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Donald Trump rewarding million-dollar donors with plum postings

Update, Dec. 9, 2016, 2:22 p.m.: This story has been updated.Donald Trump routinelyblasts his political foes for “pay-to-play” politics and “crony capitalism and corruption.”But Trump is now rewarding...

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Trump and immigration: tough talk masks a complex reality

During a Republican primary debate last February, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida seized a moment. He asserted that even though Donald Trump the candidate was attacking undocumented immigrants, Trump the...

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Data journalism pioneer David Donald dead at 64

Former Center for Public Integrity data editor David Donald, a pioneer and leader in the development of modern computer-assisted reporting worldwide, died Saturday at Reston Hospital Center in Virginia...

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‘Get someone up here. We’re all dying.’

Editor's note: Al Jazeera English produced a film version of this story as part of its "Fault Lines" documentary series.ANACORTES, Wash. — From 500 yards away, John Moore felt the concussion before he...

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Lobbying muscle may help tech titans trump Trump

The conventional wisdom in the nation’s capital is that President-elect Donald Trump is bad news for Silicon Valley technology giants and their policy agendas. And it’s easy to see why that’s the...

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Federal Election Commission: a forgotten tool in Donald Trump’s ‘drain the...

Donald Trump panned “pay-to-play” politics, blasted "rigged" elections and vowed to "drain the swamp" that is Washington, D.C.But Trump has so far forsaken the very government agency Congress created...

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Key findings of investigation into harder-to-abuse opioids

The Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity investigated how pharmaceutical companies are using their political clout to push a new form of opioids as their answer to the epidemic of...

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Drugmakers set to gain as taxpayers foot new opioid costs

Critics say the answer pharmaceutical companies are pushing to address the ongoing opioid crisis boosts their profits while forcing taxpayers to shoulder the costs.Some drugmakers aim to replace...

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Drugmakers push profitable, but unproven, opioid solution

Editor's note: This is the latest installment of an ongoing series. The first parts explored the state political efforts surrounding opioids and how a loose coalition of drugmakers and industry-backed...

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South Carolina legislator indicted in ethics probe

A prominent South Carolina legislator highlighted in a 2015 investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and The Post and Courier was indicted Wednesday on 30 counts of ethics violations.Rep. Jim...

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Tillerson directed offshore company used in Russia deals

Rex Tillerson, the ExxonMobil chieftain nominated by Donald Trump to be Secretary of State, was a director of an offshore company in the Bahamas that is at the heart of Exxon’s close business dealings...

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How Panama's revolving door helps shadowy industry defy reform

Panama’s leaders were defiant after the Panama Papers scandal broke open April 3 via hundreds of news stories circling the globe.President Juan Carlos Varela’s chief of staff, Álvaro Alemán, called the...

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Donald Trump's sons behind nonprofit selling access to president-elect

A new Texas nonprofit led by Donald Trump’s grown sons is offering access to the freshly-minted president during inauguration weekend — all in exchange for million-dollar donations to unnamed...

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Another nuclear weapons contractor pays millions to settle charges of...

This article has been co-published with USA Today/Gannett.A $67.5 million payment by a major nuclear weapons contractor to settle claims that it illegally spent federal funds is the latest in a series...

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How a trumped-up fundraiser with the first family imploded

A pay-to-play soiree offering the ultra-wealthy access to newly inaugurated President Donald Trump is unraveling — after the Center for Public Integrity on Monday revealed that Trump’s adult sons are...

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EPA issues controversial rule designed to improve safety at chemical facilities

More than three years after an official prompt from the President, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a long-awaited rule aimed at preventing disasters like the 2010 refinery...

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The Center's best big business investigations from 2016

The Center for Public Integrity spent 2016 like we've spent every year since 1989: revealing abuses of power, corruption and betrayal of public trust by powerful public and private institutions.Here...

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By the numbers: Election 2016

304: Number of Electoral College Votes won by Republican President-elect Donald Trump2.8 million: Number of votes by which Democrat Hillary Clinton beat Trump in the national popular vote$2.17 billion:...

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The Center's best environment-related investigations from 2016

The Center for Public Integrity spent 2016 like we've spent every year since 1989: revealing abuses of power, corruption and betrayal of public trust by powerful public and private institutions.Here...

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The Center's best statehouse reporting from 2016

The Center for Public Integrity spent 2016 like we've spent every year since 1989: revealing abuses of power, corruption and betrayal of public trust by powerful public and private institutions.Here...

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