Airlines shut down mysterious program that allowed warrantless snooping

Plus, Obama’s Twitter hacker faces a huge penalty, PBS nets a partial victory, churchgoers are turning to AI and more, all in this week’s Tuesday Tech Drop.

Ja'han Jones

Trump’s 50-year mortgage plan is a classic administration ‘solution.’ That’s the problem.

Letting homebuyers opt for a longer mortgage won’t make any homes cheaper.

Ned Resnikoff

America’s housing crisis isn’t an accident — it’s by design

Housing in America is no longer designed for people, it’s designed for portfolios — and Trump and Republicans appear to want to keep it that way.

Ali Velshi

Trump’s promises of direct checks to Americans put GOP in a bind

President Donald Trump has vowed to send Americans checks in the mail. There’s a huge risk if he can’t deliver — and another if he does.

Akayla Gardner

House Dems accuse Paramount of stonewalling their investigation into its Trump-approved merger

Reps. Jamie Raskin and Frank Pallone say executives at Paramount Skydance aren’t cooperating in their probe of the controversial megamerger.

Ja'han Jones

Stephanie Ruhle: Trump ‘can’t BS’ the American people on the reality of the U.S. economy

Ruhle accused the administration of “making big moves to help big business” while “pulling back” on programs that help everyday Americans.

Allison Detzel

Nicolle Wallace rips Trump and his Cabinet over economy claims: ‘Wildly out of touch’

“Trump has never, ever, ever, had a grasp of any of the facts, but particularly those around the cost of things for normal people,” Wallace said.

Allison Detzel

This 250-year-old idea would fight billionaires’ ‘overgrown influence’

A wealth tax, with a top rate of 100%, is common sense.

Vanessa Williamson