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July 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM

He came to the U.S. to support his sick child. He was detained. Then he disappeared.

Like most of the Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story …

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July 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM

RFK wants to overhaul a vital system that supports childhood immunization

The results could be catastrophic. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 17, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Threats to an obscure but vital vaccine program; que…

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July 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM

Did Idaho’s coroner system let a man get away with killing his wife?

Clayton Strong had a history of domestic unrest in two marriages. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 16, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: How Idaho’s coroner s…

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July 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM

BREAKING: The IRS is building a vast system to share tax records with ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 15…

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July 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM

The Texas flash flood is a preview of the climate-driven chaos to come

The federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to address climate change. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 09, 2025 · View in browser In today’…

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July 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM

Trump’s EPA pulls back PFAS protections

The agency has delayed enforcement of its standards, slashed its staff and terminated over $15 million in PFAS research grants. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 02, 2025 …

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July 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM

A doctor challenged the opinion of a child abuse specialist. Then he lost his job.

The growing skepticism around the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 01, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: A Minneapolis doctor’…

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June 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM

Kristi Noem secretly took personal cut of political donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s private company when she was governor of South Dakota. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story June 30, 2025 · View in browser In today’s ne…

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June 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM

How foreign scammers use U.S. banks to fleece Americans

Asian crime syndicates’ online scams have reached industrial proportions. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story June 26, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: How foreign s…

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June 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM

A new Trump plan gives DHS and the White House greater influence in the fight against organized crime

An overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story June 25, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsle…

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June 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM

The secret gamble at the FDA that exposed America to risky drugs

The agency has given foreign factories that violated critical standards in drugmaking continued access to the U.S. market. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story June 17, 2025 · Vie…

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June 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM

⏱️ Final hours of our member drive! ⏱️

Join us by midnight! Hi Reader,  We’re in the final stretch of our summer member drive, and the deadline is midnight tonight.  In just the past two weeks, more than 2,600 readers have stepped up to support ProPublica. Some have given $5 a month. Others $25, $100 or even $1,000. What matters most i…

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June 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM

Today only, your donation is doubled 💚💚

Last day of our summer member drive Hi Reader,  Today is the final day of ProPublica’s summer member drive, and we need your help to finish strong.  To make these last hours count, a generous ProPublica donor, Tom B., a loyal supporter from Seattle, has stepped up with a $15,000 matching gift. That…

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June 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM

How El Salvador’s government impeded a U.S. probe of MS-13 and corruption

“Delay, interfere, undermine.” Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story June 12, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: An impeded investigation; the health risks of tear gas; …

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June 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM

Reporting on “the intern in charge”

Member drive deadline: tomorrow Donate Hi Reader,  Last week, our reporters introduced you to a new Department of Homeland Security official and recent college graduate, Thomas Fugate.   The 22-year-old has no apparent national security expertise. Now, he is overseeing the Center for Prevention Prog…

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June 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM

Shining a light on health insurance barriers

Support ProPublica today. Hi Reader,  Have you ever wondered why it can be so hard to find a therapist who takes insurance?   If you need a doctor, you can reasonably expect to find one in your insurance network, call them up and get treated. Not so for mental health care. Even if you’re able to fi…

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June 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM

The DOGE 100: The staffers implementing Trump’s drastic cuts

Musk is out, but more than 100 of his followers remain. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story June 10, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: The DOGE 100; a juvenile detent…

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June 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM

Holding the powerful to account in all 50 states

Member drive ends on Friday, join us now Hi Reader,  Every community, big and small, deserves answers and accountability. But since 2005, more than 3,200 local newspapers across the U.S. have vanished.* The ones that remain are often underfunded and overstretched — stripped of the resources needed …

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June 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM

Journalism as a force for change

Fearless reporting for an informed society — join us by Friday Donate 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 …

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June 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM

Change begins with fearless reporting.

