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Tom Dreisbach
Tom Dreisbach is a correspondent on NPR's Investigations team focusing on breaking news stories.
His reporting on issues like COVID-19 scams and immigration detention has sparked federal investigations and has been cited by members of congress. Earlier, Dreisbach was a producer and editor for NPR's Embedded, where his work examined how opioids helped cause an HIV outbreak in Indiana, the role of video evidence in police shootings and the controversial development of Donald Trump's Southern California golf club. In 2018, he was awarded a national Edward R. Murrow Award from RTDNA. Prior to Embedded, Dreisbach was an editor for All Things Considered, NPR's flagship afternoon news show.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the reason an upside down U.S. flag was flying at his house, was that his wife put it up because of a beef with a neighbor. We’ll hear from that neighbor.
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Many federal judges receive free rooms and subsidized travel to luxury resorts for legal conferences. NPR found that dozens of judges did not fully disclose the perks they got.
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A California judge has recommended that attorney John Eastman be disbarred and pay a $10,000 fine for his role in Donald Trump's legal efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Earlier this month while speaking to the auto industry, former President Trump predicted a "bloodbath" if he loses the November election. How might his rhetoric apply to Jan. 6 cases?
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Donald Trump has repeatedly promised that if he wins the 2024 presidential election he will issue pardons for "many" of the rioters convicted of crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Under pressure, the government released a report examining the death of an immigrant in ICE custody. The report found multiple failures, but did not indicate they caused the migrant's death.
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Newly disclosed evidence revealed an apparent conflict of interest for Biden adviser Anita Dunn, when she consulted for an Illinois politician facing #MeToo related allegations in 2018.
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NPR obtained confidential files from the U.S. government which reveal "barbaric" and "negligent" treatment at ICE detention centers.
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Attorney John Eastman worked on former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The State Bar of California is trying to revoke Eastman's law license.
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An NPR investigation has raised questions about whether the nonprofit Conservative Partnership Institute may be violating a legal ban on participating in political campaign activities.