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New Documents Reveal More About Alleged Ethics Violations at the Department of the Interior

Public records reveal additional details about top political appointee Timothy Williams' meeting with his former employer, the Koch-backed group Americans for Prosperity.

Jimmy Tobias

President Donald Trump delivers the 2019 State of the Union.

Social Justice

Political Polarization Is Not a Driver of Gridlock at the State Level

States like Colorado have polarized—but productive—legislatures. Term limits and relatively weak lobbying interests help explain the phenomenon.

Seth Masket

Environment

Compromise With the Oil and Gas Industry Made the Sage Grouse Vulnerable to Extinction

Rather than list the bird as an endangered species, the Obama administration struck a compromise deal with energy companies—and now Trump is undoing it.

Jimmy Tobias

Economics

How the Private Health-Care Industry Is Working to Kill Medicare for All

Americans across the political spectrum are longing for change in health care but are worried about what changes might mean.

David M. Perry

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on April 26th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Here Are Some of the Most Significant Controversies Surrounding Scott Pruitt

A brief rundown of the scandals that dogged the EPA administrator in the months leading up to his resignation.

Rebecca Worby

Donald Trump attends the National Prayer Breakfast

News in Brief

How Former Members of the Trump Administration Are Working Around a Non-Lobbying Pledge

The president forced these lobbyists not to lobby as a part of taking office, but they're getting back to work using techniques that vary from the bureaucratic to the audacious.

Derek Kravitz & Alex Mierjeski

Floodwater covers a street sign on May 4th, 2017, in Fenton, Missouri.

Environment

Levee Wars: How a Secretive Lobbying Group Is Working to Subvert Flood Regulations

A Lobbying group in Illinois is weakening regulations from the Army Corps of Engineers that prevents towns from building levees that harm their neighbors.

Lisa Song, Patrick Michels & Alex Heeb

Greater sage grouse on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.

Environment

At the Department of the Interior, Industry Lobbyists and Revolving-Door Operatives Shape Sage Grouse Policy

Public records show that industry groups and conservative politicians have had the ear of top Department of the Interior officials as they seek to dismantle conservation protections for the imperiled species.

Jimmy Tobias