Alec MacGillis

The Republican senator has made it his primary goal to help the GOP continue winning elections, and by laying the groundwork for the Trump presidency, he's done just that.

President Trump promised that he would end the carried interest loophole, but the most recent Republican tax reform bill leaves it intact.

Tenants allege that a property management firm controlled by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner's real-estate company has unjustly charged them fees and threatened eviction to make them pay up.

The city's removal of Confederate statues in the dead of night was Baltimore's latest attempt to make peace with the ghosts of the Civil War.

Michigan's voters decided to scrap the kind of super-empowered emergency managers who made questionable decisions in Flint—but state lawmakers found a way to revive the program.

What's at stake for the majority leader in the battle over Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court replacement.

Why poor areas vote for politicians who want to slash the safety net.

Peabody Energy, the nation’s largest coal company, is seeking release from a pledge to pay into a health insurance fund.

A bill that would speed up approval for medications and medical devices shows how a major initiative can get traction even in the midst of Washington gridlock—but critics say all the lobbying is drowning out some warnings about patient safety.

The National Rifle Association and other anti-gun-control groups are formidable, but political trends may be loosening their grip on lawmakers.

After insurers helped to torpedo Hillary Clinton’s 1993 health care reform, its lobby sought influence among Democrats through a new kind of Washington firm with ties to the Clintons.

The main federal fund for roads and bridges runs at a deep deficit. If even red states can raise the gas tax, why can’t Congress?

Traditional colleges and universities have become unlikely allies of the beleaguered for-profit industry as each group tries to fend off the government’s push for more accountability.