The War on Immigrants
Immigrant Rights Groups Trash Border Deal: “Immigrant Families Will Pay the Price”
Democrats had pushed for cuts to ICE's detention budget, but ceded that demand in the interest of moving negotiations forward.
Ryan Grim
Ryan Grim is co-founder of Drop Site News and the host of the podcast Deconstructed. He was previously D.C. Bureau Chief for The Intercept and the Washington bureau chief for HuffPost, where he led a team that was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and won once. He edited and contributed reporting to groundbreaking investigative project on heroin treatment that not only changed federal and state laws, but also shifted the culture of the recovery industry. The story, by Jason Cherkis, was a Pulitzer finalist and won a Polk Award.
He has been a staff reporter for Politico and the Washington City Paper and is a co-host of the show Counter Points. He is the author of the books “We’ve Got People” (2019) and “This Is Your Country on Drugs” (2009). His third book, published in December 2023, is “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution.”
He has been a staff reporter for Politico and the Washington City Paper and is a co-host of the show Counter Points. He is the author of the books “We’ve Got People” (2019) and “This Is Your Country on Drugs” (2009). His third book, published in December 2023, is “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution.”
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Pro-Israel Lobby Caught on Tape Boasting That Its Money Influences Washington
An undercover Al Jazeera investigation informs the conversation about the Israel lobby’s influence in Washington kicked off by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s tweets.
Top Nancy Pelosi Aide Privately Tells Insurance Executives Not to Worry About Democrats Pushing "Medicare for All"
Wendell Primus told Blue Cross Blue Shield executives that Democratic leadership is more concerned with lowering drug prices and defending Obamacare.
Elizabeth Warren Will Make Her Presidential Bid Official in February
Warren explored a presidential bid — and found potential.
Making a Killing
Primaries Matter: How a Long-Shot Challenge Shifted the Debate on the War in Yemen
Sarah Smith's challenge to Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., focused on what she cast as his hawkish foreign policy, pushing him to take a clearer stance on Yemen.
Podcast Special: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Her First Weeks in Washington
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins Ryan Grim and Briahna Joy Gray for an in-depth conversation about her new life on Capitol Hill.
Richard Ojeda Drops Out of Presidential Race
Richard Ojeda was running as an unapologetic class warrior from an area of the country Donald Trump won handily.
Kirsten Gillibrand Defends Filibuster: "If You Don’t Have 60 Votes Yet, It Just Means You Haven’t Done Enough Advocacy"
Maintaining the 60-vote threshold in 2021 would set Democrats up to fail to deliver on campaign promises, leading to the chance of a 2022 midterm wipeout.
Could Joe Crowley End Up Being a Lobbyist for Big Console?
Joe Crowley is K Street’s biggest whale for 2019. He may wind up at the Entertainment Software Association, a video game industry lobby group.
Making a Killing
Amid Internal Investigation Over Leaks to Media, the Center for American Progress Fires Two Staffers
The staffers were investigated for leaking an email exchange to The Intercept that reflected improper influence by the UAE within the think tank.