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2025-03-28 20:39:41

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
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The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.
https://www.propublica.org/article/measles-vaccine-rfk-cdc-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #CDC #RFKJr #Health #Measles #Medicine #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Science

2025-03-28 13:00:10

A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.
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The move, which led to disruptions in services for sexual assault and domestic violence survivors, provides a glimpse of the consequences when a branch of government assumes unprecedented control.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-legislature-power-grab-sexual-abuse-survivors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NorthCarolina #GOP #SexualAssault #Women #DomesticViolence

2025-03-27 16:00:02

Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays
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The move follows an investigation by ProPublica and the Anchorage Daily News that found some cases have taken as long as a decade to reach juries, potentially violating the rights of victims and defendants alike.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-supreme-court-limits-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alaska #Law #Court #Crime

2025-03-27 13:00:12

Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases
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The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-gop-lawmakers-propose-amending-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Abortion #Texas #GOP #Law #Women #Health #Pregnancy

2025-03-26 16:34:45

Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up
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Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others — including providers of medical credit cards.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cfpb-investigation-capital-one-rocket-meta-carvana-greenlight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Consumer #Business #Law #Meta #Tech #Trump #DOGE #Musk

2025-03-26 14:00:13

How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China
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As a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is certainly a policy of obfuscation,” an expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-allows-china-investment-cayman-islands-secrecy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ElonMusk #SpaceX #China #Investing #Business #Musk

2025-03-26 13:00:10

TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.
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The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tce-ban-cancer-parkinsons-trump-republicans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Environment #Health #Trump #Cancer #Congress #GOP

2025-03-25 13:00:08

Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over
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The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-texas-housing-discrimination-cases-dallas-houston?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Housing #Discrimination #Trump #Government

2025-03-24 20:21:13

NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
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It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Climate #NIH #Health #ClimateChange #Research #Government #Trump #RFKJr

2025-03-24 13:00:11

We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.
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A federal probe into Illinois’ treatment of disabled people will examine abuse and neglect allegations at state-run residential institutions — including Choate, the subject of a yearlong Capitol News Illinois and ProPublica investigation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-disabilities-doj-investigation-choate-abuse?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Illinois #Disability #DOJ #Journalism

2025-03-21 21:33:29

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@nprofile…qe9d Good question. One recent example: Our January investigation with the Connecticut Mirror found that Connecticut allows towing companies to sell some people’s cars in just 15 days, one of the shortest windows in the country. A few weeks ago, Connecticut lawmakers created a bill that would address nearly all of the issues we raised: https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-lawmakers-seek-overhaul-of-towing-laws
We also produce reports every year explaining how our stories produce change. Here's the most recent one: https://assets-c3.propublica.org/pdf/reports/ProPublica-2024-2nd-Impact-Report.pdf

2025-03-21 15:00:07

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2025-03-21 13:00:06

“I would just like to know what information they’re reviewing that sways their determination to renew this man’s license,” said Lisa Warwick, whose husband, Scot, died after 11 years of chemotherapy and other treatments for a cancer he never had.
https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-medical-board-renewed-st-peters-hospital?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Montana #Medicine #Doctor #Hospital #Cancer

2025-03-20 12:00:03

In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief writes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-russell-vought-prophetic-trump-second-term?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Trump #Government #USPolitics #RussellVought #Journalism

2025-03-18 18:09:11

Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
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Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in raids and sweeps.
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-americans-will-be-caught-up-trump-immigration-raids?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Immigration #ICE #Migrants #Immigrants #Detention #History

2025-03-17 21:00:06

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2025-03-17 14:00:06

An effort to call a convention to amend the Constitution is focused on the national debt but could open the door to other changes — including making it legal for Trump to run for a third term.
https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Congress #USPolitics #Government #Law #History

2025-03-17 13:00:08

Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.
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Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic partner in Asia.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-halted-agent-orange-cleanup-dioxin-vietnam-poison-risk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Vietnam #USAID #Environment #PublicHealth #USPolitics

2025-03-16 14:00:03

“Are we going to break something?” acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek asked, referring to what DOGE has been doing with Social Security data. “I don’t know."
https://www.propublica.org/article/recording-reveals-leland-dudek-thoughts-trump-doge-social-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOGE #Musk #ElonMusk #SocialSecurity #USPolitics #Trump

2025-03-15 18:52:03

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@nprofile…z0yu Thank you so much Toni!

