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Russell Vought, former acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, testifies before Congress on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. (om Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

“Put them in trauma”: Inside a key MAGA leader’s plans for a new Trump agenda

Molly Redden, Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey
Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, moderates a panel discussion during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center February 23, 2017 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Ginni Thomas privately praised group opposing Supreme Court reform: “Thank you so, so, so much”

Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey
US Sen, J. D. Vance, (R-OH) addresses the conservative Turning Point People's Convention on June 16, 2024 at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

In private speech, JD Vance said the “Devil is real” and praised Alex Jones as a truth-teller

Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey
American Flag and Christianity Cross (Getty Images/Javier Art Photography)

Inside Ziklag: The secret group of rich Christians trying to sway elections and change the country

Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey
Republican gubernatorial candidate for Florida Ron DeSantis speaks during an election night watch party at the Convention Center in Tampa, Florida, on November 8, 2022. (GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

Leaked video: DeSantis pitches retribution to rising “private and confidential” right-wing group

Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey
Leonard Leo speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

SCOTUS takeover architect Leonard Leo’s new group seeks to influence all politics and culture

Andy Kroll, Andrea Bernstein, Nick Surgey