What Congress Actually Needs to Do About AI: Staff Up
In 1995, Newt Gingrich lobotomized Congress’s technical brain trust. It should be rebuilt.
latest
Trump’s Debt Crisis Will Be Easy to Fix
All that’s needed is the political will to staff the government and nudge up taxes.
DOGE Bills Could Come Back to Haunt Republicans
One bill in particular would threaten $500 billion in federal spending every year. Several House Republicans in tough races supported it.
read more
NY-17: Who’s Afraid of Mike Lawler?
Cait Conley is leading the two-term incumbent in the polls, but on the airwaves, Lawler dominates. Why have Democrats been reluctant to spend as much as in other swing districts?
Republican Nominee in Texas Using Trump’s $5,000 Promise to Deceive Voters
Eric Flores is an Army veteran and lawyer running to unseat Democratic Rep. Vicente Gonzalez in Texas District 34.
Alligator Alcatraz’s Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier
Appalling as photos showing phone booth–sized cages at the Florida camp are, the truth is likely much worse.
Aftermath: A Second Middle East Front
The U.S. is officially uninvolved in fighting between Houthis and the Saudi-backed government in Yemen, but quietly they are offering the Saudis support.
watch and listen
Organized Money: How the Democratic Party Runs on Elder Fraud
Don’t respond to the text, don’t even read it, and make sure your parents don’t either.
Left Anchor: The Odyssey, Reviewed
A speaker of Homeric Greek weighs in on Christopher Nolan’s film.
Organized Money: A Conversation With Abdul El-Sayed
The Michigan Democrat wants money out of politics and back in your pocket. Could he also be the leader of a new populist movement?
FROM THE MAGAZINE
These Are Our Prospect Patriots
In the nation’s 250th year, we turn an eye to Americans who challenged power, took risks, and made our country greater.
Ferdinand Pecora: The Greatest Senate Investigator Ever
How Sicilian immigrant Ferdinand Pecora upended the rule of the bankers and ushered in FDR’s radical reforms of capitalism
Ida Tarbell: The Journalist Who Took Down Rockefeller
Not even Teddy Roosevelt could break up his corrupt oil monopoly—until a daughter of the Pennsylvania oil fields came along.
In Case You Missed It
The Big Crypto Whiff
The crypto industry wasn’t able to buy support for its biggest legislative priority in the Senate this week, despite unparalleled levels of spending in the midterms.
Will Democrats Fail to See the Working Class Again?
The Democratic base and working-class swing voters want action on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid and the expanded monthly Child Tax Credit.
A Path to a Texas Breakthrough
James Talarico is deploying his Christian faith in his bid for the Senate. But he’s winning because Texans have been pummeled by inflation and corruption.
The Hidden Divide That Shapes Our Politics
I believe that public policy should be directed toward the common good. Others think that impinges on people’s freedom. We need to be honest about this dispute.
Will an AI Slowdown Tank the Economy?
Anthropic and OpenAI want to hit the brakes on AI investment—the only thing propping up the broader economy.
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Support this reporting
Subscribe to our newsletter
Be the first to know about breaking news, articles, and updates.
Today on tap: commentary on the daily news
A Tectonic (or Techtonic) Shift in American Politics?
Culture-war populism looks to be giving way to economic populism.
The Unbearable Lightness of Pete Hegseth
While the military is running out of missiles, the secretary of war is fixated on whether the troops are adequately toned and testosteroned.
culture
A World From the Inside
Theo Baker is exposed to the inner sanctum of how Silicon Valley makes its anointed fellow travelers unspeakably rich.
The Class Struggle in Your Wallet
A new book about the meaning of money argues for how to use finance to create a more equitable economy.
Ted Lasso Is Back, but Is His Moment Over?
For Ted Lasso to resonate today, it needs to get in touch with its anger.
