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NEW: Citation Oil & Gas is named more often than any other ...

2026-10-27T13:30:23Z

NEW: Citation Oil & Gas is named more often than any other company in Oklahoma’s database of oil field pollution incidents and violations — listed more than 1,000 times over the past decade.

The state’s oil regulator has never punished the company.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-pollution-citation-violations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Pollution #Data #Regulation #Environment

NEW: A Florida cybersecurity company promised to help clients ...

2026-10-26T13:30:39Z

NEW: A Florida cybersecurity company promised to help clients recover data from ransomware attackers.

In a 2019 story, we found the company was making secret payments to hackers and pocketing hefty fees from clients.

The CEO was just indicted for fraud.
https://www.propublica.org/article/zohar-pinhasi-monstercloud-ransomware-indictment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Florida #Cybersecurity #Tech #Technology #Law #Data #Hacking

NEW: In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a ...

2026-10-26T12:30:20Z

NEW: In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests
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Brent Taylor is the front-runner for one of Memphis’ congressional districts, recently redrawn from majority Black to majority white. As state senator, he repeatedly used his power to supersede local officials — and the will of the city’s voters.
https://www.propublica.org/article/brent-taylor-memphis-tennessee-preemption-laws?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Memphis #Tennessee #Vote #Voting #Election #Midterms #USPolitics

NEW: Officer Jaron Alexander says he didn’t come back to ...

2026-10-25T13:00:30Z

NEW: Officer Jaron Alexander says he didn’t come back to Ingram, Texas, to help deport his neighbors.

But one year after joining ICE’s 287(g) program, his department has handed over the equivalent of 10% of the town.
https://www.propublica.org/article/deportations-ingram-texas-287g-jaron-alexander?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ICE #Police #Immigration #Immigrant #Deportation #Texas

NEW: A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is ...

2026-10-23T17:58:05Z

NEW: A week after ProPublica reported how organized crime is stealing food stamp benefits — aided by the government’s refusal to update benefit-card technology — the Department of Agriculture announced plans to adopt more secure cards with microchips.
https://www.propublica.org/article/snap-theft-chip-cards-trump-rule?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Food #SNAP #Poverty #Crime #Government #USDA #Tech #Technology

NEW: “In Texas, we fight fraud head-on,” Ken Paxton said last ...

2026-10-23T16:27:44Z

NEW: “In Texas, we fight fraud head-on,” Ken Paxton said last year.

Yet records show his trust gave $600K to a convicted fraudster’s new company in 2020, which later wired the trust tens of thousands of dollars before and during his 2023 impeachment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-investment-scott-sherman-wildcatter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #KenPaxton #Fraud #Business #Investment #TX #Government #USPolitics

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah ...

2026-10-23T13:30:13Z

NEW: A bird flu outbreak has been raging uncontrolled on a Utah mink farm for two months.

Flu experts fear it could spark a devastating human pandemic.

But officials haven’t acted — instead prioritizing the financial interests of the fur trade.
https://www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-mink-farm-utah-human-risk?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #BirdFlu #H5N1 #Utah #Pandemic #PublicHealth #Health #Science

NEW: A 2018 Washington state law was supposed to help workers who ...

2026-10-22T14:30:22Z

NEW: A 2018 Washington state law was supposed to help workers who got sick cleaning up Hanford, a former federal nuclear weapons site.

Eight years later, the DOE has spent nearly $12 million fighting to deny them benefits.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hanford-nuclear-workers-compensation-washington-doe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Washington #Nuclear #Energy #Labor #DepartmentOfEnergy #WorkersRights

NEW: ProPublica sued the federal government for records that show ...

2026-10-22T13:30:24Z

NEW: ProPublica sued the federal government for records that show which schools are facing civil rights investigations — data that was public before Trump’s second term.

Now you can use our searchable database to find cases.
https://www.propublica.org/article/civil-rights-office-education-department-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Education #School #CivilRights #Government #Trump #Data #Journalism #Research #Parenting #Children #Teaching #Discrimination #SexaulAssault

NEW: A ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from ...

2026-10-22T12:30:10Z

NEW: A ProPublica data analysis shows that delays resulting from USPS’ cost-cutting measures have endangered the validity of ballots mailed in rural areas.

Counties that voted for Trump in 2024 have been most affected.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-ballot-delays-postal-service-midterms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Data #USPS #Vote #Voting #Election #Midterms #Rural #USPolitics

Has mail service been reduced in your ZIP code? Use our lookup ...

2026-10-22T12:30:10Z

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#Data #Research #USPS #Vote #Voting #Election #Midterms #Journalism

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division may have put ...

2026-10-21T15:36:36Z

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division may have put consumers at increased risk of using unsafe cannabis products, according to a state audit.

