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Shakedown: Trump DOJ pressured lawyers to “find” evidence that UCLA illegally tolerated antisemitism

Trump admin demanded $1 billion in fines and changes that had nothing to do with antisemitism

13.12.2025 20

Salon

Peter Elkind

The Shakedown: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism

The post The Shakedown: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism appeared first on ProPublica.

12.12.2025 20

ProPublica

Peter Elkind

The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History

by Jeremy Kohler ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights...

27.08.2025 3

ProPublica

Peter Elkind

The latest Trump and DOGE casualty: Energy data

The Energy Information Administration has long provided reliable data on everything from oil and gas to renewables

06.05.2025 5

Salon

Peter Elkind

The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data

by Peter Elkind ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

05.05.2025 20

ProPublica

Peter Elkind

Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos

by Peter Elkind ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

11.04.2025 30

ProPublica

Peter Elkind

What a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reveals About America’s Largest Oxygen Provider

by Peter Elkind ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

10.03.2025 10

ProPublica

Peter Elkind

IRS Said He Led the “Worst of the Worst” Tax Scams. Now He’s a Trump Adviser. 

A proponent of a tax deduction decried as “abusive” is now advising the agency that manages US government property.

18.02.2025 10

Truthout

Peter Elkind

Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”

by Peter Elkind ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

18.02.2025 4

ProPublica

Peter Elkind

A Strange Alliance: Oxygen Companies and Their Medicare Patients Want Congress to Pay the Companies More

by Peter Elkind ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

16.12.2024 10

ProPublica

Peter Elkind

How Lincare Cashed In on the Disastrous Recall of Philips Breathing Machines — at the Expense of Patients

by Peter Elkind ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

22.11.2024 5

ProPublica

Peter Elkind

How Lincare Became a Multibillion-Dollar Medicare Scofflaw

by Peter Elkind ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re...

13.11.2024 60

ProPublica

Peter Elkind