Jeremy Venook
-
![]()
Evan Habeeb / USA Today Sports / Reuters Two Superstars Gamble on Record-Breaking Deals
Bryce Harper’s and Manny Machado’s contracts are similarly lucrative, but they represent two different approaches to the same bet.
-
![]()
Gregory Bull / AP The San Diego Padres Found a Way to Monetize Bad Baseball
By building a promotion around poor on-field performance, the team may have offered a grim look at the future of one of pro sports’ most controversial practices: tanking.
-
![]()
Bettye Lane / Library of Congress An Incomplete Portrait of Baseball and America
A new Library of Congress exhibition showcases the sport’s ties to the best parts of U.S. history—while overlooking some of the darker implications of those connections.
-
![]()
Dusty Pixel Photography / Getty What Should MLB Do About the 'Juiced' Ball Debate?
Amid a historic home-run spike, fans and players alike are wondering how long the league’s wait-and-see approach can last.
-
![]()
USA Today Sports / Reuters Shohei Ohtani Might Be the Most Underpaid Man in the World
The 23-year-old Japanese star just signed a six-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels for almost $200 million less than what he’s estimated to be worth.
-
![]()
Peter Ryan Trump’s Interests vs. America’s, Dubai Edition
Despite its pledge to avoid new foreign deals, the Trump Organization is moving forward with expansion plans in the United Arab Emirates.
-
![]()
Jonathan Ernst The Exasperating Difficulty of Trying to Understand Trump’s Finances
Using the standard disclosure forms, it's difficult to investigate even simple questions about the president's assets.
-
![]()
Gary Cameron / Reuters Trump Starts Raising Money for His 2020 Campaign (and His Company)
The president’s decision to hold his first big reelection fundraiser at his own hotel indicates he intends to keep making money off of his political career.
-
![]()
Alex Brandon / AP Do the Two New Lawsuits Against Trump Have Any Shot at Success?
Nearly 200 congressional Democrats and the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, D.C., are aiming to take the president to court over his conflicts of interest.
-
![]()
Cliff Owen / AP The House Takes Another Step Toward Repealing Dodd-Frank
The chamber voted along party lines to weaken key Obama-era financial reforms.
-
![]()
Nick Didlick / Reuters Don and Eric's American Idea
The president’s sons are expanding the big-city family business into rural areas.
-
![]()
Carlos Barria / Reuters The Trouble With Trump’s Uneven Approach to Transparency
By treating ethical guidelines as opt-in, the president is creating all sorts of problems for himself.
-
![]()
Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Trump Administration Says It's Ready to 'Modernize' NAFTA
The White House sent a letter to Congress Thursday morning officially kicking off the renegotiation process.
-
![]()
Rick Bowmer / AP The NBA’s Latest Attempt to Promote Competition: $200-Million Contracts
The league’s efforts to create parity may not be enough to keep star players on small-market teams.
-
![]()
Steve Marcus / Reuters Trump’s Been Talking About His Business Interests in Russia for 30 Years
The president’s enlisting “a leading law firm” to insist he has no connections to the country—something he could prove if he just released his tax returns.
-
![]()
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Is Kushner Companies Taking Advantage of Its Connection to the President?
A meeting with investors in Beijing resurfaced concerns about whether the president’s son-in-law and his family are profiting from their proximity to the White House.
-
![]()
Drew Angerer / Getty Donald Trump's Thrifty Vacation to New Jersey
The president argues that he’s saving taxpayer money by staying at his golf course in Bedminster instead of his tower in New York.
-
![]()
Noel Celis / Getty How Trump's Property in Manila Looms Over His Interactions With Duterte
The president’s decision to invite the leader of the Philippines to the White House is another example of a gesture complicated by his business interests.
-
![]()
Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters Is Donald Trump’s Presidency Hurting His Businesses?
His polarizing first 100 days in office appear to be driving potential customers away from his companies.
-
![]()
Yuri Gripas / Reuters Why Was the State Department Promoting Mar-a-Lago?
Multiple government websites have retracted posts that were effectively advertising the president’s property in Palm Beach.
