William Turton
I am an investigative reporter focusing on the Department of Government Efficiency.
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I have previously worked at WIRED, Bloomberg News, and Vice.
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint
At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries that employed them.
by William Turton, Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Al Shaw and Jake Pearson,
Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material
The request, spelled out in an email obtained by ProPublica, comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees or federal agencies.
by William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing and Andy Kroll,
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing, Annie Waldman, Brett Murphy, Andy Kroll, Justin Elliott, Kirsten Berg, William Turton, Sebastian Rotella, Alex Mierjeski, Pratheek Rebala and Al Shaw,
A Mysterious Facebook Group Is Using Bernie Sanders’ Image to Urge Democrats to Vote for the Green Party
The party’s candidates, which a group called America Progress Now is endorsing, say they’ve never heard of it. The group hasn’t registered with the Federal Election Commission as required.
by Jeremy B. Merrill, ProPublica, William Turton, VICE News,