Nick Baumann
Assistant Editor
Nick is based in our DC bureau, where he covers national politics. Nick's writing has also appeared in The Economist, The Washington Monthly, and Commonweal. You can follow him on twitter.
Author's Articles
Sick of business as usual, Rep. Alan Grayson is trying something new: saying pretty much whatever he feels like.
Ford may run for the Senate. First he should explain what he did on Wall Street for the past three years.
Thu Jan. 21, 2010 3:23 AM PST
Inside the race that claimed the veteran Connecticut Democrat's Senate career.
Wed Jan. 6, 2010 3:22 PM PST
The freshman Florida congressman lets it all hang out.
A settlement in the two-year legal battle could unlock lingering Bush-era mysteries.
Mon Dec. 14, 2009 10:23 AM PST
The end is in sight in the court battle over millions of missing Bush-era emails.
Fri Dec. 11, 2009 7:30 AM PST
He once supported expanding Medicare. Now he's standing in the way of the public option.
Thu Dec. 3, 2009 3:00 AM PST
Economists agree the home-buyer tax credit is stupid. Why does Washington love it?
Fri Nov. 6, 2009 3:00 AM PST
He's warned that the US will collapse in 2010. Conservatives think he's on to something.
Thu Nov. 5, 2009 3:03 AM PST
Bush's Treasury secretary could be in trouble for holding a secret meeting with Goldman Sachs.
Tue Oct. 20, 2009 12:41 PM PDT
Listen to a recording of Bush's UN ambassador appearing to endorse a nuclear attack.
Fri Oct. 16, 2009 10:48 AM PDT
Two watchdog groups want answers on how millions of Bush-era messages vanished.
Wed Oct. 7, 2009 2:49 AM PDT
A longtime Wall Street favorite is championing ambitious financial reforms. Say what?
Fri Oct. 2, 2009 2:14 AM PDT
Obama wants to withhold images of detainee abuse. The court could trigger their release.
Mon Sep. 28, 2009 10:31 AM PDT
Did ten classified Bush-era documents just vanish?
Mon Sep. 28, 2009 3:00 AM PDT
GOP pit bull Darrell Issa is modeling himself after the Dems' fiercest watchdog.
A whistleblower says the service's "Deepwater" modernization program still has problems.
Wed Jul. 29, 2009 3:04 AM PDT
Rick Scott ran a hospital company guilty of epic fraud. Now he wants to tell you how to fix health care.
Thu Jul. 9, 2009 3:06 AM PDT
The gaping loophole in the administration's new financial regs.
Wed Jun. 17, 2009 11:41 AM PDT
In Cairo, Obama challenges all parties in the clash between the West and the Muslim world.
Thu Jun. 4, 2009 5:51 AM PDT
How a group of Bush admin officials opposed harsh techniques—and how they were shot down.
Wed May. 13, 2009 8:13 AM PDT
Obama and Barney Frank want a financial "supercop." Chris Dodd has other ideas.
Wed May. 13, 2009 4:45 AM PDT
Someone in the White House tried to deep-six Philip Zelikow's anti-torture memo. Welcome to the latest Bush-era whodunit.
Wed May. 6, 2009 4:00 AM PDT
Inside an institutional memory lapse of nuclear proportions.
Fri May. 1, 2009 6:07 AM PDT
Take a ride in the 200-mpg car the feds want to keep in the slow lane.
Thu Mar. 26, 2009 2:00 AM PDT
Democrats are asking about the White House email system—they're just doing it quietly.
Thu Mar. 19, 2009 1:55 PM PDT
Not everyone is hurting these days. Meet the new profiteers.
Fri Mar. 13, 2009 3:30 AM PDT
One of the most influential House liberals is leaning on the president to slash the Pentagon's budget.
Tue Feb. 24, 2009 11:57 AM PST
In the case over missing White House emails, plaintiffs claim Obama is taking a page from Bush.
Mon Feb. 23, 2009 2:16 PM PST
Can the Creative Commons founder change Congress, too?
Sat Feb. 7, 2009 11:15 AM PST
Barack Obama has vowed to expand the electoral map for the Dems. Turning out the politically neglected Native American vote may be the key to doing so.
Sun Oct. 26, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
Internal documents show that while rating firms publicly defended their practices, executives privately wondered when the house of cards would fall.
Tue Oct. 21, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
What doesn’t piss off comedian Lewis Black? March Madness, that guy in A Thousand Clowns, and not much else.
Mon Mar. 10, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
Increasingly, Democrats are blaming the war for the economic downturn, but many economists say Iraq spending isn't the culprit.
Fri Feb. 29, 2008 12:00 AM PST
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