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INVESTIGATION: Cost of Modifying Qatari Presidential Plane Sparks Criticism
When it comes to justifying federal spending, the numbers should line up. Yet that is not what is happening with the conversion of the…
COLUMN: Trump Boasts He's "Number One" on Iran's Hit List
It was July 8, 2026, in Ankara. Having just switched planes at the last minute for security reasons, Donald Trump was asked about that…
DECODING: Why the New Qatari Air Force One Worries the Secret Service
On July 8, 2026, as he was leaving Turkey, Donald Trump had the opportunity to board his new presidential aircraft, a Boeing 747 gifted…
INVESTIGATION: Trump's "Section 122" Tariffs Face Expiration on July 24
For months, Donald Trump's trade policy has rested on one precise legal instrument: Section 122, which allowed him to impose global 10% tariffs on…
REPORT: Acting Attorney General Admits Violating Epstein Transparency Law
It is rare for a senior American justice official to publicly admit breaking a federal law. Yet that is exactly what just happened.
ACCOUNT: A judge forces the DOJ to lift the veil on the Epstein files
Federal judge Emmet Sullivan has ordered the Trump administration to make public and "unredact" certain information contained in the Epstein files, with a deadline…
REPORT: More than 10,000 immigrant arrests in five days across the US
According to The New York Times on July 2, 2026, US federal immigration authorities carried out more than 10,000 arrests in just five days,…
FACT-CHECK: At least 10 people shot dead by immigration agents under Trump II
On July 9, 2026, an investigation published by The Guardian, citing data from The Wall Street Journal, documented that at least ten people were…
INVESTIGATION: An appeals court reins in ICE's mass detention machine
On July 2, 2026, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — one of the most conservative federal courts in the country, covering Texas, Louisiana,…