The findings echo a yearlong investigation into the agency by The Denver Gazette and ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-enforcement-division-audit-findings?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Colorado #Marijuana #Cannabis #Safety #Regulation #Health

NEW: Three people died in Ruidoso on July 8, 2025, after ...

2026-10-21T14:30:08Z

NEW: Three people died in Ruidoso on July 8, 2025, after dangerous floods swept through the New Mexico town.

First responders say they were understaffed and inadequately equipped to respond to the flooding.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ruidoso-flood-emergency-response-water-rescue?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NewMexico #Flood #Emergency #Safety #Rescue #FirstResponders

NEW: After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above ...

2026-10-21T13:30:07Z

NEW: After wildfires scarred the Sacramento Mountains above Ruidoso, New Mexico, the community was under heightened threat of catastrophic flooding.

Officials were aware but continued to promote the town to tourists who were oblivious to the danger.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wildfire-flood-risk-ruidoso-new-mexico?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NewMexico #Wildfire #Flood #Disasters #Safety #Emergency

NEW: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a ...

2026-10-21T01:58:34Z

NEW: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view.

The exact details of the agreement over oil fields had remained unclear — until now.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-venezuela-oil-agreement-terms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Venezuela #Oil #Gas #Economy #Politics #Geopolitics #Business

How Trump’s FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn ...

2026-10-20T12:30:45Z

How Trump’s FBI Purge Saved Lindsey Graham and James Clyburn From a Bribery Investigation
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An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark.
https://www.propublica.org/article/navatek-lindsey-graham-jim-clyburn-fbi-anti-corruption-bribery?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #SouthCarolina #Defense #FBI #Government #Corruption #USPolitics

In case you missed it, read our original investigation: ...

2026-10-19T20:30:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…tccs
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In case you missed it, read our original investigation: https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Immigration #Immigrants #ICE #DHS #USPolitics #Law

NEW: We recently reported that more than 500 American citizens ...

2026-10-19T20:30:15Z

NEW: We recently reported that more than 500 American citizens have been detained by immigration agents.

Now House members are moving to make it easier for those detained to seek justice through the courts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/american-citizens-wrongfully-detained-ice-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Immigration #Immigrants #ICE #DHS #USPolitics #Congress #Law

NEW: A high-ranking Republican tried to curb the unchecked growth ...

2026-10-19T14:30:26Z

NEW: A high-ranking Republican tried to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s school voucher program.

Then three PACs — bankrolled by pro-school choice billionaires like the Koch family and Jeffrey Yass — worked to take him down.
https://www.propublica.org/article/west-virginia-school-choice-billionaires-vernon-criss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WestVirginia #Billionaires #Election #Midterms #School #Education #SchoolChoice

NEW: In Texas, Ken Paxton successfully defended a near-total ...

2026-10-19T13:30:28Z

NEW: In Texas, Ken Paxton successfully defended a near-total abortion ban before Roe v. Wade was struck down, and he blocked federal guidance for emergency abortion care.

His allies see an opening to further restrict abortion if his Senate bid is successful.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-texas-abortion-senate?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #KenPaxton #Texas #Law #Senate #Election #Abortion #Women #Health #USPolitics

NEW - DHS appointees made an unusual request of CISA, its agency ...

2026-10-19T12:30:31Z

NEW - DHS appointees made an unusual request of CISA, its agency that protects election systems: Secretly acquire a voting machine and hack it.

Though not acted on, the request shows how the Trump administration has tried to use CISA for its own ends.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cisa-election-security-donald-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DHS #Voting #Vote #Election #Midterms #Trump #USPolitics #Cybersecurity

Over and over, judges have rejected the Trump administration’s ...

2026-10-16T13:30:12Z

Over and over, judges have rejected the Trump administration’s arguments for turning over state voter rolls.

“Clearly, this demand is devoid of any factual basis,” one judge wrote.
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-doj-voter-data-lawsuits/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Law #Judge #DOJ #Vote #Voting #Election #Lawsuit #Legal

NEW on “Paper Trail”: A defense contractor CEO told the FBI ...

2026-10-15T17:30:04Z

NEW on “Paper Trail”: A defense contractor CEO told the FBI that he had bribed politicians — and that Susan Collins was his most important patron. Then Trump shut down an elite FBI anti-corruption unit.

So we took it upon ourselves to investigate. Listen to the full episode:
https://www.propublica.org/podcast/susan-collins-bribery-allegations-fbi-martin-kao?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #SusanCollins #FBI #Trump #Maine #Defense #Government #Corruption #USPolitics #Law

NEW: For 86 years, Missouri has held on to a nonpartisan system ...

2026-10-15T14:30:11Z

NEW: For 86 years, Missouri has held on to a nonpartisan system of selecting its top judges.

