An industry-backed lawmaker’s proposal could undercut state efforts to loosen Wall Street’s grip on the housing market — while carving out exemptions for large investors.
National Politics
Trump’s immigration police will not be reined in by a party refusing to mount a real opposition.
The government’s about-face on alcohol limits follows a yearslong industry lobbying campaign.
It’s been a huge year for The Lever — and we’re just getting started.
Big Power-bought utilities regulators are openly plotting how they’ll get rich after leaving office.
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
Trump’s immigration enforcers just inked a multimillion-dollar deal for AI-driven social media surveillance software used by the Israeli military and the Pentagon.
The Trump administration asked corporations to identify regulatory “burdens” — now they’re building a hit list of their most hated consumer protection laws.
For decades, big business-funded economics courses have been pushing the nation’s judges to the right.
The Pittsburgh plant that exploded on Monday had a history of chemical accidents — and the Trump administration made that secret.