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President Donald Trump answers questions while departing the White House on July 11, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump’s own mortgages match his description of mortgage fraud, records reveal

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Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem participates in a roundtable event with President Donald Trump in Texas. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lawmakers call for probe of how firm tied to Kristi Noem got piece of $220 million DHS ad contracts

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

Kristi Noem-linked firm secretly got money from $220 million DHS ad contracts

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

Noem fast-tracked millions in disaster aid to Florida tourist attraction after donor intervened

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks as US Vice President JD Vance visits the East Palestine Fire Department in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2025. (REBECCA DROKE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump accuses foes with multiple mortgages of fraud. Records show 3 of his Cabinet members have them

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

“That’s new and disturbing”: Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations

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Donald Trump (AP/Dennis Van Tine)

The Donald Trump scandal no one is talking about

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