But after the state Supreme Court overruled a gerrymandering attempt by the GOP, some Republican lawmakers are calling for the system to be overturned.
https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-plan-judge-selection-republican-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Missouri #GOP #Republicans #Law #Courts #Legal #USPolitics

NEW: Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at ...

2026-10-15T13:30:12Z

NEW: Since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott first declared an emergency at the border in 2021, he’s renewed or amended the proclamation at least 69 times.

The proclamation has greatly expanded his powers without going through the state Legislature.
https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbott-border-security-disaster-proclamation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #TX #Border #Security #Governor #GregAbbott #USPolitics

NEW: Officials in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, spent millions ...

2026-10-14T14:30:24Z

NEW: Officials in New Mexico and El Paso, Texas, spent millions of dollars drafting separate plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Neither plan took into account how the construction of three new data centers could upend climate goals in both places.
https://www.propublica.org/article/data-centers-texas-new-mexico-greenhouse-gas-emissions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NewMexico #ElPaso #Texas #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment #DataCenters #Energy #Pollution

NEW: The women were victims of domestic abuse. That’s what they ...

2026-10-14T13:30:23Z

NEW: The women were victims of domestic abuse.

That’s what they told police officers, attorneys and anyone who would listen.

It didn’t matter.

They were all taken to an immigration detention center.
https://www.propublica.org/article/domestic-violence-immigrant-victims-ice-detention?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Women #Abuse #Violence #Immigrants #Immigration #ICE #Trump

NEW: After four witnesses recanted, a Pennsylvania man spent 20 ...

2026-10-13T13:30:35Z

NEW: After four witnesses recanted, a Pennsylvania man spent 20 years in prison insisting he was innocent of murder.

Records show his lawyer, to whom he wrote dozens of letters pleading for help, did little to help besides asking for more time.
https://www.propublica.org/article/post-conviction-legal-delays-pennsylvania?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Pennsylvania #Prison #CriminalJustice #Law #Philadelphia #Legal

NEW: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who ...

2026-10-13T12:30:23Z

NEW: Fraudsters stole $470 million last year from Americans who need help paying for food.

Adopting the same microchip that credit cards have had for years would prevent most of the theft, but Congress won’t pay for it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/food-stamp-snap-benefits-theft-skimmers-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #SNAP #Crime #Theft #Fraud #Congress #Government #Poverty #Hunger

NEW: Early on Aug. 25, the Tohono O’odham Nation received a ...

2026-10-10T13:30:19Z

NEW: Early on Aug. 25, the Tohono O’odham Nation received a one-minute notice from Border Patrol.

A convoy of contractors — guarded by masked agents — was en route to conduct testing for a coming border wall.

The tribe was warned: Do not interfere.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tohono-oodham-nation-arizona-border-wall?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Indigenous #Native #Arizona #Trump #BorderPatrol #Border

WATCH: Reporter Jake Pearson had an idea: Ask ProPublica editors ...

2026-10-10T12:30:10Z

WATCH: Reporter Jake Pearson had an idea: Ask ProPublica editors for $$$, mimic the patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings and see if the app would encourage his recklessness.

What he didn’t expect was how little pushback he’d get as he spiraled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8IyGjdY1sg

#Video #Sports #Gambling #Journalism #Regulation #Consumer #Technology

NEW: The New York State Gaming Commission announced plans to ...

2026-10-09T20:51:20Z

NEW: The New York State Gaming Commission announced plans to require online sportsbooks to beef up user protections.

The move follows reporting by ProPublica and others that raised questions about how apps like DraftKings treat problem gamblers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-gaming-commission-sports-betting-regulation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #NewYork #NY #Sports #Gambling #DraftKings #Regulation #Consumer

NEW: A private-equity executive took a top Pentagon role to help ...

2026-10-09T16:48:19Z

NEW: A private-equity executive took a top Pentagon role to help secure weapons contracts and critical minerals for the Department of Defense.

After he joined, a firm he has ties to began landing major military contracts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-kollitides-pentagon-contracts-alvarez-marsal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Pentagon #Defense #Government #USPolitics #Law #Ethics #PrivateEquity #Military

We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica ...

2026-10-09T14:30:15Z

We’re Investigating Prior Authorization. Help ProPublica Understand Your Health Insurance Denial.
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ProPublica is looking into the ways health insurers’ use of prior authorization impacts patients. We need your help to figure out if the process is still leading to delayed or missed treatments, tests, medical equipment or medication.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/propublica-health-insurance-prior-authorization-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Health #Insurance #Medicine #HealthInsurance #Journalism

An Arizona County’s “Housing Hub” Is a Dead End for Many ...

