Today on TAP: The strategy has been effective against one GOP legislator, David Valadao in CA-22, and it is going national.
Medicaid
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Agenda Is Still Undecided
Congress returns to tackle the ‘big beautiful bill’ that would extend his tax cuts and cut social safety net spending. They still don’t have the details in place.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer
America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
New Jersey Continues to Add Abortion Protections
State reproductive rights advocates view a stockpile as one of a number of ways to protect access.
Posted inTAP
Republican Budget Madness
Today on TAP: It bookends Trump’s tariff madness, both for damage and dishonesty.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
DOGE Is Going to Kill a Lot of Americans
The Democratic Party could spell this out clearly and consistently for voters.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Private Equity Vultures Descend on Care Facilities for the Disabled
A new report chronicles ten years of consolidation.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump’s Third Rail
The sneak attack on Social Security creates new vulnerability for Elon Musk and for the entire Trump project of destroying government.
Posted inPolitics
House Republicans Squeak Through Budget Resolution
But there is a lot more work to do, and no consensus yet.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Distancing From Trump
On our live show, David and Bob find that Republicans and even some corporations are starting to pull away from an unpopular leader.
