Paul Singer

USA TODAY

Golf is big business for Donald Trump's company, and golf has always been a great place for players to conduct business.

So USA TODAY went looking for who is playing golf at President Trump's courses and what their business interests are.

The story concluded that "for the first time in U.S. history, wealthy people with interests before the government have a chance for close and confidential access to the president as a result of payments that enrich him personally. It is a view of the president available to few other Americans."

But we also got criticized for looking up publicly available information about private individuals. On this week's Cup of Politics podcast, reporter Fredreka Schouten explained how our team found the information and why it was newsworthy.