2026-10-09T13:35:15Z

An Arizona County’s “Housing Hub” Is a Dead End for Many Homeless Families
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Family homelessness in Maricopa County has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. But shelters are full, and it can take months to get in, leaving parents with little to no help.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-homeless-hub-hotline-shelters?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Arizona #MaricopaCounty #Homeless #Housing #Shelter #Family

NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken ...

2026-10-09T12:30:05Z

NEW: Records show Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken nearly 1,000 trips during his tenure, costing $3.3 million in security.

We could only connect 138 of those trips and $553,000 in security costs to state business.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-travel-security-costs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #KenPaxton #Texas #TX #USPolitics #Security #Travel #Money #Ethics

Read our original investigation: ...

2026-10-08T18:21:04Z

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Read our original investigation: https://www.propublica.org/article/aau-youth-sports-sexual-abuse-failure-amateur-athletic-union?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Sports #Safety #Children #Youth #Abuse

U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant ...

2026-10-08T18:19:48Z

U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant AAU
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Bipartisan leadership of a powerful House committee demanded answers from the Amateur Athletic Union after a ProPublica and Washington Post investigation found that the massive youth sports organization has failed to protect kids from sexual abuse.
https://www.propublica.org/article/aau-child-sex-abuse-house-energy-commerce-committee-probe-amateur-athletic-union?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Sports #Athletics #Safety #Children #Youth #Abuse #Congress #Government

A new report obtained by ProPublica shows SpaceX used videos from ...

2026-10-08T14:30:06Z

A new report obtained by ProPublica shows SpaceX used videos from Club Med tourists and Disney cruise attendees to learn more about a Starship rocket crash last year, seemingly using “the public to fill the gap,” in the view of one expert.
https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-starship-caribbean-explosion-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Space #Technology #Tech #SpaceX #Starship #Caribbean #Disney

American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk ...

2026-10-08T13:30:18Z

American Academy of Pediatrics Renews Call for Ban on Raw Milk
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Citing the growing popularity of unpasteurized milk and the damage it can do to children, the nation’s largest professional group of pediatricians is seeking a nationwide ban on the sale and distribution of raw dairy products.
https://www.propublica.org/article/raw-milk-ban-children-pediatricians-health-safety-parents?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Health #Food #Safety #Regulation #Children #Medicine #Dairy #RFKJr

Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the ...

2026-10-07T13:30:18Z

Homeless Shelters Around Phoenix Are Full. His Phone Is the Unofficial Hotline for Struggling Families.
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Austin Davis, 26, has become a lifeline for some homeless families in the Phoenix area who’d otherwise wait months for shelter. His work has highlighted how the system to care for local families who are homeless is failing them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-homeless-austin-davis-az-hugs?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Phoenix #Arizona #Homeless #Housing #Family #Community

I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened ...

2026-10-06T18:58:55Z

I’ve Covered Death Row Cases for Nearly a Decade. What Happened to Christa Pike Wasn’t an Anomaly.
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The complications behind Tennessee’s failed execution of Christa Pike aren’t uncommon — and show how easily another botched execution could occur, even as others are planned soon in Texas and Florida.
https://www.propublica.org/article/christa-pike-tennessee-execution-lethal-injection-failure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Crime #CriminalJustice #Law #Prison #DeathRow #ChristaPike #Tennessee #Texas #Florida

Amid public health concerns over online sports betting, major ...

2026-10-06T13:30:33Z

Amid public health concerns over online sports betting, major operators like DraftKings say their in-app safeguards can prevent users from spiraling out of control.

Our reporter decided to find out for himself whether that was true.
https://www.propublica.org/article/sports-gambling-draftkings-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Sports #Gambling #Betting #Baseball #Basketball #Football #Journalism

NEW: The government doesn’t track how often immigration ...

2026-10-06T12:30:19Z

NEW: The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did.

We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administration.
https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Immigration #Immigrants #USPolitics #Trump #ICE #DHS #CivilRights

NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy ...

2026-10-05T14:30:29Z

NEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions?

This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one.

We founded two. Here’s how.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reporters-private-school-owners?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #School #Teaching #Education #Children #Regulation #Media

NEW: Following our investigation with The Frontier, an Oklahoma ...

2026-10-05T13:30:45Z

NEW: Following our investigation with The Frontier, an Oklahoma oil company has plugged a well that was potentially leaking toxic waste.

We revealed that state regulators had approved the well in violation of rules meant to protect public drinking water.
https://www.propublica.org/article/enid-oklahoma-oil-disposal-well-plugged?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oklahoma #Oil #Gas #Environment #Water #Safety #Health

NEW: Oregon’s top housing official failed to report her ...

2026-10-02T14:30:18Z

NEW: Oregon’s top housing official failed to report her husband’s involvement with projects that her agency funds.

She disclosed this only after we asked.

