2026-03-20T15:54:41Z https://yabu.me ProPublica https://yabu.me/npub1qmg7r9rlrufykzudrhrza5fkcaq64w6xdzqh4uqtpxf80mxhx4gqvqs6k5 https://assets.newsie.social/accounts/avatars/109/365/798/068/322/628/original/9a1afc79447695cb.png https://assets.newsie.social/accounts/avatars/109/365/798/068/322/628/original/9a1afc79447695cb.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg2hwal5x00fquw87yrw03nptykyydl7g07t2wmemz74qd0vnk30qzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qmwh9l5 Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states.<br/><br/>“How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?”<br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post">https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-students-education-deaf-blind-grant-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><br/><br/>#News #Diversity #Education #Disability #Disabled #Students #Trump 2025-09-14T00:30:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2uvnqruhzt2qnw6c5snuv9macae400cf3s7eft24v4mgejlt9leszyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qr80z4u Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats<br/>==<br/><br/>Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s targeting of Democrats is legally questionable, experts say, but it’s helped to further his career nationally: “The more outrageous you are, the more you are going to attract the attention of Donald Trump.”<br/><br/>#news #trump #missouri #fbi #politics #government <br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=8-27">https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=8-27</a> 2025-08-27T12:23:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfmcys49ww2a7z9fk523r2qnwlsd7jwaj2vnkcxt9kx87t9f2tj7gzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64q9m4tnj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyesspx9sg5pyj447p2t6dw75tvnm3u8cnz5v4queeltuvnx63efc8cr9pd'>nevent1q…r9pd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>9/ On TV, Cavanaugh called the United States Institute of Peace “the least peaceful agency we worked with.”<br/><br/>He told Watters he’d uncovered documents showing USIP was making payments to a contractor associated with the Taliban and that DOGE was unable to find any justification for those payments. 2025-08-22T14:57:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfqzvzhf3x4dg746hp2hsnunwda8yz5u6satn5e43c2jfjkf0ueyqzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64q85arps In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0rgzfyat3j9pm8z0gwsnhayr6nun4uv8gar8tn39jd5hw0ejz9yca3ttqd'>nevent1q…ttqd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>6/ Halimi and his family were on their own. Maybe, they hoped, this would all blow over if they stayed quiet and laid low.<br/><br/>That’s when Cavanaugh, Musk and other DOGE members made an appearance on Fox News. 2025-08-22T14:55:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0rgzfyat3j9pm8z0gwsnhayr6nun4uv8gar8tn39jd5hw0ejz9yczyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64q4qyvau In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs80lk5eqc2uqqgvrjsv6qsp2z4dwzkdl944wp9puzdtjr02rek4egr5jgxl'>nevent1q…jgxl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>5/ Halimi tried his best not to show his panic. He turned to his bosses in Washington to ask for help in clearing his name, but everyone he knew was gone.<br/><br/>DOGE had axed them all. Now USIP was firmly in the hands of someone he’d never heard of: Cavanaugh, who had been installed as interim president. 2025-08-22T14:55:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstj63zqnwry2emead90y84gh96h8qhtsdzltlkgjgaqgccl3wj2dszyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qtxaml0 Israel Secretly Recruited Iranian Dissidents to Attack Their Country From Within<br/>==<br/><br/>Operations in the decadeslong secret war between Iran and Israel have shifted fundamentally in recent years, moving from being the exclusive work of Mossad field agents to Iranian dissident insiders and others from neighboring countries. <br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-iran-war-mossad-iranian-recruits">https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-iran-war-mossad-iranian-recruits</a> 2025-08-07T14:30:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz0q0ngygkza3tr4lj9cyaltuaqszf27kmta3kp4tyhnhlv7sgvvgzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64q9dcuuf When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/revlimid-price-cancer-celgene-drugs-fda-multiple-myeloma?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post">https://www.propublica.org/article/revlimid-price-cancer-celgene-drugs-fda-multiple-myeloma?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><br/><br/>#News #Health #Cancer #FDA #Pharma #Doctors #Healthcare 2025-05-08T13:00:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswaczz3psdjhm2n24asj8d8y7luxx58vcsy74j3z4qgut7z6ty4eczyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qnu8h4r Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy<br/>—<br/><br/>Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign aid system from the inside out.