Norfolk Southern helped convince government officials to repeal brake rules — and corporate lobbyists watered down hazmat safety regs.

The administration also announced new limits on Arctic drilling in an apparent effort to temper criticism over the $8 billion Willow oil project, which has faced sharp opposition.

The Supreme Court justice switched sides on a landmark legal doctrine, satisfying his benefactors’ conservative advocacy machine.

If Barack Obama and David Axelrod are really concerned about the climate crisis, they can fess up to their culpability — and demand change from Joe Biden.

The president created draconian bankruptcy laws — now his administration appears to be trying to overturn a ruling that helps those bankrupted by student loans.

The Department of Education suddenly backs off its appeal 48 hours after The Daily Poster’s story went viral.

Corporate lobbyists thwarted measures that could strengthen sanctions against the Putin regime — and they were lobbying as the threat of war intensified.

The Justice Department announced Thursday it would no longer fight bankruptcy efforts of federal student loan borrowers if they are being crushed by debt.

John Roberts and Samuel Alito own shares of companies that could score billions in tax relief from the outcome of Moore v. United States.

Biden’s departing press secretary joins a long line of Democratic presidential spokespeople who became corporate pundits and shills.

Pete Buttigieg’s Transportation Department has not moved to revive an Obama-era safety rule that could help prevent future train accidents and derailments.

A letter obtained by The Lever shows the call for climate action is now coming from inside the Biden administration.

At a gathering of the National Restaurant Association’s legal arm, lawyers and executives grappled with a worker uprising.

By leaving the problem of inflation to the central bank, Democrats are accepting an attack on labor power.

Months before Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, its D.C. advocacy groups said the FDIC initiative “would unduly burden banks.”

Norman Finkelstein needed to reach a moral judgment. On the morning of October 7, he received an email from a friend telling him to check the news. Finkelstein was “euphoric” when he saw that Hamas…

Rhode Island Gov. and Commerce Secretary nominee Gina Raimondo was praised early in the pandemic. Then things went off the rails.

The company says it can deduct the cost of its $787 million payout to Dominion over its election lies.

“This court should invalidate mandatory disclosure and reporting requirements,” wrote Clarence Thomas, who did not disclose years of gifts from a billionaire.

Permit approvals for oil trains came despite derailments. Now, Pete Buttigieg could subsidize the scheme with special tax breaks.

Retiring Sen. Pat Toomey is joining Apollo Global Management after helping enrich the private equity industry during his time in Congress

After public outcry, the administration backed off one bankruptcy case — but it is fighting many others despite the president’s campaign promise.

Months before Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, its D.C. advocacy groups said the FDIC initiative “would unduly burden banks.”

After scoring half a million from oil and gas interests, New York’s Democratic governor wants to allow utilities to burn fossil fuels for decades longer than currently permitted.

In a letter obtained by The Lever, Sen. Elizabeth Warren demands the administration “overhaul the student loan system and ensure that bankruptcy relief is a viable option.”

The Post corrected Glenn Kessler’s column questioning reporting about a child rape victim, shortly after The Lever obtained emails showing inaccuracies.

Conservative corporate lobbying groups are leaning on the government’s most minoritarian branch, the Supreme Court, to deal a massive blow to the working class and unions.

A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the way it responds to problems with overheating bearings.

Obama’s former acting Solicitor General and a senator-turned-lobbyist are helping a dark money group pressure the high court.

The IRS is sanctioning state laws allowing rich Americans to bypass the SALT cap and avoid billions in taxes, but a new Biden nominee could end the scheme.

The oil company whose vinyl chloride poisoned East Palestine gave $2 million to the Senate GOP as lawmakers watered down and stalled proposed reforms.

New research shows that pharmaceutical companies have spent more on enriching shareholders than drug research and development over the past decade.

Citing Newsweek, shareholders say the National Restaurant Association's lobbying efforts against higher wages actually harm investors.

The Roberts court appears willing to ignore its purported judicial principles in order to end Biden’s student debt relief plan.

After a nudge from billionaires’ think tank, justices agreed to hear a case designed to preemptively block a wealth tax.

The Supreme Court’s chief justice was once eager to strip away power from a liberal judiciary. Now, he’s guarding the high court’s power.

Biden and EU officials continue helping Big Pharma prevent the distribution of IP rights to fight COVID.

In December, the governor vetoed legislation requiring freight trains to be staffed with at least two crew members. Rail workers say it’s a bare minimum…

Joe Manchin’s wife Gayle helps lead a commission that recently awarded $1.5 million to a nonprofit tied to her business partner.

Biden’s health secretary has called on the feds to limit pharma price gouging — but now that he can do so, he’s dragging his feet.

Awash in real estate industry cash, New York’s Democratic-controlled legislature avoided any real action this session to address the housing crisis.

Biden said he'd offer a public option for health insurance. He didn't—leaving states on their own to fight some of the nation's largest, richest and most politically organized businesses.

Bernie Sanders is trying to restrict a proposed $52 billion subsidy for wildly profitable microchip companies that enriched CEOs and offshored jobs.

The Ohio senator quietly delayed the timeline for safer tank cars that regulators say could help prevent train spills like the one in East Palestine.

On the ground with water protectors fighting the construction of the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota.

The Fox News host holds himself out as a populist while speaking at ritzy private equity conferences, according to documents obtained by The Daily Poster.

A fossil fuel behemoth is citing the climate crisis it is intensifying as rationale to jack up consumer prices.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday called on former President Trump to support the Biden administration in reversing Trump-era deregulations in the wake of the derailment of a trai…

The president could facilitate one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel divestments — so of course he is dragging his feet.

A health insurance consultant’s super PAC wants to tilt a Democratic primary against John Fetterman, who backs Medicare for All.

Under pressure from labor leaders and insurance execs, NY Dem leaders are blocking a vote on health care legislation even though it has majority support in the legislature.

The same corporate lobbying groups blocking action on climate change are fighting efforts to protect workers from its intensifying effects.

Blackstone just hired Chuck Schumer’s son-in-law as a lobbyist, the latest of his relatives to take a job at a company lobbying the Senate on major legislation.

Trump’s education secretary scrapped a rule designed to stop predatory college programs — and the current White House is defending the move in court.

The president created draconian bankruptcy laws — now his administration appears to be trying to overturn a ruling that helps those bankrupted by student loans.

Ex-congressman behind landmark banking law says he has no regrets about joining failed lender’s board

A bill aimed at increasing railroad safety regulations was rejected in the Virginia General Assembly before a toxic train derailment in Ohio renewed calls for reform.

The GOP-led Congressional Budget Office is using gimmicks and fuzzy math to doom the Democrats’ Build Back Better bill.

Company CEO Pat Gelsinger says semiconductor firms need subsidies to invest domestically — but there’s little guarantee the giveaway will actually help.

Biden wants subsidies for profitable microchip giants that spent billions enriching shareholders — the no-strings-attached bailout could subsidize even more largesse.