Pete Madden is an award-winning investigative producer, reporter and editor. As a member of the ABC News Investigative Unit, he contributed coverage of national security, political corruption and human rights to Good Morning America, World News Tonight with David Muir, Nightline and 20/20. Madden led the network’s groundbreaking investigation of the use of race-norming in the NFL’s Concussion Settlement Program, resulting in the league’s abandonment of the practice, the payment of millions of dollars in additional compensation to ailing former players and their families, and calls for the elimination of race as a diagnostic tool throughout neuropsychology. He also co-developed the hit podcast series Truth and Lies: Jeffrey Epstein, which tracked the rise and fall of the notorious sex offender and examined the mysterious provenance of some of his wealth. Previously, he was a senior producer at Sports Illustrated, where he co-reported the magazine’s “First Golfer” feature about President Donald Trump’s global golf business. His work has earned a Scripps Howard Award and two Edward R. Murrow Awards, and he was an Ottaway Foundation-sponsored visiting professor of journalism at SUNY New Paltz in 2023. He is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the Columbia Journalism School.
Law Firms, Universities, Civil Society Groups in Trump’s Sights for Punitive Action
The president’s remarks began to confirm what advocacy groups have been quietly warning: Trump’s campaign of retribution is coming next for them.
Judge Will Not Take Further Steps to Enforce Order in AP Case Against Trump Administration
The case, which has significant free-speech implications under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, centers on the government blocking AP’s access to cover events.
Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules
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Judge Refuses to Dismiss Central Park Five’s Defamation Case Against Trump
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Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion in Grants to Harvard Over Campus Activism
Trump has normalized the extraordinary step of withholding federal money to pressure academic institutions to comply with the president’s agenda and influence campus policy.
Federal Judge Rules White House Cannot Bar Associated Press Journalists
A federal judge ordered the White House to restore The AP's full access, affirming on First Amendment grounds that the government cannot punish the organization for its speech.
Voice of America Is Required to Report the News Accurately. Could Trump Change That?
President Donald Trump is poised to test Voice of America’s statutory “firewall” that protects its editorial operations from interference by any government official.
Trump Orders Reflect Promises to Roll Back Transgender Protections, End DEI Programs
The order would also block requirements at government facilities and at workplaces that trans people be referred to using the pronouns that align with their gender.