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2026-07-08 12:30:05 UTC

NEW: Wall Street Wants to Change the Rules for Your 401(k). It Could Put Your Retirement at Risk.
Financial firms want a bigger piece of the $10 trillion in America’s 401(k) plans, and the Trump administration is planning a regulatory rollback to encourage less-regulated — and often riskier — investments.
https://www.propublica.org/article/401k-retirement-investment-plan-risk-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WallStreet #Finance #PersonalFinance #Investment #Trump

2026-06-25 14:30:11 UTC

NEW: Court Inquiry Denounces “Disturbing Pattern” of Violations at Arizona’s Largest Sheriff’s Office
A court inquiry alleges that top leaders at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office undermined efforts to comply with mandated reforms brought on by a long-running racial profiling lawsuit and settlement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-sheriff-deputy-misconduct-reforms-undermined?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arizona #MaricopaCounty #Phoenix #Police #Law #Racism #AZ

2026-06-05 19:14:00 UTC

NEW: Founder of Kentucky Drug Rehab Center Indicted on Fraud and Money Laundering Charges
Tim Robinson, the former CEO of Addiction Recovery Care, which once operated more than 40 drug treatment facilities statewide, was charged with attempting to resell millions of dollars worth of tax credits.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tim-robinson-indicted-addiction-recovery-care
#news #kentucky #healthcare

2026-06-05 16:30:27 UTC

You might assume that investigative journalists are cynics. In reality, we’re optimists.
We immerse ourselves in the details of harm and abuses of power because we believe that once people know the truth, they will demand better.
And they do. Our reporting has led to new laws being passed, protections for vulnerable communities being expanded and people in power resigning.
You are the engine behind our impact. Join us: https://give.propublica.org/campaign/749693/donate?c_src=mstdn&c_src2=summer26_A7
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2026-06-05 15:22:19 UTC

NEW: These Republican Lawmakers Challenged Abortion Bans. Then They Faced Backlash.
At least four of them lost reelection bids after anti-abortion groups and key party allies backed their challengers instead. Two others — a state representative from North Dakota and a state senator from Tennessee — face contested primaries.
https://www.propublica.org/article/republicans-face-backlash-after-challenging-abortion-bans
#news #politics #abortion #gop #elections #government

2026-06-04 14:16:23 UTC

NEW: "I Got Access to Hundreds of Teacher Misconduct Complaints in California — and You Can Too"
In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn’t always so — sometimes you just need to know who to ask, and for what.
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-teacher-misconduct-public-records
#news #education #government #california

2026-06-04 12:23:40 UTC

NEW: In This Church, Child Sexual Abuse Has Gone Unchecked for So Long That It Spans Generations
The Old Apostolic Lutheran Church’s culture of forgiving and forgetting sins has absolved abusers and silenced victims across the U.S. and Canada, ensnaring parents, children and grandchildren in the same cycle of abuse.
https://www.propublica.org/article/old-apostolic-lutheran-church-generational-sexual-abuse

2026-06-03 21:00:48 UTC

ProPublica is a nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom producing deeply researched journalism with the intention to inspire real-world change.
Being a nonprofit means we are free from meddling owners, free from corporate interests, and free from political pressure.
ProPublica exists because people like you choose to fund it.
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2026-06-03 13:29:39 UTC

NEW: No state has taken over as many public school districts as Texas.
Since 2020, the Texas Education Agency has installed its own hand-picked leaders in eight districts.
Four of those came just this spring.
At least another 10 are at risk of takeover.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-school-takeover-mike-miles-morath-beaumont-lake-worth-austin
#news #education #texas #government

2026-06-03 13:13:41 UTC

NEW: A Low-Income Housing Program Is Pouring Billions Into Housing Many People Can’t Afford
The federal tax credit provides up to $15 billion in subsidies a year to help developers build apartments. It’s created housing that’s often no more affordable than the market rate.
https://www.propublica.org/article/low-income-housing-tax-credit-portland
#news #government #housing

2026-06-03 13:08:20 UTC

NEW: Lawmakers Demand Answers After the White House Initiated a $620M Loan to a Firm Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
A group of lawmakers demanded answers from the White House this week following a ProPublica investigation revealing that a top aide to the president initiated a $620 million loan from the Pentagon to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-lawmakers-letter
#news #government #trump #pentagon

