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Long-form, no-word-cap reporting on power in Washington and beyond: who holds it, who pays for it and what they do with it. Every story is built on the record, with sources listed at the bottom.

Hegseth and the Pentagon

The impeachment push, the blocked promotions and the price of the Iran war.

Nov 9, 2026BREAKING: A Bad Day for HegsethRep. Thomas Massie filed eight impeachment articles against Pete Hegseth, with a House vote due by Wednesday. The same day, MS NOW reported his office secretly blocked…Nov 9, 2026BREAKING: Hegseth Blocked Promotions Over DEI and Vaccines, Report SaysMS NOW reports Hegseth's office Googled officers already picked for promotion, kept paper-only files they never saw, and blocked at least 12 over DEI, vaccines, Pride…Nov 9, 2026BREAKING: Massie Files Impeachment Articles Against Hegseth. The House Has Until Wednesday.Rep. Thomas Massie filed eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the House floor Monday. A vote has to come by Wednesday. Here are the…Nov 6, 2026Trump Weighs Replacing Hegseth With DeSantis as Impeachment Vote NearsTrump is asking aides whether to fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been floated to replace him, CBS News reports. A House…Nov 5, 2026Impeach Hegseth? Here's the Bill: $47.1 Billion, 18 Dead, 81 AircraftRep. Thomas Massie says he'll force a House vote on impeaching Pete Hegseth the week of Nov. 9. The record: $47.1 billion, 18 dead, 81 aircraft, and claims that didn't…

The Subsidy King

Elon Musk, public money and the promises that came with it. A five-part series.

Nov 5, 2026The Subsidy King, Part 1: From Pretoria to TeslaElon Musk sells a self-made story. The record starts in apartheid-era Pretoria, runs through two companies that removed him as CEO, and lands at a car company two other…Nov 5, 2026The Subsidy King, Part 2: The Rescues and the Broken PromisesIn 2008, public money kept SpaceX and Tesla alive. Then came the moon program, self-driving that wasn't, and a tunnel under sinkhole country in…Nov 5, 2026The Subsidy King, Part 3: DOGE and the Wood ChipperMusk ran DOGE while his companies faced $2.37 billion in possible federal penalties, then fed USAID "into the wood chipper." Researchers have tried to count the cost in…Nov 5, 2026The Subsidy King, Part 4: Soft Power, Hard QuestionsUSAID was America's eyes and ears in the countries it competes for. China moved in after the cuts. Is Musk a foreign agent? The record says no, but shows real…Nov 5, 2026The Subsidy King, Part 5: The Man at Home and the TrillionHis ex-wife, his eldest daughter and the mothers of his children, in their own words. Then $442 million in midterm spending, $225 million in Texas, and a blue Texas…

Betrayal: Trump and Russia

Forty years of courtship, the 2016 payoff and what it bought. A four-part series.

Oct 18, 2026Betrayal, Part 1: The CourtshipFor almost 40 years, Donald Trump chased Moscow's money and Moscow's approval. Part 1 of FMNN's four-part opinion and analysis series, Betrayal: The Plan All Along.In…Oct 18, 2026Betrayal, Part 2: The PayoffRussia attacked the 2016 election to help Trump, and his campaign welcomed the help. Part 2 of FMNN's four-part opinion and analysis series, Betrayal: The Plan All…Oct 18, 2026Betrayal, Part 3: Power at Any CostRussia's 2020 goal was to make Americans doubt their votes. When Trump lost, he did it himself. Part 3 of FMNN's four-part opinion and analysis series, Betrayal: The…Oct 18, 2026Betrayal, Part 4: The Return on InvestmentIn one October week, Trump licensed Russian diesel, waived the sanctions Congress passed, and Ukraine's Starshield was capped. Part 4 of FMNN's four-part opinion and…

Power, Policy and Money

The people writing the rules, and who pays when they do.

Oct 19, 2026Project 2025: The Man Trump Named, and What He Has DoneTrump said he had "nothing to do with Project 2025." Then he called his budget chief "he of PROJECT 2025 Fame." What has been done, what's coming,…Nov 4, 2026The Harvest Plan: Money First, Laws in 2029Democrats won the House and at least 54 Senate seats. Trump still has the veto. Here is the step-by-step math on Medicare for All, a $20 wage, Citizens United, the Iran…Nov 1, 2026Your Next Laptop Is Paying for Someone Else's Choices: How Wartime Priorities and Corporate Greed Sent Memory Prices SoaringA $90 memory kit now costs over $400. AI data centers started it, the Iran war made it worse, and 20 years of war spending went to destruction instead of chip factories.…

Foreign Influence and Domestic Propaganda

Paid posts, fake stories and the people behind them.

Nov 9, 2026BREAKING: No, Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed Was Not "Denied a Security Clearance." There's No Such Check.A viral post says Michigan's senator-elect failed a Senate security clearance over "Muslim Brotherhood ties." Senators don't go through a clearance check, and the post…Nov 9, 2026Supreme Court Disbars Larry Klayman, Laura Loomer's Longtime LawyerThe U.S. Supreme Court disbarred Larry Klayman, Laura Loomer's longtime lawyer, on Monday. Here's his discipline record, what viral posts got wrong, and the Loomer…

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