The Paper Trail

Military Approach to Drug Busts Raises Legal Questions; The Limits of a Congressional Stock Trading Ban; IRS Rolls Back Tax Shelter Crackdown; And More.

Trump’s Deep Cuts to Health Agencies; Bondi Aides Accused of Antitrust Corruption; Hegseth’s Security is Straining the Army; And More. 

Education Dept. Flips Civil Rights Mission; DOGE-flation: Musk Crew Exaggerates Claimed Savings; Tuberculosis in ICE Detention Centers; And More.

Federal Takeover of D.C.; CEOs Exchange Gifts and Flattery for Trump Favors; DHS Delaying Millions in NC Hurricane Recovery; And More. 

150K Federal Employees Have Left Government; Trump’s War on the Ivies Hits Community Colleges; Tons of U.S. Aid Supplies Remain Stranded; And More. 

ICE Gets Access to Medicaid, Tax & Gang Data; Consumer Financial Watchdog Rendered Toothless; Neuralink’s Dubious “Small Disadvantaged Business” Claim; And More.

A Culture of Fear at DOJ; 

DOD to Begin Using Grok—a.k.a. “MechaHitler”; 

Surprise Medical Bills Still Coming; 

And More. 

Texas Flood Finger-Pointing; 1/3 of Southern Border is Militarized; U.S. Contractors Fire Live Ammo at Palestinians; And More. 

Kristi Noem’s Dark Money Income; Rule #1 in Trump’s Washington: Don’t Write Anything Down; Dire Conditions in Immigrant Detention; And More. 

DOJ Sues Federal Judges; Trump Preparing to Challenge Impoundment Law; Military Domestic Violence Convictions Skyrocket; And More. 

U.S.-Iran Conflict; FDA’s Secret Gamble on Imported Drugs; Beware “Juice Jacking” and “Honeypot” Networks; And More.