2026-06-02 20:32:19 UTC

Toxic Ground: How Oil Field Pollution Is Threatening Oklahoma
About half of all Oklahomans live within a mile of an oil and gas site. A new documentary from The Frontier and ProPublica exposes the failure of state regulators to protect residents from a massive underground pollution crisis.
Watch it here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/toxic-ground-how-oil-field-pollution-is-threatening-oklahoma

2026-06-02 20:16:45 UTC

After the Trump DOJ Halted Police Reform, This City Stepped In. Then Officers Shot and Killed Katelyn Hall.
Some cities celebrated when the Trump administration ended federal oversight of several police departments, but Louisville, Kentucky’s mayor said the city would be “moving ahead rapidly” with reforms. One year in, activists say the plan is lacking.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisville-trump-doj-police-reform-consent-decrees
#news #trump #doj #police #kentucky

2026-06-01 13:30:26 UTC

“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
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After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-reversed-biden-gun-crackdown-atf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Biden #Guns #Crime #Law #ATF #Government #Immigration

2026-05-31 14:30:12 UTC

When insurance coverage for her husband’s lifesaving care was denied, Teressa didn’t stand down. She fought back and won.
She found the secret to winning buried deep in her insurance coverage booklet.
Listen to her story on episode 3 of our podcast, "Paper Trail": https://www.propublica.org/podcast/health-insurance-industry-secret-external-review
#podcast #health #healthcare #insurance #mentalhealth #medicine #podcasts
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2026-05-29 14:30:07 UTC

Alaska’s Deteriorating Schools Could Receive More Than $148 Million for Repairs. It’s a Fraction of What They Need.
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Following reporting by KYUK, ProPublica and NPR, lawmakers tripled the funding the state would allocate toward school construction and maintenance. The budget increase would still only cover about 13% of what school districts requested.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-schools-repairs-funding-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alaska #School #Education #Students #Teachers #Government

2026-05-29 13:30:06 UTC

More Than $100 Million Was Billed for Medically Questionable Vascular Procedures, Government Watchdog Finds
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Following a ProPublica investigation, a report found that dozens of doctors routinely performed controversial vascular procedures. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it would look into those physicians’ practices.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vascular-procedures-medicare-inspector-general-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Medicare #Medicaid #Government #Medicine #Health #Healthcare

2026-05-28 14:30:05 UTC

Overturning a health insurance denial can feel like a maze — one that can seem designed to confuse you so much, you just quit.
But in this episode of “Paper Trail,” we tell you the story of a woman who did the impossible: She found a way out.
Listen now.
https://www.propublica.org/podcast/health-insurance-industry-secret-external-review?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#podcast #health #healthcare #insurance #mentalhealth #medicine #podcasts

2026-05-28 13:30:04 UTC

When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.
We found that the request came directly from the White House.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #Pentagon #Defense #Business #Ethics #Law #Government #DonaldTrumpJr

2026-05-27 13:30:05 UTC

Three U.S. senators have called for an overhaul of federal agents’ use of tear gas and pepper spray, citing a ProPublica investigation that found at least 79 children were hurt by these chemicals during Trump’s immigration crackdown.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-demand-reforms-tear-gas-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Congress #Law #Senate #ICE #Immigration #Protest #Children #Health

2026-05-26 14:30:13 UTC

Albuquerque Officials Take Steps to Curb Surge in Citations, Jail Stays Related to Homelessness
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The changes come after ProPublica reported that charges for crimes related to homelessness have skyrocketed under Mayor Tim Keller. In 2025, people were charged 1,256 times for obstructing sidewalks — nearly six times the number in the previous eight years combined.
https://www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-moves-to-curb-homelessness-citations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Albuquerque #NewMexico #Homeless #Housing #Crime #Poverty

2026-05-26 13:30:27 UTC

Five members of the House of Representatives have asked the Department of Justice inspector general to investigate why a federal probe into a prison drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico was abandoned after the 2024 elections.
https://www.propublica.org/article/puerto-rico-trump-drugs-for-votes-doj-inspector-general-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOJ #Law #PuertoRico #Congress #Trump #Election #Fraud

