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Trump’s Beautiful Bill Will Kick 11 Million People Off Their Health Insurance
It will also increase the national debt by $2.4 trillion.
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Why Would Trump Gut FEMA and NOAA?
Today on TAP: Destroying American weather science will create a perfect storm of disaster.
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The First Casualty of the Big Beautiful Bill?
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst told a constituent, who feared health care cuts would lead to mass death, that ‘We all are going to die.’ That’s prompted a formidable challenge to her re-election.
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Republican Mega-Bill Charges Federal Workers for Basic Rights on the Job
If the spending bill is passed, an estimated three-quarters of eligible federal workers may be coerced into at-will employment.
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Trump’s War on Mental Health
Today on TAP: Buried deep in the budget bill are devastating cuts.
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Senate Irresistible Forces Meet Immovable Objects
In our first installment of ‘Trump’s Beautiful Disaster,’ we tee up the battle over the giant tax and spending bill in the Senate.
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Empowering Big Tech Whistleblowers Gets a Senate Boost
The House passed a measure to eliminate all state regulation of artificial intelligence for a decade. The last line of defense may be legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley.
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AI Ban in Spending Bill Would Curb States’ Driverless Car Regulations
As the first fully automated 18-wheeler rolls out, states would have no ability to govern what is taking place on their own roads.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: The Looming Disaster of the Big Beautiful Bill
On our live show, Ryan Cooper and Whitney Wimbish look at the GOP reconciliation bill.