The Paper Trail

Trump broke spending law—again; Golden phones, crypto, conflict chaos; Student debt tanks credit scores; And More. 

L.A. Military Deployment; What It Takes to Get a Trump Pardon; CDC Vaccine Panel Picks Spark Concern; And More. 

Trump Deploys Troops to Los Angeles; SCOTUS Grants DOGE Access to Data, Shields It from Disclosure; RFK Jr. Fires Vaccine Advisory Panel; And More. 

Elon Musk’s 130-Day Self-Interest Spree; New Questions About IRS Nominee; Looming Salt Crisis for U.S. Rivers; and more. 

DOGE Busier Than Ever, Elon Musk “Really Not Leaving”; White House Rebukes GAO over “Invasive” Probes; Trump Military Parade Cost an Underestimate; And More. 

Trump’s Clemency Spree; FEMA at “High Risk” ahead of 2025 Hurricane Season; MAHA Report Rife with Errors; And More. 

Who Attended Trump’s Meme Coin Dinner?; White House Budget Chief Mocks GAO Impoundment Opinion; Police Killings Rising Since George Floyd Murder; And More. 

Inspector General Staff Fear Retaliation; DOJ Dropping Police Reform Deals; The Findings—and Flaws—in the “MAHA Report”; And More. 

Thousands of Experts Flee Government; SCOTUS Blocks Alien Enemies Act Removals; New Orleans Police’s Unprecedented Use of Facial Recognition; And More. 

The Middle East Financial Ties of Trump 2.0; Pandemic Watchdog Office Closes with Unfinished Business; Ed Martin’s New DOJ Gig: “Weaponization Czar”; And More. 

Qatar’s $400M Gift to Trump; Hegseth Escalates DEI Purge at Military Academies; Agencies Ordered to Ignore “Social Cost of Carbon”; And More. 

DOGE’s Disproportionate Impact on Women and Minorities; America’s Sinking Cities; RFK Jr.’s Vow of Silence; And More.