2026-05-26 12:30:11 UTC

Emily Waldorf faced a life-threatening miscarriage.
Even after she met the hospital’s CEO, called the governor and hired a lawyer, she couldn’t get care in the country’s “most pro-life state.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arkansas #Women #Health #Law #Abortion #Medicine #USPolitics

2026-05-22 14:30:10 UTC

A KQED-ProPublica report revealed how a teacher was allowed to keep his credentials despite being fired for sexually harassing students.
His current school district has replaced him as it investigates at least two new student complaints.
https://www.propublica.org/article/redwood-city-teacher-sexual-harassment-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #California #BayArea #Children #Students #School #Teachers #Education #Parenting

2026-05-22 13:30:13 UTC

Louisiana’s Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to Come
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The governor’s office has dismissed experts’ concerns that his criminal justice rollbacks could swell the prison population and plunge the state into financial disaster. We analyzed how his policies have already begun to impact the state.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jeff-landry-prison-budget-increase?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Louisiana #Prison #Budget #Law #Legal #Crime #CriminalJustice

2026-05-21 19:07:54 UTC

A new lawsuit alleges the Trump administration awarded the bulk of new Texas border wall contracts to two firms without “genuine competitive opportunities.”
One of the chosen firms has faced legal issues and claims of shoddy construction work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-border-wall-contracts-tommy-fisher?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Border #Immigration #Trump #Construction #DHS #Business

2026-05-21 14:30:14 UTC

NEW on “Paper Trail”: Two Connecticut reporters kept hearing about drivers having their cars towed and then sold — sometimes, in just 15 days.
So they teamed up with ProPublica to find out: How was this legal? Who was profiting off of it?
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/connecticut-dmv-towing-law-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Podcasts #Connecticut #Cars #Journalism #LocalNews #Poverty #DMV

2026-05-21 13:30:10 UTC

An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations.
Those were among the expenses that one sheriff’s office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-audit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arizona #Phoenix #MaricopaCounty #Police #Law #Legal

2026-05-20 15:30:18 UTC

We’re taking a closer look at how Kentucky’s Addiction Recovery Care treated the people who came to the organization seeking help with their sobriety.
If you’re a current or former client or employee, we want to hear from you.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/arc-addiction-treatment-kentucky-callout
#Kentucky #Addiction #Sober #Health #Healthcare #Medicaid

2026-05-20 14:30:10 UTC

Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the boundaries of the law.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-ken-paxton-forum-shopping?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #KenPaxton #Law #Legal #Courts #USPolitics #TX

2026-05-20 13:30:10 UTC

A gun chain’s stores repeatedly violated rules designed to deter illegal sales. Although authorities recommended revoking their licenses, the problem stores all remain open.
Now the Trump administration is weakening penalties for failure to comply.
https://www.propublica.org/article/range-usa-guns-straw-sales-atf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Guns #Firearms #Business #Government #Trump #ATF #Regulation

2026-05-19 14:30:19 UTC

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Alaskans pay higher costs for slower internet speeds than most Americans. The government has spent billions of dollars of public money to try to fix the problem.
We want to know how it’s really going in your community: https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/alaska-internet-service-survey
#Alaska #Internet #Business #Government #Survey

2026-05-19 14:30:19 UTC

NEW: Roger Shoffstall spent three years in prison for evading income taxes.
It hasn’t stopped the FCC from sending him $1 million a year to sell obsolete internet service in Alaska.
The money comes from a special government subsidy program. You help pay for it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-telecom-subsidies-roger-shoffstall?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alaska #FCC #Internet #Wifi #Telecom #Government

2026-05-19 13:30:11 UTC

Philadelphia lawyers appointed to help people challenge their convictions can instead urge judges to rule against them, and often do so without ever speaking to their clients.
How? By filing a letter arguing that the case has “no merit.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/conviction-challenges-philadelphia-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Philadelphia #Pennsylvania #Law #Legal #Prison #CriminalJustice #Justice

2026-05-18 22:04:08 UTC

More Than 100,000 American Kids Have Had a Parent Detained in Immigration Sweeps, Report Estimates
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Far more American children have likely been separated from their parents during immigration sweeps than previously understood, according to a new Brookings report.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-child-parent-separation-estimates-brookings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Children #Family #Data #Research

