for breaking news that the Trump administrationâs new U.S. advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos was stacked with trophy hunters. https://usat.ly/2IvcHyh
for reporting based on the ironic twist behind President Donald Trumpâs tweets that criticized Baltimore as a ârat and rodent infested messâ â some of those rodents are in apartments owned by his own son-in-law, Jared Kushner.Other news organizations had pointed out that some of the Kushner-owned properties in the Baltimore area had been cited for rodents, as well as mold, bedbugs, leaks and other problems. But AP's team wanted to put a human face to the story, getting Kushnerâs tenants to talk about their experiences and what they thought of Trumpâs tweets. New Yorkâs Condon, who has previously reported on Kushnerâs background as a landlord, and the Baltimore team found tenants who were willing to tell their stories, show the holes where the rodents crept in, and give their opinions on both Trump and Kushner. The story got huge play, even cracking the homepage of the hometown Baltimore Sun. https://bit.ly/2YuMCuV
for capturing how President Donald Trumpâs immigration policies and rhetoric are leaving some Mexican-Americans and immigrants feeling at odds with a holiday they already thought was appropriated by liquor companies, event promoters and bars. http://apne.ws/2pE3Xyh
for uncovering a secret $30,000 agreement â with a $1 million penalty â negotiated by the parent company of the National Enquirer to prevent other news organizations from investigating a salacious tip about Donald Trump's sex life until after the 2016 presidential election. https://bit.ly/2IND95x
for her story showing how the deepening secrecy surrounding Ivanka Trumpâs supply chains makes it impossible to understand who the company is doing business with in China. http://bit.ly/2yDDlQK
for reaching the family of Army Sgt. La David Johnson, including the aunt who raised him as a son, and reporting that the woman felt the president had shown âdisrespectâ for the slain soldier during a condolence call to the family. http://nydn.us/2hfC4rM
for being ahead on the news that First Lady Melania Trumpâs first big international solo trip will be to Africa. https://bit.ly/2N61Kby
for getting the artistic director of Shakespeare in the Park's production of âJulius Caesarâ to explain his rationale for having a Donald Trump lookalike in the lead role knifed to death on stage. http://bit.ly/2sxxVpX
for following up on a relatively obscure blog entry that mentioned the use of stock video footage by President Donald Trumpâs campaign. Condon reported that the campaign was using stock video models to portray actual supporters in Facebook ads, and the models were not even in the United States but in France, Turkey and Brazil. Condon's story was one of APâs most widely read of the past week.
for revealing exclusively that Donald Trump Jr. and a hedge fund manager who helped raise millions for the Trump campaign â and who later lobbied National Security Council officials â had an undisclosed business relationship dating back years. http://nydn.us/2GRAQyK
for landing an exclusive report about the columnist E. Jean Carroll seeking a DNA sample from President Donald Trump to potentially back her accusation that he raped her in a department store dressing room. Peltz raised the question of DNA testing with Carrollâs legal team last November and stayed in contact with the team, prompting them to reach out with the news that they had tested the dress Carroll wore during the alleged assault. https://bit.ly/36ZTaRM
for exclusively obtaining Customs and Border Protection memos that showed how the Trump administration was carrying out a program that requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases play out, including the instruction that border agents explicitly target Spanish speakers and migrants from Latin America. https://bit.ly/2HvWomX
for setting the agenda with a story about Jim, Donald Trumpâs mysterious friend who allegedly no longer goes to Paris because of terrorism in the city. http://bit.ly/2ubLgnS
for an enterprise project that accurately anticipated a major change in the nation's school choice movement; two weeks later, it happened after President Donald Trump released his federal budget proposal. http://apne.ws/2rRCEzH http://bit.ly/2qyGYmi
for a forensic investigation into how the theory of Ukraineâs interference in the 2016 election evolved from a vague mention into a major talking point for Trump and his allies and now stands at the heart of the presidentâs impeachment trial in the Senate. https://bit.ly/3718XR9
for breaking the result of the Trump administration's two-month review on North Korea, which established the new U.S. policy of "maximum pressure and engagement." http://apne.ws/2oxebNm
for unearthing a document that showed the Trump administration doesnât consider conserving oil an economic imperative for the U.S., breaking with decades-old policy on conservation. https://bit.ly/2o1DDfU
for an exclusive AP analysis of deleted tweets that revealed that disguised Russian agents worked to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump while refocusing online criticism toward Hillary Clinton during last yearâs U.S. presidential campaign.http://bit.ly/2zJMDhKhttp://bit.ly/2zJAGbChttp://bit.ly/2hx1ssO
Around last Novemberâs election, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trumpâs former campaign chairman, resurfaced as a priority for the APâs Washington investigative team when it became clear he was a leading focus of the governmentâs inquiry into whether Trumpâs campaign had coordinated with Russians to meddle in the presidential election.
Jeff Horwitz and Chad Day, along with AP colleagues in Washington and elsewhere, dove in and after weeks of reporting, learned that Manafort had worked for a Russian billionaire a decade ago and had proposed to him a plan to greatly benefit President Vladimir Putinâs government, even as U.S.-Russia relations under then-President George W. Bush grew worse.
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for repeatedly breaking news while covering the ill-fated effort to repeal Obamacare, including Trumpâs ultimatum to Republicans demanding a make-or-break vote. http://trib.in/2nN46j7