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May 23, 2026
Jason Linkins
Trump Is Now a World-Class Kleptocrat
The president’s demand for a slush fund to pay billions of dollars to his cronies places him among the planet’s most infamous political criminals.
May 22, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
House Republicans Give Wild Defenses of Trump’s Shady Slush Fund
Republican members of Congress are lining up to defend Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund.
May 21, 2026
Finn Hartnett
“Stupid on Stilts”: Republican Senator Rips Trump’s Slush Fund
Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund has found yet another Republican critic.
May 21, 2026
Timothy Noah
Trump’s IRS Deal Is a Massive Test for Congress and the Courts
The president’s slush-fund-and-tax-penalty “settlement” is brazenly criminal. If our governing institutions can’t block it, America will officially be a banana republic.
May 20, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Finds Its First Shady Applicant
One of Trump’s former staffers is already attempting to cash in on the “anti-weaponization fund.”
May 19, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry Jan. 6 Tirade Accidentally Hands Dems Midterm Weapon
Democrats will seek to force Republicans to vote on Trump’s toxic new slush fund for January 6 rioters, Representative Jamie Raskin tells TNR in an interview. Democrats shouldn’t let up.
May 19, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Todd Blanche Panics Under Questioning on Slush Fund, Ghislaine Maxwell
The acting attorney general had a tough time in a hearing before the Senate.
May 19, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Only One Republican Dares to Criticize Trump’s Corrupt Slush Fund
Senator Bill Cassidy is speaking up as the rest of his party remains silent.
May 19, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Top Treasury Lawyer Quits as Trump Creates $1.8 Billion Slush Fund
Brian Morrissey was picked by the president to be the Treasury Department’s general counsel. Even he had enough.
May 18, 2026
Aaron Regunberg
Samuel Alito Has a Corruption Problem
The justice has significant—and familiar—conflicts of interest in an upcoming Big Oil case. The question is: Will he recuse himself?
May 15, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s $10 Billion Shakedown of IRS Takes Unnervingly Corrupt Turn
The president’s “settlement” with the IRS appears set to give him a slush fund of $1.7 billion to dole out to allies. How unconstitutional is it? Jamie Raskin counts the ways.
May 15, 2026
Katherine Stewart
A Very Authoritarian Semiquincentennial Celebration
How the White House’s Freedom 250 program is desecrating our remembrance of the nation’s founding.
May 14, 2026
Timothy Noah
Trump’s Plot to Pocket Billions in Taxpayer Dollars Just Might Succeed
The president’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS is unique in that both negotiators are working for the same side.
May 13, 2026
Monica Potts
JD Vance Understands Something Important About Rural Voters
Recent research shows that they believe both parties are corrupt. So the vice president and his party are aggressively making the case that Democrats are the real fraudsters.
May 12, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Admin Sued for Diverting $100 Million in Taxpayer Funds
The Trump administration refuses to answer questions about Freedom 250.
May 11, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Turns White House UFC Cage Match Into Massive Cash Grab
Tickets for the event are supposed to be free, but the Trump administration has already found a way to make millions.
May 11, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Sued Over Reflecting Pool Renovation as Cost Skyrockets
Like many of Trump’s other renovation projects, the cost of repairing the Lincoln Memorial pool is far higher than what he initially claimed.
May 9, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump Ballroom Suddenly Faces GOP Opposition in Surprise Blow to MAGA
MAGA hoped the Correspondents’ Dinner assassination plot would give the ballroom a big political lift. But Americans still hate the idea. Democrats must capitalize on that.
May 7, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Democrats Probe How Much Trump Pardon Recipients Paid to Get Free
Congressional Democrats have launched an investigation into the “pay to play” scheme.
May 7, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
DOJ Investigates Suspiciously Timed Oil Trades in Middle of War
The Department of Justice says it’s looking into trades that happened right before government officials made major announcements about the war.
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