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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

Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Brent Stirton/Getty Images)

Outraged by Jan. 6, a mole infiltrated the highest ranks of American militias

Joshua Kaplan
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas attends the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett to be the U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice on October 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

“Ethical lapses”: Senate probe reveals more Clarence Thomas trips paid by GOP donor Harlan Crow

Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski
Associate US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on October 7, 2022. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

“Delicate matter”: Clarence Thomas’ private complaints about money sparked fears he would resign

Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski, Brett Murphy
Associate US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poses for the official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on October 7, 2022. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

“Mockery”: How Clarence Thomas’ trip to the Koch summit undermines his ethics defense

Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Alex Mierjeski
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Samuel Alito took luxury fishing vacation with GOP billionaire who later had cases before the court

Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Clarence Thomas benefactor Harlan Crow revealed to have paid for relative’s private school tuition

Alex Mierjeski, Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Billionaire Harlan Crow bought property from Clarence Thomas. The justice didn’t disclose the deal

Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts (Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)

Democrats warn John Roberts: If you don’t hold Clarence Thomas accountable, we will

Alex Mierjeski, Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room of the Supreme Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Legal experts: Clarence Thomas appears to have violated law with secret luxury trips from GOP donor

Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott, Alex Mierjeski
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“Enormous damage to democracy”: Ken Paxton targeted election workers with probes that went nowhere

Cassandra Jaramillo, Joshua Kaplan
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Ron DeSantis blew up Black-held congressional districts — and may have broken Florida law

Joshua Kaplan
Russian President Vladimir Putin (MIKHAIL TERESHCHENKO/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)

How the U.S. has struggled to stop the growth of a shadowy Russian private army

Joaquin Sapien, Joshua Kaplan
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Text messages show Trump aides knew Jan. 6 would likely get out of hand

Joshua Kaplan, Joaquin Sapien
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

6 questions officials still haven’t answered after weeks of hearings on the Capitol riot

Joaquin Sapien, Joshua Kaplan
U.S. Capitol Police officers salute as a hearse carrying the body of Officer Brian D. Sicknick, who was killed by rioters Wednesday, passes members of the Capitol and Metropolitan police during a procession on Third Street on Sunday, January 10, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“No one took us seriously”: Black cops warned about racist Capitol Police officers for years

Joshua Kaplan, Joaquin Sapien
Medical workers load a patient from Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center into an ambulance while wearing masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) in Andover, New Jersey. After an anonymous tip to police, 17 people were found dead at the long-term care facility, including two nurses, where at least 76 patients and 41 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

In hard-hit New Jersey, COVID-19 saddles some small health departments with crushing workload

Sean Campbell, Joshua Kaplan