2025-03-15 13:00:07

We identified 35 crimes linked to Terrorgram, including bomb plots, stabbings and shootings.
Each case involved someone who posted in Terrorgram chats, followed Terrorgram accounts or was a member of a group whose leaders participated in the Terrorgram community.
https://www.propublica.org/article/rise-and-fall-terrorgram-inside-global-online-hate-network-frontline-telegram?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Extremism #Terror #Tech #Telegram #Violence

2025-03-14 20:18:08

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@nprofile…9fum Thank you so much Jon!

2025-03-14 17:37:06

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PLUS: Over the past several weeks, ProPublica has identified dozens of people who worked for DOGE.
Today, we’re adding 20 names to the list, bringing the total to 66.
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2025-03-14 17:35:57

NEW: Insiders tell ProPublica that Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run #DOGE.
One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having “little to no actual decision making” responsibilities.
#news #government #musk #ElonMusk #AmyGleason #Trump
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-leadership-elon-musk-amy-gleason-trump-ethics-conflict-of-interest?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2025-03-14 15:00:04

Texas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No.
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The rebuke from lawmakers and charter school leaders came after an investigation from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune revealed that Salvador Cavazos, who oversees fewer than 1,000 students, is among the most well-paid superintendents in the country.
https://www.propublica.org/article/salvador-cavazos-valere-pay-pushback?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Education #School

2025-03-14 13:45:50

Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
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The class-action lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-lawsuit-trump-parents?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Discrimination #Parents #Disability #School

2025-03-12 13:00:07

A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
https://www.propublica.org/article/st-lukes-hospital-idaho-abortion-ban?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Idaho #Abortion #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #Medicine #Law

2025-03-10 21:52:50

Connecticut Lawmakers Seek Overhaul of Towing Laws
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A new bill addresses nearly all of the issues raised in a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that found people’s cars were being sold shortly after they were towed.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-lawmakers-seek-overhaul-of-towing-laws?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Connecticut #Towing #Cars #Poverty #Law

2025-03-10 16:00:15

1/ We’re nonprofit. We’re independent. We only answer to readers like you.
Investigative journalism isn’t free to do, but thanks to 70K+ members, it’s free to read.

2025-03-08 14:00:08

How the Terrorgram Collective’s Neo-Nazi Influencers Groomed a Teen to Kill
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The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.
https://www.propublica.org/article/telegram-terrorgram-collective-bratislava-murders-neo-nazi-online-hate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Extremism #Terror #Tech #Telegram #Violence

2025-03-07 17:32:20

U.S. Housing Agency Considers Launching Crypto Experiment
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees billions in aid and insures more than a trillion dollars in mortgages, is pondering using the blockchain and a stablecoin. One HUD official derided it as “monopoly money.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/hud-considers-crypto-blockchain-stablecoin-housing-urban-development?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Housing #Crypto #Government #USPolitics #Trump #Blockchain

2025-03-07 14:00:07

For years, a Connecticut towing company got to cut the line at the DMV in exchange for selling towed cars at deep discounts, according to a DMV report, allowing one DMV employee to resell them for steep profits.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-employee-sells-towed-cars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Connecticut #Towing #Cars #DMV #Business

2025-03-07 00:01:07

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@nprofile…g7a9 Yep! This person would be part of ProPublica’s data team, working collaboratively with talented journalists throughout our newsroom. We're looking for someone with both journalism experience and the ability to code.

2025-03-06 23:51:56

JOB ALERT: ProPublica is seeking a computational journalist — someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach.
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2025-03-05 18:07:47

As Idaho Pushes to Reform Its Coroner System, Counties Seek to Make It Less Transparent
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A bill moving forward with bipartisan support is described as a first step to addressing problems highlighted in a state report and by ProPublica. Meanwhile, counties seek to end access to coroners’ records that were key to ProPublica’s findings.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-system-reform-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Idaho #Deaths #Law #Records #Data #Transparency

2025-03-04 13:00:10

Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year
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Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been publicly released. Now, Georgia says releasing the identities would be a violation of state law.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #Health #Women #Abortion #Law

2025-03-04 12:01:13

Exclusive: Six sources who worked for the Air Force or in Congress told ProPublica that they had heard about Sen. Joni Ernst’s relationship with a top military official and there had been concerns about it for years.
https://www.propublica.org/article/joni-ernst-congress-military-relationships?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Congress #Military #ConflictOfInterest #USPolitics #JoniErnst