“In a perfect world, we wouldn’t need ProPublica for this kind of thing,” a former official said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-housing-director-husband-conflict?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oregon #Housing #Government #Ethics #Conflict #Law

The rules for starting a private school vary wildly across ...

2026-10-02T13:45:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…hvpn
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The rules for starting a private school vary wildly across states.

Some require background checks and specific qualifications.

Others invite anyone with a dream and a pulse.

See where your state draws the line. Take our quiz and share your results: https://projects.propublica.org/private-school-requirements-quiz/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Education #Quiz #School #Teaching #Policy #Regulation #Journalism

NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running ...

2026-10-02T13:45:10Z

NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school.

But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-private-schools-arkansas-west-virginia-north-carolina?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Journalism #Education #School #Teaching #Arkansas #WestVirginia #NorthCarolina #Parenting #Children #Family

A little-known effort to bring an AI learning tool into Texas ...

2026-10-01T21:30:05Z

A little-known effort to bring an AI learning tool into Texas public school classrooms began about a year ago, with the help of the state's top education official.

https://www.propublica.org/article/alpha-school-ai-texas-public-schools-mike-morath?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Texas #Education #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Teaching #Students #School

NEW on our “Paper Trail” podcast: Under Trump 2.0, the White ...

2026-10-01T14:30:22Z

NEW on our “Paper Trail” podcast: Under Trump 2.0, the White House has often ignored Congress to carry out its agenda.

Entire agencies, like USAID, have been gutted. ICE has grown explosively.

Behind it all is one man: Russell Vought.

Listen to our latest episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/who-is-russell-vought-trump-shadow-president?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Podcast #WhiteHouse #Trump #USPolitics #Law #Government #RussellVought

NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister ...

2026-10-01T13:30:20Z

NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died.

Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan.

Later, a fourth sibling died.

Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-faith-healing-multiple-deaths?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Idaho #Religion #Law #Medicine #Health #Children #Family

A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little ...

2026-09-30T13:30:06Z

A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
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California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-raw-milk-regulation-emily-marris-moonlight-ridge-farm?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Health #PublicHealth #California #Regulation #Food #Safety #Farming

A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal ...

2026-09-29T12:30:04Z

A new White House rule would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote.

It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader effort to restrict voting access.
https://www.propublica.org/article/disabled-voters-nonprofit-funding-cuts-omb?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Election #Vote #Voting #Trump #WhiteHouse #Disability #Disabled

NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the ...

2026-09-28T15:45:04Z

NEW: ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-plan-to-restrict-mail-voting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #USPS #Voting #Vote #Election #Midterms #Law #USPolitics

Three bills proposed by an Arizona congresswoman would fund ...

2026-09-28T14:30:07Z

Three bills proposed by an Arizona congresswoman would fund literacy classes, dual language programs and training for teachers of students learning English in the state, in hopes of remedying gaps identified by Arizona Luminaria and ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-english-fluency-legislation-adelita-grijalva?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Arizona #Education #Reading #Students #Teaching #Language

The aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the ...

2026-09-28T13:30:17Z

The aftermath of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina and the floods in Texas’ Hill Country expose weaknesses in federal and state policies that allow people to live in dangerous areas where homes could be swept away.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hurricane-helene-flood-prone-areas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Hurricane #NorthCarolina #Law #Government #Flood #Policy #Safety

Do you use apps like DraftKings or FanDuel to place sports bets? ...

2026-09-26T13:45:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…jmae
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Do you use apps like DraftKings or FanDuel to place sports bets?

If you've used them or work in the gambling industry, we’d like to hear from you.
https://projects.propublica.org/sports-betting-uploader/

#Sports #Sportsbetting #Gambling #Draftkings #Fanduel #Baseball #Basketball #Football

NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the ...

2026-09-26T13:45:04Z

NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards.

One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.
https://www.propublica.org/article/draftkings-sports-gambling-problem-vip-fanduel?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Sports #SportsBetting #Gambling #Draftkings #Baseball #Basketball #Tennis #Football

NEW: After Colorado officials failed to implement stricter ...

2026-09-25T17:30:05Z

NEW: After Colorado officials failed to implement stricter testing protocols that were planned to take effect in July, a marijuana manufacturer recalled dozens of products when a third-party lab found contamination by a chemical that can cause cancer.
https://www.propublica.org/article/marijuana-vape-recall-craft-colorado-regulatory-delay?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Colorado #Denver #Marijuana #Vape #Recall #Cancer #Chemical

NEW: Across the country, states have shuttered their youth ...

2026-09-25T13:30:08Z

NEW: Across the country, states have shuttered their youth prisons in recent years as research shows they aren’t effective at helping kids stay out of trouble after release.

