Republicans reveal their first targets for the Congressional Review Act. Consumer protection rules may be next.
Trump transition
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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.
Posted inWorking in America
Probationary Federal Employees Targeted for Mass Purge
As many as 200,000 federal employees with weaker civil service protections could be let go. But they are supposed to only be fired for poor performance.
Posted inTAP
Can We Count on the Supreme Court?
Today on TAP: That will depend on whether two justices, Chief John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett, are offended by a whole new level of dictatorial overreach.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Almost Deleted Medicaid
These are not bright guys, and things got out of hand.
Posted inPolitics
Elon Musk Offers Federal Workers an Unauthorized Buyout
The alleged eight-month ‘deferred resignation’ contradicts federal rules.
Posted inPolitics
What Was America’s Top Spy Hiding?
Avril Haines ran cover for the CIA’s domestic surveillance. Who could possibly be worse?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Texas Model
Wealthy oil and gas interests getting politicians to do their bidding: coming to a federal government near you.
Posted inTAP
Trump’s Lawbreaking Also Aimed at Workers
Today on TAP: Neutering the NLRB and targeting janitors, even as his billionaire backers stomp on workers’ rights
Posted inPolitics
Trump’s Most Lawless Action Yet
Pausing funds appropriated by Congress is a deliberate taunt to draw a legal challenge that the White House’s most radical architects think will give them unilateral spending power.