2025-03-03 22:12:08

One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated.
The USAID programs were cut anyway.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-rubio-usaid-musk-death-toll-malaria-polio-tuberculosis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USAID #PublicHealth #Trump #DOGE #Aid #Disease #Health #USPolitics

2025-03-01 23:39:02

A high-ranking NASA official warned his employees to “use discretion” in public when displaying badges or emblems that identify them as federal workers — part of an effort, the agency says, to protect its staff amid “stories of possible harassment.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/nasa-official-warns-staff-trump-harassment-federal-workers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NASA #Space #Government #USPolitics #Trump

2025-03-01 21:04:40

Trump Cancels Lifesaving USAID Programs, Despite Pledge of 90-Day Review
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The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-rubio-marocco-canceled-programs-gaza-syria-congo-hiv-ebola?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #USAID #Rubio #Aid #Gaza #Syria #Congo #HIV #Ebola #USPolitics

2025-02-28 14:00:13

A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”
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The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude method for identifying research he calls “woke.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Science #Data #Research #Medicine #Biology #USPolitics

2025-02-27 20:54:06

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2025-02-26 19:38:11

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2025-02-26 14:00:19

Amid Increasing Domestic Violence, Illinois Struggles to Review Fatalities
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Four years after the state called for a network of domestic violence review panels, only seven counties have joined committees. Glaringly absent from the program: Cook County, home to Chicago and about 40% of the state’s population.
https://www.propublica.org/article/deaths-are-rising-but-illinois-domestic-violence-review-boards-have-yet-to-offer-solutions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Illinois #Violence #Crime #Law #DomesticViolence

2025-02-24 14:00:10

The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
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A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do the Trump administration and elected officials keep relying on it?
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-employees-work-from-home-trump-myth?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #USPolitics #Government #Labor #WFH #Work

2025-02-21 01:39:07

Education Department “Lifting the Pause” on Some Civil Rights Probes, but Not for Race or Gender Cases
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A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” cases to proceed. Thousands of outstanding complaints will continue to sit idle.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-education-civil-rights-investigations-disability-gender-race-discrimination?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Disability #Race #Gender #Discrimination

2025-02-20 00:17:33

Behind closed doors, entire government agencies are being overhauled. We’re investigating who’s pulling the strings — and the impact on our democracy.
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2025-02-19 14:00:08

Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
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Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Georgia #Medicaid #Healthcare #Health #Data #Trump

2025-02-16 02:09:54

Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
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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.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USAID #Trump #USPolitics #Diplomacy

2025-02-14 22:06:56

Alaska Judge Vows to Reduce Trial Delays: “We Must, and We Will, Improve”
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Chief Justice Susan M. Carney’s comments follow ProPublica and Anchorage Daily News reporting that found the median time to resolve the most serious felonies in Alaska was three years in 2023 — triple the time it took a decade before.
https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-judge-vows-to-curb-pretrial-delays?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Alaska #Crime #Law #CriminalJustice

2025-02-14 15:00:15

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2025-02-14 14:00:12

How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire
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Uncertainty over funding and hiring stemming from the president’s executive orders has limited wildfire training and postponed work to reduce flammable vegetation. It has also led some firefighters to leave the force, their colleagues said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-funding-freeze-wildfire-season?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Wildfires #Trump #USPolitics #Climate #Biodiversity #Environment

2025-02-14 02:32:06

“We’ve Been Essentially Muzzled”: Department of Education Halts Thousands of Civil Rights Investigations Under Trump
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Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, placing more than 10,000 student complaints related to disability access and sexual and racial harassment on hold.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-civil-rights-office-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Trump #CivilRights #Students #Discrimination #USPolitics

2025-02-13 19:23:09

We spoke to the relatives of three immigrants transferred to Guantanamo, who said they’ve been left in the dark about their loved ones.
“To me it’s the desperation, the frustration that I know nothing of him. It’s a terrible anguish. I don’t sleep.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-migrants-guantanamo-bay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #Guantanamo #Trump #Family #Immigrants

2025-02-12 14:30:04

What a $2 Million Per Dose Gene Therapy Reveals About Drug Pricing
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Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. Then it debuted at a record price, ushering in a new class of wildly expensive drugs. Its story upends the widely held conception that high prices reflect huge industry investments in innovation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/zolgensma-sma-novartis-drug-prices-gene-therapy-avexis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Health #Healthcare #Medicine #Genetics #Biotech #Science

