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MAGA'S THE WORD

Gabbard Uses Trumpy Privilege to Keep Secret Intel Hidden

The president’s director of national intelligence told lawmakers she can’t share a top-secret complaint because of “executive privilege.”

Will Neal

A photo illustration of Tulsi Gabbard in front of top secret stamps.
SHOWDOWN

Tulsi Whistleblower Issues Ultimatum Over Secret Complaint

Trump’s director of national intelligence is facing mounting pressure over the cloak-and-dagger saga.

Will Neal

Eric Burlison speaking to congress.
OUT OF THIS WORLD

Video Shows UFO Unscathed After Being Hit by Missile

A never-before-seen video of a UFO traveling at extreme speed is played in a Capitol Hill Congressional hearing.

Amber Brace

Illustration of Pete Hegseth
DEPARTMENT OF DISSENT

Pentagon Whistleblowers to Call for Pete Hegseth’s Removal

Since at least May, top-ranking and mid-level military officials have circulated drafts of a letter slamming the defense secretary for having “no clue what he’s doing.”

Will Neal

Emil Bove, President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, testifies during his Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing on June 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.
HOTSEAT

Trump Lawyer Pressed Over ‘F*** You’ Courts Claim

Emil Bove was grilled by Democrats on his work at the Justice Department.

Sarah Ewall-Wice

President Donald Trump speaks during an executive order signing in the Oval Office at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
STEP TOO FAR

Judge Stops Trump Firing the Head of Anti-Corruption Office

The independent agency is supposed to be safe from political reprisals so it can protect whistleblowers.

Janna Brancolini

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A 777X flight test aircraft takes off from Paine Field on June 26, 2024, in Everett, Washington.
BROKEN WINGS

Boeing Grounds 777X Tests Fleet After Cracks Discovered

The aircraft manufacturer’s horrible year just got worse, with more problems for its much delayed new plane.

Will Neal

Bodies of Boeing 787s in a row in a factory
Safety Briefing

Boeing Whistleblower: ‘Scrap’ Parts Went Into Dreamliners

A 30-year veteran of the troubled airline giant has alleged to CNN that parts unsuitable for flight were put back into planes at the Everett, WA, factory.

Ben Sherwood

A triptych of John Barnett
OFFICIAL FINDING

Coroner: Boeing Whistleblower’s Death Was a Suicide

The investigation into John Barnett’s death revealed a suicide note only he could have written and evidence of “chronic stress.”

Pilar Melendez

A Boeing jet sits on a runway with a cloudy sky in the background.
‘BRAVE, HONEST MAN’

Boeing Whistleblower’s Family Blames Company for His Death

“He was suffering from PTSD and anxiety attacks as a result of being subjected to the hostile work environment at Boeing which we believe led to his death.”

Josh Fiallo

A Boeing 777-9 jetliner aircraft.
MYSTERIOUS

Boeing Whistleblower Dies Amid Testimony Against Company

John Barnett was found in his truck in a hotel parking lot with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

AJ McDougall

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