Help ProPublica dig up the facts. Join us now. Hi Reader,  A “wood chipper for bureaucracy.” This is how Elon Musk has described the Department of Government Efficiency.   Musk kept that promise during his time in government, and DOGE soldiers on with consequences that will continue to unfold in th…

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June 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM

DOGE developed error-prone AI to help kill Veterans Affairs contracts

A staffer with no medical experience used artificial intelligence to identify which VA contracts to kill. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story June 06, 2025 · View in browser In t…

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June 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM

Journalism that gets results

See how reader-funded journalism is changing the world Hi Reader,  On Monday, we began our two-week summer 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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June 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM

Accounting for the uncalculated

Help ProPublica dig up the facts. Join us now. Hi Reader,  When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, doctors warned that women would die, but lawmakers who passed state abortion bans didn’t listen. For years, the consequences weren’t tracked. The CDC didn’t ask states to note deaths li…

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June 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM

Meet the 22-year-old Trump’s team picked to lead terrorism prevention

“The intern in charge.” Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story June 04, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Thomas Fugate is one year out of college and tasked with overse…

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June 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM

Guard Democracy’s Guardrails

Support fearless, independent journalism Hi Reader,  “If this was done by another country, we absolutely would call this corruption.”  That’s what Kristofer Harrison said last month when ProPublica reporting revealed that President Donald Trump’s administration was using the U.S. government’s forei…

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June 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM

How tech company recruiters sidestep Trump’s immigration crackdown

Newspaper ads for tech companies that aren’t seeking applicants reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has endured for decades. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate …

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June 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM

Who Owns ProPublica?

Support this independent newsroom that gets results Hi Reader,  The owners of major media outlets 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 th…

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June 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM

Summer member drive begins today

Support fearless journalism during our 2-week drive Donate Hi Reader,  ProPublica’s summer 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 d…

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May 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Trump administration knew most Venezuelans deported to El Salvador had no U.S. criminal convictions

Records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate …

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May 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM

[UPDATED LINK] Fallout from U.S. aid withdrawal hits the world’s most fragile locations

Diplomats are reporting that cuts have led to violence and instability, while undermining anti-terrorism initiatives. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story May 28, 2025 · View in b…

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May 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM

Fallout from U.S. aid withdrawal hits the world’s most fragile locations

Diplomats are reporting that cuts have led to violence and instability, while undermining anti-terrorism initiatives. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story May 28, 2025 · View in b…

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May 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM

Chicago police fail to investigate officers repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct

Over a dozen officers faced multiple sexual misconduct allegations. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story May 22, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: A decade of repeated…

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May 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM

A high-interest lending business tied to Dr. Phil’s son is dividing an Alaska tribe

Some tribal members are appalled by the millions Minto Money has made off desperate borrowers. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story May 21, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsl…

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May 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM

Hurricane Helene’s unheard warnings

Lessons from a deadly storm before hurricane season begins again Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story May 19, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: A mini essay from repor…

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May 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM

Support fearless, independent journalism

ProPublica uncovered how U.S. diplomacy is being used to boost Musk’s profits — help us keep digging. Donate Hi Reader,   Yesterday, ProPublica reporting revealed that President Donald Trump’s administration is leveraging the U.S. government’s foreign policy apparatus to advance the business interes…

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May 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM

Trump State Dept. leaned on African nations to help Musk’s Starlink

The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story May 15, 2025 · View in browser …

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May 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM

An agency that’s supposed to protect immigrant children is enforcing deportation, staffers say

The Office of Refugee Resettlement’s welfare mission appears to be undergoing a stark transformation as President Donald Trump seeks to ramp up deportation numbers. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The …

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May 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM

This cancer drug saves lives but costs a fortune. I wanted to know why.

The price of remission. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story May 08, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Reporter David Armstrong on the very expensive drug used in his …

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May 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM

Under Texas’ abortion ban, where a woman lives can determine her risk of developing sepsis

Women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis of state hospital discharge data. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story …

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May 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM

ProPublica wins the Pulitzer Prize for public service

…for reproductive health coverage. Donate Hi Reader,  ProPublica’s investigations last year repeatedly uncovered the heartbreaking realities of restrictive abortion laws, breaking story after story that laid bare their life-threatening consequences and sparked urgent calls for change. Today, we lear…

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May 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM

Education department rolls back decades of civil rights progress under Trump

The Trump administration is subverting the traditional priorities of the department’s decimated civil rights office by making discrimination investigations practically impossible. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate …

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April 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM

DOGE aide dismantling CFPB owns stock in companies that could benefit from cuts

Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate …

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April 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM

BREAKING: Treasury IG probes if DOGE, Trump sought private taxpayer info

The request comes amid concerns that DOGE has overstepped its bounds in seeking highly restricted private information about taxpayers, public employees and federal agencies. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate …

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April 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM

Interim D.C. U.S. attorney secretly ghostwrote online attacks on judge

Ed Martin’s career is dotted with ethical and professional questions, records show. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 24, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Ed…

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April 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM

The Trump administration’s war on children

Cutting funds for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story April 23, 2025 · View in br…

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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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