2026-05-18 14:30:19 UTC

Tiny footprints. A blue blanket.
The autopsy reports of babies who died after not receiving a vitamin K shot at birth included heartbreaking details about how small the babies were — and what items they had with them when they died.
https://www.propublica.org/article/vitamin-k-baby-autopsy-reports?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #PublicHealth #Medicine #Children #Family #Parenting #Parents

2026-05-18 13:30:19 UTC

An Oklahoma family was forced to abandon their home after it filled with slick, black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels.
Despite ample evidence of oil and gas pollution, state regulators say they cannot help.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-regulators-fort-gibson-meredith-family?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Energy #Environment #Pollution #Family #House

2026-05-17 21:00:52 UTC

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If you also ran to check your prescriptions after listening to this episode, use our “Rx Inspector” tool to look up where your generic drugs were made: https://propublica.org/rx-inspector
#FDA #Medicine #Health #Safety #Drugs

2026-05-17 21:00:43 UTC

For years, the FDA told the public that generics are just as safe and effective as brand-name medications. But ProPublica reporters found that this isn’t always true.
Listen to the first episode of “Paper Trail,” our new podcast. Subscribe: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/what-fda-wont-tell-you-generic-drugs-safety?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Podcast #Audio #FDA #Medicine #Health #Safety #Drugs
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2026-05-15 14:30:10 UTC

Testing done by The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found signs of hemp in marijuana vapes sold at dispensaries.
In a private meeting, one regulator said the extent of suspicious transactions would “explode your minds.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-regulators-meeting-illegal-hemp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Colorado #Denver #Marijuana #Regulation #Law #Hemp

2026-05-15 13:30:14 UTC

Our reporting found at least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign.
To better understand the chemicals’ effects on children, we spoke with an activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma in 1965.
https://www.propublica.org/article/charles-mauldin-selma-tear-gas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #CivilRights #History #BlackMastodon #Children #Immigration #ICE

2026-05-15 12:30:06 UTC

Why Have Immigration Agents Detained This American Citizen Three Times?
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Leonardo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen whose prior detentions went viral and were detailed by ProPublica, was recently detained for a third time — and shackled. “I just want to live in peace,” he says.
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-leo-garcia-venegas-arrests-detentions-citizens-ice-dhs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #USPolitics #Immigrants #Trump #ICE #DHS

2026-05-14 16:30:09 UTC

Counterterrorism Czar’s Blueprint Targets Leftists, Ignores Far-Right Violence and Heaps Praise on Trump
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Sebastian Gorka’s anti-terror plan makes no mention of long-established threats posed by far-right militants and instead villainizes the president’s political enemies. “This administration is not paying attention to the data,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-counterterrorism-plan-ignores-far-rights-gorka?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Terrorism #Trump #USPolitics #Violence #Security #Extremism

2026-05-14 14:30:08 UTC

In Ep. 1 of our new podcast, “Paper Trail,” we’re going to do what the FDA won’t: tell you the truth about where the generics in your medicine cabinet come from.
Listen now, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
https://www.propublica.org/podcast/what-fda-wont-tell-you-generic-drugs-safety
#Podcast #Audio #FDA #Medicine #Health #Safety #Drugs #Government

2026-05-14 13:30:14 UTC

Oregon lawmakers passed a law they said would stop multibillion-dollar deals from reducing care and increasing costs.
Five years later, the state hasn’t blocked a single transaction or issued any fines.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-healthcare-mergers-oversight-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oregon #Health #Healthcare #Law #Government #Medicine

2026-05-13 20:33:26 UTC

Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages
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New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed this week against DHS and other federal agencies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-immigration-raid-ice-dhs-fbi-federal-tort-claims?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Chicago #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Immigrants #Law #Legal #Lawsuit #Trump

2026-05-13 13:30:06 UTC

A Noncitizen Says She Was Told She Could Vote. Then Customs Detained Her at the Airport and Threatened to Deport Her.
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The case, which hasn’t previously been reported, marks a new escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to find and prosecute instances of noncitizen voting, despite evidence that it is rare.
https://www.propublica.org/article/noncitizen-voter-detained-airport-customs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Airport #Voting #Vote #Election #Fraud #CBP #Trump #Immigration #Law

