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Trump’s War on Wind Power Has One Very Big Exception

As Donald Trump rolled down the 18th fairway at his Turnberry golf resort in July, he was troubled by a deathly vision, slowly spinning in the Scottish distance: wind turbines. “These things are massive, and you’re looking at these ugly windmills, and it’s a shame,” Trump lamented in an interview with the New York Post—yet […]


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Trump’s Mortgage Fraud Smears Backfire on His Administration

When New York Attorney General Letitia James accused Donald Trump of committing fraud by lying to banks and insurance companies about the value of his properties, he never really denied it. Everyone does things like this, his lawyers argued, and no bank ever lost money—so what’s the big deal? All three Trump cabinet members denied […]


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Trump Invites World Leaders to Put Money in His Pocket

Donald Trump famously doesn’t pay much attention to critics who complain about his many conflicts of interests and attempts to use the presidency to enrich himself. But in 2019, his attempt to host the G-7 summit at his Doral golf course outside of Miami was a rare example of the critics winning out. Asking a […]


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Pharma Giant Roche Hires Trump to Sell Swanky Condo

Donald Trump’s realty firm is representing one of the country’s largest pharmaceutical companies in its effort to offload a $12 million New York condo—an arrangement that represents yet another apparent conflict of interest for the 47th president of the United States. The condo on the 39th floor of the Trump International Hotel and Tower at […]


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The U.S. Just Lost Its Perfect Credit Rating Thanks to Trump’s Tax Cuts

On Friday evening, Moody’s downgraded the United States’ overall credit-rating—from the highest level of AAA—to one notch lower, AA1, based on years of rising debt and Donald Trump’s tax cut plan, which the non-partisan Committee for a Responsible Budget has calculated could add $2.5 trillion more in debt. The rating is important because it is […]


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ICE Officials Just Admitted to Another Major Deportation Error

The Trump administration’s race to deport as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, has led to another major error. This time, the administration is admitting it—and it could have a major effect on deportation lawsuits. One of the challenges to the administration’s mass deportation scheme is a class-action lawsuit, filed by some of […]


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Donald Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in the Middle East Are Staggering

Before taking office in 2017, Donald Trump famously held a press conference to allay concerns that he would attempt to profit off the presidency. While emphasizing that conflict of interest rules don’t apply to presidents, he noted that he had just turned down a $2 billion venture with the Trump Organization’s Emirati business partner, Hussain […]


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Trump Crypto Coin Buyers Offered VIP Tour of White House

The cryptocurrency Donald Trump launched days before returning to the Oval Office got a big boost on Wednesday afternoon, as the Trump-owned company behind the meme coin announced that its top holders would be invited to an exclusive dinner with the president—and the 25 leading buyers will get a special VIP tour of the White […]


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Trump-Linked Lobbyists Are Having a Hopping Good Time

Donald Trump doesn’t talk about “draining the swamp” nearly as much as he did in his first term, but his ultra-populist 2024 campaign was built, at least in part, on an anti-Washington message. Yet despite his attack on so many of Washington’s structures, early signs are in that K Street, home to the city’s lobbyists, […]


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