Curt Devine - Producer, CNN Investigates
Curt Devine
Producer, CNN Investigates
Curt Devine is a producer for CNN Investigates, based in Washington, DC.
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Corporate interests pay for luxury foreign trips. State attorneys general join for free
Mar 27, 2025
Records show how corporate lawyers and lobbyists have paid to enjoy special access to state attorneys general
Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office
Mar 12, 2025
As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency’s chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for a side hustle: aspiring Instagram fashion influencer.
‘They are harming ordinary people’: Trump’s funding cuts are taking a toll in North Carolina
Mar 3, 2025
President Donald Trump’s efforts to drastically cut federal spending and slash the federal workforce are already having an impact in North Carolina.
‘Suppressing essential health information’: Some officials frustrated by Trump administration’s limits on health agencies
Feb 17, 2025
Canceled meetings and limited updates on life-threatening diseases. These are some of the real-world implications caused by sweeping mandates on health agencies.
‘Second American Revolution’: The team behind DOGE’s government overhaul
Feb 8, 2025
As Musk’s team barrels its way through the government seeking access to sensitive information, questions are arising about the people behind DOGE
Pilots had reported near-misses with helicopters at Reagan National Airport in the years before the deadly crash
Jan 31, 2025
In the three years before the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight near Reagan National Airport, at least two other pilots reported near-misses with helicopters while landing at the airport, a CNN review of federal incident reports found.
Not just Reagan: Airports across the US have struggled with air traffic control staffing in recent years, data shows
Jan 31, 2025
Some major US airports had less than 60% of their staffing targets filled with fully certified controllers in recent years, CNN review finds
Trump’s foreign business partners tout his presidency while promoting projects
Jan 25, 2025
Developers who do business with the Trump Organization overseas haven’t been shy about touting their collaborations with the president’s company
‘It’s tedious. It’s dirty. It’s not fun:’ Searching for answers in the wildfire wreckage
Jan 15, 2025
A week after wind-whipped wildfires began their deadly rampage through Southern California, investigators search for clues into what started the devastating blazes. The answers may take months or even longer, experts say.
No ‘water system in the world’ could have handled the LA fires. How the region could have minimized the damage
Jan 11, 2025
Widespread destruction from the L.A. fires was inevitable, given the drought and winds. Still, the region could have been better prepared.
New Orleans attacker discussed plans to kill his family and join ISIS in chilling recordings. Here’s what we know
Jan 3, 2025
In a series of videos, the man responsible for the deadly New Year’s attack in New Orleans discussed planning to kill his family and having dreams that helped inspire him to join ISIS, according to multiple officials briefed on the investigation.
Trump defends foreign worker visas, siding with Musk amid MAGA backlash
Dec 30, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday defended the visa program that allows highly skilled foreign workers to immigrate to the US, marking his first comments on an issue that has divided his supporters this week.
Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers
Dec 16, 2024
Trump’s businesses, including the Mar-a-Lago Club and a Virginia winery, have collectively increased their reliance on temporary foreign laborers over the years.
As Hegseth’s public profile grew, he faced deepening private turmoil
Dec 6, 2024
Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, faced personal turmoil even as his public profile reached new heights, a CNN review of court records, Hegseth’s writings and public statements, and interviews with people close to him found.
‘Wildly disruptive’: What happened last time Trump moved a federal agency out of DC
Nov 29, 2024
As part of his campaign to reclaim the White House, Donald Trump made clear that in a second term in office, he’d move tens of thousands of federal jobs outside the “Washington swamp” and into “places filled with patriots who love America.”
‘He has to deliver’: Trump’s dilemma on how far to go with promised pardons for January 6 rioters
Nov 12, 2024
It was an uncharacteristically warm November night in the nation’s capital Wednesday, when a few dozen people gathered on a street corner outside the city’s biggest jail. Some have come to the same spot for the last 800 nights, for a vigil protesting the incarceration of the January 6 rioters.
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Curt Devine is a producer for CNN Investigates, based in Washington, DC. He focuses on the federal government, politics and technology.
