The Paper Trail

NIH, USDA Defy Court Orders to Resume Funding; DOGE “Wall of Receipts” Full of Errors; Church Retirement Plans Leave Workers Vulnerable; and More. 

Trump Expands Power Over Agencies; They Took the “Fork in the Road” Deal—Then Got Fired; Pentagon Looks to “Realign” 8% of Its Budget; and More. 

Emboldened Trump Pursues Business Interests; Funding Freeze Leaves Anti-Terror Programs in Limbo; Deadly Lumber Mill Shows Limits of OSHA’s Power; and More. 

Trump Orders “Large Scale” Cuts, Expands DOGE’s Power; Federal Aid Still Not Flowing; Is a Monopoly Ruining Your Love Life?; and More. 

Courts Block Federal Funding Freeze; Trump Fires Top Ethics, Whistleblower Officials; Whole Foods Exploits NLRB Shakeup; and More. 

Trump’s Escalating Executive Power Grab; Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew; USAID Gutting Strands Thousands in Clinical Trials; and More. 

91% of Air Traffic Control Facilities are Understaffed; DOGE: The Young and the Inexperienced; 2024 Was a Bad Year for Army Aviation; and More. 

D.C. Airport Collision; Federal Workers Get Buyout Offer; New Pentagon Chief Declares War on Mark Milley; and More. 

Trump Ousters and Shake-Ups Continue; Jan. 6 Pardonees Back in Trouble; E.V. Owners Pay Punitive Fees; and More. 

Trump’s Busy First Week; RFK Jr.’s Stake in Vaccine Litigation; Coast Guard’s “Gas Guzzler with a Troubled History”; and More. 

Trump’s Executive Orders; Trump’s Conflicts of Interest: An Illustrated Guide; States with Climbing Insurance Nonrenewal Rates; and More.

Biden’s Last-Minute Executive Actions; Army Meets Recruiting Goal Thanks to Women; Uncle Sam Needs Cursive Readers; and More.