Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill,” one said.
More than 20,000 stillbirths occur in the U.S. each year, but 1 in 4 may be preventable.
In our latest video, ProPublica reporter Duaa Eldeib breaks down her investigation on this public health crisis. You can also watch our full-length documentary, “Before a Breath,” inspired by Eldeib’s groundbreaking reporting, on our YouTube channel.
A few weeks ago, my colleague Doris Burke sent me a story from The New York Times that gave us both deja vu. The piece reported that Starlink, the satellite internet provider operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, had, in the words of Trump administration officials, “donated” internet service to improve wireless connectivity and cell reception at the White House.
The donation puzzled some former officials quoted in the story. But it immediately struck us as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver we’d spent months reporting on last year. In that investigation, we focused on deals between Microsoft and the Biden administration. At the heart of the arrangements was something that most consumers intuitively understand: “Free” offers usually have a catch.
The White House and SpaceX did not respond to written questions to this story.
