RealClearInvestigations Week of February 17, 2025 Archives

RealClearInvestigations Trump 2.0 and the Beltway

Monday, February 17

To Deport, Trump Moves to Expand U.S. Prisons

Shannon Heffernan Marshall Project

USAID’s Strong Ties to Woke Nonprofits

Tyler O'Neil Daily Signal

An NIH 'Slush Fund' for Bureaucratic Bloat

Greg Piper Just The News

Why Is Foreign Aid Going to American Farmers?

Jack Nicastro Reason

Tuesday, February 18

Tax-Funded Immigration Group Works to Thwart Trump

Chuck Ross Free Beacon

Biden Admin and Leftist Groups Coordinated on Tax Policy

Natalia Mittelstadt JtN

CIA Plans Bigger Role Fighting Drug Cartels

Warren Strobel & Isaac Stanley-Becker WP

Pentagon Funded 'Large Scale Social Deception' Program

Logan Washburn Federalist

Trump's First VP, Mike Pence, Joins the Resistance

Jill Colvin Associated Press

Wednesday, February 19

The Case for Birthright Citizenship Is Not a Slam Dunk

Paul D. Thacker RCI

RCI on Social Security Fraud, Reposted by Musk

Mark Hemingway Ben Weingarten RCI

Trump Appointee Pushed 'Abusive' 'Tax Scam'

Peter Elkind ProPublica

Congress Unmasks China's Expanding Espionage

John Solomon Just The News

Thursday, February 20

Zeldin EPA Finds $2B Stashed for Stacey Abrams-Tied Group

Victor Nava NY Post

French Mogul Pulling Trump Strings to Skip Tariffs

Nick Kostov Stacy Meichtry WSJ

No, Elon: Social Security Is Not Paying Millions of the Dead

Eric Boehm Reason

Friday, February 21

Tesla Sales Drop. Does Elon Musk Still Care?

Jack Ewing New York Times

Rapped for Helping DOGE, SocSec Expert Now Runs Agency

Luke Rosiak Daily Wire

Saturday, February 22

Biden’s Energy Sec'y Gets Cushy Gig at Tax-Supported Utility

Nick Pope Daily Caller

Pardoned, She Still Bears the Mark of Jan. 6

Dan Barry & Alan Feuer New York Times

Sunday, February 23

Insider: How USAID Wasted Billions in Haiti and Around Globe

Paul Vallas NY Post

Backstory: How Trump Chose 'Razin' Caine' to Lead Joint Chiefs

Shane Galvin NYP