Kristi Noem’s firing as secretary of homeland security came partly because her department bypassed competitive bidding for contracts. An ongoing joint investigation between the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism (CCIJ) and New Lines looks at how, under the Trump administration, ICE has used an “urgency stipulation” to privilege favored contractors.
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When Africa lobbies America, it favors Trump connections With Trump in office, the ranks of lobbyists for African nations include: a right-wing Newsmax commentator, a hunting friend of Donald Trump Jr., a Proud Boy who attacked Capitol Hill and extremist provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. By Andrew W. Lehren, Trenton Daniel, Peter Aldhous, Sonya Dymova and Ajibola
When Africa lobbies America, it favors Trump connections. Read More »
A CCIJ analysis details the depth of U.S. aid cuts to Africa. The slashed programs fight famine, shelter refugees, combat diseases. They even promote America’s national pastime, baseball. Now: “True chaos” reigns in the face of deaths and humanitarian crises. The financial toll is likely much larger.
What Africa lost under Trump: at least $5 billion. What it got in return: “true chaos.” Read More »
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