limit Chinese dominance of solar components. But only now is trade policy being aligned with industrial policy.

As Cornel West is receiving ballot access help from Republicans, 20 years ago Al Sharpton’s campaign for president was largely orchestrated by Roger Stone.

Today on TAP: Following the EU elections, the neofascist right squares off against the neo–Popular Front left.

The big banks behind the rising cost of credit

The forced upgrade to Microsoft’s E5 productivity apps, ostensibly for cybersecurity reasons, is an example of the software giant’s insinuation into government tech systems.

A Jewish-Palestinian group mobilized at the checkpoints where far-right settlers were stopping trucks carrying food—and enabled the trucks to go through.

Tom Tomorrow brings you This Modern World

Today on TAP: How serious is the continuing appeal of the far right?

Digital subscriptions are here to stay. What should we do about that?

Republicans have tipped their hand again.

On Donald Trump’s genius at exploiting working-class male displacement and anxiety

This week on our live show, David Dayen and Lindsay Owens of Groundwork Collaborative talk pricing.

Today on TAP: The amazing creativity of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

How Chris Rufo attempted to corrupt a lefty academic.

Businesses are hiking prices to take advantage of consumers. They learned it from Uber.

This is ultimately the biggest hurdle for affordable-housing policy.

The public evidence and mounting legal action tell a pretty clear story.