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Free federal tax filing services appear to be safe this tax season, despite threats to those programs and DOGE’s gutting of the IRS.

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Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their responsibility as a check on the executive. So it’s up to us to defend our democracy.

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Oil and gas companies ended up giving close to half a billion dollars to support Trump's election after Trump asked for a billion dollars in exchange for political favors. Seems like the investment is paying off for them.

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After scrutiny by DOGE, Kristi Noem shut DHS's oversight arm. The office investigates thousands of complaints including on access medical care, abuses of power at ICE and reports of rape at detention centers. Oversight matters. This will do real harm.

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

Following court orders: mandatory. Following the Constitution: mandatory. Hope that clears things up.

submitted 2 days ago • 51 comments

We are witnessing an unprecedented and dangerous unraveling of ethics rules and norms in an effort to profit off the presidency. We need meaningful guardrails to ensure the White House is never for sale.

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If you voted by mail, registered online or went to a voter registration drive, that's all on the line under the SAVE Act, which the House just passed. But it's not too late to protect voters. Call your senators to vote NO on the SAVE Act: (202) 224-3121

submitted 3 days ago • 16 comments

1. Donald Trump posted on Truth Social: THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY" 2. Trump paused new tariffs 3. The stock market rose Among other ethics issues, this creates a strong incentive for Americans to use the social media company Trump profits from.

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

Just saying, now would be a great time to ban congressional stock trading!

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You pay taxes. You should know what the government is doing with them. That's why we're suing.

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The Justice Department has disbanded the unit that investigates cryptocurrency-related fraud. With Trump's promises to become crypto president and his family's crypto business ventures, this sounds like it could be pretty beneficial for the president.

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NEW: We just launched our tracker of President Trump's visits to his business properties and other conflicts of interest raised by his failure to divest from his businesses. See the data here and check back regularly for updates:

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NEW: We submitted a statement for the record to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Trump administration's attack on FOIA processes and offices. Congress needs to reaffirm its bipartisan commitment to FOIA and transparency.

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The CDC has no apparent plans to handle the thousands of FOIA requests it has and will receive, which is a violation of the law. We sued so that Americans can have transparency into the CDC’s operations.

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"The Trump administration’s relentless promotion of favored businesses challenges long-held norms — and in some cases, laws — preventing the White House from turning into a sales floor" Well when you put it that way...

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More than 21 million American citizens do not have documents proving their citizenship readily available. Why would Congress require these documents if so many Americans don’t have them? That's not how a democracy should work. Congress must reject the SAVE Act.

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President Trump’s ambassadors collectively donated almost $60 million to the president and his allies in the two years before their nominations. That's a real escalation, even as he's only filled a quarter of the posts.

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The PEPPER Act would give high-ranking Trump administration officials an exclusive pass from any future state or federal prosecutions. Our government officials should be held accountable. We urge Congress to reject this bill.

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Meta donated $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund last year. And since January, the company has visited the White House three times, lobbying the Trump administration to help them avoid an antitrust trial. That's unusual.

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OMB took down the website that shows how it directs agencies to spend taxpayer money, leaving the public in the dark. That's illegal, so we sued.

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

The OMB's removal of its apportionment website denies the American public information that is critical to ensuring transparency, ethics and integrity in government. CREW and 9 other organizations urge the OMB to immediately restore this website.

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In just over two months, Trump and his allies have fired 34 political appointees across the government who make sure our government runs. These firings are an unprecedented attack on independent agencies and government accountability.

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Earlier this year, Coinbase, a platform for trading cryptocurrency, was being sued for acting as an unregistered securities exchange. Coinbase spent over $75 million during the last election, then donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. Then the SEC dropped its lawsuit.

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BREAKING: The Trump administration’s removal of the OMB's apportionment website is illegal. We're suing, alongside @publiccitizen.bsky.social, to ensure transparency about how the government is spending taxpayer money.

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President Trump said he didn't know Trevor Milton after he pardoned him. But what we do know is this: Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to the Trump 47 committee shortly before the election.

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Trump pardoned crypto exchange BitMEX, potentially wiping out the $100 million fine it owed and making it legally impossible for federal prosecutors to pursue the firm. This is yet another crypto company that the Trump administration has let off the hook.

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The closure of the CDC's entire FOIA office violates FOIA and the Administrative Procedures Act. Americans deserve to have transparency into the CDC’s operations. That's why we sued.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Ousted government officials will testify at a hearing today, led by @schiff.senate.gov and @raskin.house.gov, about the Trump administration's attack on the rule of law. We commend this effort to restore accountability. Stream the hearing at 3:30 pm ET here:

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Just your daily reminder that court orders are not optional and presidents aren't kings.

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Trump uses TruthSocial to announce appointments, publicize his executive orders and complain about judges—all of which makes it more or less necessary for journalists, politicians, and watchdogs to check the site. That's good for Trump's business.

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"Waltz’s team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the world" With this many active Signal chats, how could they be complying with records law?

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BREAKING: We're suing to challenge the destruction of the CDC's FOIA office, which violates both the FOIA and Administrative Procedures Act. It is crucial that Americans have transparency into the CDC’s operations and DOGE’s apparent interference in public health agencies.

submitted 8 days ago • 9 comments

The Saudi-funded LIV golf tournament at Trump's Doral property today raises real and unprecedented Emoluments Clause issues.

submitted 9 days ago • 24 comments

The Trump administration must be held accountable by the judiciary and the public for any attempts to defy court orders related to immigration. If they aren't, we may see them try to disregard other court orders that go against their policy goals.

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Trump's firing of two Democratic FTC commissioners flies in the face Humphrey’s Executor v. U.S, a SCOTUS decision holding that the president can't fire commissioners on policy grounds. The commissioners are challenging their firing as illegal.

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Trump nominated a former congressman who reportedly put his mistress on his campaign payroll to be inspector general of the Labor Department. So someone with alleged ethical lapses would be in charge of rooting out ethical lapses...

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During the second Trump administration, there's even more we don't know about his finances than the first time around, like who's invested in World Liberty Financial or who's buying Trump meme coins, Trump-branded Bibles or Trump-branded sneakers.

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