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The Paper Trail: July 9, 2024

Insurers Pocket Billions from Dubious Diagnoses; Lax U.S. Marshal Oversight of Detention Facilities; Will Boeing Be Put on Contracting Time-Out; and More. 

The Paper Trail: July 2, 2024

SCOTUS Gives Ex-Presidents Broad Immunity; Gaza Aid Pier Out of Commission — Again; NASA Misjudged Danger of Space Junk; and More. 

The Paper Trail: June 28, 2024

SCOTUS Rolls Back Federal Agency Powers; Identity Theft is Taxing the IRS; Pentagon Watchdog Probing Gaza Pier; and More.

The Paper Trail: June 25, 2024

Boeing’s Friends Inside the DOJ; Postal Service Allows Police to Spy on Americans; States Say Meta Failing Children on Safety; and More. 

The Paper Trail: June 21, 2024

Boeing on the Hot Seat Again; The Shady Business Practices of 527s; COVID Tax Credits a Magnet for Fraud; and More. 

The Paper Trail: June 18, 2024

DOD’s Secret Anti-Vax Campaign; DHS Admitted Hundreds of “Inadmissible” Travelers; Older Women Shortchanged by Medical Research; and More. 

The Paper Trail: June 14, 2024

More Unreported Luxury Travel for Justice Thomas; How the IRS Went Soft on the Ultrarich; How the FAA Went Soft on Boeing; and More. 

The Paper Trail: June 11, 2024

Medicare Privatization: Delays, Denials, Debt; A Candid Talk with Justice Alito; Is Government Ready for the “Silver Tsunami”?; and More. 

The Paper Trail: June 7, 2024

SCOTUS Justices’ Gift Tally; Boeing’s Largest Plant in “Panic Mode”; Understanding Junk Fees; and More.

The Paper Trail: June 4, 2024

Racial Disparities in Medicaid Re-enrollment; Billions Laundered Through U.S. Real Estate; Trump Conviction News Roundup; and More. 

The Paper Trail: May 31, 2024

Trump Hush Money Trial Verdict; Health Officials Tried to Evade FOIA; SCOTUS Won’t Budge on Alito Controversy; and More. 

The Paper Trail: May 28, 2024

Strategic National Stockpile Not Ready for Next Pandemic; New Details in Alito Upside-Down Flag Incident; Disrespect, Abuse in Maternity Care; and More. 

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