The Oil Deal No Future President Can Unsign
The White House sold the biggest oil deal in world history. The fine print was drafted so that nobody can undo it but the people who made it. "THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!" — President Donal…
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Trump's Fraud Tipline Has One Obvious Target
The president most widely considered corrupt in American history has launched a $25 million bounty program to catch fraudsters, and he has appointed himself the judge. "I'd like to report a theft. A m…
How the Pentagon Hides the True Cost of the Iran War
The Pentagon knows what the Iran war has cost. It just decided the American people are not allowed to see the whole bill. "Americans deserve to know how much of their money is being burned on Trump's …
The Bullet They Left in His Neck
An agency shot a 28-year-old father in front of his five-year-old son. A week later, the bullet is still in his neck, and no one in charge of him will say whether he will ever get surgery. "Oscar Beng…
The Only Fraud Trump Can't Find
The Justice Department says it is building a criminal case that a sitting member of Congress is not a citizen. The problem is that the case has already been investigated. Trump's own first-term offici…
The Salute That Killed an Airman
A tribute to the armed forces, interrupted: four airmen rappelled into a college stadium to entertain a crowd, and one of them never reached the ground. "slid down the rope in an uncontrolled manner" …
Trump Signs Sanctions Law, Voids It in a Month
The president signs a bipartisan law in honor of a dead friend, then signs an executive order voiding it two weeks before the midterms, and the entire justification is one phrase: "the national intere…
Trump's Five-Day Attorney
The White House press secretary lasted five days: hired on social media as an "attorney," fired before the country finished learning her name. "She has suffered over the last few days. Maybe it's not …
The F-35 Was in Trouble. Collins Was in Luck.
The Pentagon's most troubled fighter jet was about to get a bad report card, and the money arrived exactly when it did. "Sen. Collins did not support the F-35 because of donations that she received." …