Free Beacon Lachlan Markay

Lachlan Markay is a staff writer for the Washington Free Beacon. He comes to the Beacon from the Heritage Foundation, where he was the conservative think tank's first investigative reporter. He graduated from Hamilton College in 2009, and currently lives in Washington, D.C. His Twitter handle is @lachlan. His email address is markay@freebeacon.com.


Al Franken

Franken’s Attacks on ‘Fat Cat’ Financiers Backfire

Minnesota Democrat invested in opponent’s tax-inverting company as son’s private equity firm opens shop in Caymans

A licensed clinician sanitizes his hands after a simulated Ebola training session

Progressive Dark Money Group Blames GOP for Ebola Deaths

Democracy Alliance cofounder Erica Payne’s group says GOP is ‘directly’ responsible for thousands of deaths in attack ads

Mark Begich

To Attack ‘Koch Brothers,’ Begich Goes Environmentalist

Previously laudatory of Koch company’s cleanup efforts, Begich now hits ‘Koch Brothers’ for water contamination

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Top Ecuadorian Officials Under Investigation Over Shady US PR Work

Ecuador’s communications secretary and ambassador to the US summoned to give testimony

Anti-Steyer Ad Leads Left Wing Money-in-Politics Video Contest

Conservative group’s salvo against ‘America’s Biggest Hypocrite’ dominates voting

Greg Hale leans on boxes of petitions signed by supporters of a state minimum wage increase at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark.

Alleged Ballot Fraud Ensnares Groups Tied to Dem Super PAC

Sprawling network linked to David Brock groups Media Matters, American Bridge

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The Dark Side of Green Justice

Review: ‘Law of the Jungle’ by Paul Barrett

IG: DOE Manager Created ‘Hostile Work Environment,’ Used Subordinates As Errand Boys

Not the first allegations of impropriety against the unnamed manager

Public Radio Station to Investigate Tirades Against GOP Congressman

Staffer told former Army colonel to ‘find a real job … and not live off the taxpayers money’