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Derek Willis

Harvesting corn silage in Maryland (Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images)

Hundreds of PPP loans went to fake farms in absurd places

Derek Willis, Lydia DePillis
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Josh Hawley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How Josh Hawley and Marjorie Taylor Greene juiced their fundraising numbers

Isaac Arnsdorf, Derek Willis
Tabulators work on recounting presidential ballots in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty/Andy Manis)

Pennsylvania’s rejection of 372,000 ballot applications bewilders voters and strains election staff

Ryan McCarthy, Derek Willis, Jonathan Lai
Typing code on a laptop computer (Getty Images)

Foreign hackers cripple Texas county’s email system, raising election security concerns

Jack Gillum, Jessica Huseman, Jeff Kao, Derek Willis
Vice President Mike Pence visits the molecular testing lab at Mayo Clinic Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Rochester, Minn., where he toured the facilities supporting COVID-19 research and treatment. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Company run by White House “volunteer” with no experience in medical supplies wins major contract

Derek Willis, Yeganeh Torbati
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., talks to supporters as he gives his acceptance speech after winning re-election in Winston-Salem, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 (AP Photo/Nell Redmond) (AP)

Senator dumped up to $1.6 million of stock after reassuring public about coronavirus preparedness

Robert Faturechi, Derek Willis
President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Committee winter meeting at the Trump International Hotel on February 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

Republican National Committee obscured how much it pays its chief of staff

Mike Spies, Jake Pearson, Derek Willis
President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Williams Arena in Greenville, N.C., Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Pro-Trump super PAC at the center of Ukraine scandal has faced multiple campaign finance complaints

Mike Spies, Derek Willis, J. David McSwane
Nancy Pelosi (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Will Pelosi open the floor to bipartisan ideas?

Derek Willis
Protesters against dark money in "Dark Money" (Dark Money)

The hidden money funding the midterms

Derek Willis, Maggie Severns
Kris Kobach (Getty/Saul Loeb)

Voter Fraud Commission can’t keep data safe, experts find

Jessica Huseman, Derek Willis
(J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican fault lines exposed: Campaign donations reveal a House GOP divided

Derek Willis
(Fox Business)

The dog ate my vote: How Congress explains its absences

Derek Willis, Cecilia Reyes