2025-02-11 16:28:49

Utah Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Abusing Patients “Using His Position as a Therapist”
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The plea comes after an investigation by The Salt Lake Tribune and ProPublica about the former therapist, who built a reputation as a specialist for struggling gay Latter-day Saints men.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-therapist-scott-owen-sexual-abuse-guilty-plea?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Utah #Court #SexualAbuse #Investigation

2025-02-11 15:00:39

Idaho Passed $2 Billion in Funding for School Building Repairs. It’s Not Nearly Enough.
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A new cost estimate and early reports from districts receiving state funds show that small districts are still struggling to meet their most dire needs, forcing them to turn to voters to approve additional funds.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-schools-struggle-to-repair-buildings-despite-state-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Idaho #School #Repair #Funding #Education

2025-02-11 14:00:07

One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.
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The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and other incidents.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-doge-faa-ast-regulation-spaceflight-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #SpaceX #FAA #ElonMusk #DOGE #Aviation #Spaceflight #Trump #Regulation

2025-02-11 05:32:19

Elon Musk’s Team Decimates Education Department Arm That Tracks National School Performance
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The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data about schools each year.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-institute-education-science-contracts-doge?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #DOGE #ElonMusk #Education #School #Data

2025-02-09 19:03:14

By giving Elon Musk’s engineers access to USAID’s entire digital network, including personal information for thousands of employees, the Trump administration may have violated the Privacy Act of 1974, three experts told ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-trump-musk-destruction-may-have-broken-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ElonMusk #Musk #DOGE #USAID #Government #Trump #Law

2025-02-08 21:31:59

The Department of Education Told Employees to End Support for Transgender Students
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The directive, which continues the Trump administration’s efforts to curb transgender rights, could end school-based mental health services and support for homeless students.
https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-transgender-students-email?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #Trump #Trans #TransRights #Transgender #Students #Government

2025-02-08 14:00:07

The Nashville school shooter previously pulled a knife on another student. He returned to school after a two-day suspension.
“He had a whole knife in school, and he didn’t get expelled,” the victim said. “It just doesn’t sit right with me.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/nashville-school-shooter-previous-threats?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Tennessee #Nashville #School #Shooting #Students #Violence

2025-02-07 22:43:06

ProPublica has identified three lawyers with elite establishment credentials who’ve joined the DOGE effort. Two of their names haven’t been previously reported as working for the Elon Musk-led initiative.
Here’s what we know about them: https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-lawyers-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Law #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #DOGE #ElonMusk #Musk #USPolitics

2025-02-07 21:38:46

After creating an uproar last week for demanding access to a sensitive system at the Treasury Department, DOGE is expected to turn its attention to another restricted database next week, according to two people with knowledge of their plans.
This database tracks the flow of money across the government, from the Treasury to specific agencies and then to the ultimate destination of the funds.
https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-doge-cars-treasury-examine?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DOGE #ElonMusk #Musk #Treasury #Database #Government #USPolitics

2025-02-06 22:48:01

President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe.
ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Musk #ElonMusk #DOGE #Government #USPolitics

2025-01-24 14:00:06

North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.
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The state was hostile to Interior Department policies during the Biden administration. A review of its lawsuits under Burgum reveals an aggressively pro-fossil fuel agenda.
https://www.propublica.org/article/doug-burgum-north-dakota-interior-department-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NorthDakota #Government #FossilFuels #Energy #Oil #Gas #Climate

2025-01-21 15:00:19

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services reports that it misses a 90-day deadline to approve child care licensing applications about a third of the time. In regions with severe staffing shortages, that rate can rise above 50%.
https://www.propublica.org/article/obstacles-to-opening-child-care-facilities-rural-illinois?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Illinois #Rural #Children #Family #Parenting #Education

2025-01-21 14:00:11

ProPublica reporters are dedicated to investigating government agencies and federal policy. Concerned public servants are some of our most important sources.
We appreciate the difficult situations people weigh as they decide whether to reach out. Here's how to securely get in touch.
https://www.propublica.org/tips/federal-workers/

2025-01-18 19:13:02

State Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.
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Republican Jefferson Griffin is trying to overturn his election loss by asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to toss 5,500 military and overseas absentee ballots. He used the same method to vote in 2019 and 2020.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-military-absentee-votes-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Election #Vote #NorthCarolina #Law #Election2024

2025-01-18 14:00:01

How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.
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Our reporters mined a trove of data that revealed detailed demographic information about private schools. That helped us find illuminating stories about how those schools divide communities.
https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-demographic-data-private-schools?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Education #School #Segregation #History #Data

