David Fahrenthold

As usual, I will send a NYT coffee mug to anyone whose tip leads us to a story. Truly a beautiful statement piece that you can design your kitchen and/or home around. store.nytimes.com/collections/be…

We wrote last month about no-bid contracts that the Trump administration has given to the firm that organized Trump's Jan. 6, 2021 rally at the Ellipse. We'd love to know more about those contracts -- and to know about others that deserve scrutiny. nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/…

YOUR HELP NEEDED: Do you know of a no-bid federal contract we ought to be examining? Tell us here. nytimes.com/2026/04/06/us/…

The feds didn’t speak to or subpoena Les Wexner, Leon Black or Jes Staley. They don’t appear to have interviewed anyone at JPMorgan about its 15-year relationship. They concluded that Deutsche Bank was not guilty before interviewing key employees. nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/…

NEW and BREAKING: Initially, prosecutors in the US attorney's office in DC took a slow approach to the investigation into the six law makers Trump wanted prosecuted for sedition. Then something abruptly changed, and the US Attorney, Judge Jeanine, instructed her team to bring the indictments. The case blew up. This is how the Trump DOJ operates. nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/… w/@alanfeuer @GlennThrush

How to lobby Trump: A Detroit billionaire opposes a new bridge connecting Michigan with Canada that would compete with one that he owns. On Monday, he met with @HowardLutnick, who then called Trump. Trump then threatened to block the new bridge. nytimes.com/2026/02/10/wor…

NEW: It's not just Minneapolis. U.S. attorneys offices around the country are in a free fall with 14% of employees fleeing last year, a catastrophic exodus. Recruiting is stalled over Trump loyalty demands. Me @alanfeuer @dvdwyer @londonoe @nytmike nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/…

NYT: FBI agents equipped with a signed warrant prepared to document blood spatter and bullet holes in Renee Good's SUV received orders to stop, including from Kash Patel. The fear? "a civil rights investigation would contradict Trump’s claim that Good “violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer” who fired at her as she drove her vehicle." nytimes.com/2026/02/07/us/…

⁦@dugganwapo⁩’s last WaPo piece before being laid off is the kind of intricate masterpiece he has been writing since joining the paper in 1987. He is a newspaper original, a reporter at the top of the craft. washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/…

SCOOP: @Freedom250 — the group launched by Trump to oversee projects including the @UFC fight on the WH lawn & his arch overlooking DC — is offering access to him for donors who give $1M. For $2.5M, donors can speak at the national July 4 celebration. nytimes.com/2026/02/08/us/…

Picked up my notebook this morning — full of notes from a recent reporting trip — and got hit with another wave of grief over all the stories that now won't be told. I'm looking for work, preferably in Kyiv, should anyone need a dogged, empathetic reporter. DM/email.

My colleague Marty Weil is one of The Post’s last living ties to Watergate. He’s covered stories that range from local crime to the Sept. 11 attacks to whimsical weather musings. After 60 years, he was laid off yesterday by email. nytimes.com/2026/02/05/bus…

.@elonmusk's nonprofit grows to $14B. But, for the fourth year in a row, it gave away less than the legal minimum requred for the year. And 85 percent of its giving went to other nonprofits in Mr. Musk's orbit -- including a school next to his business compound in Bastrop Texas. nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/…

Our look at the orders that lead to the first boat strike. nytimes.com/2025/12/01/us/…

NEW: In a letter to Trump, Juan Orlando Hernandez cast himself as the victim of “political persecution” by Biden's DOJ & compared his fate to @POTUS's. Trump announced a pardon of Hernandez hours after receiving the letter. Hernandez was freed yesterday. nytimes.com/2025/12/02/us/…

The days when dictators could live in gilded exile with fortunes in secret Swiss bank accounts are over. They know that jail or worse await should they leave power. And that’s a major reason why Nicolas Maduro is unlikely to abdicate peacefully. wsj.com/world/americas…

The full article can be found at this gift link: nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/…

AC-130 gunships lasing targets. Griffin missiles captured fractions of a second before impact. RQ-4 Global Hawk drones filming it all. Seeing beyond the redactions in the Pentagon’s attack videos w/ @docubrent @carolrosenberg @cjchivers nytimes.com/2025/11/26/us/…

NYT: in 2017, Trump’s scheduled events started at 10:31 a.m. on average. In 2025, Trump has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m. The number of Trump’s total official appearances has decreased by 39 %. In 2017, Trump held 1,688 official events between Jan. 20 and Nov. 25 of that year. For that same time period this year, Trump has appeared in 1,029 official events. nytimes.com/2025/11/25/us/…