This article appears in The American Prospect magazine’s February 2022 special issue, “How We Broke the Supply Chain.” Subscribe here. When the Union Pacific Railroad closed its Global 3 Intermodal ...

President Trump’s much-heralded trip to Beijing, the first summit in Beijing since 2017, yielded nothing of value. The only good thing about it was that Trump evidently did not give away the store on ...

This edition of Aftermath is about how Trump’s war is seriously eroding American military strength. You can read our previous story about jet fuel and all the others in our series at ...

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) claimed that referring to public information about her legal and ethics cases was ‘slander.’ It was a tactic to silence critics, her challenger says. A ...

Today on TAP: Seemingly, Kevin Warsh is a mainstream central banker. Dig down and he’s the Fed equivalent of Pete Hegseth. Don’t expect Kevin Warsh, Trump’s nominee to chair the Fed, to have smooth ...

California said different magic words when rigging theirs. That’s why Texas’s map might be tossed, while California’s might remain. Texas state Sen. Pete Flores looks over a redrawn U.S. congressional ...

Today on TAP: A Palestinian murder of a Jew is a capital offense; it’s not for a Jewish murder of a Palestinian. People protest against the decision by Israel’s parliament to approve the death penalty ...

On April 21, nearly two months into the Iran war, the Pentagon unveiled a $1.5 trillion budget request that promised to bolster services for members of the military and their families. The proposed ...

Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the abortion rights group’s political action committee, is entering the Democratic primary for California’s 22nd Congressional District, throwing itself behind ...

Buoyed by billions in assistance from the state, real talk about what it takes to run New York City, and some taxes on the rich, the mayor closed a historic leftover budget deficit.

In the low-profile race for California insurance commissioner, Jane Kim wants to borrow from other countries to solve a crisis in the homeowner’s insurance market.

Boston, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is returning to reality television. Despite a cabinet-level appointment, a responsibility to oversee the nation’s transportation infrastructure, airports ...