Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott has renewed his border "disaster" order at least 69 times.
His agencies cited it for over $5 million in no-bid contracts, including for apartments and a Ford F-150.
Swamp Watch / Topics / Conflicts of interest in federal agencies
TopicConflicts of interest in federal agencies
Federal agencies hand out contracts, grants, waivers, and enforcement decisions worth billions of dollars. Conflicts of interest arise when the officials making those decisions, or their former employers and families, stand to gain.
Our receipts on the agencies cover no-bid contracts, ethics waivers, grants steered to connected firms, and cases dropped or slowed. Sources include agency records, inspector general reports, congressional reports, and news investigations.
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RFK Jr.'s HHS handed $86 million in teen pregnancy funds to a top official's former firm.
The money was meant for local programs across the country.
An HHS official’s family holds an eight-figure stake in a pharmaceutical company.
RFK Jr. waived the conflict of interest.
Trump's DHS used a no-bid loophole for almost 2/3 of its contract funds this year.
In 2024, it was less than 1%.
Palantir just got EXPOSED for donating millions to Trump's ballroom.
Under Trump, the company has received up to $11B in DOD contracts.
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A Trump CFTC official ordered staff to kill an insider trading referral on Iran war oil bets.
Billions of dollars in bets were placed 15 minutes before Trump's Truth Social post.
Trump housing chief Bill Pulte SLASHED the budget of the watchdog that investigated him.
This will shed up to 80% of its staff.
Hegseth's Pentagon has LOST or damaged 81 aircraft worth up to $3.3 billion in the Iran war.
He's asking Congress for a $1.5 trillion defense budget.
Top GOP fundraiser Palmer Luckey's company received a $2.9B Navy contract.
Days earlier, Hegseth put him on a Pentagon task force on future warfare.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin kept Noem's $108 million luxury jet deal with a donor's firm.
He considered canceling it, then backed off after talking to Trump's chief of staff.
