Investigations & Topics

The Trump Administration’s Use of Signal and Other Ephemeral Messaging Platforms

High-level Trump administration officials are conducting work — including classified coordination of military attacks — on secretive, private, and …

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Updated April 3, 2025

Trump Appointees’ Questionable Email Practices

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Updated April 2, 2025

Exposing the Work of Elon Musk and DOGE

Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” the office carrying out the Trump administration’s attacks on the federal government and civil s…

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Updated March 18, 2025

Trump’s Hostile Takeover of the National Archives — and Our Nation’s History

As his administration takes a sledgehammer to the federal government, the Trump administration is threatening the independence and functioning of t…

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Updated March 12, 2025

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Illegal Dismantling of USAID

The reckless decimation of USAID by Donald Trump and Elon Musk put thousands of employees out of jobs and left aid recipients around the world with…

Trump’s Hostile Takeover of the National Archives — and Our Nation’s History

The Trump Administration’s Use of Signal and Other Ephemeral Messaging Platforms

Trump Appointees’ Questionable Email Practices

Exposing the Work of Elon Musk and DOGE

Trump’s Hostile Takeover of the National Archives — and Our Nation’s History

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Illegal Dismantling of USAID

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric and Election Denialism

Trump’s Illegal Firing of Inspectors General

The Election Denial Movement’s Misguided Push to Hand-Count Ballots

Conservative Efforts to Sabotage Ballot Initiatives

Investigating State Support for Anti-Abortion Centers

Conservative States’ Migrant Transportation Programs

Efforts to Restrict Abortion Rights

The Trump Administration’s Compliance with Document Preservation Laws

Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care

Right-Wing Attacks on Education and Student Expression

Wisconsin’s Baseless Investigation of the 2020 Election

The January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Texas’s ‘Forensic Audit’ of the 2020 Election

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Anti-Critical Race Theory Tip Line

The Activist Network Eroding Trust in Democratic Elections

Conservative Attacks on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing

The Radical Legal Theory Threatening Fair Election Administration

The Conspiracy-Driven Push for States to Abandon ERIC Voter List Program

Attacks on LGBTQ Rights

The Arizona Senate’s Partisan Audit of Maricopa County Election Results

‘Remain in Mexico’ and Barriers to Seeking Asylum

Conditions in Migrant Detention Centers

State ‘Election Integrity’ Units and the Threat of Voter Intimidation

Anti-Immigration Opportunism in the Coronavirus Response

Efforts to Audit and Undermine the 2020 Election in Pennsylvania

Threats to Democracy in the States

The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Its Threat to Democracy

Pushing For Transparency in Georgia Election Administration

The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Election Denial

State-Led Immigration Enforcement Operations at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Top Texas Officials’ Failures of Transparency

Gun Lobby Influence On Responses to Mass Shootings

Maryland Gov. Hogan’s Use of Self-Destructing Messaging App

The ‘Alternate Electors’ Plot to Overturn the 2020 Election

Trump White House Control of Information During the Pandemic

Industry Influence at the Department of Agriculture During Pandemic

The Trump Administration’s Controversial ‘Operation Legend’ Program

Elaine Chao’s Family Business and Kentucky Favoritism

Georgia’s Voting Machines and Election Security

Political Interference at the U.S. Postal Service

Sonny Perdue’s Ties to His Family Business

Trump’s Mismanagement of North American Trade Negotiations

Wilbur Ross’s Web of Financial Conflicts

Trump’s Pressure Campaign on the Justice Department to Overturn 2020 Election Results

Trump’s Use of Presidential Clemency Powers

Defund Trump

Trump’s Interference in the FBI Headquarters Relocation Plan

The Trump Administration’s Contacts with Ukraine

Arizona’s Anti-Democracy Legislation

Early Pandemic Confusion at Federal and State Health Agencies

Law Enforcement’s Response to Nationwide Racial Justice Protests

Voter-ID Proposals in States Across the Country

Limiting Access to the Polls

Attacks on Voting Rights in Arizona

Outside Interference in New Hampshire Redistricting Reform

The ‘Burrowing In’ of Political Appointees

State Proposals to Restrict Protests

The February 2021 Texas Power Outage

Conservative Attorneys General Group’s Involvement in the Jan. 6 March to the Capitol

New York’s Nursing Home Data Discrepancies

Mike Pompeo’s Political Ambitions and Influences

As Variants Spread, States Reopen

The Spread of Coronavirus in Migrant Detention Facilities

Covid Relief Funds and Loans: Where Has The Money Gone?

The Pandemic’s Spread in Florida

Florida’s Inequitable Vaccine Rollout

Attacks on Absentee Voting During the 2020 Campaign

The Federal Government’s Pandemic Information-Sharing Systems

Combating Domestic Terrorism and Right-Wing Violent Extremism

Efforts to Undermine the 2020 Election Results

State and Local Officials’ Involvement in Jan. 6 Trump Rally and Capitol Attack

The Failed Texas Lawsuit Challenging 2020 Election Results

Trump’s Pressure on Georgia Officials to Overturn 2020 Election Results