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August 21, 2026
Tracker Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingRussell VoughtTrump Watch
Map: Trump Has Often Delayed or Denied Disaster Aid
The Trump administration has refused to allocate federal disaster aid in a timely manner. Check out our interactive map for more details on the White House’s careless approach to major disaster declarations.
August 19, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
The Live, Dangerous, Lopsided Experiment of AI in Government
This much is clear: artificial intelligence has permeated just about every corner of the federal government. The Revolving Door Project has been tracking news stories and reports of the Trump administration’s adoption of AI, which has been at turns benign, ridiculous, and dangerous. By the administration’s own measure, forty-one departments and agencies reported 3,611 distinct use cases of AI in 2025.
August 18, 2026
Memo Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingTrump Watch
Illuminating the Home Insurance Crisis
A collection of RDP’s work trying to shed light on the deeply intertwined crises of fossil fuel-driven climate change, rising insurance premiums and declining coverage, and housing injustice.
August 18, 2026
Tracker Climate and EnvironmentDOGEElon MuskExecutive BranchFEMAGovernanceGovernment CapacityHousingRussell VoughtTrump Watch
TRACKER: Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
We are tracking how the Trump administration’s callous policy choices, before and after bouts of extreme weather, exacerbate avoidable suffering and death.
August 18, 2026
Chris Lewis Xaver Clarke Hannah Story Brown Emma Marsano Toni Aguilar Rosenthal KJ Boyle
Tracker Artificial IntelligenceClimate and EnvironmentExecutive BranchTech
Tracking Uses of AI in the Trump Administration
As the Trump administration continues to expand the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its operations, we are cataloguing examples of how AI is being deployed by federal agencies to replace human workers and undermine transparency and due process.
August 17, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Eric Schmidt
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt spent years inside government influencing AI and tech policy.
August 17, 2026
Revolving Door Project Condemns Trump’s Corrupt Crypto and Prediction Market Roundtable
The Revolving Door Project condemns the Trump White House’s corrupt cryptocurrency and prediction markets roundtable as nothing more than a last minute attempt to pass another dangerous, industry friendly bill
August 13, 2026 | The American Prospect
Jeff Hauser Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Op-Ed 2024 ElectionEconomic PolicyExecutive BranchFinancial RegulationTech
An AI Bailout Will Be a ‘Which Side Are You On’ Moment
If AI falls, Democrats can build an enduring political majority—but only if they reject handing a lifeline to Altman, Musk, and the rest of the industry.
August 12, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
What the AI Industry Gains from Hiring Former Biden Officials
The revolving door is another tool in the AI industry’s toolbox to ensure it gets its wish list, from lax regulations to lucrative contracts.
August 10, 2026
Tracking the Revolving Door Between AI and Former Biden Officials
The Revolving Door Project is tracking AI companies that have hired senior level Democrats who staffed the Biden administration – figures who are likely to be in positions of power for a future Democratic administration. Thus far, we’ve tracked over 100 former Biden admin senior staff from the White House and other executive branch agencies who have gone on to AI industry companies including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Amazon.
August 05, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Dean Ball
Head of Strategic Futures at OpenAI and primary author of Trump’s AI Action Plan Dean Ball.
August 05, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Jacob Helberg
Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs at the U.S. State Department and former senior advisor at Palantir Jacob Helberg.
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AI Villains And The Trump Administration
The Trump Administration is all in on artificial intelligence. The federal government shares the tech industry’s vision for AI to be embedded everywhere, displacing human thought and labor and deepening the strains on the environment and climate.
July 31, 2026
AI Villains and the Trump Administration: Jensen Huang
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has helped shaped the Trump administration’s AI policy as his company and personal wealth grew due to Nvidia’s processor chips central role in the current AI boom.