Weekly Updates
Feeling overwhelmed by the news? We got you covered.
We get it—keeping up with the news is exhausting. So we’re here to help you cut through the noise with weekly updates on the kleptocratic actions by the Trump administration. In this series, we’ll dive deeper into the stories that matter and show you how to spot the patterns behind the headlines.
We’ll be covering a big story each week to show how it fits into the big picture. You can also find a roundup of other important stories to follow, weekly wins, and recommendations for other sources.
Check out all of our updates below!
March 2026
Exploiting Public Power for Private Gain: On Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner (March 23)
The Unlikely Winner of the Iran War: Moscow (March 16)
Trump’s War on Anthropic and the Future of Rights-Respecting AI (March 9)
Make America Polluted Again. And Again. (March 2)
February 2026
Trump’s Tariffs: How to Win Friends and Influence People (February 23)
Why Trump is Burning Bridges with Canada (February 16)
American Leadership Abroad: Clearing the Way for Grift (February 9)
Streaming Kleptocracy: Melania, Sponsored by Amazon (February 2)
January 2026
How the Ellison-Led TikTok Deal Spells Danger for Democracy (January 26)
A Shell Game with Lethal Consequences: The Case of Minneapolis (January 19)
American Kleptocracy Goes Global: An Analysis of the US and Venezuela (January 12)
Democracy in the Balance: The Supreme Court May Give Trump the Keys to the Media Kingdom (January 5)
December 2025
Pardoning for Patronage: The Case of Henry Cuellar (December 15)
Putting on a Show: Turning the Kennedy Center into a Cult of Personality (December 8)
Spotlight on Howard Lutnick: How a Billionaire Investor Mixes the Public and Private (December 1)
November 2025
Gilded Emergencies: DHS Spends Big on Noem with Little Accountability (November 17)
Whatever Happened to the Trump Family’s Meme Scheme? (November 10)
Gift or Grift? The Hidden Costs to Taxpayers of Trump’s “Free” Gifts (November 3)
October 2025
The Art of the Self-Deal: Will Trump’s Lawyers Sign Off on His Fund? (October 27)
What’s $40 Billion between Friends? (October 20)
Why the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Inspectors General Matter (October 13)
Unchained Command: Misusing the Military to Stifle Dissent (October 6)
September 2025
Who Wants to be a Kleptocrat? (September 29)
New Week, Same Old Tricks: A Review of the First 250 Days (September 22)
The Price of Airline Deregulation? Soaring Costs for American Travelers (September 15)
Bobby “Goes Wild on Health” (September 8)
Four Ways Authoritarianism is Wasting Your Money (September 1)
August 2025
How the Trump Administration is Manipulating the Electoral System (August 25)
Think Corruption Doesn’t Affect You? Take a Look at Your Energy Bill (August 18)
Who Benefits from the Deportation State? (August 11)
It's the Economy, Stupid (August 4)
July 2025
Make America Polluted Again (July 28)
No Laughing Matter: Steven Colbert and Corporate Capture (July 21)
Clouded Vision: When Budget Cuts and Conflicts of Interest Turn Deadly (July 14)
June 2025
Reversal of Fortune$: A Crypto Story (June 30)
$1.3 Billion: What Trump's Pardon Corruption Cost You, the Taxpayer (June 23)
How Trump is Turning Temporary Powers into Permanent Threats (June 16)
Trump and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Bill (June 9)
Attorney General Pam Bondi's Greatest Klepto Hits (June 2)
May 2025
The Witkoff Family’s Global Chessboard (May 19)
Why Firing the Head of the Copyright Office is a Win for AI Companies (May 12)