Author: Robert Schmad

A small and financially opaque drug research nonprofit group based in Ohio has managed to get its research cited extensively in high-prestige publications such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Reuters. A Washington Examiner review of public records, however, found that the organization, 46brooklyn Research, has strong ties to the pharmaceutical industry,…

EXCLUSIVE — Former President Barack Obama’s administration may have skirted the law when it moved to approve the unionization of Transportation Security Administration screeners in 2011, according to Freedom of Information Act documents shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner by Americans for Fair Treatment. AFFT, an organization that assists public-sector workers dissatisfied with their union…

An immigrant group behind a major lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship receives millions of dollars in government funding annually, a Washington Examiner analysis of public records has found. CASA, an organization that helps migrants find work regardless of their legal status, filed the lawsuit alongside the Asylum Seeker…

As questions swirl about USAID‘s future and its alleged liberal bias, a Washington Examiner review has found that the agency feeds many of its prominent alumni into left-of-center activist and research organizations.  From interns to chief administrators, former USAID employees currently serve in various positions at nonprofit organizations with strong links to the Democratic Party…

The Department of Education, which is facing the ax under President Donald Trump’s new administration, set aside over $300 million in grants intended to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion by prioritizing resources for racial minorities, according to a Washington Examiner analysis of grant records. Federal disbursements identified by the Washington Examiner occurred under both the…

At least six of the inspectors general recently dismissed by President Donald Trump had a history of donating to Democratic political committees, a Washington Examiner analysis has found. In a move the New York Times described as a “late-night purge,” Trump fired at least 18 of the 73 federal inspectors general, the officials responsible for…

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has asserted that it spends more money on providing services to migrants and refugees than it receives in federal grants for that purpose. A Washington Examiner review of the USCCB’s annual financial audit forms reveals that claim to be accurate. Claims that the Catholic Church was benefitting from…

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) diverted hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds to the Sanders Institute, a nonprofit organization run by his wife and stepson. The charity temporarily shut down during the senator’s second presidential run “so there could not even be an appearance of impropriety.” Between April 2021 and November 2024, Sanders directed…

Days before Donald Trump took office, the Biden Department of Education opened an application for $75 million worth of grant funding aimed at recruiting and retaining more nonwhite teachers, according to federal records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The program, dubbed Supporting Effective Educator Development, makes tens of millions of dollars available to eligible nonprofits…

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, the largest lobbying firm by revenue in the United States, has yet to terminate its relationship with Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent nearly two weeks after the Defense Department designated it as a “Chinese military company,” public records show. On Jan. 7, the Pentagon added Tencent to its list of entities that…