Trump’s actions produce some short-run gains for his personalist brand of politics, but as the fall election approaches, they portend a divided and disabled Republican Party against energized and ...

SpaceX is planning a monster initial public offering (IPO). Elon Musk is reportedly seeking to raise some $75 billion, at a valuation of $1.75 trillion, next month. It will be both his birthday and a ...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) stands for a portrait in his office on Capitol Hill, February 12, 2026. Credit: Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images When Thomas Massie won his first hotly contested ...

Democrats can use the Congressional Review Act to force votes on many Trump regulatory actions. A decision by Senate Republicans could widen the opportunity. Senate Republicans are about to make a ...

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank in March has led to a debate about federal deposit insurance. On one side are academics and experts who believe that the government should guarantee all deposits.

The idolatry of the Christian nationalist Mall meetup ...

He is trying to force Warner Bros. Discovery to agree to a merger with Paramount, consolidating media with his allies the Ellisons. But states can block that merger. One of the things you used to hear ...

Today on TAP: Seemingly, Kevin Warsh is a mainstream central banker. Dig down and he’s the Fed equivalent of Pete Hegseth. Don’t expect Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nominee to chair the Fed, to have smooth ...

This article appears in the August 2022 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. In just a one-week span in June, the Supreme Court dealt several terrific blows to American freedom and ...

On May 14th, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in a pivotal case that had landed on its “shadow” (or emergency) docket. In Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the state sought to ban ...

In the low-profile race for California insurance commissioner, Jane Kim wants to borrow from other countries to solve a crisis in the homeowner’s insurance market.

Boston, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is returning to reality television. Despite a cabinet-level appointment, a responsibility to oversee the nation’s transportation infrastructure, airports ...