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Investigations

Corruption

Trump’s Middle East trip will take him to 3 countries with Trump-branded projects

During Trump’s trip to the Middle East, he will visit three countries which all have Trump-branded properties or ongoing developments.

Investigations

Money In Politics

DOGE associate’s company gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration

After Citrix’s $1 million contribution to Trump's inaugural committee, Tom Krause, the CEO of Citrix parent company Cloud Software Group, started working at Treasury as both the senior advisor for technology and modernization and as the DOGE team lead at the agency.

Investigations

Transparency

What you need to know about DOGE and the limits of its authority

DOGE’s flurry of activity has been met by a wide range of legal challenges which continue to work their way through the courts. In the meantime, the public continues to ask: is DOGE allowed to do that? This analysis aims to answer that question, evaluating the legality (or lack thereof) of many of DOGE’s highest-profile actions.

Investigations

Democracy

The judiciary has options to keep pressing the Trump admin on Abrego Garcia’s case

If the government does not comply with the court order in Abrego Garcia’s case to facilitate his return, it would set a dangerous precedent.

Investigations

Corruption

As Trump pursues mass deportation, his businesses again seek foreign workers

Trump said companies need to “hire American.” Then he released a raft of new seasonal work visas, and days after, his company put out a call for seasonal foreign workers.

Investigations

Democracy

The Trump administration is flouting judges and laying the groundwork for further defiance of court orders

The Trump administration's seeming defiance of court orders, as well as the apparent efforts of congressional Republicans to undermine the separation of powers and the judiciary’s power to check the executive branch, could have vast implications for the lives of everyday Americans.

Trump’s Middle East trip will take him to 3 countries with Trump-branded projects

DOGE associate’s company gave $1 million to Trump’s inauguration

What you need to know about DOGE and the limits of its authority

The judiciary has options to keep pressing the Trump admin on Abrego Garcia’s case

As Trump pursues mass deportation, his businesses again seek foreign workers

The Trump administration is flouting judges and laying the groundwork for further defiance of court orders

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