# Firm Linked to Trump’s Sons Got Nearly $40 Million in Federal Contracts to Screen for Ebola and Other Diseases

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/firm-linked-to-trumps-sons-got-nearly-40-million-in-federal-contracts-to-screen-for-ebola-and-other-diseases/
- Published: 2026-11-09T11:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T12:41:27+00:00
- Original publisher: ProPublica (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-sons-xwell-xprestest-government-contracts
- Topics: Health, Medicine, Politics

## Key points

- XpresTest received nearly $40 million for disease-screening work.
- The Congo contract would take the company into overseas outbreak response.
- Its chief executive acknowledged the work is new and risky.

## Summary

XpresTest, a disease-screening company whose parent received an investment from a firm linked to Donald Trump’s elder sons, was awarded nearly $40 million in federal contracts. The deals cover Ebola screening at US airports and outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising questions about the company’s readiness and the role of the president’s family’s business connections.

The State Department awarded XpresTest $20 million and the CDC awarded it $18.8 million; together, the contracts are seven times the value of its previous direct government contracts. XpresTest has screened for COVID-19 and other diseases at US airports, but has no Ebola or overseas biosecurity experience. Its chief executive said the international work is new and described the Congo contract as risky, while the State Department said its award followed a competitive process.

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