Wayne Barrett Project

Donald Trump Jr. teases about a political future. But what do we really know about him? In Charleston County, South Carolina, they know more than most.

How Jeff Sessions made it harder for judges to let immigrants stay in the US.

President Trump plans to make the poor work for Medicaid and food stamps. That’s highly lucrative for companies like Maximus.

In New York, where an LLC is legally a person, companies can use the vehicles to blast through campaign finance limits.

How Trump's business partnerships in India are creating conflicts of interest in the White House and corrupting the presidency.

A look at the Trumps’ years-long work in India, where corruption in the real estate industry is endemic.

The Trump Organization has five active projects in India, where real estate corruption is common.

Kamat discusses her months of reporting in India, investigating the Trump Organization’s lucrative real estate deals in the country, valued at an estimated $1.5 billion.

The New York City mayoral candidate says his achievements as a financier will equip him well to steer the city. But many of the mega-mergers he brokered left big batches of workers behind.

The de Blasio administration used the term to refer to gang crackdowns, domestic violence response, nuisance abatement, efforts to stop knife violence and more.

Do his comments on casinos, yeshivas and the teachers union suggest that his campaign has not done its homework?

Why One Immigrant Flew From Texas to New York Three Times for Her Hearing.

I tried to cover immigration hearings. One ICE attorney made sure I couldn’t.

The following are some of the negligences we saw after we spent three months in the immigration courts.

The goal of the project is to support ambitious reporting that builds on Wayne's journalistic legacy and focuses on politics and corruption in New York City and on the national stage.