# Brett Murphy

## Investigative Reporter at USA Today

### Contact Information
- **Email address:** b*****@*******  
- **Phone:** (XXX) XXX-XXXX  
- **Location:** United States

### Languages
- English

### Topics Covered
- Investigative Reporting

## Recent Articles

### [Senators pressure retailers to root out “shameful” labor abuse of truckers - USA TODAY](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/31/senators-pressure-retailers-root-out-shameful-labor-abuse-truckers/104168828/)  
A group of high-profile Democratic Senators, including Elizabeth Warren and Dianne Feinstein, wrote letters to the nation’s top retail CEOs Monday, demanding they crack down on trucking companies that turned their workers into modern-day indentured servants.  
*Published almost 9 years ago*

### [Federal agencies used port trucking companies with labor violations...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/11/10/federal-agencies-used-port-trucking-companies-labor-violations/848554001/)  
The U.S. military relies on trucking companies with labor violations despite laws in place to prevent abuses by government contractors.  
*Published over 8 years ago*

### [The Pulse nightclub shooting and other G4S scandals](https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/10/30/security-contractor-g-4-s-plagued-years-international-scandal/4060171002/)  
G4S, the global security provider with a broad footprint in the United States, has been plagued by a series of international scandals.  
*Published over 6 years ago*

### [How the CDC failed health officials desperate for COVID-19 help - USA TODAY](https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/09/16/how-cdc-failed-local-health-officials-desperate-covid-help/3435762001/)  
The CDC should have protected America from coronavirus, but it misled locals as COVID-19 deaths rose. Even supporters call its testing plans a mistake.  
*Published almost 6 years ago*

### [Dem lawmakers speculate that Capitol rioters may have had GOP help](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2021/01/14/dems-allege-some-in-gop-helped-rioters-but-dont-name-names/4162404001/)  
Democrats say GOP colleagues may have helped rioters before the violence. They want investigations but haven’t named names.  
*Published over 5 years ago*

### [The CDC chief lost his way during COVID-19. Now his agency is in turmoil.](https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/11/11/covid-19-cdc-director-buckled-politics-tarnishing-agency/3755324001/)  
Director Dr. Robert Redfield compromised the CDC’s scientific credibility during COVID pandemic. A new administration inherits a loss of public trust.  
*Published over 5 years ago*

### [When COVID testing was scarce, CDC director called in favor to help GOP leader](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/09/18/cdc-director-ordered-scarce-covid-test-nevada-gop-leader-march/3490999001/)  
Director Robert Redfield’s interference shows how political influence has penetrated the CDC, creating challenges for local health authorities.  
*Published over 5 years ago*

### [A 2009 warning about right-wing extremism was engulfed by politics...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/01/25/twelve-years-before-capitol-riot-warning-right-wing-extremism-buried/6658284002/)  
Then and now, politics in Washington and right-wing media spin push back against efforts to stamp out domestic terrorism and white supremacy.  
*Published over 5 years ago*