Since last year, I and Al Shaw & @bxroberts.org have investigated the linkages between Trump appointees and the industries they oversee. Today we published a searchable database containing approximately 3,200 financial disclosure forms of roughly 1500 officials.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Screenshot of ProPublica webpage titled “Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees,” accompanied by this blurb: “Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their debts, among other things.” A search bar prompts the user to search for a person or financial holding.
THREAD: We just released a tool that allows you to search billions of dollars in wealth, ties to the most powerful companies in the country, and details of the personal finances of President Trump and over 1,500 of his appointees.
Here’s how it works 1/
NEW: Over the past year, we've been collecting thousands of financial disclosure documents from across the Trump administration. Now we're making them searchable. Look up names, assets, former employers across 1,500+ Trump appointees and 3,000+ ethics documents.
New project just dropped !
Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees
From @shaw.al @bxroberts.org
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An internal Department of Homeland Security policy document from February 2025 shows agency officials, including top aide Corey Lewandowski and Noem — referred to as “S1,” signing off on a policy change.
Someone on the House Judiciary committee should ask Noem about this document turned up by @propublica.org showing DHS "chief advisor" Corey Lewandowski signing off on an agency policy change:
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
A line chart shows charges for trespassing, sidewalk obstruction and unlawful camping between 2017 and 2025. Three lines representing the number of each type of charge rise sharply in 2025.
NEW Albuquerque’s Mayor Said Arrests Were “Not the Solution” to Homelessness. Yet Jail Bookings Have Skyrocketed. www.propublica.org/article/albu... By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social & Ruth Talbot
NEW: In a letter that cited ProPublica’s reporting, Sens. Rick Scott and Kirsten Gillibrand asked Secretary Pete Hegseth for more information about the military’s drug supply and its reliance on foreign manufacturers.
A bill sponsored by several state reps seeks to prevent hospitals and doctors from questioning or interfering “in any manner” with a patient’s right to refuse treatments or vaccines.
South Carolina hospitals aren't required to disclose measles-related admissions @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
Now officially official: @carla-astudi.bsky.social is @propublica.org's newest News Apps Developer! www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
New blog post: A case study on using Claude Code in data journalism ->
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A line chart going from Jan 2009 to Jan 2026 showing very few cases until Trump’s second term, where the line takes off nearly vertically, showing more than 6,600 cases in Jan 2026 alone.
Habeas cases filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have taken off to levels we have never seen before. Just look at that chart.
www.propublica.org/article/habe...
End of year data shows how bad last year was for Federal BOP hiring/retention -- in part because so many staff were lured away to better pay and incentives at ICE:
Attention visual journalists: I’m always open to pitches for @sciam.bsky.social’s Graphic Science column. The column tells concise stories on topics in science via graphics (dataviz, illustrated diagrams, comic-style explainers, etc). It appears in both print & online. DM me for a pitch guide.
News: I was cut yesterday in a newsroom-wide layoff affecting 300+ staff at The Washington Post.
I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them.
I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome.
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Amid the hundreds of colleagues we’ve lost today, I wanted to highlight the BRILLIANT data/graphics folks who any newsroom should be fighting to hire right now—threading here:
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That's 9 straight majors for Sincaraz
Welcome aboard, Carla!
More impact from my investigation with @shaw.al: Six senators accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of a “glaring” conflict of interest, citing our reporting that found he held at least $159,000 in investments when he shut down crypto investigations. www.propublica.org/article/todd...
Here’s the full letter sent from foreign correspondents to Bezos. Comes as rumors are circulating that the Washington Post is set to make significant cuts to its foreign desk and other parts of the newsroom.
Washington Post Tears Up Plans to Cover Winter Olympics www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/b...
People have been asking, so we published it: The data linking generic drugs to the facilities that make them! You can download the data on GitHub.
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github.com/propublica/r...
Health care workers are changing how they counsel patients. Experts are using our database to support their research. And some consumers report they’ve discovered troubling records at the factories where their medications are made. www.propublica.org/article/rx-i...
Last month, @propublica.org released Rx Inspector, a groundbreaking tool that lets you find the factories where your generic drugs were manufactured.
Now we're making available the data that powers it.
via @bxroberts.org
www.propublica.org/article/rx-i...
"The ask from an investigative reporter is never just, 'Tell me about your loved one.' Our work requires meticulous detail and all the receipts." www.propublica.org/article/tacr...
A clear and appalling sign that this administration will set no limits on its acts of aggression against an independent press. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
This is an outrage. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home. The reporter covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most high-profile and sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
