Brian Slodysko

Stay informed with Brian Slodysko’s coverage and analysis for Fortune.

Bill Pulte

Trump’s secret weapon: Housing chief Bill Pulte morphs into attack dog, wielding America’s property records like a club

By Chris Megerian, Brian Slodysko, and others

Texas residents cry and mourn the dead after catastrophic floods

Experts worry Trump’s National Weather Service cuts will result in a patchwork system where taxpayers pay private companies for accurate forecasts

By Michael Biesecker, Brian Slodysko, and others

FILE – Elon Musk attends the finals for the NCAA wrestling championship, Saturday, March 22, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)

Two of Elon Musk’s top DOGE hires are a married couple who worked at X and lived at Twitter’s HQ with their infant child

By Byron Tau, Joshua Goodman, and others

This image provided by Travis Bond shows Amy Gleason, the acting administrator of the DOGE Service, pictured in 2014 at a health care technology conference in San Francisco, (Travis Bond via AP)

Once hailed by Obama as a ‘Champion of Change,’ DOGE’s chief may be wielding extraordinary power—or not—as role remains a mystery

By Ryan J. Foley, Brian Slodysko, and others

Elon Musk wields a chainsaw on stage

21 tech staffers quit from DOGE en masse, warning Elon Musk’s hires are political idealogues without the necessary skills or experience

By Brian Slodysko, Byron Tau, and others

FILE – Mehmet Oz, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks to supporters at an election night rally in Newtown, Pa., Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump’s Medicare pick Dr. Oz holds millions in companies that he’d oversee if he’s confirmed

By Amanda Seitz, Brian Slodysko, and others

Elon Musk Joins President Trump For Signing Executive Orders In The Oval Office

Here are all the ways Tesla could benefit from Elon Musk’s close relationship with Donald Trump

By Kimberly Kindy, Brian Slodysko, and others

Kash Patel adjusts his glasses

Kash Patel owns up to $5 million in stock of Shein’s parent company—and won’t divest from it because he says there’s only a ‘remote’ chance his new job leading the FBI would interfere

By Brian Slodysko, Eric Tucker, and others

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump brings Susie Wiles to the podium at an election night watch party.

Trump’s incoming chief of staff—known as the ‘ice maiden’—faces a raft of special interests

By Brian Slodysko, Joshua Goodman, and others

FILE – Trump co-campaign manager Susie Wiles is seen at Nashville International Airport as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives, July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump’s chief of staff is a former lobbyist. Now she’ll play the other side, policing special interests who want access to the president

By Brian Slodysko, Joshua Goodman, and others

FILE – President Donald Trump appears on Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump defense secretary nominee, Fox News host Pete Hegseth, accused of sexual assault by woman in 2017 police report

By Martha Mendoza, Brian Slodysko, and others

Elon Musk jumps on the stage as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Elon Musk has plunged more than $70 million into helping Trump and other Republicans in November

By Brian Slodysko and The Associated Press

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES – AUGUST 22: US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States on August 22, 2024. The DNC marks the ceremonial crowning of US Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as the party’s presidential nominees. (Photo by Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Republican network funds liberal third-party candidates hoping to hurt the Harris vote

By Brian Slodysko, Dan Merica, and others

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer

The Republican leading the probe of Hunter Biden for alleged corruption has his own shell company and complicated business dealings

By Brian Slodysko and The Associated Press

A handful of red state Democrats were instrumental helping Republicans secure a rollback of banking regulations sought by then-President Donald Trump in 2018. NPhoto/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Army of lobbyists worked to water down bank rules that regulated SVB and Signature: ‘You couldn’t throw an elbow without running into one’

By Brian Slodysko, Ken Sweet, and others