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It’s been a stunning run for the long-shot vice-presidential nominee, but his recent activity in Minnesota really mirrors what Kamala Harris will face legislatively if she wins.

We’re moving toward replacing cable TV with a bundle of streaming networks. Will local and news programming get lost in the transition?

The Federal Reserve should have cut rates months ago. Now it might be too late.

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Today on TAP: The Justice Department just won its case against Google.

The times are right for a socialist agenda that America can accept. We even have examples of it in practice.

A mailer supporting New Hampshire House candidate Maggie Goodlander is from a pro-veteran PAC that Bezos and his parents gave millions to.

It puts Israel in greater peril, but it may just keep him in power—and out of the clink.

The presidential campaign’s policy director and deputy chief of staff are sitting with Hoffman on a “Business Leaders for Harris” Zoom call.

Today on TAP: Can Biden prevent a steady drift to regional war?

What can each vice presidential frontrunner tell us about Kamala Harris’s priorities?

Private equity firms are maneuvering to invest in college athletes, their schools, and the conferences they play in. The deals could add risk to the whole system.

The governor of California proposes to solve the problem by harassing people in circles.

Kamala Harris has made some gestures in the direction of rejecting big-money entreaties. That’s the right move, but there’s more to be done.

Today on TAP: Though the Michigan Supreme Court just struck down the most outrageous GOP attempt at voter nullification.

For decades, wealthy owners and financiers have gotten cities to pay for their sports stadiums. It’s not so easy anymore.

Next year in Washington will be all about the tax debate. In Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro is trying to accelerate corporate tax cuts, at odds with the top of the ticket.

She just needs to remember the positions she took as a senator from 2017 to 2020.

Today on TAP: A flawed understanding of today’s mild inflation leads the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates punishingly high.

Four decades of intensifying corporate concentration turned the music industry into a wasteland of institutionalized control and abuse. Are antitrust enforcers ready to reckon with that?