NEW FOIA Files SCOOP: The FBI redacted Trump’s name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the Epstein files under two privacy exemptions before DOJ & FBI concluded “no further disclosure” of the files “would be appropriate or warranted.” bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Trump's inaugural committee initially failed to disclose a $1M in-kind donation from @ElonMusk's X, Anna Massoglia notes. influencebrief.com/p/revealed-elo…

#ELB: “Revealed: Elon Musk’s $1 Million Gift to Trump Inauguration” electionlawblog.org/?p=151324

#ELB: “Revealed: Elon Musk’s $1 Million Gift to Trump Inauguration” ift.tt/0E5Gpka

What do these factions have in common? 1) Resistance left that believes Trump colluded with Russia 2) MAGA right that believes the whole thing was cooked up by deep state Dems who knew it was fake Per Ross Douthat both may be “marks” of a Russian info op. nytimes.com/2025/08/02/opi…

SCOOP: AECOM, the giant infrastructure firm the White House picked to lead engineering for the construction of the $200M WH ballroom being built w/ private money, is registered with Ballard Partners, the lobbying firm w/ ties to chief of staff Susie Wiles. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

TRANSPARENCY: FCC FOIA CBS News 60 Minutes Kamala Harris Interview Complaints Never Before Seen Documents “My training, as a journalist, is that it always makes sense to file a FOIA…” “I felt it was important, for full context, to understand the viewing public's response to

In 2023, Kash Patel’s charity told the IRS it gave a $20,000 cash grant to Rep. Cory Mills’ charity: projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/org… But Cory Mills’ charity — which didn’t have IRS approval at the time — told the IRS it didn’t get any grants at all in 2023: projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/org…

NEW: A former adviser to Kamala Harris, Mike Nellis, and a conservative talk radio host, Erick Erickson, agree on at least one thing: political texting 'spam' has gotten out of control. Now, Apple is rolling out a new feature that could crush those endless messages. And Senate

New: A Spotlight PA analysis has revealed 15% of the donors to Gov. Josh Shapiro's $5.4 million inaugural committee, which the admin has refused to divulge. The committee also gave $750k of it to Team PA, which has paid for Shapiro's sports tickets. spotlightpa.org/news/2025/08/p…

Scoop: Elon Musk’s X Corp. made a $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration. But it wasn’t disclosed until six months later. Here’s how it finally surfaced—and what the filings reveal 🧵

Billionaires. Shell companies. Quiet corrections. We dug through filings to follow how Musk’s money is still flowing into politics, and uncovered who actually funded Trump’s second inauguration. The full story: influencebrief.com/p/revealed-elo…

Pharmaceutical companies behind the biggest weight-loss drugs shook up their lobbying operations during the first six months of Trump’s second term, and NOTUS' Taylor Giorno has the skinny on what happened — with huge amounts of money at stake: notus.org/money/weight-l…

Weight-loss drugmakers shook up their lobbying operations when Trump took office. Their strategy appears to be working: the administration is reportedly considering covering weight-loss medication under Medicaid & Medicare. NEW in NOTUS: notus.org/money/weight-l…

‘Successful Businessman’ Trump Mobilizes Business Economists Against Him  talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/s… via Talking Points Memo

This morning, ICE sent out a memo offering cash bonuses for quick deportations. The New York Times reached out to DHS about the memo. It then got cancelled. Story: nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/…

Rep. Cory Mills, already under investigation by House Ethics for financial disclosure and conflict of interest issues, allegedly received "SACKS OF CASH" from the defense contractor that he founded—while also sitting on the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees.

Trump is being pushed by well-funded marijuana companies, who are attending his fundraisers, giving millions, presenting political arguments and hiring his former advisers, to reclassify marijuana. And he’s considering it. My latest: wsj.com/politics/polic…

Scoop: Robert Smith rented Donald Trump’s mansion, directly next door to Mar-a-Lago, while facing possible indictment in a massive tax-evasion case. forbes.com/sites/danalexa…

Here is a gift link to the story with David Yaffe-Bellany. It details how CZ & Binance’s team has deployed the tactics that others have used to win clemency from Trump — flattering him, hiring lobbyists close to him & courting his business. nytimes.com/2025/08/09/us/…