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post">https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><br/><br/>#News #USAID #Trump #USPolitics #Diplomacy 2025-02-16T02:09:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswkus8aapn7453fm2we3gr8ztjwqserx4e2p4t2datek9ag5256gszyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qa360l3 President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe.<br/><br/>ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.<br/><br/><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post">https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><br/><br/>#News #Musk #ElonMusk #DOGE #Government #USPolitics 2025-02-06T22:48:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0xdhnq653dmy3vh5avdcrxvr34gqylq7nxxqn9vjjpg33f5c4c9gzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qhhhpsx Before the election, Heritage Foundation staffers flooded federal agencies with records requests, looking for employees whose emails and messages contained terms like “climate change&#34; or “DEI,” so they could be purged by a second Trump administration.<br/><br/>In case you missed our story from Oct. 2024:<br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/have-government-employees-mentioned-climate-change-voting-or-gender-identity-the-heritage-foundation-wants-to-know?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post">https://www.propublica.org/article/have-government-employees-mentioned-climate-change-voting-or-gender-identity-the-heritage-foundation-wants-to-know?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a> 2025-01-25T14:30:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs23kgtkxtvs9lvxym8zx6cvuj7dqp8kwuzynyrcnnrswrgd3y704qzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64q8eqkwl A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza<br/>—<br/><br/>Israel has repeatedly crossed the Biden administration’s human rights red lines. But the U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Department.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-blinken-state-department-israel-gaza-human-rights-horrors?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post">https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-blinken-state-department-israel-gaza-human-rights-horrors?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><br/><br/>#News #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #USPolitics #HumanRights #Government 2025-01-15T20:45:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqlcya4afcnz68x8l3q4chav3pmpsx4h0kpdac9p6ksvpq3n0pndgzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64q7fdrsp Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight<br/>—<br/><br/>Given Musk’s role advising President-elect Donald Trump on ways to slash regulations and #government oversight, Boring and the Vegas Loop project might be a harbinger for the country.<br/><br/><a href="https://propub.li/3Wb4iaL">https://propub.li/3Wb4iaL</a><br/><br/>#News #Trump #Musk #LasVegas #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #Regulation #Environment #Transit #Traffic 2025-01-08T14:00:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxh9qu0qq50j3eqml3ksupnrqqrpfzvl7s2c2ayjuy4nh5jtexz9czyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64q337eu2 #Landlords Evicted #Maui Residents and Housed Wildfire Survivors for More Money. FEMA Didn’t Take Basic Steps to Stop It.<br/>—<br/><br/>#FEMA officials said they didn’t want their housing program for survivors of Maui’s 2023 wildfires to displace any residents. But they didn’t bar the agency’s contractors from leasing properties previously occupied by long-term tenants.<br/><br/>#News #Hawaii #Wildfires #Housing #Regulation #Rent #Property<br/><br/><a href="https://propub.li/3OsvCwQ">https://propub.li/3OsvCwQ</a> 2024-11-27T13:30:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswl9lzq4zphk9ah3j0pzggkvh8r6dl9qckdufz3wmegam6fcsydnszyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64q2g2xzs In Five Years, #Chicago Has Barely Made Progress on Its Court-Ordered #Police Reforms. Here’s Why.<br/>—<br/><br/>Chicago police agreed to judicial oversight in 2019. Since then, a series of mayors and police chiefs let efforts languish and no one in a position of oversight has pushed forcefully to keep the process on track, WTTW News and ProPublica found.<br/><br/>#News #Law #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #Crime #ConsentDecree <br/><br/><a href="https://propub.li/40ZGj1p">https://propub.li/40ZGj1p</a> 2024-11-20T17:37:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqv02tk00c7fn8xmqsu3kxv3sqshs7qmjnlma0ju84hkt5r658w9szyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qrs4sz0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsty3wmym3twy9n6ypl8p5dkxq6wzhhrct4vm37c2g4jrluca2se0qy4pfr2'>nevent1q…pfr2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We also reported on 18-year-old Nevaeh Crain, who visited 2 #Texas emergency rooms in 12 hours, returning home each time worse than before.