New York Times investigative reporter, writing about the world of nonprofits. CNN political analyst. Please send story tips! daf@nytimes.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lveapc2fqc2nNEW: A shaky pilot, a wary instructor, an overwhelmed air-traffic controller: How three lives intersected tragically in the Jan. 29 disaster over the Potomac. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/us/politics/dc-plane-helicopter-crash.html?searchResultPosition=101 Aug 2025 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lveapc2fqc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lv6np5dvss2hNEW: How conservative Christians convinced the I.R.S. to grant them an exemption from a 70 year-old law, and let them endorse candidates from the pulpit. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/us/johnson-amendment-church-free-speech.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aU8.dJLf.U9YXL5C222M2&smid=url-share30 Jul 2025 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv6np5dvss2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lv2jf4ztn22rWhy we almost got a MAGA Instant Pot. https://www.nytimes.com/video/business/100000010304170/why-we-almost-got-a-maga-branded-instant-pot.html28 Jul 2025 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2jf4ztn22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lv2d5yk5x22qNEW: What happened to the MAGA Instant Pot? A tale of a private equity company -- and a beloved rice cooker -- trying and failing to navigate Washington's new rules.28 Jul 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2d5yk5x22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3ltwi4xy5ds2qNEW: The V.A. was under pressure to slash its spending. Then it started to feed DOGE misleading budget cuts.14 Jul 2025 13:20 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwi4xy5ds2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3ltg4dp3cts2rNEW TONIGHT: The IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to the decades-old ban on politicking by nonprofits. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/politics/irs-churches-politics-endorse-candidates.html08 Jul 2025 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltg4dp3cts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3ltg4dp3cts2rNEW TONIGHT: The IRS says that churches can now endorse candidates from the pulpit, carving out an exemption to the decades-old ban on politicking by nonprofits. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/politics/irs-churches-politics-endorse-candidates.html08 Jul 2025 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltg4dp3cts2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lpcs5e5kis27NEW: DOGE seeks to investigate another government budget watchdog, the Government Accountability Office.16 May 2025 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpcs5e5kis27https://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lp3bcdr4i226Update: @DOGE removes 31 more incorrect claims -- and $122M in savings -- from its "Wall of Receipts" after we identified they were wrong. The listings were wrong b/c the contracts DOGE claimed credit for killing were not dead anymore: agencies had revived them. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-trump.html13 May 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp3bcdr4i226https://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3loqlec25n22lNEW: Dozens of contracts killed by DOGE have now been resurrected by federal agencies. DOGE's website still lists them as "terminated," however, inflating the group's success with $200M+ in savings that have already vanished. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/us/politics/doge-musk-contracts-agencies.html09 May 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqlec25n22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lnuwnodkts2nNEW: After USDA cuts aid to food banks, one charity in WV tries to make lunch out of craisins, crackers and vegetable soup. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/politics/food-banks-trump-cuts-aid.html28 Apr 2025 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnuwnodkts2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lnfwtdrfic2oNEW: @schumer.senate.gov asks for the biggest "receipt" that's missing from DOGE's "Wall of Receipts" -- a $318M claim posted without documentation. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/us/politics/doge-claim-schumer.html22 Apr 2025 14:57 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnfwtdrfic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lmrujs5y3k2uThis is going to be an interesting experiment. I've got this request up now on X, BlueSky and LinkedIN, and we'll see which produces the mystery doc first. If that doesn't work, I'm doing an investigative TikTok dance, which frankly we're all going to regret. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrujs5y3k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lmrppbtxjk2mA DOGE MYSTERY! I'm trying to find OPM request for proposal #47QFEA24K0008. DOGE says they saved $318,310,328 by cancelling it. But OPM won't release this doc, and it's not listed in govt databases. Free @nytimes coffee mug to anyone with a copy! I'm at daf@nytimes.com14 Apr 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrppbtxjk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lmoxuvvtvs27NEW: DOGE is falling far short of its goals — and still drastically over-stating its success. Here’s why: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/us/politics/doge-contracts-savings.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare13 Apr 2025 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmoxuvvtvs27https://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lksxrijyuk25NEW: DOGE deletes more than 100 entries from its list of cancelled leases. Suggests it is losing some of the internal battles over what offices to axe. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/politics/doge-canceled-leases.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare20 Mar 2025 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksxrijyuk25https://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lkote6oaqs2sNEW: DOGE reverses change that made its claims near-impossible to check. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/politics/doge-federal-grants-identifying-information.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare18 Mar 2025 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkote6oaqs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lko5dmu4qc2aTHREAD: DOGE's "Wall of Receipts" is one month old this week. But the largest item on that list has always been wrong. Here's how:18 Mar 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lko5dmu4qc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lkbsd5gvys2aElon Musk said @doge would be “maximally transparent.” Now, after posting data riddled with errors, it’s backtracking from that pledge. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010047426/elon-musks-team-is-less-transparent-and-still-making-big-errors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-13 Mar 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbsd5gvys2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lkcctpvp6k2yI’ll be on @cnn.com in just a few moments to talk about this story. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2025 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkcctpvp6k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lkbzr73ujc23How often has @DOGE gotten its facts wrong? Watch this visualization of its errors, from the @UpshotNYT. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/upshot/musk-doge-changes-deletions.html13 Mar 2025 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbzr73ujc23https://bsky.app/profile/fahrenthold.bsky.social/post/3lkbsd5gvys2aElon Musk said @doge would be “maximally transparent.” Now, after posting data riddled with errors, it’s backtracking from that pledge. https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000010047426/elon-musks-team-is-less-transparent-and-still-making-big-errors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-13 Mar 2025 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:wzzo43pjne7o7irlimljpmow/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbsd5gvys2a