Investigations
In-depth investigative reporting on government accountability, institutional failures, and the people behind the policies.
The Pentagon Has Failed Eight Straight Audits. Congress Is About to Approve the Ninth Budget It Cannot Track.
DoD failed its FY2025 audit in December and GAO says the 2028 clean-opinion deadline is no longer achievable — yet the FY2027 topline request is $893 billion.
H.R. 6225 Would Freeze Every Legal Immigration Category. It Has 60 Sponsors.
The bill pauses family visas, work visas, and green cards across all categories — a sweep far broader than the caucus's stated focus.
Sixty-Four Members, Twenty-Five States, Zero Markups. A Coordination Architecture, Not a Legislative One.
When a caucus adds members on a thirty-six-hour clock and holds zero committee markups, the roster is the product. The bills are the occasion. The ecosystem is the distribution. Here is what that architecture looks like — and what it costs to run.
28 Days of Silence From the Think Tanks That Usually Stage the Pre-Hearing Narrative
FDD and the Middle East Forum normally publish within 72 hours of high-stakes hearings. Four days out from Texas voucher arguments, the feed has been dry since March 23.
House Caucus to Bar Foreign Legal Codes Hits 64 Members in 36 Hours, No Markups Yet
Four new signatures since Saturday pushed the caucus to 64 members across 25 states — growing on a 12-hour clock without a single committee markup.
The Amicus Economy: Who Files at Texas Voucher Hearing — and Who Funds Them
Five days before the Texas voucher injunction hearing, amicus briefs arrive from think tanks whose donors never sign the docket.
11 More Days. Here's What's at Stake if the Warrant Requirement Fight Collapses.
Thursday's 13-day stopgap bought negotiating room, not reform. The April 30 warrant fight restarts with the same actors — and a ledger of what Americans lose if the clean extension wins.
Same Donors Fund Texas Think Tanks and the Federal Caucus Pushing Identical Voucher Bills
Four foundations appear in the records of three think tanks advising Texas and the federal caucus writing identical legislation. Disclosure connects them.
Federal Agencies Are Buying the Data the Fourth Amendment Requires a Warrant For
For nearly a decade, agencies have routed around the warrant requirement by purchasing Americans' location and communications data from commercial brokers.
The Senate Has Stalled the DETERRENT Act for Over a Year. Here's Who Benefits.
The House-passed bill would cut the university foreign gift disclosure threshold from $250,000 to $50,000. It's been sitting in the Senate since March 2024 with no floor action scheduled.
7,413 Backdoor Searches of Americans. One Accountability Question.
The FBI conducted 7,413 warrantless U.S. person queries of the Section 702 database in 2025. The compliance rate is disputed. Public accountability for specific misuse is nearly nonexistent.
H.R. 4639 Passed the House Twice. Leadership Has Killed It Three Times.
The Fourth Amendment Is Not for Sale Act clears the House, then vanishes in conference. Here's the paper trail on who removes it — and why this month's Section 702 rule locked it out again.