<br/><br/>On her third trip, a #doctor insisted on 2 ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise” before moving her to intensive care.<br/><br/>Hours later, Nevaeh died.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala">https://www.propublica.org/article/nevaeh-crain-death-texas-abortion-ban-emtala</a><br/><br/>#News #Health #Pregnancy #AbortionBan 2024-11-20T16:47:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsty3wmym3twy9n6ypl8p5dkxq6wzhhrct4vm37c2g4jrluca2se0qzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qxv438p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8n4er5p5e46fqn3qdt3asa7mrm6z6yal8a6cgd2f433lmez2xjzsqzqn05'>nevent1q…qn05</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Weeks ago, we reported on Josseli Barnica, one of at least two pregnant #Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She&#39;d told her husband that the medical team said it couldn&#39;t act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage-texas-abortion-ban">https://www.propublica.org/article/josseli-barnica-death-miscarriage-texas-abortion-ban</a><br/><br/>#News #Health #Pregnancy #Miscarriage #AbortionBan 2024-11-20T16:42:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8n4er5p5e46fqn3qdt3asa7mrm6z6yal8a6cgd2f433lmez2xjzszyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qelv0dm #Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict #Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women<br/>—<br/><br/>The new legislation, prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, comes after 111 Texas #doctors signed a public letter urging that the ban be changed because it “does not allow us as medical professionals to do our jobs.&#34;<br/><br/>#News #Health #ReproductiveRights #Pregnancy #Healthcare<br/><br/><a href="https://propub.li/3Oieaer">https://propub.li/3Oieaer</a> 2024-11-20T16:37:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg5zdge895k4s74043xwk5d3gq6jkk32cwm8kaezepgz7elyyqdwqzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qhd776p Ginni Thomas, the wife of #SupremeCourt Justice Clarence Thomas, privately heaped praise on religious-rights group First Liberty Institute for fighting efforts to reform the Supreme Court — efforts sparked, in large part, by her husband’s ethical lapses.<br/><br/>#News #Law #SCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #GinniThomas #Government #Court #Politics #Religion #Ethics<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb6yapZwtoY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb6yapZwtoY</a> 2024-09-05T01:05:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd25llly8e5jyzqpktumf34fjepqtztdeape327e2u4030gmz8y9gzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qhz2qlm A new #Georgia #election rule violates the #law, experts say, because it asserts that county officials have the discretion to delay election certification — even though more than a century of state case law and judicial #history says otherwise.<br/><br/>#News #Government #Politics #GOP #election2024 #2024Election #Voting #Democracy <br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-rule-violates-state-law-experts-say">https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-rule-violates-state-law-experts-say</a> 2024-08-27T15:28:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0du5a3lrltkmcll3cy004cd37l79l0pjkw3ywc0t8l5v6qep9g2czyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64qz7f2f5 #DOJ Files #Antitrust Suit Against RealPage, Maker of Rent-Setting #Algorithm<br/>==<br/><br/>The suit, which comes in the wake of a ProPublica investigation into the #Texas company, accuses RealPage of taking part in an illegal price-fixing scheme to reduce competition among #landlords to boost prices — and profits.<br/><br/>#News #Housing #RealEstate #Apartments #Government #Business <br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/realpage-lawsuit-doj-antitrustdoj-files-antitrust-suit-against-maker-of-rent-setting-algorithm">https://www.propublica.org/article/realpage-lawsuit-doj-antitrustdoj-files-antitrust-suit-against-maker-of-rent-setting-algorithm</a> 2024-08-23T19:49:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8cay7v56w45uh4xyk58wjcr6wncuuxz5ywgeh92amasmhm7axjwgzyqrdrcv50u03yjct35wuvtk3xmr5r24mge5gz7hspvyeyalv6u64q3t9a47 Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American #Militia<br/>==<br/><br/>Rounding up #migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating #political assassinations. <br/><br/>Internal messages reveal AP3&#39;s journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 #election. <br/><br/>One member predicts: “It’ll be decided at the ammo box.”<br/><br/>#news #election2024 #government #crime #violence #immigration #politics <br/><br/><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-secret-ap3-militia-american-patriots-three-percent">https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-secret-ap3-militia-american-patriots-three-percent</a> 2024-08-17T12:07:11Z