Politico reporter Ben Leonard is leaving the news organization to go to law school at the University of Virginia.
His coverage has been focused on domestic policy, with an emphasis on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and related Senate committees including the Senate Commerce Committee and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
His coverage on policy issues is read closely by policymakers and company executives.
Leonard spent years covering the ins and outs of health care policy on Capitol Hill, breaking a steady stream of scoops on key policy developments, bringing readers inside closed-door negotiations and private agency rulemaking. He has broken news that has led federal agencies to restructure, prompted legislation and been cited in investigations in Congress.
He’s covered how lawmakers plan to enact President-elect Donald Trump’s domestic agenda in his second term, how Congress has transitioned from pandemic-era health policies, and how innovation has disrupted the health care industry and beyond.