2025-01-17 16:00:20

Lawmakers in at least seven states are filing more than a dozen bills to expand abortion access.
Some were introduced in direct response to ProPublica’s reporting on the fatal consequences of abortion bans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/state-lawmakers-seek-expanded-access-to-abortion-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Abortion #Law #Women #Health #Texas #Florida

2025-01-17 15:00:01

The DOJ has been investigating Texas AG Ken Paxton since 2020 on allegations that he misused his position to help a political donor. Under Trump, a Paxton ally, the yearslong investigation could come to an end.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-ken-paxton-doj-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Texas #DOJ #USPolitics #Government #KenPaxton

2025-01-17 14:00:17

This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.
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Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited areas that make up his base.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-biden-ira-climate-red-states?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #ClimateChange #Louisiana #Climate #Biden

2025-01-16 18:48:07

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2025-01-16 18:00:02

ProPublica just launched a database to explore detailed demographic information about thousands of private schools across the country.
Here’s how to use it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-school-demographics-lookup/utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Data #Research #School #Education

2025-01-13 16:00:14

The Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
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Private letters reveal the strategy behind the decadeslong quest — successful in 12 states and counting — by politicians, church officials and activists to make taxpayer-funded school vouchers available not just to the poor but to the wealthy.
https://www.propublica.org/article/school-vouchers-ohio-church-state-tax-dollars-private-religious?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Ohio #School #Education #Church #Religion

2025-01-13 14:00:09

Two Families Sue After 11-Year-Old and 13-Year-Old Students Were Arrested Under Tennessee’s School Threat Law
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The lawsuits, filed in federal court this month, argue East Tennessee school officials violated students’ rights by calling the police on them under Tennessee’s threats of mass violence law.
#News #Tennessee #School #Education #Law #Lawsuit
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-school-threats-law-lawsuits?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2025-01-13 01:00:03

A pregnancy center can bill the state $14 for distributing diapers that cost the center just over $.25. And before parents can get those diapers, they must take a class that the center can bill the state $30 for each hour of class a client attends.
(Published July 2024)
https://propub.li/3PvTPmw
#Texas #Pregnancy #Family #Government #Accountability #Abortion

2025-01-12 17:00:05

In 2020, we mapped out the danger zones that will close in on Americans over the next 30 years — combining climate data with wildfire projections by US Forest Service researchers.
See what changes are in store for your county.
https://propub.li/3C2UI2U
#Climate #Environment #Wildfires #Data #ClimateChange #Research

2025-01-10 15:00:13

“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois
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Though the governor promised to make Illinois “the best state” to raise young children, child care continues to disappear. And, as one couple learned, there’s almost no help for those building a child care facility from the ground up.
https://propub.li/4j8yNbg
#News #Illinois #Parenting #Children #ChildCare #Government

2025-01-09 16:30:01

A “Horrendous” Alaska Sexual Assault Case, Delayed for a Decade
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Four different judges have agreed to delay the trial more than 70 times in total. We pieced together a timeline of the delays using audio recordings and logs from every hearing.
https://propub.li/428a7tw
#News #Alaska #Law #Crime

2025-01-09 14:00:15

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Our story from 2022: Texas-based RealPage’s YieldStar software helps landlords set prices for apartments across the U.S. With rents soaring, critics are concerned that the company’s proprietary algorithm is hurting competition.
https://propub.li/407lOho

2025-01-09 14:00:14

Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets
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Federal prosecutors allege that the landlords have used RealPage pricing software to collude and artificially raise rents. The legal action is the latest development stemming from a 2022 ProPublica investigation.
https://propub.li/40qESIN
#News #Housing #Business #Government #DOJ

2025-01-07 22:21:38

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Read our original investigation: https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-tow-companies-car-sales?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2025-01-07 22:16:46

UPDATE: The Connecticut DMV and top state lawmakers have vowed to review towing laws after a CT Mirror and ProPublica investigation found that people’s cars can be sold just 15 days after they’re towed.
https://propub.li/4h1Uw2E
#News #Connecticut #Towing #Cars #Poverty #DMV

2025-01-06 16:40:35

After Jan. 6, 2021, ProPublica sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there.
Revisit the collection: https://propub.li/4a4RqZA
#News #Video #Jan6 #Insurrection #CapitolAttack

2025-01-05 14:00:13

Connecticut allows towing companies to sell some people’s cars after just 15 days — one of the shortest windows in the country.
The sales have particularly affected low-income people, who have lost jobs after they were unable to get their cars back.
https://propub.li/3DGYCPs
#News #Connecticut #Cars #Poverty #Business #DMV #Towing

