NEW We went undercover in Project 2025. Our investigation uncovered details of the secretive second phase of Project 2025 being led by a Trump insider, with plans to feed hundreds of highly-confidential battle plans directly into the Trump transition team. Watch here.

Read the full story with here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/tLmMttqWAf

In a letter to McFerran, @SenWarren said: “Your decision to work for an Evraz subsidiary in the wake of Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine and after its launching a full-scale war raises significant questions about your judgment and your commitment to U.S. national security.”

And after we and The Post asked questions about McFerran’s connections to Russia, a White House spokesperson told us yesterday that McFerran had abruptly withdrawn his nomination... https://t.co/nuJbW2m7u0

None of this was mentioned in Exim's press release announcing McFerran’s appointment in March. The webpage appears to have been deleted after we sent the bank questions about him.

Global tech and defense spending are accelerating as nations modernize their militaries and secure critical infrastructure. From AI to aerospace, innovation is driving the next wave of defense investment.

Evraz and Abramovich were sanctioned by the UK in 2022. According to ethics disclosures filed with the US government, McFerran was CFO at the subsidiary and worked there until March 2024. He also married into an influential Russian family with extensive ties to the Kremlin.

So what was McFerran doing before Exim...? He spent most of the past decade working for a subsidiary of Evraz, the metals and mining giant part-owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, our investigation with @washingtonpost found

McFerran donated almost $1m to the Trump 47 Committee last year. He was appointed Exim's acting chief banking officer in March. He has said the “administration is committed to returning America to its place as the energy super power”

Abacus Global Management $ABL Reports Third Quarter 2025 Results Third Quarter 2025 Highlights: • Total revenue for the third quarter grew 124% to $63.0 million, compared to $28.1 million in the prior-year period. The increase was driven by continued growth in Abacus’ Life

Exim has been one of the agencies pushing forward Trump’s plans for “American energy dominance” overseas. It recently greenlit a $4.7bn loan – the largest in its 91-year history – to oil major TotalEnergies for a controversial gas drilling project in Mozambique.

Casey Means isn’t the only one missing their Senate hearing today… Trump’s pick for a lead role at the US Export-Import Bank was due to appear before the Senate banking committee. But he's not there. Let us tell you why... 🧵

NEW | Our investigation with the Washington Post reveals how Trump's nominee for a key role of the US export bank has pulled out amid scrutiny over his connections in Russia. The export bank plays a key role in financing fossil fuel projects abroad and the nominee recently said

The White House told us that, coincidentally, its nominee for a senior role at the export bank, had *just* decided to withdraw from the process. I wonder what prompted that 🤔

Thankful for the opportunity to attend the Wake Forest Baseball Prospect Camp this weekend. Learned a lot from the coaches and truly enjoyed competing with so many talented players from the ’26–’29 classes. @wc_hitting @Djacksbaseball @PitchincoachPRO

NEW | Our investigation with the Washington Post reveals how Trump's nominee for a key role of the US export bank has pulled out amid scrutiny over his connections in Russia. The export bank plays a key role in financing fossil fuel projects abroad and the nominee recently said

New from @ClimateReport_ and The Washington Post Trump nominee at U.S. export bank withdraws amid scrutiny of Russia ties https://t.co/yyz6q4swDk

Australia is not the only election LaCivita claims to be working on - he's also advising the right in Albania. As he put it, that's “one place where American meddling in their elections is encouraged. Everywhere else, not so much’’. https://t.co/H3oB2W7Zrb

In a series of meetings with our undercover reporters, LaCivita revealed his global MAGA playbook. Put the victims of migrant crime on TV. Pick fights with institutions. And create coalitions with far-right political parties. https://t.co/gCTBvKweZ9

🚨 NEW 🚨 Trump’s 2024 campaign chief claimed he secretly worked with Australia’s Liberals ahead of the general election Leader Peter Dutton has rejected comparisons to Trump But Chris LaCivita told undercover reporters he had advised them – and the public ‘never knew I was

ICYMI ✍️ I guest edited a newsletter for my alma mater @TBIJ the other week, looking at the impact of our work digging into COP28 conflicts of interest ⬇️ Read it and sign up for The Spark here!

Introducing Context-Bench! To evaluate whether an agent can deliver truly accurate context to integrate the latest stacks. like Agno, Autogen, and LangGraph.

🚨 NEW🚨 COP is heading to the Amazon, with Edelman in talks for a role working on the event. But we found the PR giant has also developed a comms strategy for a Brazilian soy industry group lobbying to roll back protections for the rainforest... w/ @guardian

Edelman's work developing an “overarching communications strategy” and “message architecture playbook” for the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oils Industry (Abiove) in 2023 was included in docs filed by the agency to the US DoJ. Read the story here:

🚨 NEW🚨 COP is heading to the Amazon, with Edelman in talks for a role working on the event. But we found the PR giant has also developed a comms strategy for a Brazilian soy industry group lobbying to roll back protections for the rainforest... w/ @guardian