Trump quietly clears the road for Musk’s Cybercab
“It’d be wonderful for the United States to have a national set of rules for autonomous driving”
Straight talk about Hormuz
No matter how many times Trump says it, it doesn't make it true.
PopInfo Weekly: Predictions, prescriptions, and payouts
Independent accountability journalism.
Massive giveaway to Trump donors buried in obscure government document
The administration quietly delivers a huge win to corporate poultry processors, who have donated tens of millions to Trump and his allies, at the expense of family farmers.
UPDATE: Kalshi, CNBC, and CNN respond
On Monday, a joint investigation by Popular Information and Public Notice revealed that Kalshi has been heavily promoted by CNN and CNBC since Kalshi inked a financial partnership…
“Pump and dump”: How Trump made $636 million — and left his supporters holding the bag
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump released his 927-page financial disclosure. The filing, which reveals the sources of his income, shows that Trump made at least $2.2 billion in…
UPDATE: The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs
A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity…
Gas stations are using AI to inflate prices, new lawsuit alleges
A new federal lawsuit alleges that gas station companies across California are engaged in an illegal conspiracy, powered by AI software, to raise prices.
UPDATE: Polymarket ends sponsorship of election misinformation
On Monday, Popular Information revealed that a network of at least 16 online influencers was pushing election misinformation in posts on X sponsored by Polymarket, a popular…
PopInfo Weekly: Ballrooms, bullets, and billions
Nearly a year ago, President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” cut $18.7 billion annually from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
A citizen’s guide to Ken Paxton
Last month, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the state’s Republican runoff for US Senate by nearly 30 points, delivering a resounding defeat to incumbent Senator John Cornyn…
PopInfo Weekly: Bombs, babies, and busted budgets
As communities across the country are fighting new data center projects, states are not only allowing data centers to be built, but many are also providing billions of dollars in…
PopInfo Weekly: PACs, pumps, and pursuits
Newly filed FEC documents reveal that three PACs that claim to oppose Trump and Republican policies — Lead Left PAC, Real Change PAC, and California Blue PAC — are wholly funded…
How Kalshi infects the news
After inking financial deals with CNBC and CNN, Kalshi's prediction markets have become ubiquitous on cable news.
GOP Senate candidate spent $400,000 of taxpayer money on campaign-style ads
Georgia Congressman Mike Collins is using public funds to pay a political ad firm — the same firm that makes his Senate campaign ads.
Trump changed the rules for Park Police. Now an innocent man is dead.
It was played for laughs during an August 2025 cabinet meeting. Since then, things have turned deadly.
Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is making kids go hungry
Hundreds of thousands of children in Arizona have been pushed off nutrition assistance.
Trump’s smear campaign against E. Jean Carroll ends in failure
President Donald Trump has hit the end of the line.
The real cost of the Iran War: $103 billion in 120 days
Testifying before the House Appropriations Committee last week, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought said the US had spent $30 billion on the Iran War.
Progressive Champions PAC is a GOP front
Progressive Champions PAC, a super PAC created last month, says on its website that its mission is to “elect bold, progressive candidates up and down the ballot.” On Friday,…
RFK Jr., Scientology, and the war on antidepressants
Kennedy has an ongoing financial connection to a Scientology-linked law firm that spent decades suing antidepressant manufacturers.
What is Todd Blanche still hiding about Epstein?
Blanche was ordered by a federal judge to disclose more documents by July 2. But he still hasn't done it.