Brody Mullins

Brody Mullins

Reporter, The Wall Street Journal.

Brody Mullins is an investigative reporter in the Washington D.C. bureau of The Wall Street Journal where he covers business, lobbying and campaign finance. Recently he has covered the political intelligence industry and how investors mine Washington for market-moving information.

Articles by Brody Mullins

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    Trump and Wall Street Make Up Quickly

    November 29, 2016 11:41 p.m.

    After largely opposing his 2016 presidential campaign, financial-services executives are making fast friends with President-elect Donald Trump.

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    Trump Alleges That ‘Millions of People’ Voted Illegally

    November 27, 2016 08:46 p.m.

    President-elect Donald Trump dismissed charges that his victory was illegitimate, alleging, without evidence, that he would have won the popular vote if not for people who voted illegally.

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    Trump Adviser Michael Flynn Plans to Sever Consulting Firm Ties if Tapped for Administration

    November 17, 2016 07:14 p.m.

    Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, a top national-security adviser to Donald Trump, said he would sever his relationship with his consulting firm if tapped to serve in the administration.

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    Thin Rank of Donors May Contend for Top Trump Posts

    November 13, 2016 09:00 p.m.

    Donald Trump, when he enters the White House next year, will elevate with him a set of little-known, largely untested supporters who now could be in line for plum posts under the new administration.

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    U.S. Firms Betting Republicans Maintain Senate Control

    November 6, 2016 07:13 a.m.

    An analysis of financial donations in the campaign’s final weeks shows that corporate political-action committees sent nearly all of their money to the Republican candidate in the closest races that will determine whether Republicans or Democrats have a majority in the Senate next year.

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    NASA Panel Warns of Issues With SpaceX Manned Rocket Procedures

    November 5, 2016 11:46 p.m.

    U.S. space agency’s concerns focus on possible dangers stemming from plans by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to fuel rockets while astronauts are strapped into capsules loaded on board.

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    Teachers Union Head Brings Political Clout to Bear for Hillary Clinton

    October 28, 2016 05:30 a.m.

    The president of the National Education Association, the nation’s biggest union, is using her organization’s vast campaign machine to wage a personal fight against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

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    Spending on U.S. Elections Slides

    October 26, 2016 02:45 p.m.

    For the first time in recent political history, spending on U.S. elections is falling. The spread of low-cost social media has as much to do with it as Republican Donald Trump’s unconventional campaign.

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    Labor Unions Step Up Presidential-Election Spending

    October 18, 2016 12:01 a.m.

    U.S. labor unions are plowing money into the 2016 elections at an unprecedented rate in a frenzied effort to help elect Hillary Clinton and give Democrats a majority in the Senate.

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    Lobbyists as Directors Test Rules for Corporate Boards

    October 4, 2016 03:23 p.m.

    Directors at some companies are paid to lobby for those firms or allied trade groups, while also helping set the CEO’s pay. The overlap poses a test for rules adopted during the financial crisis to prevent conflicts of interest.

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    No Fortune 100 CEOs Back Trump

    September 23, 2016 07:04 p.m.

    No chief executive at the nation’s 100 largest companies had donated to Republican Donald Trump’s presidential campaign through August, a sharp reversal from 2012, when nearly a third supported GOP nominee Mitt Romney. Eleven backed Democrat Hillary Clinton.

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    Progressives Want Say on Picks If Clinton Wins White House

    September 21, 2016 07:54 p.m.

    Progressive groups and labor unions are assembling a list of vetted candidates for top posts in a potential Clinton administration, vowing at the same time to block any they consider too close to industry or Wall Street.

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    GOP Super PAC to Take Aim at Battleground States

    September 20, 2016 07:41 p.m.

    A new super PAC largely funded by billionaire Republicans Sheldon Adelson and Joe Ricketts plans to run ads attacking Hillary Clinton in battleground states.

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    After Funding Anti-Trump Bid, Ameritrade Founder Backs Him

    September 20, 2016 10:25 a.m.

    Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts has decided to endorse Donald Trump and plans to donate at least $1 million to his campaign—after pouring nearly $6 million into an anti-Trump effort.

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    Billionaires Adelson, Ricketts Plan Donations to Back Trump

    September 19, 2016 11:04 p.m.

    Two billionaires are planning to open their pocketbooks for Republican nominee Donald Trump in the final six weeks of the election, as the businessman continues to lag behind Democrat Hillary Clinton in fundraising.

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    Trump, Clinton Will Face ‘Captain Crunch’ This Fall—if Only He Fills Out His Paperwork

    September 19, 2016 10:47 a.m.

    A record haul of 1,900 candidate filings has election commission officials writing follow-up letters to the likes of God, Satan, Darth Vader and Francis Underwood.

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    Lawmakers Probe Tax Incentives Received by Solar-Energy Firms

    September 15, 2016 03:17 p.m.

    Congressional lawmakers have launched a formal investigation into whether solar-energy companies improperly received billions of dollars in tax incentives from the Obama administration.

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    Donors in Most Industries Back Clinton

    September 9, 2016 07:05 p.m.

    Employees in most business sectors are backing the Democratic presidential candidate over the Republican, a reversal from the 2012 election, according to an analysis.

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    Clinton Raises More Than Trump From Oil Industry

    September 6, 2016 03:48 p.m.

    Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has raised significantly more money than Donald Trump in the heart of the Republican fundraising territory—the oil and gas industry.

  • New Group ‘Hard Hats for Hillary’ Targets Union Vote

    September 2, 2016 10:29 a.m.

    In an effort to blunt Donald Trump’s popularity with industrial workers in the Midwest, a coalition of labor unions is launching a new campaign to promote Hillary Clinton.

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