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.| The Lever
The recent GOP spending bill will mean more money for ICE — and less transparency for the private airlines making billions on deportation flights.| The Lever
Aviation regulators have been making it harder to track celebrities’ private jets. Now, Trump’s immigration enforcers are taking advantage.| The Lever
Hours after The Lever’s report, legislators defanged a stealth provision that could have shielded tech giants from lawsuits.| The Lever
Amid PBS funding cuts, right-wing agitprop Prager University aims for the head of the class.| The Lever
A reporter gets handed a potato chip bag stuffed with payola.| The Lever
A perfect storm is coming for Obamacare in 2026.| The Lever
Business empires have long used “refusal to deal” tactics to protect their monopolies — but now, judges are pushing back.| The Lever
State lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit consumers from suing businesses — including a surveillance giant — whose AI use potentially violates consumer protection laws.| The Lever
Private equity funds are misrepresenting their risk and possibly saddling their least wealthy clients with their worst-performing investments, new research finds.| The Lever
Google CIO praised Interior Secretary Doug Burgum for slamming the “climate extremist agenda” and sayings data centers should be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear.| The Lever
Private equity firms systematically bought up and sold out skateboarding companies, killing the counterculture.| The Lever
Dozens of federal judges visited exotic vacation destinations to attend antitrust educational seminars, hosted by a Big Tech-funded conservative legal institute.| The Lever
Workers get trapped, lobbyists push for a D.C. crackdown, and more from The Lever this week.| The Lever
AI chatbots lose their therapy license, data centers get stuck with the bill, harm reduction strategies pay off, and a live music monopoly gets booed off the stage.| The Lever
Private equity giant BlackRock is waging a scorched-earth campaign to acquire a regional power company as Wall Street seeks to profit from the AI energy boom.| The Lever
David Sirota’s full interview with journalist Sam Graham-Felsen on the far-reaching political implications of the male loneliness crisis.| The Lever
Billionaires come for your molars, the feds backtrack on the Epstein files, and more from The Lever this week.| The Lever
The nationally chartered Erebor Bank could add legitimacy and value to crypto assets, but risks destabilizing the financial system.| The Lever
Trump’s energy czar’s questionable solar career, investing in Israel’s wars, and more from The Lever this week.| The Lever
Rep. Josh Gottheimer is the House’s top recipient of private equity cash — and he’s helping Wall Street undermine the strategy to pass the reconciliation bill.| The Lever
The chemical lobby demanded Trump make the locations of high-risk chemical plants secret. The EPA did just that.| The Lever
As Omicron surges, a shadowy institute filled with fringe doctors appears to be part of big business’ two-year strategy to legitimize attacks on pandemic interventions.| The Lever