2025-01-05 14:00:13

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We’re investigating towing practices in #Connecticut, where companies can sell people’s cars after just 15 days. If you’ve been affected, we want to hear from you.
https://propub.li/3C3kG6c

2025-01-03 22:28:55

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Find our original investigation into formaldehyde cancer risks here: propub.li/4gcoZdZ
And look up the risks of formaldehyde cancer risk in your neighborhood with our tool: propub.li/3B6Czkj

2025-01-03 22:27:13

#EPA Report Finds That Formaldehyde Presents an “Unreasonable Risk” to Public Health
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The report was published weeks after a ProPublica investigation found that the chemical causes more cancer than any other toxic air pollutant and can trigger asthma, miscarriages and fertility problems.
#News #PublicHealth #Health #Pollution #Cancer #Environment
https://propub.li/4fIZP60

2024-12-24 01:00:10

You have the power to support journalism that makes real change.
Giving is easy — we accept Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal and Venmo: https://propub.li/4j1cK6r
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2024-12-02 01:00:01

Back in 2021, we launched a series of stories documenting the key ways that the ultrawealthy — #billionaires like #ElonMusk, Jeff Bezos, and Peter Thiel — avoid #taxes. Here are 10 of their strategies.
#Finance #Law #Tech #Journalism
https://propub.li/4fQL3uY

2024-10-03 23:30:16

Top Execs Exit #Trump Media Amid Allegations of CEO’s Mismanagement and Retaliation
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Several people involved with the former president’s company, operator of #TruthSocial, believe the departures were retaliation following internal complaints about CEO Devin Nunes to the company board.
#News #DonaldTrump #DevinNunes #TrumpMedia #Business #SocialMedia #Tech #Media
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-media-truth-social-executives-ousted-devin-nunes?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2024-08-17 17:01:34

Twenty years after Russell Maze was convicted of killing his infant son, attorneys in the conviction-review unit in the Nashville DA’s office reviewed his case and concluded that Maze was actually innocent.
But would that be enough to overturn his conviction?
#news #law #video #criminaljustice #courts #cops #nashville
https://youtu.be/P9lvvh85OFs?feature=shared

2024-05-23 16:07:17

A New Mexico judge has lifted a temporary order that had stopped the city of Albuquerque from throwing away the possessions of homeless people without providing notice and an offer to store their belongings.
https://www.propublica.org/article/judge-lifts-order-albuquerque-homeless-encampments

2024-04-21 20:02:07

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Last week, we revealed that Blinken had, for months, been sitting on recommendations from a special State Dept. panel that the US bring sanctions against certain Israeli units linked to a variety of abuses:
https://www.propublica.org/article/israel-gaza-blinken-leahy-sanctions-human-rights-violations

2024-04-21 20:01:45

#Netanyahu Resists U.S. Plan to Bring Sanctions Against Israeli #Military Unit
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After months of inaction, Secretary of State Antony #Blinken is poised to bar U.S. aid to an #Israeli unit accused of human rights abuses.
#News #Israel #Gaza #War #Palestine #HumanRights #Law
https://www.propublica.org/article/netanyahu-resists-blinken-plan-sanction-against-israeli-military-unit

2024-03-08 23:54:39

Help ProPublica investigate access to mental health care.
If you are a mental health provider and live in one of the 18 unshaded states below, please get in touch to help us reach our goal of connecting with care professionals in every state:
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/tell-us-about-mental-health-care-access
#Health #HealthCare #MentalHealth #Doctors #News
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2024-02-02 19:59:43

Senator Pushes #Museums to Return “Stolen” Native American Remains and Belongings
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In a #Senate floor speech that centered America’s colonial history, Brian Schatz said institutions have a moral obligation to comply with federal #repatriation law. He demanded urgent action.
#NativeAmerican #NAGPRA #News
https://www.propublica.org/article/senator-schatz-museums-native-american-remains-belongings?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

2024-01-26 15:18:27

21 Bodycam Videos Caught the #NYPD Wrongly Arresting Black Kids on Halloween. Why Can’t the Public See the Footage?
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ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky started investigating #police oversight after an NYPD officer hit a teenager with a car in 2019.
In the years since, he’s learned how police departments have undermined the promise of body-worn cameras.
#News #Cops #NYC #NewYork #CriminalJustice
https://www.propublica.org/article/police-body-worn-cameras-no-transparency?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post