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.


Harry Reid, Bernie Sanders

The Trojan Horse of Campaign Finance Reform

Supporters admit proposed constitutional amendment a means to advance Dem agenda in Congress

Fracking in Colorado

Polis-Backed Group Draws Fire for Fracking Lies

Colorado environmentalists criticized for invoking young cystic fibrosis patient to hype fracking dangers

Mark Begich

Victims’ Family Hammers Begich for Politicizing Gruesome Murder Case

Begich ‘playing pure politics’ with elderly couple’s murder, rape of two-year old granddaughter, attorney says

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa

Correa-Tied Anti-Piracy Firm Targets Reporters Investigating Ambassador

Days after Ecuadorian news outlet exposed potential corruption, Ares Rights filed a copyright complaint

Sean Eldridge

Eldridge Rips ‘Unpatriotic’ Burger King Tax Inversion as Husband Invests in Tim Horton's

Husband owns stock in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, which helped finance the move

Political Clout Pays Off Big for Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Donations to key lawmakers wine-and-dined by its lobbyists earn commercial spaceflight company millions in subsidies

Montana Dems Replace Plagiarist With Socialist in Senate Race

Senate candidate tied to labor group seeking to ‘do away with capitalism’

Obama Golfing Buddy Personifies Ex-Im Bank’s Problems

Robert Wolf bundled over a million dollars for Obama, got a WH appointment, and is cashing in on his connections

Sean Eldridge on Defense in New Ads

Facebook founder’s Dem husband pushes back against carpet-bagging, election-buying allegations

Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi Subsidies Benefit Husband’s Investment in Dem Mega-Donor’s Company

CEO donated to Pelosi, bundled for Obama, as Dem leader boosted his real estate holdings