Ultimate Fighting Beyond the South Lawn
President Trump is helping Dana White implant UFC in the cultural mainstream with a fight night at the White House. But MMA athletes say they’ve been shortchanged.
Trump’s Bait and Switch on the Top Intelligence Job
Jay Clayton’s appointment as director of national intelligence is not much of an improvement over Bill Pulte.
Video: Is Greenland the Most Socialist Country in the World?
It has an immense sector of state-owned companies, and it seems to work pretty well.
New Documents Detail Nine-Figure, Silicon Valley–Funded Abundance Movement
The Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement.
Aftermath: The Economy Is Propped Up by Government Spending
In today’s edition, we highlight an underdiscussed reason why damage from the war hasn’t eaten the U.S. economy: fiscal stimulus.
Feds Deport ICE Detainee Organizer to EcuadorÂ
Rogelio Bolufé is a Cuban national who faced ongoing retaliation for organizing against inhumane conditions inside detention camps.
Trump and Putin: When Delusional Idiots Go to War
Two autocrats staffed by craven yes-men assumed that Iran and Ukraine were theirs for the taking.
Republicans Are Triple-Dipping Funding for Mass Deportation
ICE and CBP have gotten nearly a quarter of a trillion dollars under Trump in the last year. The GOP is still trying to add more.
Pulte or Not, the Surveillance State Won’t Stop
The government’s sweeping spying powers will remain in place for a year, regardless of who becomes director of national intelligence. Both sides are pretending that’s not the case.
The Threat of Big Insurance
The industry is hugely lucrative, with endless sums of cash to influence lawmakers. A new report tracks 25 years of health insurance industry donations.
The Right Voting Reforms—and the Wrong Ones
Insurgents are defeating establishment candidates across the country. But bad election laws and Trumpian interventions could frustrate these trends.
Organized Money: California Dreamin’ … of a Slush Fund for Uber
Regulatory capture could be the grandest scam ever, and California is the Wild West.
Elon Musk Is About to Make Saving for Retirement Even Harder
The upcoming SpaceX IPO will make investing in index funds for retirement worse, while Musk and friends rake in millions.
Tracking the Flood of AI Political Spending
A new tool from Demand Progress will show you which pols are on the AI take.
The ICE Occupation of Minneapolis Is Still Wreaking Economic Carnage
Many immigrants forced into hiding are still unable to work and facing rent hikes. Aid money is drying up.
ICE Raids at World Cup Games? A Los Angeles Union Says, No Way!
The L.A. local of hotel and restaurant workers settles a contract dispute, but reserves the right to strike if ICE appears at Friday’s kickoff.
Why That Next Hamburger Is Going to Cost You
The domestic return of the New World screwworm, a parasite that can devastate cattle herds, happened while the Trump administration was focused on dismantling government.
A Market Bubble Led by AI
Artificial intelligence may not be intelligent enough to accurately value AI companies.
Two Simple Steps Toward De-MAGAfication
A big reason why Trump II is so much worse than the first time is that the world’s richest man bought Twitter and turned it into a fascist cesspit.
Some of the Kids Are All Right
Maybe Generation Alpha will show their elders the way.
ICE Profiteer Claims It Cannot Be Sued
Delaney Hall operator GEO Group believes it has qualified immunity.
Canada Built a New Bridge From Ontario to Detroit. Trump Refuses to Open It.
Will the trade war leave a new bridge just sitting over an international waterway?
Encircling the Royalists
Democrats finally show up to the class war.
A California Democrat Is Trying to Gut the State’s Broadband Watchdog
The state’s Public Utilities Commission has been a national leader in making broadband affordable for low-income families. Assemblymember Tasha Boerner wants to end that.
The Republican Senate Chickens Out
With passage of funding for ICE and no limits on either ICE behavior or Trump’s slush fund, Republicans cave to Trump yet again.
Debbie Downer
The sleazy fintech bro Republican running in her home district is as beatable as they come. So why is former DNC chair Wasserman Schultz carpetbagging in a historically Black district?
Can Democrats Learn From the 2024 Loss?
The 2024 DNC autopsy reveals a party unable to process its past, or suggest a future.
Indiana’s Private Equity Power Play
The mother lode of utility buyouts just landed on Hoosiers’ doorstep. Regulators have no say over whether the deal goes through.
The Internet and Its Discontents
One young woman claims to know what is wrong with girls today: They need to turn to the right.
How a Pro-Worker Bill May Advance in the House
Seven Republicans have joined every House Democrat to bring pro-union legislation to the floor next week.
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