Media

Trump Media Company Unveils Insider Trading Service

Robert Reich / Substack Jul 22, 2026 The private data feed will provide “licensed, real-time access to posts from the highest-ranking Truth Social accounts” before anyone else knows about them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Trump Market Manipulation

Adam Zyglis Mar 26, 2026 Dig deeper

Courts & Law

Pam Bondi Sold More Than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced His Tariffs

Robert Faturechi, Brandon Roberts / ProPublica May 15, 2025 Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold shares on April 2, just before Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Politics

New Calls for Trading Ban After Lawmakers Beat the Market in 2023

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Jan 4, 2024 "Members of Congress should not be allowed to trade stock," said one former congressional candidate. "It's corruption." Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Facing Indictment, GOP Rep. Chris Collins Won’t Seek Re-Election

The Associated Press Aug 11, 2018 The New York congressman says he will fill out his term but retracts his earlier vow to stay on the ballot. He faces charges of insider trading involving a biotechnology company. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

GOP Congressman From New York Charged With Insider Trading

TOM HAYS / The Associated Press Aug 8, 2018 Christopher Collins is arrested on charges that he fed inside information he gleaned from sitting on the board of a biotechnology company to his son, helping themselves and others dodge hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses when bad news came out. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Do You Know What Banks Are Actually Doing With Your Money?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 23, 2014 Russell Brand sits down with Max Keiser, who hosts a financial show on RT, to ask him to explain some of the things a lot of us don't understand about banks. Keiser's answers may surprise and disgust you. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

How Inside Traders Are Rigging America and Contributing to the Savage Inequalities of American Life

Robert Reich / Truthdig Dec 18, 2014 Major players on Wall Street have been making tons of money not because they’re particularly clever but because they happen to be in the realm where a lot of coins come their way. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Justice Department Probes High-Speed Trading

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2014 File this under "In Case You Missed It" (or "ICYMI," for Twitter-savvy types): The U.S. Justice Department has launched a probe of high-speed trading to see whether it involves illegal insider trading, Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush Talks Cheney Relationship, Jon Stewart Blasts Congress, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Apr 25, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including an ex-Mitt Romney intern is arrested on suspicion of sexually extorting women and Mark Sanford debates a cardboard cutout of Nancy Pelosi. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hedge Fund Settles Insider Trading Case for $600 Million

Staff / Truthdig Mar 16, 2013 The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has won the largest ever settlement in an insider trading suit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Do As We Say, Congress Says, Before Doing What It Wants

By Theodoric Meyer, ProPublica Feb 1, 2013 Did you know Congress is exempt from portions of a number of federal laws, including provisions that protect workers in the private sector but don’t apply to the legislative branch’s approximately 30,000 employees? Here’s a look at some of the measures Congress exempts itself from. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )