Researchers and watchdog groups say the level of industry influence in this administration is unprecedented.
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The company’s biometric tech always sounded like it was ripped from the plot of a dystopian thriller, but recently, the iris-scanning system developed by the Massachusetts-based BI² Technologies has become part of the nation’s deportation dragnet. How BI² landed an ICE contract worth as much as $10 million is in part a tale of the […]
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Clients of a Trump-Connected Lobbying Firm Keep Landing No-Bid ICE Contracts Read Post »
This past summer, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made headlines when he falsely claimed at a Christian conference in Jerusalem that there was “no starvation in Gaza.” A less noted, but also telling, moment came after Netanyahu’s remarks, when Yossi Dagan, a leading advocate for Israeli ambitions to annex Palestinian territory, presented evangelical minister Paula […]
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The Settlers’ Man in Washington Read Post »
Former Ohio state Sen. Kevin Coughlin—a self-described “husband, father, [and] small business owner”—is running to be the Republican nominee for Ohio’s 13th Congressional seat in the 2026 midterms. He promises to “put Ohio workers and their families first,” according to his campaign website. “Never politicians, lobbyists, or special interests.” What Coughlin doesn’t say is that […]
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Meet the Ohio Lobbyist Running Against Lobbyists Read Post »
The decision to drop the case comes days after the Justice Department fired two of its top antitrust officials.
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DOJ Drops Antitrust Case Against Company Represented by Bondi’s Former Employer Read Post »
As a lobbyist, Ken Kies secured tax giveaways for major corporations. Now, he’s helping implement the GOP budget bill.
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“Tax-Dodging Consultant” Is Now the US Treasury’s Top Tax Policy Official Read Post »
Eight years ago, if you wanted to line the first family’s pockets, your choices—while ethically unprecedented—were limited. There was only so much you could spend on hotel rooms or Mar-a-Lago fundraisers. Fortunately for foreign governments, megacorporations, and anyone else with an agenda, the Trumps have diversified. “It’s a whole different scale than it was in […]
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10 Ways to Enrich the Trumps and the MAGA Movement Read Post »
Trump officials admit that sanctions don’t accomplish stated U.S. foreign policy goals, but they’re still using them.
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Sanctions Don’t Weaken US Adversaries — But They Do Enrich Oligarchs Read Post »
Donald Trump doesn’t talk about “draining the swamp” nearly as much as he did in his first term, but his ultra-populist 2024 campaign was built, at least in part, on an anti-Washington message. Yet despite his attack on so many of Washington’s structures, early signs are in that K Street, home to the city’s lobbyists, […]
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Trump-Linked Lobbyists Are Having a Hopping Good Time Read Post »
A lack of transparency has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors.
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Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Read Post »
Nayib Bukele is so popular with the US right that his refusal Monday to free a Maryland man with no criminal record mistakenly sent to a supermax prison in a foreign country was greeted by MAGA types as being, basically, badass. The Salvadorian president who has dubbed himself “the world’s coolest dictator” was already a […]
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Meet the Miami Lobbyist Who Helped Bukele Seduce MAGA Read Post »
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