Josh Keefe

Reporter

Josh Keefe covers money in politics for Newsweek. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Slate, International Business Times, The New York Observer and Gothamist. He is originally from Maine.

  
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 Is Donald Trump an Anti-Vaxxer?  Donald Trump has previously tweeted about the widely debunked theory that vaccines are linked to autism.
  
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 Kushner’s Company Nears Deal With Qatari-Backed Firm The New York Times reported Kushner Companies is closing in on a deal with Brookfield Properties to over a Manhattan skyscraper the company is losing money on.
  
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 Why Are the Koch Brothers Thanking Democrats? The Koch brothers are one of the Republican Party's biggest donor groups.
  
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 Trump Taps Chao and McConnells Brother-in-Law for Post For the last seven years, Gordon Hartogensis has been running his family's trust, according to his LinkedIn profile.
  
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 Rep. Introduces Bill to Stop Research Into Congress The bill, which takes aim at "wasteful spending," is targeting a specific study of communications between congressional offices.
  
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 White House and EPA Aides Blocked Study on Toxic Water The Health and Human Services’ study noted a certain class of toxic chemicals found in water supplies near military bases was dangerous at one-sixth the level previously thought.
  
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 Pruitt Dined With Cardinal Charged With Sex Abuse The dinner happened at a Rome restaurant that charged $240 per person.
  
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 'Morning Joe' Hosts Call Trump's Team 'Morons' The MSNBC hosts were reacting to news that major companies paid Michael Cohen for insight into the new administration.
  
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 Novartis CEO Was Also Leading Pharma Lobbying Group Former Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez joined the leadership of lobbying heavyweight PhRMA just before his company agreed to pay more than $1 million to Michael Cohen's shell company.
  
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 Gina Haspel Says She Would Disobey Trump If Necessary  CIA director nominee Gina Haspel faced an intense grilling during her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday.
  
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 Oliver North Named New NRA President  Oliver North was a central figure in the Iran-Contra affair.
  
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 Giuliani Thinks His Defense of Trump Is Going Great  Rudy Giuliani has appeared on a variety of news shows over the past week.
  
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 More Republicans Back Puerto Rican Statehood Last year, Puerto Rico overwhelmingly voted for statehood in a nonbinding referendum.
  
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 Mueller Has All the Trump Campaign’s Texts, Caputo Says Caputo was interviewed by Mueller’s team on Wednesday.
  
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 A Lobbyist Could Be the Next VA Chief Jeff Miller, a congressman-turned-lobbyist, has been lobbying the VA on behalf of hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen.
  
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 Michel Cohen’s Text Messages Were Wiretapped: Avenatti  The lawyer for Stormy Daniels said he believed intercepted communications led investigators to believe Cohen might destroy evidence.
  
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 Trump's Lying Is Getting Worse The president has averaged 6.5 false or misleading claims a day since taking office.
  
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 Can This Ex-Republican Ethics Chief Win a Senate Seat?  The former George W. Bush ethics chief is running for the Senate as a Democrat.
  
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 Kushner Companies Received Financing From Internet Bank An SEC investigation into the bank closed last year, shortly before it took part in transactions with Kushner Companies.
  
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 Watch The 2018 White House Correspondents' Dinner Comedian Michelle Wolf will host the annual Washington D.C. gala.
  
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 What Is Michael Cohen’s Business?  Donald Trump’s personal lawyer is facing increasing financial pressure.
  
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 Russian Lawyer in Trump Meeting Was Kremlin ‘Informant’ Natalia Veselnitskaya admitted to NBC News she was an informant to a top Kremlin official.
  
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 Scott Pruitt Knew Of Raises To Aides Pruitt has been under fire for allegedly misusing taxpayer funds.
  
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 Trump Confirms Cohen Represented Him in Daniels Deal Cohen has previously claimed Trump was unaware of the $130,000 paid to the adult film star just before the 2016 election.
  
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 Farrow: Clinton Tried to Snub Interview Over Weinstein Harvey Weinstein was a former donor to Hillary Clinton.
  
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 Don Blankenship Refuses to File Financial Disclosures Former coal baron Don Blankenship has little time for Senate rules.
  
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 Trump Says He Would Bow Out of VA Nominee Process Trump seemed to offer his VA secretary nominee a way out of the confirmation process.
  
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 Charles Kushner Takes Heat for Family Business Blunder Jared Kushner's father said his son's biggest real estate blunder was a result of his prodding.
  
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 Can This Case Bring 'Dark Money' Into the Light?  A federal judge ruled that the FEC has acted "contrary to law" in dismissing complaints against a major dark money group. Now a watchdog is taking on the group directly in court.
  
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 Giuliani Helped OxyContin Maker During a DOJ Probe Rudy Giuliani has tried to “negotiate an end” to a Justice Department probe before.
  
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 Primary Election Dates 2018: A Full State-by-State List The congressional balance of power might come down to which party nominates more electable candidates.
  
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 Since Parkland, Some States Are Digging In on Guns While lawmakers across the country have introduced gun control legislation since the Parkland shooting, some states are passing laws to protect the Second Amendment.