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Political Investigative Producer with @CBSNews. Formerly @VICENews, @OCCRP, @N_Map, @InsideNatGeo Young Explorer.
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Since January, @DonaldJTrumpJr has joined 8+ corporate boards, including Kalshi—a prediction market platform for betting on elections, sports, Taylor Swift streams & more.
@jolingkent sat down with Kalshi's CEOs to ask why they decided to bring on the President's eldest.
Madeleine May retweeted
In Kansas, a tornado warning for Republicans: our @CBSEveningNews report on the ground for one of the surprises of the cycle. We spent time with a Trump supporting cattle rancher who told me he’s undecided on the Senate race and, for the first time, open to the Democrat:
At the $TRUMP coin gala next month, the top 185 holders of the meme coin will have the chance to hear the President speak.
Our @cbsnews investigative team looked into the top buyers of $TRUMP so far, and found that many may be based overseas.
With @gekaminsky @BySteveReilly
More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump's next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers are based overseas, according to a CBS News analysis. cbsn.ws/3W8vVUC
Madeleine May retweeted
NEW: More than half of the 100 wallets listed as competing for seats at President Trump's Nov. 22 meme coin dinner used crypto exchanges that bar U.S. customers, @CBSNews found
w/ @madbmay + @BySteveReilly
Madeleine May retweeted
New — Republicans and Democrats are divided over almost everything in Washington. Apparently that includes where to eat.
@washingtonsun analyzed 1.6M+ FEC operating-expenditure records and found campaigns spent more than $9M at 829 D.C.-area restaurants this cycle.
Republicans’ top spot: The Capital Grille, where GOP campaigns spent more than $500k. / Democrats’ favorite: Paraiso, followed by Osteria Morini, AMA and L’Ardente.
There was a big divide in how much the parties spent: Republican campaigns dropped about $5M at restaurants compared with $3.9M for Democrats — despite almost the exact same number of campaigns in the analysis.
Steve Scalise was the biggest spender of all, with nearly $517k across 79 restaurants, including almost $117k at Ocean Prime.
Hakeem Jeffries led Democrats with more than $160k across 31 restaurants, including nearly $45k at Osteria Morini.
More on what Washington run: Politics and food
washingtonsun.com/campaigns/…
Madeleine May retweeted
CBS News will continue to shed more light on what’s regarded as an invisible war.
My latest reporting w/@JimLaPorta.
cbsnews.com/news/iran-attack…
Madeleine May retweeted
NEWS: Trump to host "most EXCLUSIVE DINNER IN THE WORLD" for top 185 purchasers of his meme crypto
Buying $1M (or less!) worth of $TRUMP coin should get you in Nov 22
Trump has pocketed $635 million
Investors down +$4 billion on Trump crypto
Invite ⬇️
washingtonsun.com/whitehouse…
Madeleine May retweeted
We traveled to the African country of Liberia to speak to Latin American deportees ICE sent thousands of miles away from their homelands.
Today, the Supreme Court allowed those “third country” deportations to continue.
Our 10-min report from West Africa:
Madeleine May retweeted
The Trump administration spent $9.5 billion on employee administrative leave costs in 2025, a sixfold increase from 2023 spurred by Elon Musk's effort to shrink the government, @aaronlarnavarro reports
cbsnews.com/news/doge-deferr…
Madeleine May retweeted
CBS News Exclusive: New photos reveal widespread damage at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East caused by Iranian attacks. cbsn.ws/4iP6Nfd
Madeleine May retweeted
CBS Exclusive: We traveled to West Africa to speak to Latin American deportees the Trump administration has effectively banished here.
We met a Brazilian woman, and men from Colombia, Venezuela and other nations. They said they had never heard of Liberia before being sent here.
Madeleine May retweeted
In a hidden-camera operation, pardon brokers Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl said that for $300,000, they could help a felon get a pardon from the president. They said their services included working with influencers to advocate for his case. cbsn.ws/3VdugN7
Madeleine May retweeted
Scoop: 4 anonymous accounts that perfectly correspond w/ Trump & sons’ holdings have taken first step to enable offloading of family’s own crypto, records show
Could be worth billions of dollars
Meanwhile, retail investors have lost +$1B
washingtonsun.com/donald-tru…
Madeleine May retweeted
COMING SOON. A NEW @cbsnews hidden camera investigation with @60Minutes from an elite reporting team that includes @dklaidman @gekaminsky @callieshayt and @mkaplantv youtu.be/9plEwx4_yak
Madeleine May retweeted
Inside meetings discussing how to comply with Trump's executive order regulating mail voting, top U.S. Postal Service officials expressed concerns that the rules they were drafting could block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters.
NEW: propublica.org/article/mail-…
New from @CBSNews : A whistleblower from USPS shared details of a new program that has the potential to disenfranchise millions of voters who cast their ballots by mail.
cbsnews.com/news/whistleblow…
Madeleine May retweeted
Investigative journalism provides the truth. Film and TV provide the audience. Floodlight is the bridge between them.
The global call for story proposals for the 2027 Floodlight Summit in Cartagena, Colombia is now open. Journalists: submit your reporting for a chance to present your work to leading creators in the entertainment industry.
Why apply?
🟦 Direct Access: Pitch your investigations to world-class directors, screenwriters, and producers.
🟦 Expert Coaching: Learn to "think in characters" and refine your reporting for the screen.
🟦 Proven Impact: Stories from previous Floodlight Summits are currently in development across Europe and the Americas.
Deadline: June 15 Apply here: buff.ly/NGE4mR8
Madeleine May retweeted
Another day, another story on this website about the Trump / Witkoff families' World Liberty Financial.
Now, @justinsuntron has something to say.
I wonder if he's read our @OCCRP investigation from last week. What does he think of it?
New huge investigation from me & partners @OCCRP and @GuardianAus.
This picture, which has never been seen before, shows Donald Trump Jr. and Zach Witkoff, the son of Trump's "peace envoy" meeting in Singapore last October with Jacky Sui (in glasses), one of the main people behind AB, a new blockchain network.
AB and the Trump+Witkoff family's World Liberty Financial partnered last year to integrate WLFI's stablecoin, USD1, on AB's blockchain.
The agreement came just months after AB announced another unrelated "flagship project": a crypto-themed resort in Southeast Asia.
It turns out that that the resort, in the tiny, impoverished country of Timor-Leste, involved people sanctioned by the U.S. for alleged ties to the world's biggest cyber fraud and human trafficking syndicate, the Prince Group.
Madeleine May retweeted
ICE has secretly secured leases at over 150 locations in nearly ever state in the US as it races to expand its footprint.
Read @LeahFeiger's incredible scoop about how the campaign came about, efforts to keep it a secret and where ICE is going next
wired.com/story/ice-expansio…
Madeleine May retweeted
A Republican-led resolution could trigger tax season chaos, potentially pushing D.C.'s filing deadlines into the fall, depriving the city of almost $700 million in revenue, and eliminating tax credits for low-income residents. 51st.news/republican-bill-ta…
