David Dayen

David Dayen is a contributor to The Intercept and also writes for The Nation, the New Republic, and more. His first book, “Chain of Title,” about three ordinary Americans who uncover Wall Street’s foreclosure fraud, was released in May 2016. The book was the winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize.

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The Monopolist in the House: Rep. David Trone’s Wine Company Seeks to Overturn a Constitutional Amendment

David Dayen — 2:20 p.m.

Total Wine is embroiled in a Supreme Court case that challenges the 21st Amendment, which ended Prohibition, while its co-owner is a Democrat in Congress.

Why Won’t Mitch McConnell Just End Trump’s Shutdown? He’s Up for Re-Election in 2020

David Dayen, Akela Lacy — Jan. 15

Mitch McConnell could easily round up the support needed to reopen the government. But doing so might cost him in 2020. So here we all sit.

Shuttered IRS Is Sending Automated Warnings of Asset Seizures, With Nobody to Call to Stop Them

David Dayen — Jan. 14

What do you do when the government is shut down, running on autopilot, and about to crash into you?

Progressives Fought for Key Committee Spots, but Centrist New Dems Came Out on Top

David Dayen, Ryan Grim, Aída Chávez — Jan. 11

The Congressional Progressive Caucus’s high-profile members were largely shut out of new assignments to three critical “money committees.”

Revolving Door on Steroids: Lobbyist Jon Kyl, Who Served Four Months in the Senate, Won’t Disclose Some Clients

David Dayen — Jan. 8

Jon Kyl returned to his lobbying firm Covington & Burling a week after ending his brief tenure as a U.S. senator from Arizona.

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