Ryan Grim

Ryan Grim is The Intercept’s D.C. bureau chief.

He was previously the Washington bureau chief for HuffPost, where he led a team that was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, winning once. Grim edited and contributed reporting to groundbreaking investigative project on heroin treatment that not only changed federal and state laws, but shifted the culture of the recovery industry. The story, by Jason Cherkis, was a Pulitzer finalist and won a Polk Award.

Grim grew up in rural Maryland. He has been a staff reporter for Politico and the Washington City Paper and is a former contributor to MSNBC. He is a contributor to the Young Turks Network and author of the book “This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America.”

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The UAE’s Powerful Ambassador Is Still Hobnobbing in Washington After Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder

Ryan Grim — Oct. 23

Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE's ambassador to the U.S., was key in marketing Mohammed bin Salman as a reformer to Washington's foreign policy establishment.

Small Donors Suddenly Pour In to Flip Eight State-Level Seats — and Legislatures

Ryan Grim — Oct. 18

Data for Progress, a left-wing think tank, is raising money for eight candidates whose races could lead to Democratic control of their legislatures.

A Super PAC Is Spending Millions Attacking Democrats Who Can’t Lose. What’s Going On?

Akela Lacy, Ryan Grim — Oct. 16

The political action committee’s odd spending decisions are a window into the absurd campaign finance world ushered into existence by Citizens United.

Nearly Every Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Still Takes Corporate PAC Money

Rachel M. Cohen, Ryan Grim — Oct. 14

The Congressional Progressive Caucus as an institution has stopped taking corporate money. The members of that institution are a different story.

Is This the Beginning of the End of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance?

Zaid Jilani, Ryan Grim — Oct. 11

Lobbying firms, tech companies and politicians are under pressure to break with the increasingly rogue state.

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