Biden Faces Pressure From Left Over Influence Industry Ties
WASHINGTON — It was one of the few issues on which President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. disagreed — how far...
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Jeff Bezos Cast in a Role He Never Wanted: Amazon’s D.C. Defender
WASHINGTON — Last September, Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s chief executive, rattled off terrifying statistics about the warming planet from the storied National Press Club, two blocks...
Special Interests Mobilize to Get Piece of Next Virus Relief Package
WASHINGTON — Airlines, hotels and restaurants. Military contractors and banks. Even Broadway actors. These are just a few of the special interests already maneuvering to...
TikTok Enlists Army of Lobbyists as Suspicions Over China Ties Grow
WASHINGTON — TikTok, the wildly popular social media app known for its viral dance and lip sync clips, has been embraced by millions of students,...
Inside the White House, a Gun Industry Lobbyist Delivers for His Former Patrons
Michael B. Williams spent nearly two years helping to run a trade group focused on expanding sales of firearm silencers by American manufacturers. But try...
Consumer Bureau Scraps Restrictions on Payday Loans
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday formally rescinded a plan to impose new limits on payday lending, handing the industry a major victory by...
When Washington Helped Small Business, Washington Was Helped
WASHINGTON — Car dealers and private schools, restaurants and doctors, hotels and contractors all got money from the program established to help small businesses survive...
Trump Vowed to ‘Drain the Swamp,’ but Lobbyists Are Still Thriving in It
WASHINGTON — The chief executive of the arms maker Raytheon, under pressure to overcome a congressional hold on major sales in the fall of 2018,...
Prince Andrew Sought Washington Lobbyist to Help With Epstein Case
WASHINGTON — Prince Andrew’s lawyers had discussions with a Washington lobbyist with ties to the Trump administration about the possibility of assisting the prince with...
How College Sports Spurred Mississippi to Seriously Reconsider Its Flag
It was just before 9 a.m. last Friday when Philip Gunn, the speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives, received a phone call from a...