The Promotion Nobody Noticed
Trump didn't fire Kristi Noem. He gave her a brand-new title, a whole hemisphere to work with, and zero Senate oversight. The horse commercial got her fired. Not the dead Americans.
The Cyber Strategy That Gutted Its Own Defense Team
Trump's new cyber strategy brags about Iran and Venezuela while CISA has lost a third of its staff and the Salt Typhoon investigation is dead. Great offense. No defense.
The People Hit With Ethics Complaints Wrote the Ethics Complaint Rules
Todd Blanche announced they'd gut bar oversight. Then Pam Bondi signed a rule giving herself veto power over ethics complaints filed against DOJ attorneys - including the ones filed against her.
Epstein Was a Target in a Years-Long DEA Drug Case. Where Did It Go?
The DEA opened Operation Chain Reaction in 2010, built a five-year drug trafficking case on Epstein, and nobody got charged. Now the task force that ran it is gone.
Officials Say Russia Was Feeding Iran Where Our Ships and Planes Are
Putin wasn't just cheering Iran on from the sidelines. U.S. officials say Russia was passing Iran the locations of American ships and planes. Six Americans are dead.
They Gutted the Watchdogs Before They Made the Appointments
The Social Security commissioner sold about $530 million in stock a few months before it crashed more than 40%. The SEC chair held up to $6 million in crypto, and the SEC dropped its big crypto cases. Both followed the rules. That’s the problem.
The Pentagon’s No. 2 Used to Own the Companies Now Winning Golden Dome Contracts
Steve Feinberg built a private equity empire of defense contractors. Trump made him #2 at the Pentagon. Now those companies are winning Golden Dome contracts. He "divested." His kids got the money.
The Man Who Ran A16Z Is Now Running Federal Hiring, and His Old Friends Are First in Line
Trump put the former head of one of Silicon Valley biggest VC firms in charge of federal hiring. Now his old portfolio companies are sending employees inside federal agencies - stock intact - to shape the policies that govern them.
The Most Powerful Man You’ve Never Thought About
Larry Ellison told investors he wants a world where Oracle holds all the data and everyone behaves because they're being watched. He's well on his way.
The Government Is Erasing History From National Parks
Someone leaked the spreadsheet. 880 national park exhibits under review. 542 flagged. The pattern? Every exhibit about Black, Indigenous, or colonized Americans. The Interior's response? Threatening the employees who exposed it.
The DOJ Is Quietly Eating The Epstein Files
CBS compared their download to what was still live on the DOJ website. 47,000 files gone. No announcement. No tweet. Just 404 errors - and Trump’s personal lawyer running the process.
We’re Spending Millions to Kill a $50,000 Drone and Trump Thinks That’s Winning
While Iran fires $50,000 drones at the Gulf, the US burns through $12.7 million interceptors faster than we can build them. Trump says we can fight forever. The math disagrees.