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Contra again?

Assuming anything like free and fair elections next November, the Democratic wave would be sufficient to overcome Republican attempts at voter suppression, as was the case in 2018. But this time, the ...

Up to 37,000 positions may be dropped, with the VA transformed into a facilitator for outsourcing, sources tell the Prospect.

President Trump is on a roll. In the past couple of weeks, he’s named the Kennedy Center, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and a new class of battleships after himself.

The would-be dictator would get a much better class of censor if his regime didn’t hoist the biggest morons in the country into leadership positions.

A bipartisan solution was gaining momentum, but the House Democratic leader just issued his own bill that will prevent ...

With Trump, Musk, Bezos et al. running amok, progressive economic populism is on the rise. Polling shows a broad public turn toward policy that seeks to reverse the upward redistribution of income and ...

One specific example involved Food Lion, a regional chain with over 1,000 stores. It was punished for being the “worst ...

How FBI Director Kash Patel undermines the FBI’s performance and credibility.

After the shutdown deal, Trump has gone right back to withholding funds and dismantling appropriated entities.