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July 09, 2026
Introducing Our AI Villains Tracker
To understand the Trump administration’s policy on AI, one has to look beyond Trump’s own pronouncements to the AI “experts” he surrounds himself with. To that end, we at the Revolving Door Project are launching our AI Villains Tracker—an compendium of the people responsible for crafting and delivering some of the least popular policy decisions made by the second Trump Administration.
July 08, 2026 | The American Prospect
Fletcher Calcagno Dylan Gyauch-Lewis
Op-Ed CryptocurrencyEthics in GovernmentFintechIndependent Agencies
Not All Nepo Babies Are Trumps
Last month, Fortune reported that Theodore Gillibrand, son of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), had received a $30 million dollar round of investment for his company, American Perpetual Exchange Commission (APEC). The funding round valued APEC at $300 million and was led by Lux Capital, a venture capital firm whose other investments include the Peter Thiel-backed Anduril Industries and Erebor Bank.
July 06, 2026
TRACKER: Food and Drug Safety During the Trump Administration
We are tracking the Trump administration’s personnel cuts, reductions in force, and their impacts on food and drug safety.
June 17, 2026
Fletcher Calcagno Julian Scoffield
Newsletter DOGEFood and Drug AdministrationHealthRussell VoughtTrump Watch
Department of Listeria and Preventable Childhood Illness
Vought’s attempts to shred our social safety net also comes at a moment when Americans are increasingly at risk of infection from foodborne illnesses and vaccine-preventable diseases because of Trump’s “health” policy agenda.
June 09, 2026 | Talking Points Memo
Why Are Any Democrats Supporting a Bill That Was Championed by the Crypto Industry?
In May, the crypto industry won big as the Senate Banking Committee advanced the Clarity Act. It passed largely along party lines, but two Democrats with crypto-friendly records, Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), broke with their colleagues to support the bill.
June 08, 2026
Timi Iwayemi Aya Dardari Fletcher Calcagno
Report Campaign FinanceCongressional OversightCryptocurrencyEthics in GovernmentTaxes
Who's in Crypto's Corner?
Analysis of the crypto industry’s contributions to the House Committee on Ways & Means and implications for pending legislative proposals.
May 08, 2026
PCAST is Another Lever of Corporate Influence
Trump has filled the PCAST with billionaires, Big Tech, and crypto interests who will use the advisory board to further their own interests.
April 29, 2026
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 14, 2026
David Sacks’ Dangerous AI and Crypto Track Record
As the AI and crypto czar, Sacks led policies that exposed Americans to economic instability, environmental dangers, and fraud – and he’s not done yet.
March 23, 2026
TRACKER: How the AI Industry’s Race To Dominance Has Harmed Children
OpenAI, Google, Meta and xAI continue to rack up devastating scandals while the Trump administration idly watches.
March 20, 2026 | Watchdog Weekly
Newsletter Anti-MonopolyCongressional OversightCorruption CalendarDefenseExecutive BranchImmigrationPrivate EquityTechTrump Watch
Corruption Calendar Weeks 60-61: A New Mask for the Trump Administration’s Cruelty
This edition marks almost three weeks since the U.S. and Israel began their unlawful war of aggression against Iran, which 55% of American voters disapprove of, according to a recent Data for Progress poll conducted for Drop Site News and Zeteo. The first six days of the war alone cost $11.3 billion, a sum that could have wiped out federal student loan debt for roughly 300,000 people, reduced homelessness, helped low-income families pay their heating bills for two to three years, and more.
March 17, 2026
Kenny Stancil Fletcher Calcagno Aya Dardari Xaver Clarke
Report Climate and EnvironmentCorporate CrackdownFinancial RegulationHousingRevolving Door
Tracking State Insurance Commissioners
State insurance commissioners cannot tackle the deeply intertwined crises of fossil fuel-driven climate change, insurance rate hikes and cancellations, and housing injustice on their own. But their role in aggravating or ameliorating problems deserves greater scrutiny.