2026-05-12 13:30:06 UTC

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KQED and ProPublica are continuing to investigate teacher misconduct allegations in California.
If you have insight into the state’s disciplinary process, we want to hear from you.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/teacher-misconduct-california-callout
#News #California #Students #Teachers #Teaching #Education #Parents #Parenting #Children

2026-05-12 13:30:06 UTC

He Was Fired for Sexually Harassing Students. California Allowed Him to Keep Teaching Anyway.
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Math teacher Jason Agan was deemed “unfit to teach.” But the finding was never made public. This is how the state allowed him — and dozens of other educators found to have committed sexual harassment or misconduct — to keep their credentials.
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-fired-teacher-sexual-harassment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #California #SexualHarassment #Students #Teachers #Teaching #Education #Parents #Parenting #Children #SanFrancisco #BayArea #SF

2026-05-11 14:30:20 UTC

Mike Collins, a congressman from Georgia, wants to take away commercial driver’s licenses from noncitizens.
Over the past 25 years, truckers for his businesses have been involved in crashes that killed five people and injured more than 50 people.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-collins-georgia-senate-truck-crashes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #Congress #Immigration #Trucks #Transportation #Driving

2026-05-11 13:30:23 UTC

Despite a long-standing court order, the NYPD didn’t audit thousands of stops made by its Community Response Team, which has a history of unconstitutional policing and has drawn hundreds of civilian complaints.
ProPublica previously found the unit often sidestepped oversight.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nypd-community-response-team-stop-frisk-reviews?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NYPD #NewYork #NYC #Police #Law #Legal #NewYorkCity

2026-05-08 18:00:04 UTC

Hours after ProPublica reported on how a federal probe of a drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico's prisons got quashed after the 2024 elections, some of the territory’s political leaders made public calls for investigations into the allegations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/puerto-rico-trump-drugs-votes-prisons-elections-jenniffer-gonzalez-colon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #PuertoRico #Election #Government #USPolitics #Law #Legal

2026-05-08 18:00:04 UTC

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ICYMI: We found that before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate.
After Trump’s election, the investigation evaporated.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-puerto-rico-election-fraud-prison-drugs-votes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #PuertoRico #USPolitics #Law #Legal #Election #Prison #Vote

2026-05-08 13:30:06 UTC

Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.
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In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering exempting even more.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Pollution #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Trump #AirQuality

2026-05-07 13:30:31 UTC

Introducing “Paper Trail,” ProPublica’s new podcast. Each episode, we’ll take you inside an investigation, uncovering hidden facts and secrets — and doing what we do best: showing you the receipts.
▶️ Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. First episode drops May 14: https://www.propublica.org/series/paper-trail?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Journalism #News #Podcast #Media #Podcasts
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2026-05-07 12:30:07 UTC

ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kids-tear-gas-trump-immigration-crackdown?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #ICE #DHS #Trump #Children #Health #Minneapolis #Portland

2026-05-06 13:30:07 UTC

Texas lawmakers rejected over five dozen bills that could have protected residents from last summer’s deadly floods.
“We need to resist this narrative that this disaster was unpreventable,” an environmental studies director said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-flooding-protections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Flood #Environment #Climate #Law #Safety #TX #USPolitics

2026-05-06 12:30:09 UTC

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
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The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Parenting #Health #PublicHealth #Science #Medicine #Children

2026-05-05 16:26:23 UTC

You may have noticed things look a little different on our website and social media.
We’ve updated our logo and our typefaces, and we made improvements to the design and functionality of our homepage and how we present our work. Here’s why.
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-propublica-redesign?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Design #Journalism #UX #Homepage #Website #SocialMedia

2026-05-05 13:30:09 UTC

Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican.
After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-puerto-rico-election-fraud-prison-drugs-votes?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #PuertoRico #USPolitics #Law #Legal #Fraud #Election #Prison #Vote

2026-05-04 19:42:33 UTC

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Our “The End of Aid” series about the fallout from the destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development was named a finalist in the explanatory reporting category. https://www.propublica.org/series/the-end-of-aid
#journalism #media #awards #USAID #Politics #trump #government #USPolitics #MarcoRubio
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2026-05-04 19:41:00 UTC

