The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights once resolved issues before they became yearslong investigations.
Revolving Door Project
Posted inTechnology
What Congress Actually Needs to Do About AI: Staff Up
In 1995, Newt Gingrich lobotomized Congress’s technical brain trust. It should be rebuilt.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The EPA’s Dark Embrace of the AI Industry
Under Zeldin’s leadership and Musk’s influence, an unlikely federal agency has become a key enabler of AI data centers.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why OpenAI Hired Chuck Schumer’s Daughter Away From Amazon
The AI industry has a greater need for government influence than anyone else.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Cracking Down on Big Insurance in … Oklahoma?
State Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a crackdown on Allstate and State Farm.
Posted inEconomic Policy
An AI Bailout Will Be a ‘Which Side Are You On’ Moment
If AI falls, Democrats can build an enduring political majority—but only if they reject handing a lifeline to Altman, Musk, and the rest of the industry.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
FEMA’s Summer Snowpocalypse
The Trump administration’s partisan warfare leaves the emergency management agency skidding into bureaucratic snowbanks and confronting angry Democratic lawmakers.
Posted inWorking in America
After Industry Request, OSHA Moves to Roll Back Ladder Safety Regulation
There’s a simple way to prevent most workplace falls off ladders. Corporations don’t want to do it.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Not All Nepo Babies Are Trumps
DSCC chair’s 22-year-old son strikes it big in pursuit of further gamifying finance.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Economic Hit Men for Gambling Apps
Former solicitor general Elizabeth Prelogar is writing justifications for prediction market gambling apps, joining several Biden administration colleagues defending the industry.