Tennessee is building more.
https://www.propublica.org/article/juvenile-crime-decrease-youth-prisons-tennessee-construction?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Tennessee #Children #Prison #Crime #CriminalJustice #Data #Research

For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 ...

2026-09-24T13:30:14Z

For decades, the Smithsonian Institution, which draws some 15 million visitors every year to its assemblage of 21 museums, has managed to stay mostly above the political fray. But that institutional exceptionalism is now imperiled as never before.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-smithsonian-museum-american-history-became-target-trump-culture-war?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Museum #Smithsonian #DC #History #Trump #Politics

NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins ...

2026-09-23T22:45:05Z

NEW: ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until Trump gutted the unit in charge.

Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims.
https://www.propublica.org/article/debunking-susan-collins-fbi-navatek-investigation-claims?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #SusanCollins #Maine #FBI #Trump #Government #Corruption #Law #USPolitics #Journalism

Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer ...

2026-09-23T12:00:26Z

Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability.

Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped publishing the narratives.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-consumer-complaint-database?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Finance #Business #Consumer #Debt #Government #Accountability

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to ...

2026-09-22T11:30:06Z

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins.

Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Government #Corruption #Trump #FBI #DOJ #Maine #Ethics #SusanCollins

For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court ...

2026-09-21T12:00:28Z

For likely the first time in modern history, the Supreme Court decided more cases in fast-tracked, secretive proceedings than in open court.

Watch us break down how a once-rare emergency process became the norm.
https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-explainer?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #Law #Courts #Transparency #Video #Explainer

NEW: On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and ...

2026-09-19T13:11:26Z

NEW: On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated.

But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is.

Let’s go on an investigative, visual tour.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-reporting?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DonaldTrumpJr #Wedding #Photo #Journalism #Russia #Putin #Politics #Trump #Law #Ethics

NEW: A federal judge has ruled that Maricopa County sheriff’s ...

2026-09-18T17:19:53Z

NEW: A federal judge has ruled that Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies continue to search and arrest Latino drivers at a higher rate, echoing the racial disparities that prompted court oversight of the department nearly two decades ago.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-oversight-judge-ruling?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #MaricopaCounty #Arizona #AZ #Immigration #Police #Law

Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth ...

2026-09-18T15:10:39Z

Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons
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Lawmakers cited a recent WPLN and ProPublica investigation that found that juvenile justice facilities run by Tennessee businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious incidents to the state as required.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-private-youth-prisons-dcs-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Tennessee #Prison #Children #Abuse #CriminalJustice #Justice #Law

Sports reporting is shrinking. But at ProPublica, we’re diving ...

2026-09-18T14:30:06Z

Sports reporting is shrinking. But at ProPublica, we’re diving in.

We won’t cover the games, but we’ll be keeping score — of which powerful people are winning, of who’s being hurt and of which systems can be held accountable.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-sports-investigations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Sports #Journalism #Baseball #Accountability #Media

“A Clear Watering Down”: Drug Transparency Bill Stripped of ...

2026-09-18T13:30:17Z

“A Clear Watering Down”: Drug Transparency Bill Stripped of Critical Provisions Ahead of Senate Vote
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The Clear Labels Act was designed to alert consumers to where their drugs are coming from. After two major changes to the bill, experts worry it won’t be as effective.
https://www.propublica.org/article/clear-labels-act-drug-safety-senate-vote?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #FDA #Drugs #Transparency #Law #Senate #Health #Safety #Government

This week, ProPublica revealed that a Russian oligarch close to ...

2026-09-17T14:30:15Z

This week, ProPublica revealed that a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas wedding festivities.

Join our reporters on Sept. 23 for a behind-the-scenes conversation.

🗓️ RSVP: https://events.propublica.org/don-jr-wedding

#Journalism #Media #Russia #Putin #DonaldTrumpJr #Wedding #Politics #Law

NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, leaders of Oregon’s House ...

2026-09-17T13:30:05Z

NEW: Citing ProPublica’s reporting, leaders of Oregon’s House and Senate housing committees say they want to eliminate a law that exempts the detailed financials of subsidized housing projects from public disclosure requirements.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-lawmakers-seek-to-open-housing-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Oregon #Government #Law #Transparency #Housing #Records

NEW: What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms --- ...

2026-09-16T17:30:30Z

NEW: What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms
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The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new rules on mail-in voting before the November midterm elections. That means nothing has changed for voters — and mail-in voting can proceed as planned.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mail-in-voting-rules-midterm-elections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #MailVoting #Election #Midterms #Vote #Voting #Democracy

Arizona Made Its English Fluency Test Easier to Pass. Experts Say ...