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ProPublica also received two other finalist designations:
Our “Rx Roulette” series about how the Food and Drug Administration has for years allowed risky drugs to enter the United States was named a finalist in the investigative reporting category. https://www.propublica.org/series/rx-roulette
#journalism #reporting #investigation #FDA #health #safety #drugs #pharma #media
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2026-05-04 19:39:18 UTC

JUST IN: ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror's “On the Hook” series, which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting.
It’s ProPublica’s ninth Pulitzer Prize.
#journalism #media #awards #connecticut #localnews
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2026-05-04 17:46:26 UTC

Elizabeth Warren and other U.S. senators sent letters grilling the nation’s major credit bureaus after a ProPublica investigation revealed two of the companies were fixing fewer consumers’ credit reports under the Trump administration.
https://www.propublica.org/article/credit-report-mistakes-lawmakers-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Credit #Finance #PersonalFinance #Consumer #Trump #Government

2026-05-04 13:30:20 UTC

I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X.
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Sebastian Gorka accused a ProPublica reporter of writing a “putrid piece of hackery” about him. Here’s how basic beat reporting led to a broader story about the state of the U.S. counterterrorism mission at a critical moment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sebastian-gorka-counterterrorism-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Government #USPolitics #Security #Journalism

2026-05-02 13:30:07 UTC

On April 28, GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused environmental law scholars of bias, conspiracy and colluding to influence the U.S. judiciary.
The next day, free-market conservatives kicked off a multiday climate skepticism event for more than 150 judges.
https://www.propublica.org/article/climate-science-oil-gas-fossil-fuel-judges-jim-jordan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Science #Oil #Gas #FossilFuels #Law

2026-05-01 20:00:06 UTC

Environmental scientists said a new EPA directive could lead to weakened chemical protections, such as revised limits on how much arsenic is allowed in drinking water or the amount of lead considered acceptable in paint or soil.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-directive-chemical-assessments?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Environment #Government #Trump #EPA #Chemicals #Regulation

2026-05-01 13:30:07 UTC

8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
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From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #USPolitics #Law #Elections #ElectionIntegrity #Midterms

2026-04-30 21:33:48 UTC

Connecticut Senate Approves More Towing Reforms, Expanding on Landmark 2025 Legislation
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The bill, which follows a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation, would limit when towing companies can sell cars and would create an online portal to track towed cars.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-reforms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Connecticut #Towing #Cars #Poverty #Reform #Law

2026-04-30 13:30:12 UTC

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As the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the U.S. public education system, ProPublica’s reporters are investigating how these changes affect people across the country.
Help us track developments at schools and colleges in your area 👇
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/help-propublica-report-on-education
#Education #Students #Parenting #Family #School #Teaching

2026-04-30 13:30:11 UTC

262 business days.
That’s how long the Department of Education told us it would take for it to respond to our recent records request.
That’s not how freedom of information is supposed to work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-suing-department-of-education?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Journalism #Media #Education #Journalists #Press #Records #Law

2026-04-29 14:30:13 UTC

Eleven U.S. cities will host World Cup games this summer, which is expected to generate $11B for FIFA.
The cities get little in return. They do not see a slice of game-day revenues from ticket sales, concessions and merchandise, or parking.
https://www.propublica.org/article/world-cup-2026-host-cities-revenue-houston?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Houston #Dallas #Texas #FIFA #Soccer #Sports #WorldCup

2026-04-29 13:30:14 UTC

Complaints of immigration scams have doubled in Trump's second term, and countless victims don't report that they've been conned.
Sophisticated predators now use AI and targeted ads to profit off of immigrants' anxieties about mass deportations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-scams-complaints-doubled-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Immigration #Trump #Immigrant #Deportation #Scam #Law

2026-04-28 14:30:08 UTC

Brian Tracey died of pneumonia while being held at a Florida jail.
The jail’s healthcare provider is affiliated with Armor Health companies, which have a history of delaying or denying care to inmates across the country, lawsuits allege.
https://www.propublica.org/article/armor-health-florida-jail-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Florida #Healthcare #Prison #Law #Health #CriminalJustice

