Avi Asher-Schapiro

Even though Donald Trump railed against free trade deals during the 2016 campaign, a corporate lobbyist who worked on those deals may become his top trade negotiator.

Dec 16, 2016

Senate Republicans are asking the SEC to stop issuing new banking regulations and wait for Donald Trump to take office.

Dec 13, 2016

Trump has reportedly asked Gary Cohn, Goldman Sachs president and COO, to lead his National Economic Council. As Trump's cabinet fills with Goldman-related people, the bank's shares are soaring.

Dec 09, 2016

Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel wants Donald Trump to make Jim O'Neill, who has financial ties to the healthcare industry, the new head of the FDA.

Dec 08, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump broke diplomatic protocol and spoke directly to the president of Taiwan. He may have done so at the urging of well-paid lobbyists.

Dec 06, 2016

The president-elect’s choice for Defense Secretary, James Mattis, helped lead General Dynamics, a major defense contractor that he'll oversee for the Trump administration.

Dec 02, 2016

The 21st Century Cures Act earmarks billions of dollars for medical research and lowers FDA standards for drug approval. It's one of the most-lobbied bills of the Obama administration.

Dec 01, 2016

Donald Trump has a financial stake in the energy company that plans to build a pipeline near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, which has been targeted by protesters.

Nov 29, 2016

At a key moment for the U.S.-Saudi alliance, the Kingdom hired a powerful former congressman to lobby the Trump White House and Congress.

Nov 23, 2016

Seeing opportunity in the president-elect's policies, the nation's largest private prison corporation boosts its lobbying teams. Will a Trump White House reverse Obama's phase-out plan?

Nov 22, 2016

The justice department's suit to stop the merger of healthcare insurance giants Anthem and Cigna could fall to Trump's administration to decide.

Nov 21, 2016

The president-elect said lawmakers backed by the billionaire brothers were “puppets of politics.” But Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo, who may lead the Trump administration CIA, is a longtime Koch ally.

Nov 18, 2016

Environmentalists are petitioning President Obama to limit President-elect Donald Trump’s options.

Nov 18, 2016

If President-elect Donald Trump expands the use of private prisons, Wall Street banks will see a big payday.

Nov 17, 2016

The president-elect slammed campaign opponents for their ties to the financial industry giant. Now he's stacked his transition team with Goldman insiders.

Nov 16, 2016

As secretary of state, Rudy Giuliani would have the power to oversee weapons sales to Qatar and Saudi Arabia, his former clients.

Nov 15, 2016

Trump's tax proposals could help super-rich families become dynasties — like his own.

Nov 14, 2016

The president-elect's conflicts of interest are legal — for now. But tweaking a 1991 ethics rule might force Trump to take his name off his buildings.

Nov 10, 2016

Although Trump successfully channeled populist outrage during the campaign season, as president, he's likely to bring in Wall Street insiders to help run the country.

Nov 09, 2016

A special tax break allows the wealthy to defer capital gains taxes if they take a presidential appointment.

Nov 08, 2016

Sued for fraud, the Republican presidential nominee used the fine print to create a permanent legal shield for himself — and financial firms.

Nov 02, 2016

The SEC’s pay-to-play rule exempts federal agencies, allowing Hillary Clinton to raise cash from Wall Street firms managing federal retirement savings

Oct 31, 2016

Groups ask if pay-to-play laws were violated when firms managing teacher pensions bankrolled Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s charter school ballot measure.

Oct 27, 2016

Circumventing an anti-corruption rule, financial firms who manage teachers' savings are bankrolling an initiative that critics say harms public education.

Oct 26, 2016

Hoping to manage a piece of the $3 trillion state pension fund jackpot, financial firms have found their way around an anti-corruption rule.

Oct 24, 2016

A top Hillary Clinton fundraiser — who may become treasury secretary — has a plan that could turn billions of dollars from payroll taxes into a revenue stream for the financial industry.

Oct 19, 2016

A coalition that includes the alcohol, pharmaceutical drug and prison food industries are spending big to defeat a ballot measure that would legalize marijuana in Arizona.

Oct 11, 2016

Donald Trump said Clinton is protecting the Wall Street-favored tax break.

Oct 10, 2016

According to newly released emails, the Democrat promoted a commission that backed Social Security cuts, and said America must “resist” opposition to free trade.

Oct 07, 2016