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The 45th and 47th President and His Administration

News and investigations about President Donald Trump and his administration, his business interests and the impact of his policies as the 45th and 47th President of the United States.

466 stories published since 2016

The Justice Department May Have Violated Attorney General Barr’s Own Policy Memo

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott,

The Trump Administration Is Backing Out of a $647 Million Ventilator Deal After ProPublica Investigated the Price

by Patricia Callahan and Sebastian Rotella,

Now in Government Food Aid Boxes: A Letter From Donald Trump

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Erased From the Trump Administration’s Draft of a Key Foreign Aid Policy: Any Mention of LGBT People

by Yeganeh Torbati,

What the Post Office Needs to Survive a Pandemic Election

by Jessica Huseman, Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy,

After a Year of Investigation, the Border Patrol Has Little to Say About Agents’ Misogynistic and Racist Facebook Group

by A.C. Thompson,

How Many People in the U.S. Are Hospitalized With COVID-19? Who Knows?

by Charles Ornstein,

Bill Barr Has Done This Before

by Mick Dumke,

The Trump Campaign’s Legal Strategy Includes Suing a Tiny TV Station in Northern Wisconsin

by Meg Cramer and Katherine Sullivan, WNYC,

Three Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Decisions on Trump’s Tax and Financial Documents

by Katherine Sullivan, WNYC,

Trump Administration Discloses Some Recipients of $670 Billion Small Business Bailout

by Paul Kiel and Justin Elliott,

Why Do People Want to See Donald Trump’s Tax Returns?

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica,

Oyster, Air Fryer and Bicycle Companies Say Their Goods Are Essential to Fighting Coronavirus So They Can Get Tariff Relief

by Lydia DePillis,

An Illustrated History of Government Agencies Twisting the Truth to Align With White House Misinformation

by Eric Umansky,

Inside the Trump Administration’s Decision to Leave the World Health Organization

by Sebastian Rotella, James Bandler and Patricia Callahan,

Democratic Senators Call for USAID to Investigate Anti-LGBT, Anti-Muslim Comments by Appointees

by Yeganeh Torbati,

Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Mass Border Expulsions

by Dara Lind,

“I Can’t Speak Negatively About the President,” Says Official Charged With Stimulus Oversight

by Ilya Marritz and Katherine Sullivan, WNYC,

U.S. Foreign Aid Agency Defends Political Appointees Who Wrote Anti-LGBT, Anti-Islam Posts

by Yeganeh Torbati,

The CARES Act Sent You a $1,200 Check but Gave Millionaires and Billionaires Far More

by Allan Sloan,

New Trump Appointee to Foreign Aid Agency Has Denounced Liberal Democracy and “Our Homo-Empire”

by Yeganeh Torbati,

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Buddy Used His “Shadow” Sway Over the VA to Promote His Comic Book Empire

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Contractors for Trump’s Controversial $3 Billion Food Aid Program Have Hired a Longtime Lobbyist to Tout Their Work

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

This Treasury Official Is Running the Bailout. It’s Been Great for His Family.

by Justin Elliott, Lydia DePillis and Robert Faturechi,

House Democrats Demand Trump Administration Stop Rushing Through Deportations of Migrant Children

by Lomi Kriel,

A hand clutching a stack of money and a surgical mask.

A Closer Look at Federal COVID Contractors Reveals Inexperience, Fraud Accusations and a Weapons Dealer Operating Out of Someone’s House

by Ryan Gabrielson, Lydia DePillis, J. David McSwane and Derek Willis, ProPublica, and Connor Sheets, AL.com,

Trump’s Food Aid Program Gives Little Funding to the Northeast, Where Coronavirus Hit Hardest

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus

by Lomi Kriel,

The Trump Administration Says a New Bailout Program Will Help 35 Million Americans. It Probably Won’t.

by Justin Elliott, Lydia DePillis and Paul Kiel,

Grieving Families Need Help Paying for COVID-19 Burials, but Trump Hasn’t Released the Money

by Lisa Song and Yeganeh Torbati,

Did He Talk About Her? VA Secretary Changes His Story Amid Allegations He Sought Dirt on House Staffer.

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

How Jared Kushner Is Tackling the White House’s Coronavirus Response — Without Any Evident Experience

by Andrea Bernstein, WNYC,

Trump Administration Officials Warned Against Halting Funding to WHO, Leaked Memo Shows

by Yeganeh Torbati,

Attorney General Barr Refuses to Release 9/11 Documents to Families of the Victims

by Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella,

Yes, Trump Hotels Do Appear to Qualify for Coronavirus Bailout Benefits.

by Meg Cramer, WNYC,

How the Rich and Powerful Profit From Crises Like Coronavirus

by Matt Collette, WNYC,

The VA Will Now Let Some Administrative Staff Work From Home

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

The Defense Production Act Gives the President Power — but Not Much Funding

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Walmart Was Almost Charged Criminally Over Opioids. Trump Appointees Killed the Indictment.

by Jesse Eisinger and James Bandler,

No, President Trump, the Coronavirus Is Nothing Like H1N1 Swine Flu Either

by Charles Ornstein,

The CDC Recommends Americans Stay at Home — Unless They Work for the CDC

by Yeganeh Torbati and Maryam Jameel,

Millions of Federal Workers Still Waiting on Work-From-Home Order During Coronavirus Pandemic

by Yeganeh Torbati,

The Trump Administration Calls Iraq Dangerous for Christians — Until It Wants to Deport Them

by Yeganeh Torbati,

VA Secretary Under Investigation After Complaint He Looked for Dirt on a House Staffer Who Said She’d Been Assaulted

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

The Real Story About Trump’s Latest Attack on the Press

by Richard Tofel,

Trump’s New Spy Chief Once Got $100,000 from a Group Funded by the Hungarian Government but Never Reported It

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Trump’s New Spy Chief Used to Work for a Foreign Politician the U.S. Accused of Corruption

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

How Much Has the Government Spent at Trump’s Properties? It Won’t Say.

by Ilya Marritz, WNYC,

A Group of Agents Rose Through the Ranks to Lead the Border Patrol. They’re Leaving It in Crisis.

by Melissa del Bosque,

VA Secretary Looked for Dirt on a House Staffer Who Reported Sexual Assault in a VA Hospital, Complaint Says

by Isaac Arnsdorf,