2026-04-28 13:30:14 UTC

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-social-security-ssi-disability-benefits-cuts-parents-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #SocialSecurity #Disability #Family

2026-04-27 14:30:29 UTC

A limited-government advocate in Texas persuaded five small towns to incorporate as “liberty cities,” which feature lean governments, little to no taxation and scant regulation.
At least two of them struggle to provide basic services.
https://www.propublica.org/article/art-martinez-de-vara-dallas-hero-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Dallas #Police #Law #Government #USPolitics

2026-04-27 13:30:11 UTC

Following our reporting, Connecticut legislators overhauled the state’s towing law last year to make it more fair for low-income residents who couldn’t afford the fees to get their cars back.
But we found that some towing companies aren’t following the new rules.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-companies-ignore-new-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Connecticut #Towing #Cars #Law #Poverty #Housing #Landlords

2026-04-24 13:30:12 UTC

Critics claim large solar farms are a public health threat.
Despite little reputable evidence for this, their fears have helped undercut efforts across the U.S. to broaden energy sources, slowing installations even as customer costs are rising.
https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-solar-farms-health-concerns-st-clair-county?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Solar #Energy #Health #Michigan #Local #Law #PublicHealth

2026-04-23 13:30:07 UTC

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Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch.
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Our recent investigation details changes to a bankruptcy settlement that leaves out some of the hardest-hit victims of the opioid crisis. Here’s how you can share your story with ProPublica and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/purdue-endo-mallinckrodt-opioid-settlement-callout
#Health #Medicine #Drugs #Law #Legal #Pain #ChronicPain

2026-04-23 13:30:06 UTC

“A Punch in the Gut”: After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement
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Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against the company for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/purdue-settlement-leaves-opioid-victims-behind?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #Medicine #Drugs #Law #Legal #Pain #ChronicPain

2026-04-22 15:56:25 UTC

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This was originally published in our Dispatches newsletter as an introduction to the full investigation here: https://www.propublica.org/article/3d-printed-affordable-housing-cairo-illinois-prestige

2026-04-22 13:30:07 UTC

Two local men promised to build housing with a 3D printer. That didn’t pan out.
When reporter Molly Parker started to investigate what went wrong, she found the printer disassembled on a flatbed truck at a country repair shop.
Then things got weird.
https://www.propublica.org/article/3d-printer-cairo-illinois-housing?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Illinois #Housing #3DPrinting #House #FBI #Journalism

2026-04-21 13:30:12 UTC

The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan
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Amid Trump’s war in Iran and an exodus of intelligence staffers, Sebastian Gorka has asserted that a blueprint for fighting terror threats is “imminent” — but has not released it. Iranian threats have refocused attention on the lack of a doctrine.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sebastian-gorka-trump-counterterrorism-czar-iran-terrorism?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Terrorism #FBI #Trump #IranWar #WhiteHouse #Security

2026-04-20 13:30:12 UTC

NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene. But what drew reporter Jeremy Kohler to this story was the people on the other side of that act of grace.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #Law #Legal #Family

2026-04-17 16:30:59 UTC

A Protester Threw a Snowball. Federal Agents Responded With Tear Gas and Pepper Balls.
A new investigation from ProPublica and FRONTLINE examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps.
“We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/caught-in-crackdown-trump-immigration-ice-cbp-excessive-force
#news #trump #ice #minneapolis #immigration #government

2026-04-17 14:34:12 UTC

NEW: Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women
Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas. The state’s medical board ruled that the doctors’ substandard care led to the deaths and ordered them to complete extra training.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tmb-disciplines-doctors-ngumezi-crain-cases
#news #texas #abortion #doctors #pregnancy

2026-04-16 13:02:35 UTC

NEW: For more than a century, factories spewed toxic dust across Omaha, contaminating the soil and causing lead poisoning. We talked to experts about how to stay safe from lead exposure.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lead-contamination-omaha-nebraska-faq
#news #health #lead #nebraska #omaha

2026-04-16 11:57:08 UTC

NEW: 3D-Printed Homes, an Abandoned $590,000 Deposit, the FBI: What Really Happened in This Small Town?
Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis.
More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. And the more we asked questions, the weirder things got.
https://www.propublica.org/article/3d-printed-affordable-housing-cairo-illinois-prestige
#news #government #illinois #fbi #housing

