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April 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Trump tariff exemptions benefit politically connected firms

“It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 22, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newslett…

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April 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM

The looming black hole in federal data

The government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 18, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: …

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April 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM

Trump team eyes Thiel-backed startup for $700b payments program

A little-known firm could be given a piece of the federal expense card system and its hundreds of millions in fees. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 17, 2025 · View in b…

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April 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM

As Trump spends on border security, border residents’ basic needs go unmet

Despite billions in border investment, areas nearby remain among the poorest places in the nation. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 16, 2025 · View in browser In today’s…

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April 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM

A scholar’s arrest and detention reveal what Trump’s deportation campaign looks like on the street level

To piece together what happened to Rümeysa Öztürk in the weeks since the Ph.D. student was arrested by masked officers, we examined court filings and interviewed attorneys and Öztürk’s close friend, who regularly speaks to her in detention. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to ho…

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April 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM

A $421M verdict against Blue Cross exposes how insurers try to control doctors

The insurer authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 12, 202…

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April 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM

Whooping cough cases are soaring as vaccine rates decline

It’s not just measles; vaccine rates for other childhood diseases have fallen, too. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 11, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Me…

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April 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM

BREAKING: The U.S. plans to stop reporting greenhouse gas emissions for most polluters

The move would impact thousands of industrial facilities across the country, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 10, 2025 · V…

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April 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM

“Speeding to complete authoritarianism.”

Trump shutters oversight arm of the Department of Homeland Security Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 08, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: “One of the very f…

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April 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM

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How our journalism spurred impact Donate Dear Reader,  Every time you read, share or support our work, you become part of something bigger — a mission to shine a light on injustice and hold power to account. Because of your actions, we’ve been able to pursue the toughest stories, challenge those in …

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April 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Unsanitary practices persist at baby formula factory whose shutdown led to mass shortages, workers say

“I can’t have this on my conscience,” one worker told ProPublica. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 04, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Consumer-focused sto…

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April 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM

He helped the Kushners crack down on tenants. Now he helps renters.

From punching down to punching up. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 03, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: A lawyer who helped the Kushners crack down on tena…

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April 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM

What’s it like inside a deportation plane?

Here’s what flight attendants told us. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 01, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: What flight attendants on ICE Air can tell us a…

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March 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM

The popular reality show and the wrongly convicted man

Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 29, 2025 · View in bro…

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March 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM

How Elon Musk’s military contractor SpaceX secretly allows investments from China

Court records detail a network of middlemen peddling SpaceX shares to eager Chinese investors. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 26, 2025 · View in browser In today’s new…

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March 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM

A DJ’s secret life at the center of an online terrorism network

To friends, Matthew Allison was a likeable part of Boise, Idaho’s electronic music scene. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 25, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newslett…

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March 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM

Breaking: NIH ends funding to study the health effects of climate change

The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big S…

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March 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM

⏱️ Final hours of our member drive! ⏱️

Join us by midnight! Hi Reader, We are in the final moments of our spring member drive, and I’m asking you to join us before the midnight deadline by making a donation right now.    Over the past two weeks, more than 5,000 readers have stepped up to give their support. They’ve donated $25, $100, so…

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March 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM

Today: Your donation is doubled 💚💚

Last day of our spring member drive Hi Reader,  Today is the final day of our spring member drive, and I’m asking you to join us as a new member of ProPublica. To help us succeed in these final, critical hours, a couple who wish to remain anonymous have put forward a $25,000 matching grant! Join us…

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March 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM

Trump’s cuts signal end to government work on terrorism prevention

Killing grants that have saved lives. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 20, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: The end of federal work on terrorism prevention;…

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March 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM

Journalism as a force for change

Spring member drive ends tomorrow Hi Reader,  A healthy democracy requires strong journalism like ProPublica’s, with the power to bring transparency to the highest levels of government, businesses, institutions and more. We need folks like you to support our in-depth, fact-based, investigative journ…

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March 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM

How Texas conservatives use at-large school board elections to influence what students learn

The diverging paths of neighboring school districts with diverse student bodies. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 19, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: How f…

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March 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM

Investigations with Impact

Truth that cuts through the chaos. Support ProPublica by Friday. Hi Reader,  Investigative journalists are, at their core, optimists. This might seem counterintuitive, given the stories ProPublica publishes. We chronicle abuses of power and betrayals of public trust in enormous detail because we be…

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March 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM

How Trump’s decisions are being discussed behind closed doors

Fearless Reporting for an Informed Society — Join Us. Hi Reader,  We are living through a significant transformation in the scope and scale of the federal government. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has facilitated sweeping cuts in staffing and contracts across federal agencies. Dec…

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March 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM

Trump halted an Agent Orange cleanup. That puts hundreds of thousands at risk for poisoning.

