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May 08, 2026

Henry Burke

Press Release Department of TransportationEthics in GovernmentExecutive Branch

Sean Duffy Vacations Amidst Airline Disasters

Over the past seven months, there have been 3 commercial airline crashes resulting in 11 deaths, along with numerous near-misses and deadly small plane crashes. Rather than addressing the ongoing deterioration of America’s transportation infrastructure, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has been on vacation and filming a reality TV show with his family, all seemingly paid for by the very companies he should be regulating. 

May 07, 2026

Dorothy Slater Fatou Ndiaye

Tracker Climate and Environment

Tracking the Environmental Harms of Trump Actions

Trump’s second term began with drastic announcements on Day One and has been chaotic every day since. It can be overwhelming to try to keep up with the cuts to environmental funding, rollbacks to critical regulations, and track the thousands of staff across agencies who have been fired from their roles. The purpose of this tracker is to monitor some of the most important tangible increases in pollution and environmental and health harms caused by the Trump administration’s actions.

April 29, 2026

Fletcher Calcagno

Newsletter Executive BranchGovernanceGovernment CapacityRussell Vought

Vought-Force Trauma: the War on the Federal Civil Service

On April 1st, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) updated the Federal Workforce Data (FWD) page to include data up until February 2026. The new data gives us the most complete picture yet as to how the Trump administration, led by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought, has torn asunder the capacity of the federal government.

April 20, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly

KJ Boyle

Newsletter Congressional OversightConsumer ProtectionDefenseGovernment CapacityRussell Vought

Highlights from Vampire Vought’s Congressional Testimony

Last week, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought appeared before the House and Senate Budget committees for the first time during his tenure. As we argued last week, both hearings were a rare opportunity for Congress to shine the light on a notoriously shadowy figure, especially given Vought’s persistent ducking and overall disdain for Congressional authority. It wasn’t exactly the spectacle we hoped for—Vought will likely remain an unknown name to the vast majority of Americans despite having a hand in nearly all of their hardship caused by this administration.

April 17, 2026

Toni Aguilar Rosenthal

Newsletter Corruption CalendarFinancial RegulationIndependent Agencies

Right Wing Animus for Public Data

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress created the Office of Financial Research (OFR) through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Originating from the spirit to reform the wildly irresponsible Wall Street elite, OFR was charged with providing data, analysis, and research regarding systemic financial risks to the members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). Essentially, OFR is an integral part of the federal infrastructure for safeguarding financial stability.