Money & Influence
8 investigations · updated continuously
One Year In, Trump's Data Center Order Is Costing Communities Dearly
Since Trump Took Office: Beef Up 24%, Diesel Up 41%, Debt Up $3.7 Trillion
A line-by-line ledger of what has changed since January 20, 2025. Every figure is linked, most of them to the government's own servers, and the ones that cut against the argument are printed too.
Trump's Regulator Just Approved Trump's Bank. The Paperwork Says That's Fine.
A Trump-appointed regulator approved a bank charter for a company the president's family owns a stake in, and ruled that every question about the conflict fell outside its jurisdiction.
She Pocketed a Slain Officer's Statue Fund. Trump Pardoned Her
Michele Fiore raised $70,000 for a slain officer's statue and spent it on herself, prosecutors proved. Trump's pardon wiped her conviction, and joins a long roster of fraud clemencies.
He Called the Bidens Corrupt. Then He Made $2.2 Billion in One Year.
Republicans spent four years calling the Bidens a crime family over foreign payments they never proved were illegal. Trump reported $2.2 billion in 2025 revenues, much of it from the same foreign interests he regulates.
The People Rewriting Your Child's Vaccine Schedule Admit They Have No Evidence
Trump signed an order to overhaul childhood vaccines, called the MMR shot "quite lethal," then admitted on camera he had no evidence — a one-word confession of unqualified policymaking.
Let Them Eat Frozen Burritos: The Right's Answer to America's Grocery Crisis
A viral fight over a $20 burrito has split the GOP, with wealthy commentators telling struggling Americans to eat ramen and frozen burritos. The same voices spent the Biden years calling grocery prices a national emergency.
The Birth of the Americuck
From the Energy Department's messianic Trump fan art to RFK Jr. cold-plunging in his jeans, a savage field guide to the men competing to flatter, deify, and cosplay for one man.