Lobbying Blitz Pushed Fertilizer Prices Higher, Fueling Food Inflation
Emails show fertilizer producer Mosaic lobbied heavily for tariffs under Trump, then used them to dominate the market.
Politics
St. Louis Voters Keep Cori Bush as Missouri Democrats Choose Anheuser-Busch Heir
Bush’s constituents didn’t show “buyer’s remorse,” but statewide voters rejected populist Lucas Kunce for Trudy Busch Valentine.
AIPAC Defeats Andy Levin, the Most Progressive Jewish Representative
But the Israel lobby couldn't take out Rashida Tlaib.
Voices
Proud Papa: How Joe Biden Became the Father of the Iranian Nuclear Bomb
Biden's fecklessness has stymied his agenda, but it's been a boon to one project — an Iranian one.
Democrats Are Squandering Their Chance to Ban Cluster Bomb Sales
A subcommittee led by Rep. Barbara Lee is embracing a Bush-era policy to let the U.S. skirt international standards.
Bank of America Memo, Revealed: “We Hope” Conditions for American Workers Will Get Worse
The financial behemoth privately fears that regular people have too much leverage.
Voices
A Manchin Miracle Brings Biden’s Climate Agenda Back From the Dead
Did Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer just fool Mitch McConnell?
Federal Prison Officials Knew of Misconduct, Corruption, and Abuse, Senate Investigation Finds
Sen. Jon Ossoff is the first Democrat to subpoena a member of the Biden administration, BOP Director Michael Carvajal, over reports of neglected and frequent suicides.
Biden Administration Plans for Legal Psychedelic Therapies Within Two Years
A letter from the Health and Human Services Department discloses the anticipated FDA approval of MDMA and psilocybin treatments.
The End of Roe
Abortion Faces Early Electoral Test in Kansas — but Misinformation Is Rampant
Anti-abortion actors have deployed misleading talking points to convince voters that the right to abortion isn’t on the line.