Plus: A push to amend the Constitution could help Trump expand presidential power. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 17, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Tru…

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March 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM

Change begins with fearless reporting

Support ProPublica today. Hi Reader,  We deserve leaders who act with honesty, integrity and transparency. But when they fall short, independent journalism is often the first — and sometimes only — line of defense. For generations, investigative reporters have played a critical role in holding the …

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March 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM

Holding the powerful to account in all 50 states

Support fearless journalism nationwide Hi Reader,  Every community deserves answers and accountability. Yet we have lost more than 3,200 local U.S. newspapers since 2005.1 Those that have survived are smaller and often lack the resources needed to produce time-consuming investigative reporting proj…

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March 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM

Who Owns ProPublica?

Support this independent newsroom that gets results Hi Reader, Newspaper owners have been making a lot of news themselves lately. Changing policies and priorities at legacy media outlets have refocused attention on how money, power and influence shape both the opinion pages and the newsrooms we coun…

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March 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM

The news is chaos. The truth is not.

Help ProPublica dig up the facts. Join us now. Hi Reader,  The current administration’s approach to reducing waste, fraud and abuse in government has, thus far, not held precision in high regard. Elon Musk has described the Department of Government Efficiency as a “wood chipper for bureaucracy.” Dra…

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March 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Recording reveals head of Social Security’s thoughts on DOGE and Trump

The acting SSA commissioner portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.” Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 12, 2025 · View …

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March 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM

Journalism that gets results

See how reader-funded journalism is changing the world Hi Reader,  On Monday, we began our two-week spring member drive, and I’m thrilled to say that already, more than 1,000 readers stepped up with a donation. Join them with your gift of any amount. We need folks like you to support our deep-dive …

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March 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM

He was convicted based on allegedly fabricated bite mark analysis. Louisiana wants to execute him anyway.

More reporting from ProPublica on questionable forensics. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 11, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: When questionable forensic a…

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March 11, 2025 at 10:48 AM

The Tip Truck

Support our small but mighty team of reporters Hi Reader,  At the end of February, employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development were assigned 15-minute increments to clear out their personal belongings from the soon-to-be-shuttered agency headquarters in Washington, D.C. With boxes in…

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March 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM

Spring member drive begins today

Support fearless journalism during our 2-week drive Hi Reader, ProPublica’s spring member drive begins today. For the next two weeks, we’ll be checking in with you, explaining how we operate as a newsroom, highlighting some of our best stories and hopefully convincing you to join us with a donation …

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March 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM

How Terrorgram influencers turned a teen into a killer

Neo-Nazi influencers used Telegram to turn a troubled teenager into a racist killer. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 08, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: N…

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March 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Secretive D.C. influence project appears to be running a group house for right-wing lawmakers

Pastor Steve Berger, Speaker Johnson, Rep. Ogles: D.C. roomies? Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 06, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: An influence campaign …

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March 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM

DOGE’s IRS cuts threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever save

They saved America billions. Trump gutted their team. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 05, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: How the latest IRS firings swept…

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March 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM

Ethical concerns surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s relationships with military officials who lobbied her committee

Ethics and military experts say Ernst’s relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potential conflicts of interest. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 04,…

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March 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM

The Trump administration said these aid programs saved lives. It canceled them anyway.

The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story March 01, 2025 · View in brow…

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February 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM

Mike Johnson’s well-connected roommate

The House Speaker, the evangelical pastor, and the GOP donor. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story February 28, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Speaker Mike Johnson’…

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February 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM

DOGE gains access to confidential records on housing discrimination and medical details

While some agencies have resisted efforts by Elon Musk’s team to access confidential records, HUD has opened the door. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story February 26, 2025 · Vie…

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February 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM

When an untrue stat shapes federal policy

Our editor in chief on the claim that only 6% of federal employees work in their offices. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story February 24, 2025 · View in browser In today’s speci…

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February 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM

Anxiety mounts among Social Security recipients as DOGE troops settle in

Elon Musk’s team has descended upon an already understaffed Social Security Administration. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story February 22, 2025 · View in browser In today’s new…

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February 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM

NEW: Texas’ maternal mortality rate increased 33% while national rates fell

ProPublica’s analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Bi…

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February 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM

Why Georgia is a warning for states seeking Medicaid restrictions

Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story February 19, 2025 · View in browser In today…

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February 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM

From tax scam promoter to General Services Administration adviser

Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story February 18, 2025 · View in bro…

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February 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM

BREAKING: Trump official destroying USAID secretly met with Christian nationalists abroad in defiance of U.S. policy

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. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate …

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February 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM

Why does this drug cost $2 million a dose?

Taxpayers and charities helped develop Zolgensma. They got nothing from the recording-setting price. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story February 12, 2025 · View in browser In to…

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February 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Elon Musk may now control fate of SpaceX regulators at FAA

The DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story February 11, 2025 · View…

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February 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM

Watching the plans unfold

How to get involved with ProPublica Donate Hi Reader,   “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down so that the EPA can’t d…

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