Topic: Lobbyists

Joe Mitchell, second from right, during Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 21, 2025. (Photo by Olivier Touron / AFP via Getty Images)

Anti-lobbyist Republican used lobbyists

Russell Payne
Elon Musk departs the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill where President-elect Donald Trump spoke to House Republicans on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Texas law keeps Musk lobbyists secret

Lauren McGaughy - ProPublica
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., arrives for a senate vote in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, October 28, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Pharma-backed Dems sink drug bill

Igor Derysh
Kysten Sinema (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Ex-Sinema aide was lobbyist for Chase

Igor Derysh
Elizabeth Warren, Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Turns out Liz Warren was right all along

Amanda Marcotte
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona (Getty Images)

Sinema fundraising with pro-GOP lobbies

Igor Derysh
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) heads to a vote in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol on June 8, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Who's pulling Joe Manchin's strings?

Igor Derysh
Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders (Getty Images/David McNew/Scott Olson/Joe Raedle)

Dem trio urge Biden to limit lobbyists

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
Mike Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AP Photo/Alex Brandon/Salon)

Will Bernie's Israel views hurt him?

Matthew Rozsa
U.S. President Donald Trump (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump’s trade war makes lobbyists rich

Lydia DePillis - ProPublica
(AP/Getty/Salon)

Drain the swamp: Trump's corrupt Cabinet

Igor Derysh
Oleg Deripaska; Mitch McConnell (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko/Getty/Win McNamee)

Ex-Mitch aides lobbied for Russian firm

Igor Derysh
Jim Moran; Buck McKeon (AP/Hussein Malla/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ex-lawmakers, new corrupt tactics

Igor Derysh
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; Ted Cruz (Getty/Mandel Ngan/Zach Gibson)

AOC and Cruz make Twitter bargain

Sophia Tesfaye
David Bernhardt (Getty/Zach Gibson)

Trump's Interior pick in hot water

Igor Derysh
(Associated Press)

Lobbying swamp flourishes in Washington

Derek Kravitz - ProPublica
David Bernhardt (AP/David Zalubowski)

Zinke's replacement: No better

Matthew Rozsa
Steny Hoyer (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Dems pocketing millions from Pharma

Emmarie Huetteman - KFF Health News
Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (Getty/Mark Wilson)

The royal touch

Ben Freeman - TomDispatch.com
Scott Pruitt; Elizabeth Warren (Getty/AP/Salon)

Draining the swamp: This time for real

Amanda Marcotte
FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2015, file photo, Therese Duenas counts money as she takes bets in the sports book at the South Point hotel and casino in Las Vegas. On the board behind here are odds on NFL football and other bets. Once upon a time, the thought of gambling on a pro football game brought gasps of indignation from the NFL offices. And swift action if it was a player who actually placed a bet. The Oakland Raiders’ new stadium could literally be walking distance from a few of the city’s dozens of sports books. (AP Photo/John Locher, File) (AP)

NBA and MLB lobby for sports betting

Rui Kaneya
(Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

How Trump is dismantling our government

Heather Digby Parton
(Associated Press)

Trump appointees return to lobbying

Derek Kravitz, Alex Mierjeski - ProPublica
(Getty/Branden Camp)

What we found in Trump’s drained swamp

Derek Kravitz, Al Shaw, Isaac Arnsdorf - ProPublica
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