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By Rebecca Beitsch - 04/20/21 03:30 PM EDT   Public interest groups determined to stay focused on the Trump administration say they have new openings for unearthing information now that the past government’s political appointees have departed. Various groups that flooded the government with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests say the departures have greased the wheels of various agencies’ public records shops.  Requests ranging from the pandemic response and the Jan. 6 atta...

Watchdog Group to Track Hiring of Top Ex-Trump Aides Bloomberg 1/26/2021 Ben Brody © Bloomberg Kellyanne Conway was one of Trump’s most aggressive defenders until she left the administration last summer. (Bloomberg) -- Companies that hire people who worked as top aides to former President Donald Trump will be identified by a new liberal watchdog group formed to track the employment of ex-senior administration officials. The Campaign Against Corporate Complicity, which kic...

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham of California became a lead example of how lawmakers can abuse their office for financial gain and prompted lasting changes to the congressional appropriations process when he went to prison 15 years ago for taking $2.4 million in br

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. LA GRULLA, Texas — The federal government said it needed Ociel Mendozas land on the outskirts of this tiny Texas town — and it couldnt wait any longer. Each additional day of delay was costing the government $15,000 as contractors waited to begin construction on the border fence slated to go through Mendozas ranch, the Department of Justice arg...

The federal government said it needed Ociel Mendozas land on the outskirts of this tiny Texas town - and it couldnt wait any longer. Each additional day of delay was costing the government $15,000 as contractors waited to begin construction on the border fence slated to go through Mendozas ranch, the Department of Justice argued in court filings. By Nov. 24, the tab for the delay had reached nearly $1.6 million, the land acquisition manager for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in an aff...

Trump Still Authorizing Contracts For Border Wall — On Land That Government Doesn’t Own Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead Reprinted with permission from ProPublica LA GRULLA, Texas — The federal government said it needed Ociel Mendozas land on the outskirts of this tiny Texas town — and it couldnt wait any longer. Each additional day of delay was costing the government $15,000 as contractors waited to begin construction on the border fence ...

The Trump Administration Keeps Awarding Border Wall Contracts but Doesn’t Own the Land to Build On The government’s strategy of awarding contracts before acquiring titles to land in Texas has led to millions of dollars in costs for delays. Things could get even more complicated if President-elect Joe Biden stops border wall construction. Dec. 23, 2020, 5 a.m. CST ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

The Trump administration awarded border wall contracts to build on land it doesnt own in Texas Texas Tribune Published:  Tags:  Credit: Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune/ProPublica This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Also, sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. LA GRULL...

Trump administration awarded border wall contracts for land it doesnt own in Texas Perla Trevizo and Jeremy Schwartz, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica © Verónica G. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune/ProPublica Recent construction of the border wall near La Grulla, Texas, on Dec. 17. This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  LA GRULLA, Texas — The federal government said it needed Ociel Mendozas land on the outskir...

The Trump Administration Keeps Awarding Border Wall Contracts but Doesn’t Own the Land to Build On ProPublica 12/23/2020 ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. LA GRULLA...