Medical credit cards have gone mainstream, preying on sick people at their most vulnerable.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Elon Musk’s Fake Retreat From DOGE
Despite the billionaire nominally stepping back, his loyalists remain in control of the group.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Republicans Break the Weather
The private sector can’t match the value proposition of the National Weather Service, but companies work to entice Americans to pay up anyway. What happens if they can’t?
Posted inTAP
Flying Blind
Today on TAP: Trump and his appointees are making the airport mess worse. But it would be a mistake to pin this crisis entirely on him.
Posted inTAP
So Much for Consumer Product Safety
Today on TAP: Last week, Trump fired the three Democrats on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and is sacking much of the staff.
Posted inEconomic Policy
We Can’t Count on Trump’s SEC to Tell Us If He Is Manipulating the Market
The Musk-damaged agency is unlikely to investigate whether Trump and his allies are profiting from advance knowledge about tariff changes or meme coin shenanigans.
Posted inPolitics
Unchecked Balances
No one is above the law, not even Pam Bondi. Freshman swing-seat Democrat Dave Min is trying to hold Republicans accountable.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Congress Funded Head Start. The Trump Administration Is Holding Up the Money.
Delays in funding and new procedures to justify budgets have led to temporary closures and massive uncertainty for programs, workers, and families who rely on child care.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
DOGE Is Obliterating American Industry
The Loan Programs Office is one of the most successful government agencies in history—or it was until Elon Musk arrived.
Posted inEconomic Policy
House Republicans Take Their Turn at Ravaging CFPB
Kneecapping the consumer financial protection agency would do much to enable fraud, and next to nothing to reduce federal expenditures.