The American Prospect
House Says No to Tariff Man
Speaker Mike Johnson can’t hold a united Republican caucus to support Trump’s unpopular and economically perverse tariffs.
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7mThe Great ‘Made in the USA’ Fraudyssey
Amazon and Walmart are well equipped to detect deceptive claims about where products are made. Their own AI chatbots describe the choice not to act as a business decision.
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14mA VA Medical Center Meltdown
Persistent maintenance and staffing issues at a D.C.-based center reveal bigger problems with the VA health system.
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11mEmployers Stall Labor Contracts for Years. A New Bill Could Change That.
The Faster Labor Contracts Act, pending in the Senate, could compel employers to bargain with their unionized workers.
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5mTrump’s New Fed Chair Deserts Trump
Under Kevin Warsh, the Federal Reserve refuses to cut interest rates and may soon raise them.
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17mIda B. Wells: Brave Woman
By chronicling the shame of lynching in the South, Ida B. Wells exposed the corruption of white supremacy.