RealClearInvestigations Week of February 3, 2025 Archives

RealClearInvestigations Trump 2.0 and the Beltway

Monday, February 3

Musk's DOGE Opens Treasury and a Can of 'Fraudulent' Worms

Emma Colton Fox

Trump’s Deportations Prioritize Numbers Over Safety

Stuart Anderson Reason

How Taxpayers Funded Largest Illegal Migration in History

Todd Bensman NY Post

Tuesday, February 4

Secret Service Agent: DEI Contributed to Attack on Trump

Susan Crabtree RCP

Biden Slowed Ukraine Arms Until His Term Was Nearly Over

Banco et al. Reuters

Number of Trump Executive Orders Nearly Matched by Lawsuits

Kate Roberson JtN

Musk’s Aggressive Incursion Into the Federal Government

Swan et al. NY Times

What Is USAID and Why's It Scorned by the Right?

Noah Weiland Stephanie Nolen NYT

Wednesday, February 5

How Trump Gutted America’s $40B Aid Agency in 2 Weeks

Schectman et al. WSJ

USAID, Politico, NYT and the Media Funding Furor

Erica Pandey & Sara Fischer Axios

USAID Was Warned It Might Be Funding Fraud and Terror

Steven Richards JtN

Jan. 6 Purge Begins as DOGE Enters FBI to Obtain Names

Geoff Earle Daily Mail

Thursday, February 6

Trump Actions That Are Defying Legal Limits

Charlie Savage & Lazaro Gamio NY Times

Jared and the Envoy: How Trump’s Gaza Dream Emerged

Memphis Barker Telegraph

The Young Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover

Vittoria Elliott Wired

CBS Cut 179-Word Kamala 'Word Salad' to 20 words

Zilber et al. New York Post

Friday, February 7

Trump's Anti-DEI Order: Both Radical and Rooted in Civil Rights Law

Lee Fang RCI

Army’s Special Treatment of Capt. Rebecca Lobach

Chase Spears RealClearDefense

Watchdog: Hunter Biden IRS Agents Faced Retaliation

James Lynch National Review

4 Things to Know About USAID’s Funding of Media

Ian M. Giatti Christian Post

All About the Trump Family’s Deals in the Middle East

Eric Lipton New York Times

Army Copter’s Tracking Tech Turned Off at Time of Crash

Mark Walker NY Times

Saturday, February 8

Trump FBI Pick Patel Plans to Hold Stock in Chinese Firm

Louise Matsakis Wired

Taxpayer Funds Supported Bloomberg Anti-Gun Group

Lee Williams Shooting News

Melania Trump vs. Anna Wintour: The Secret War

Melissa Twigg Telegraph

USAID and CIA Tied to Trump Impeachment

Michael Shellenberger Alex Gutentag Public

How Obama Laid the Groundwork for Musk's DOGE

Luke Rosiak Daily Wire

The Known Unknowns of DOGE Cost-Cutting

Eric Boehm Reason.com

Flashback: Obama Had 'More Czars Than the Romanovs'

Aaron J. Saiger Fordham