David Dayen

Having failed at and then become bored with a shooting war, Donald Trump is returning to what really gets him up in the morning: an economic war. An “economic D-Day” for Iran was announced at around the same time as retaliatory trade measures against Canada, a demonstration of the fact that to Trump, there's no functional difference between tariffs and economic sanctions.

Money intended for treatment of the opioid crisis and insurance fees to stop auto part theft have instead gone to installing AI-fueled license plate readers.

The business of raising and processing beef in America has been ground to dust in service of profit for publicly traded behemoths like Walmart.

Two establishment candidates are playing with nearly $10 million in campaign cash, using it mainly to attack one another while progressives look on haplessly.

Google avoids accountability again, this time in advertising tech. Why do judges bother to find companies guilty of running a monopoly if they’re unwilling to break them up?

Two centrist Democrats defected on a key vote, giving Republicans a win. Progressives are concerned any punishment given to the centrists will rebound onto them in the future.

The new city agency intends to connect workers who want to unionize with resources and organizing contacts, and use worker stories of exploitation to inform policy.

The Michigan Democrat wants money out of politics and back in your pocket. Could he also be the leader of a new populist movement?

The tariff-free importation of 300,000 metric tons of potentially substandard beef crashed cattle markets. Trump’s makeup plans to placate ranchers are lacking in substance.

Chris Gober, who helped draw Texas’s gerrymandered maps, is now running to represent one of those districts. His AI and defense industry ties could pose problems.