Trump’s “America First“ Infrastructure Plan: Let Saudi Arabia and Blackstone Take Care of It
A private equity firm run by a close Trump adviser is partnering with Saudi Arabia to privatize U.S. infrastructure.
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How an Undercover Oil Industry Mercenary Tricked Pipeline Opponents Into Believing He Was One of Them
A former Marine working for the private security firm TigerSwan infiltrated an array of anti-Dakota Access pipeline groups at Standing Rock and beyond.
A Monster Payday in Argentina Shows a Flaw in Trump's NAFTA Renegotiation
ISDS claims are becoming a real threat to democracy.
Millions of Women Already Live in a Post-Roe America: A Journey Through the Anti-Abortion South
Across the United States, millions of women live with a legal right to abortion but without meaningful access to exercise that right.
Donald Trump Expected to Pick Shadow Banker for Key Position at the Fed
Randal Quarles worked at Carlyle Group, and is now said to be Trump's pick to be the Federal Reserve’s vice chair for supervision.
Young Leftist Candidates Are Breathing New Radicalism Into Stale Climate Politics
Insurgent candidates are running on bold stances, but there's been less focus when it comes to preventing the potential end of human civilization.
Congress Trying to Sneak Through Major Giveaway to Defense Contractors
Defense contractors want to be able to hide how much it costs them to make stuff.
Backed by Obama Alums, a Law-and-Order Candidate Aims to Topple Progressive Leaders in Baltimore
Nate Loewentheil's campaign in Maryland's 46th District, which covers parts of Baltimore, has been fueled largely by donors outside the city.
Gary Cohn Is Giving Goldman Sachs Everything It Ever Wanted From the Trump Administration
At Goldman Sachs, Gary Cohn nearly wrecked the economy. As Trump's top economic adviser, he's dismantling the rules put in place after the financial crisis.
Before He Was FBI Director, Chris Wray Supervised an Investigation That Found Erik Prince Likely Broke U.S. Law
As corporate lawyers in 2016, Wray and Rod Rosenstein’s top deputy, Rob Hur, probed the Blackwater founder’s paramilitary aircraft plans. What happens now?