2026-09-16T13:30:14Z

Arizona Made Its English Fluency Test Easier to Pass. Experts Say It Will Harm Students’ Ability to Succeed.
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When students score high enough on a state test, they’re considered fluent in English. But experts say thousands of students are leaving Arizona’s program for teaching English before they know the language well enough to succeed.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-english-language-test-azella?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Arizona #English #Language #Students #Education #Teaching

NEW: Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump ...

2026-09-15T21:55:46Z

NEW: Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding

Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financial and other records about the arrangement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-payments-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Congress #DonaldTrumpJr #Trump #Russia #Putin #Security #Ethics #Law

NEW on “Paper Trail”: You may have heard that President Trump ...

2026-09-15T18:37:28Z

NEW on “Paper Trail”: You may have heard that President Trump did not attend his eldest son’s wedding. But you know who did? A Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin.

And he didn’t just attend the wedding — he bankrolled it. Listen to how we found out:
https://www.propublica.org/podcast/donald-trump-jr-wedding-putin-russian-benefactor-funding?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Podcast #Trump #Russia #Putin #Law #Ethics #Politics #DonaldTrumpJr #Wedding

ProPublica uncovered the machinery of the Dominican Republic ...

2026-09-15T13:30:11Z

ProPublica uncovered the machinery of the Dominican Republic baseball factory and the lenders and trainers who exploit players as young as 11.

Here are the key findings from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dominican-republic-baseball-major-league-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DominicanRepublic #Baseball #MLB #MajorLeagueBaseball #Children #Sports

Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties ...

2026-09-15T12:30:05Z

Papa Johns, Propaganda and Putin: How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser
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Thomas Dans’ opining on foreign policy, which has included a push for the U.S. to reestablish ties with Russia and annex Greenland, is “far beyond” the U.S. Arctic Research Commission’s scientific mandate, said a previous commission chair.
https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-dans-arctic-research-commission-trump-russia-propaganda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Arctic #Science #Research #Russia #Greenland #Politics #Trump

NEW: Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds ...

2026-09-14T11:30:15Z

NEW: Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.

https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #DonaldTrumpJr #Trump #Wedding #Law #Ethics #Politics #Russia #Putin

NEW: To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, ...

2026-09-11T13:30:18Z

NEW: To give voucher programs a toehold in state legislatures, politicians touted how students with disabilities would gain access to private education.

But those students’ families often have the hardest time finding schools that will accept them.
https://www.propublica.org/article/school-vouchers-disabilities?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #School #Education #Disability #Accessibility #Students #Children #Parenting

NEW: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule ...

2026-09-11T12:30:05Z

NEW: The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly potent greenhouse gas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/methane-gas-epa-proposal-stripper-wells?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Environment #Energy #Methane #Climate #ClimateChange #EPA

NEW: Evidence that became public only in the last two years ...

2026-09-10T15:30:10Z

NEW: Evidence that became public only in the last two years raises new questions about a Saudi man who assisted two 9/11 hijackers.

“Somebody needs to explain to the American people why we didn’t see this information before,” a former FBI agent said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-911-saudi-bayoumi-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #September11 #FBI #Saudi #Investigation

NEW on “Paper Trail”: We uncovered how the MLB enabled a ...

2026-09-10T14:30:07Z

NEW on “Paper Trail”: We uncovered how the MLB enabled a shadow industry in the Dominican Republic.

This is the story of a supernaturally talented child set to receive a $1.8M signing bonus — only for him and his family to lose almost all of it.

Listen to the full episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/dominican-republic-baseball-mlb-pipeline-david-ortiz?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Podcast #MLB #Baseball #Sports #DominicanRepublic #Children

NEW: As delegates gather at NATO headquarters to discuss reducing ...

2026-09-10T13:30:07Z

NEW: As delegates gather at NATO headquarters to discuss reducing civilian harm during combat, the Trump administration's absence from a group the U.S. co-founded is being dubbed "humiliating" and “dangerous” by current and former officials.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hegseth-dod-nato-civilian-harm-reduction-absent?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #PeteHegseth #Defense #Pentagon #DOD #NATO #Politics

NEW: Major League Baseball has long known about teams making ...

2026-09-10T12:30:08Z

NEW: Major League Baseball has long known about teams making handshake deals with Dominican players as young as 11 — and the predatory industry that has grown around this system.

But it’s never publicly warned or penalized a team for making an early deal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dominican-republic-baseball-factory-traps-players-mlb-santo-caraballo?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #MLB #Baseball #DominicanRepublic #Children #Sports

The Dominican Republic produces more major league ballplayers ...

2026-09-10T12:30:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…vqaf
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The Dominican Republic produces more major league ballplayers than any country outside the U.S., but the industry is essentially unregulated — and we’re investigating. Got a tip? Text “baseball” to 1-917-207-6447 on WhatsApp.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/dominican-republic-baseball-whatsapp-line?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Baseball #DominicanRepublic #Children #Sports #MLB #Journalism #WhatsApp

NEW: In 2020, Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz was involved ...

