A Q&A with Nathan Tankus on what it means for Elon Musk’s forces to have commandeered some level of control of the U.S. payment system.
Economic Policy
Canada Braces for Two-Step Trade War
Michigan and Ontario will be on the front lines of serious economic disruptions if and when the Trump tariffs finally materialize.
Chips on the Table
The Biden administration wanted to restore the domestic semiconductor industry. The results have disappointed.
We Found the $2 Trillion
Elon Musk wants to cut government spending. But the waste in the system goes to elites like him. Here’s a better way to bring down deficits.
Rohit Chopra Still Has a Job
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head has not been fired. Apparently, it’s because the Trump team can’t find anyone to replace him.
At NYC’s MAGA Clubhouse, Libertarians Are Left in the Cold
The subsector of the economic far right that actually likes immigration is not enthused by the dawn of a new Trump era.
Is Florida’s Migration Tide Turning?
Young people are leaving the state, and climate change’s impacts on the cost of living are contributing factors.
How China Dominates Global Shipbuilding
Today on TAP: And the strategic challenge facing the always-conflicted Donald Trump
The Essential Incoherence of the End of the Biden Presidency
One reason the president goes out with low approval ratings is that his agenda was internally contradictory.

