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Lost in the crisis over Texas state lawmakers’ redistricting overreach is another contentious issue: the regulation of hemp-derived THC products.

Labor groups representing railroaders worry the move could muzzle frontline worker voices and make it easier for industry to shape regulation.

Today on TAP: Could Trump’s new commissioner, E.J. Antoni, succeed in disguising the worsening economic realities?

mRNA technology saved America’s bacon in 2020. Now RFK Jr. is defunding it.

Service members and their families would have to be notified about registered sex offenders on military bases.

Before DOGE’s lawbreaking spree, there was ‘blitzscaling.’

Today on TAP: New Orleans? Memphis? Baton Rouge? Jackson, Mississippi? Why aren’t their states’ Guards on patrol there?

Roger Alford, former number two at the Justice Department Antitrust Division, speaks out. Here’s what was important in what he said.

When you factor in all the data points, we have an anxious workforce, a business sector seeking opportunity in inflation, and an avalanche of bad policy bearing down on everyone.

Are we any closer to a peace deal in Ukraine after the latest White House meetings with Zelensky and European leaders?

With tourism sagging, Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo aims to elevate manufacturing, logistics, and tech. But Trump’s policies are hurting those industries, too.

Today on TAP: One silver lining: new unity and resolve on the part of democratic Europe

Doctors and medical researchers expect more outbreaks of infectious disease as the Trump administration crams thousands more people into miserable conditions.

It’s Trump, not Mamdani, who’s having government take over businesses.

Desperate for ‘free money,’ most of the communities that approve these facilities are outmatched by developers. But these water-guzzling, power-hungry projects have major downsides.

While a half dozen Democratic incumbents were protected, a couple still face tough contests, and two of the five Republicans targeted in the map could still eke out victories.

While a half dozen Democratic incumbents were protected, a couple still face tough contests, and two of the five Republicans targeted in the map could still eke out victories.

While a half dozen Democratic incumbents were protected, a couple still face tough contests, and two of the five Republicans targeted in the map could still eke out victories.

The New Yorker’s Alexis Okeowo charts the psychic battles of a resilient state.

On our live show, David and editor at large Harold Meyerson discuss Donald Trump’s takeover of the nation’s capital and Gavin Newsom’s pushback to the Republican gerrymandering scheme.