Inside The Billion-Dollar Business Of Deportation Flights
The recent GOP spending bill will mean more money for ICE — and less transparency for the private airlines making billions on deportation flights.
National Politics
Animal Farm: Eggflation’s Monopoly Problem
Factory farms are blaming eggflation on animal welfare laws in an attempt to boost their margins and crush their competitors.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: You’re Rehired!
Federal workers are rehired, red states go green, a judge stops a different steal, and states repair consumer protections.
How To Avoid Asbestos In Your Makeup
Many beauty products include talc, which has been shown to be contaminated with a dangerous toxin. Here’s how to avoid the risk.
Trump’s Tuesday Night Massacre
The president just fired antitrust regulators investigating his corporate boosters. The Lever speaks with one of them about why he’s now taking Trump to court.
The Cover Up Coverup
Warren Buffett’s conglomerate owns a company that profited off a cancer-linked makeup ingredient. Now the firm aims to create a legal precedent — and deny victims remuneration.
Trump’s Gift To Loan Sharks
Trump promised caps on credit card rates — but his regulators are helping banks kill state initiatives to impose those caps.
YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Even Trump Doesn’t Trust Big Tech
Google’s monopoly status is questioned, states can sue for climate cleanup, a judge tells Trump to do his research, and a zombie pipeline is stopped in its tracks.
Big Tech’s Forever War
Rohit Chopra and other experts discuss how technology is changing reality and what can be done to stop it.
The Secret Supreme Court Lobbyists Who Want To Stay Hidden
Dark money groups tied to conservative power broker Leonard Leo are trying to kill a rule forcing them to disclose who’s funding their judicial pressure campaigns.