2026-09-10T11:30:09Z

NEW: In 2020, Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Oneil Cruz was involved in a car crash that left three people dead.

ProPublica reveals how a Dominican moneylender helped to ensure that the young star was not prosecuted.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oneil-cruz-pittsburgh-pirates-santo-caraballo-car-crash-payments-dominican-republic?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Pittsburgh #PittsburghPirates #OneilCruz #Baseball #MLB #Sports

A new audit by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector ...

2026-09-10T00:40:01Z

A new audit by the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays.

Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterms.
https://www.propublica.org/article/postal-service-audit-primary-election-ballots?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #USPS #Vote #Voting #Election #Midterms #Democracy #USPolitics

I Wrote About His Wrongful Conviction. He Got Only 13 Years of ...

2026-09-09T13:30:22Z

I Wrote About His Wrongful Conviction. He Got Only 13 Years of Freedom Before Cancer Took His Life.
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For years, I followed the case of Fred Steese, who spent 21 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. When he died in August, it felt like the universe had dealt him yet another injustice.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wrongful-conviction-cancer-death?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Journalism #CriminalJustice #Law #Prison #Justice #Cancer #Death

NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of ...

2026-09-09T12:00:43Z

NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period.

The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-doubled-analysis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Women #Health #Pregnancy #Abortion #Data #Research #Texas

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia has made ...

2026-09-08T12:30:24Z

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Georgia has made payments of more than $1.1 million for at least one contractor to work with the Corrections Department on its lethal injection process.

The state performed just one execution in that period.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-lethal-injections-costs-secrecy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Georgia #Money #Transparency #Law #CriminalJustice #Prison #Justice

NEW: Ken Paxton’s Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate ...

2026-09-04T15:38:58Z

NEW: Ken Paxton’s Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts Say
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The Republican U.S. Senate nominee from Texas appears to have omitted rental income and multiple mortgages from his recent financial disclosures, making it difficult for voters to get the full picture of his wealth.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-senate-financial-disclosures-ethics-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Texas #TX #KenPaxton #Law #Ethics #Financial #Transparency #Rent #Mortgages

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or ...

2026-09-04T13:30:06Z

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.

https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-enforcement-division-sima-sciences-midnight-drops?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Colorado #Denver #Cannabis #Marijuana #Health #Safety #Regulation

RE: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/117204470223254805 Federal ...

2026-09-03T17:49:10Z

RE: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/117204470223254805

Federal prosecutors today charged ICE agent Christian Castro with lying about the shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis.

Last night, we reported that the prosecutor had planned to bring more serious civil rights charges but was blocked by DOJ officials in D.C. 👇

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Over the “strongest possible” objections of a federal prosecutor handling the case, Trump DOJ officials quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.

https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-blocks-charges-ice-agent-minneapolis-julio-cesar-sosa-celis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Minnesota #Minneapolis #ICE #Immigration #Law #Legal #News #DOJ

NEW on “Paper Trail”: We now know harmful “forever ...

2026-09-03T14:30:06Z

NEW on “Paper Trail”: We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on Earth.

Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret.

One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long. Listen:
https://www.propublica.org/podcast/forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-3m-secret-kris-hansen?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Podcast #ForeverChemicals #PFAS #Science #Research #Health

These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been ...

2026-09-03T13:30:04Z

These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
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Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be deported rather than wait in detention centers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-detention-judges-habeas-petitions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Law #Immigration #ICE #Judge #Mississippi #Louisiana #Oklahoma #Minnesota

Over the “strongest possible” objections of a federal ...

2026-09-03T01:18:08Z

Over the “strongest possible” objections of a federal prosecutor handling the case, Trump DOJ officials quashed plans to bring civil rights charges against an ICE agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant and then lying about it.

https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-blocks-charges-ice-agent-minneapolis-julio-cesar-sosa-celis?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Minnesota #Minneapolis #ICE #Immigration #Law #Legal #News #DOJ

The memo cites an “increased operational tempo” as the ...

2026-09-02T19:55:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…krr7
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The memo cites an “increased operational tempo” as the reason. Prior to publication, the sheriff’s office declined to respond to a question about if it wanted to clarify its statement from July that the jail is supposed to hold ICE detainees for only up to 72 hours. (2/2)

Update: Five days after this story was published, the Pinellas ...

2026-09-02T19:55:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…c6sq
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Update: Five days after this story was published, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office provided ProPublica with an internal memo from ICE, dated Dec. 11, 2025, stating that the Pinellas County Jail “is redesignated as an over-72-hour facility, effective immediately.” (1/2)