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The Paper Trail: April 5, 2024

OPM KOs Schedule F; Army Psyops Are Understaffed and Ineffective; Big Food and Dietitians Push “Anti-Diet” Fad; and More. 

The Paper Trail: April 2, 2024

Spy Agencies Aim to Please; Key Bridge: Officials Didn’t Foresee Cargo Ship Strike Police Dark Money Slush Fund; and More.

The Paper Trail: March 29, 2024

Baltimore Bridge Collapse; U.S. Troops Not Getting Enough Sleep; Trump’s Globe-Trotting “Envoy”; and More. 

The Paper Trail: March 26, 2024

Abortion Back at Supreme Court; FDA Clinical Inspections Are Plummeting; Radar Gaps Leave U.S. Vulnerable to Severe Weather; and More. 

The Paper Trail: March 22, 2024

Ritzy Retreats Host Federal Judges; Violations in Social Security Fraud Program; National Parks Going Cashless Sparks Protest; and More. 

The Paper Trail: March 19, 2024

The Great Unknown About U.S. Weapons in Ukraine; IRS Slow to Hire Revenue Agents; Losing the War on Election Disinformation; and More. 

The Paper Trail: March 15, 2024

DHS Facing Sexual Harassment Claim; Federal Courts Aim to Curb Judge Shopping; For-Profit Nursing Homes: A Race to the Bottom; and More. 

The Paper Trail: March 12, 2024

Agencies Struggling to Fill FOIA Posts; Pentagon Papers, Afghanistan Papers...Horn of Africa Papers?; Growing Backlash Against Police Reforms; and More. 

The Paper Trail: March 8, 2024

Trump to Get Intel Briefings; Judge Nixes Beneficial Owner Disclosure; The Lie That’s Inflating Credit Card Bills; and More.

The Paper Trail: March 5, 2024

SCOTUS Disqualification Clause Ruling; Government Downplaying Syphilis Crisis; Sweeping Changes Coming to FARA; and More. 

The Paper Trail: March 1, 2024

Government Less Prepared for Election Threats; U.S. Companies Dodged $276 Billion in Taxes; Schedule F: More Extreme Than We Knew; and More. 

The Paper Trail: February 27, 2024

Boeing’s “Inadequate and Confusing” Safety Culture; Russian Meddling in ‘24 Election; End of Pandemic Policies Threatens Safety Net; and More.

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