Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published Oct. 2025)
On Nov. 14, 2023, Ciji Graham had an episode of atrial fibrillation that put her at risk of heart failure.
According to a text Graham sent to a friend that day, her cardiologist didn’t treat her because she was pregnant.
Days later, she died.
(Published Jan.)
Nearly half of Arizona’s SNAP participants have lost benefits since the state implemented new Trump legislation.
“Arizona is just the alarm bell,” one expert said. “This is likely going to happen in every state.”
The bills seeking to shield oil companies from lawsuits send the message that “you can pollute with impunity,” said Carly Phillips of the Union of Concerned Scientists. “It’s really a thumb in the eye of places that are affected by climate change.”
The beginnings of Christian nationalism date back decades.
This is how the movement has evolved since the 1970s — and how it has become a powerful force in American politics today.
(Published Oct. 2024)
The success of the U.S. vaccination system depends on two fundamental pillars: parents trusting in vaccines and children having access to them.
Under RFK Jr., both are in peril.
The VA lost about 700 social workers and 500 psychologists and psychiatrists over the course of 2025 — a significant change for an agency that was adding mental health staffers nearly every month leading up to Trump’s return to office.
An anti-CRT movement targeted an accomplished educator — driving her out of two Georgia school districts.
The mission began inside a golf community clubhouse on a Sunday afternoon, where parents were coached on how to land a Fox News appearance.
(Published 2022)
Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
(Published July 2025)
I recently learned someone is posing as me, trying to work people for info.
So I did some reporting of my own on what appears to be the latest evolution of online deception...
www.propublica.org/article/impe...
Two of the three major credit bureaus have sharply reduced the share of complaints they resolved in customers’ favor.
In 2024, Experian’s relief rate was 20%. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%.
This story is wild! An imposter has been impersonating ProPublica reporter @robert-faturechi.bsky.social and he tries to figure out who it is.
New: A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine.
So, the real @robert-faturechi.bsky.social did some reporting of his own.
Schwartz’s employees allege the nursing home chain withheld $2M+ in health insurance premiums from 1,000 workers’ paychecks but failed to provide coverage.
One plaintiff said she was left with $50K+ in bills after surgery, wrecking her credit.
“Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights," said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at UCLA.
(Published Feb.)
NEW: A Federal Judge Worried a Proposed Settlement Doesn’t Do Enough to Help Victims. Trump’s DOJ Is Still Moving Forward. by @zachdespart.bsky.social w/ @texastribune.org
ProPublica identified 17 people who each shielded at least $1 billion in capital gains from the so-called Net Investment Income Tax.
Together, this small group, by collectively exempting more than $35 billion, saved about $1.3 billion in taxes.
(Published Dec. 2024)
NEW: The proposed $68 million settlement involves a Texas land developer that the DOJ had previously accused of preying on Hispanic residents.
It includes no money for victims but more than $20 million for police and immigration enforcement.
W/ @texastribune.org
Well before transplant patient Hannah Goetz began taking tacrolimus, there’d been concerns at the FDA about whether generic versions of the drug were being made correctly, said the agency’s former director of product quality research for drugs.
(Published Dec. 2025)
FRONTLINE and @propublica.org investigate the violence, protests and arrests stemming from the federal immigration sweeps across the country. "Caught in the Crackdown" premieres this Tues., April 14, on PBS and online.
I love this impact! 🥰 Tennessee Lawmakers Change School Threats Law After Kids Arrested for Jokes. Kudos @paigepfleger.bsky.social @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social w/ @wpln.bsky.social
Tennessee finally adjusted its school threats law, which had led children as young as 6 to be charged with felonies for jokes and rumors.
Once signed by the governor, the bill will require school officials to only report "credible" threats to police.
www.propublica.org/article/tenn...
Read the full series of investigations from @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social and @paigepfleger.bsky.social here:
NEW: Tennessee lawmakers voted to change a controversial law so school officials will now only have to report threats they deem “credible.” It comes after a ProPublica, @wpln.bsky.social investigation that showed children were wrongly ensnared by the legislation.
An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
(Published Aug. 2025)
“This is not a happy story in terms of the security of the U.S.,” said Tony Sager, who spent more than three decades as a computer scientist at the National Security Agency. “This is not security. This is security theater.”
A recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations.
But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority.
Two months before Calvin Alexander’s parole hearing date, he was told he was no longer eligible.
Why? An algorithm had deemed the nearly blind 70-year-old, who uses a wheelchair, a “moderate risk,” barring him from speaking to the parole board.
(Published April 2025 w/ @veritenews.org)
NEW: The Biden administration sued a Texas land developer accused of duping tens of thousands of Hispanic residents.
Trump’s DOJ is now offering an unprecedented settlement that experts say could target the very people who were harmed by the developer.
w/ @texastribune.org
Nearly half of Arizona's SNAP participants have lost their benefits since the implementation of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The decline (47%) is among the steepest in the nation, according to a new analysis from the @centeronbudget.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ariz...