2026-04-15 14:30:11 UTC

A ProPublica and MLK50 analysis shows that just 17 of more than 800 immigration arrests made by Trump’s crime-fighting task force in and around Memphis were for violent crimes.
82% of the immigration arrests followed a traffic stop.
https://www.propublica.org/article/memphis-safe-task-force-immigration-arrests-crime-data?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Memphis #Tennessee #Immigration #Crime #Data #Police

2026-04-15 13:30:10 UTC

For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across Omaha’s east side.
Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska.
https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-kids-blood-tests?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Nebraska #Omaha #Environment #Pollution #Children #Health

2026-04-14 19:09:51 UTC

NEW: Colorado Marijuana Regulators Pledge Crackdown on Intoxicating Hemp
Citing potential tax avoidance and “serious risks to public safety,” the Marijuana Enforcement Division warned companies about selling illegal chemically converted hemp as marijuana.
https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-regulators-crackdown-intoxicating-hemp
#news #marijuana #colorado #government #drugs

2026-04-14 14:55:53 UTC

NEW: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled
ProPublica and FRONTLINE found more than 300 protesters and bystanders who were arrested on charges like assaulting an immigration agent or interfering with law enforcement.
Over and over, the accusations fell apart under scrutiny.
https://www.propublica.org/article/caught-in-crackdown-ice-cbp-doj-trump-arrests-convictions
#news #trump #ice #cbp #LosAngeles #Minneapolis #doj #government

2026-04-13 15:04:12 UTC

NEW: Who’s Been Impersonating This ProPublica Reporter?
A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine.
So, the real Robert did some reporting of his own.
https://www.propublica.org/article/impersonating-propublica-reporter
#news #journalism #privacy

2026-04-13 14:03:05 UTC

NEW: Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held.
But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover
#news #government #trump #elections #democracy

2026-04-10 23:47:48 UTC

NEW: A Judge Worried a Proposed Settlement Doesn’t Do Enough to Help Victims. The DOJ Is Still Moving Forward.
The proposed $68 million settlement involves a Texas land developer that the DOJ had previously accused of preying on Hispanic residents.
It includes no money for victims but more than $20 million for police and immigration enforcement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/colony-ridge-settlement-court-hearing-doj
#news #government #trump #texas #criminaljustice #doj

2026-04-10 16:03:06 UTC

NEW: Tennessee Lawmakers Pass Fix to School Threats Law After Kids Were Arrested for Jokes and Misunderstandings
Tennessee lawmakers voted to change a controversial law so school officials will now only have to report threats they deem “credible.” It comes after an investigation by ProPublica and WPLN that showed children were wrongly ensnared by the legislation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-changed
#news #kids #schools #police #criminaljustice #parents #Tennessee

2026-04-09 17:10:18 UTC

NEW: Trump’s DOJ Plans to Settle Predatory Lending Case Without Compensating Victims
The Biden administration sued a Texas land developer accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents.
Trump’s DOJ is now offering an unprecedented settlement that experts say could target the very people who were harmed by the developer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-colony-ridge-texas-settlement-victims
#news #government #texas #trump #doj

2026-04-09 13:51:15 UTC

NEW: They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud.
Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others.
But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and staff, interviews show.
https://www.propublica.org/article/kentucky-addiction-recovery-care-medicaid-fraud
#news #healthcare #kentucky #drugs

2026-04-09 13:15:59 UTC

NEW: For-Profit Hospital Chain Never Put Aside Money for Malpractice Insurance to Compensate Injured Patients
Eager to save money, Prospect Medical promised to “self-insure” malpractice claims brought against its doctors and hospitals. The chain’s bankruptcy now threatens to leave hundreds of patients whose claims are pending with no recourse.
https://www.propublica.org/article/prospect-medical-malpractice-bankruptcy-hospitals-doctors-philadelphia
#news #health #healthcare #hospitals #doctors #insurance #government #business

2026-04-08 13:30:08 UTC

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act imposes stricter food stamp work requirements and shifts a larger share of costs to states. Arizona’s swift implementation has made it more difficult to apply and caused nearly half of recipients to lose benefits.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-snap-benefits-trump-legislation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post