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Christopher Bing

Reporter, ProPublica

Christopher Bing is a reporter for ProPublica who covers the intersection of technology and national security.
Christopher Bing is a reporter for ProPublica who covers the intersection of technology and national security.
Management

FBI Director Kash Patel waived polygraph security screening for Dan Bongino, two other senior staff

As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say.

Management

IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

Management

The DOGE 100: Musk is out, but more than 100 of his followers remain to implement Trump’s blueprint

The world’s richest man is leaving a network of acolytes embedded inside nearly every federal agency.

Management

DOGE’s millions: As Musk and Trump gut the government, their ax-cutting agency gets a cash infusion

The Department of Government Efficiency is funded — and acts — like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examines the group and expands a list of DOGE workers.