Ethics in Government

$103M in Federal Contracts Flow to Trumpified “Freedom 250” Events as Trump and Political Allies Turn Anniversary Celebration into Corporate-Sponsored Vanity Cringefest

As Trump’s popularity continues to plummet, the administration is doubling down on policies to line the pockets of sycophants and tech barons.

From gutting clean air rules to waging a war no one asked for, the Trump administration is showing that human suffering is a core feature of this regime. 

On April 2, 2026, President Trump fired Pam Bondi as Attorney General. As Bondi transitions to an ambiguous private sector role, she leaves behind an ignoble legacy characterized by her gross incompetence, the destruction of the agency’s capacity and credibility, and her slavish pursuit of Trump’s political agenda and corporate America’s interest.

New reporting suggests that Schatz’s lone wolf vote against the ROAD to Housing Act may have had something to do with his wife’s financial ties to the exact class of institutional investors who would be affected by the legislation.

Trump’s SEC continues the administration’s poor track record on corporate enforcement and the EPA pulls back regulations on another cancer-causing toxin.

Can you blame Donald Trump for absurdly claiming that Americans will make a “lot of money” from skyrocketing oil prices? His administration is filled with the select individuals likely to profit as the prices at the pump trend upwards.

Rather than making the lives of students better, McMahon chooses to elevate the political ambitions of a North Carolina Senate hopeful. In doing so, she may have violated the Hatch Act.

Last month, when the Supreme Court agreed to grant a petition from two oil companies, Suncor and Exxon, in a long-running dispute over whether the companies can be held liable under state law by Boulder, Colorado, for climate damages ensuing from their corporate misconduct, the most notable sentence was the one that was missing: “Justice Alito took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.”