Private financial interests, foreign gifts, conflicts of interest, pay-to-play concerns and disputed misuse of public office.
An internal Trust for the National Mall spreadsheet obtained by The Washington Post shows $333 million in private donations funding Trump's White House ballroom, including $25 million each from Nvidia, Apple, the Adelson...
The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sued the Trump administration on Oct. 14, seeking to block Jared Kushner from continuing to serve as a special envoy without publicly...
President Trump directed the White House counsel's office to examine allegations that a pledged Kennedy Center donation, said to be worth up to $17 million, never arrived, Axios reported Oct. 14. Former Trump attorney...
Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as U.S. ambassador to Greece on October 13, 2026, after the White House asked her to step down, press secretary Katie Zacharia confirmed. President Trump said he was "not happy" and had been...
A Public Citizen tracker published Oct. 7, 2026, found the Trump administration canceled 212 federal enforcement actions against 205 corporations since January 2025: 80 closed investigations, 67 dismissed lawsuits and 54...
The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration on October 7, 2026, calling federally funded television ads "illegal government-sponsored propaganda" and accusing Trump of personally directing them. The...
The Wall Street Journal reported, in a story relayed October 7, 2026, that it reviewed a text it says U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle sent Kentucky donor Eric Deters on July 3, 2025 -- days before her...
The New York Times reported October 4, 2026, that the Department of Homeland Security finalized a $464 million no-bid contract for ten planes with Daedalus Aviation Corporation in the final hours of Kristi Noem's tenure...
Trump's personal stake in data-center-related stocks grew more than 600% over 2025, from $86,000-$415,000 to $2.9 million-$9.5 million, according to a CREW analysis of his 2026 financial disclosure published Oct. 1. The...
On October 1, 2026, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an attempt by Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and the Trump Organization to pause sanctions in their $10 billion...