William Bredderman

Senior Researcher

William Bredderman is Senior Researcher at The Daily Beast, where he covers corruption, conflicts of interest, self-dealing, misinformation, and abuses of power and the public trust. His investigative reporting has earned him awards from the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists and the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. He previously worked for Crain's New York Business, the New York Observer, the Brooklyn Paper, and the Courier-Life newspaper chain. Send him tips: william.bredderman@thedailybeast.com or tips@thedailybeast.com.

Top secret file folder with a picture of Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt

NOT OK

How the U.S. Paid for Foreign Dictator to Court GOP Governor

The secret agent at the center of Rep. Henry Cuellar’s bribery scandal organized an event that led Gov. Kevin Stitt to visit Azerbaijan—and U.S. foreign aid dollars underwrote it.

William Bredderman

WAR COMES HOME

Israel Critic Jamaal Bowman Loses Costliest Primary Ever

Jamaal Bowman lost to George Latimer in a $22 million proxy battle over the Israel-Palestine conflict.

William Bredderman

NEW YORK NIX

Will This Squad Member Go Out In a Blaze of $22 Million?

With charges of racism and anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories, big-name endorsements, and scads of cash, one Congressional primary in particular has become the ultimate proxy war.

William Bredderman

An acutary discusses who will live longer, Joe Biden or Donald Trump.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Who Will Live Longer—Trump or Biden?

The first debate between Biden and Trump has reignited the discourse: Just how much longer can these guys hold on? An actuary crunches the numbers.

William Bredderman

BOYCOTT ISRAEL

Dem Rep Bowman Pledges to Back BDS in Primary Knife Fight

Seeking endorsement from the Democratic Socialists of America, Jamaal Bowman of New York said he would endorse controversial Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement ‘soon’

William Bredderman

William Bredderman

How the U.S. Paid for Foreign Dictator to Court GOP Governor

Israel Critic Jamaal Bowman Loses Costliest Primary Ever

Will This Squad Member Go Out In a Blaze of $22 Million?

Who Will Live Longer—Trump or Biden?

Dem Rep Bowman Pledges to Back BDS in Primary Knife Fight

Rudy’s Coffee Roastery Also Just Went Bankrupt

How a House Race Explains Bob Menendez’s Grip on New Jersey

Child of Famed Jewish Family Funded Pro-Palestinian Protests

Menendez Blowing Campaign Gold on Lawyers—and Pricey Meat

Inside the Secret Network Behind a Dem Rep’s Bribery Scandal