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December 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM

Trump officials celebrated with cake after slashing aid. Then people died of cholera.

Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donat…

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December 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM

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December 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM

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December 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM

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We pursue the answers the public needs. You make it possible. Donate now. Dear Reader, Investigative journalists are always looking to talk to the people closest to a story.   This was especially true this year, with the Trump administration’s impact on federal workers. Dismantling federal agencies …

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December 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM

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… thanks to our supporters! Join them today.Dear Reader,  Newsrooms across the country are facing big challenges, but there’s a silver lining: Readers like you are stepping up to keep journalism that spurs change alive. As local newsrooms shrink or close, communities lose vital reporting on the inst…

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December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM

Who Owns ProPublica?

Spoiler: No one.Dear Reader,  A lot of attention is being paid to how money and power shape American newsrooms these days. With billionaires buying up major media outlets, Congress rescinding funding for public media and speculation swirling around how new owners and corporate mergers are impacting …

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December 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM

Trump’s own mortgages match his description of mortgage fraud

We ask what you deserve to know. You make it possible. Donate now. Dear Reader,  President Donald Trump’s administration has vowed to go after anyone who received a lower mortgage rate by claiming more than one primary residence. Trump has used this concern as a justification to target political foe…

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December 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM

These health centers are supposed to make care affordable. One has sued patients for as little as $59 in unpaid bills.

Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’ paychecks to collect unpaid bills. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold th…

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December 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM

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Help us raise an extra $25,000!Dear Reader,  Right now, you have a rare chance to double the impact of journalism that exposes the truth, holds the powerful to account and sparks real change. An anonymous family is matching all gifts made today, dollar for dollar, up to $25,000. That means your $20 …

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December 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM

Trump’s own mortgages match his description of mortgage fraud, records reveal

The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing he called “deceitful and potentially criminal.” Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a missio…

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December 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM

Documenting what they endured

Those in power count on silence. Support journalism that speaks out. Donate. Dear Reader,  On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to “launch the largest deportation program of criminals in the history of America.” And since Inauguration Day, ProPublica reporters have been doggedly tracking his…

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December 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM

Sick in a hospital town

The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital — the dominant political and economic institution of Albany, Georgia — is the story of American health care. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story …

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December 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM

Rounded up in a midnight raid but never charged with a crime

The powerful hope you’ll look away. Support journalism that won’t. Dear Reader, In September, federal agents raided a Chicago apartment complex and took dozens of immigrants under the cover of darkness.  You probably saw videos of the nighttime raid — some 300 agents rappelling from a helicopter, br…

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December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM

Shining a light on health insurance barriers

We ask what you deserve to know. You make it possible. Donate now.Dear 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 menta…

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December 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM

Chicago promoted two police officers after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct

The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Stor…

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December 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM

Bringing clarity to the chaos

Independent. Relentless. Reader-funded. Free for all. Join us today. Dear Reader, So much of what’s happened this year has been unprecedented.   Major news is breaking constantly, with consequential decisions being made, unmade, struck down in court and renegotiated every day. How our government wor…

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December 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM

“I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”

Spoiler: We didn’t.Dear Reader,  The integrity of the courts has become a critical fault line in American democracy — and time after time, ProPublica has exposed what those in power hoped would stay hidden. Our reporting has uncovered undisclosed gifts, secret influence networks and off-the-bench co…

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December 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM

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Support fearless journalism that spurs real-world changeDear Reader, There are only a few hours left to go for #GivingNewsDay, and when the clock strikes midnight, our thank-you gifts will be gone. Join us right now and you’ll get a ProPublica laptop sticker, tote bag or T-shirt. We’ve raised over $…

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December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM

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Only for #GivingNewsDay + your gift is matched! Dear Reader,  Today is #GivingNewsDay, and ProPublica has a goal of 2,000 new and renewing members today. I’m so grateful to everyone we’ve heard from so far — the outpouring of support for our fearless journalism this year has been overwhelming. If yo…

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December 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM

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Support fearless journalism in the public interest Hi Reader,   Today is #GivingNewsDay, a day of celebrating and supporting the kind of news that helps make our communities and our country stronger, better, more empathetic and more just. Kick off this holiday season by supporting nonprofit, indepe…

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December 1, 2025 at 11:07 AM

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Your gift is matched + get a T-shirt or a tote bag! Dear Reader,  Tomorrow is #GivingNewsDay here at ProPublica, and because we’ve got two amazing incentives to help us hit our goal of 2,000 donors, I’m getting a head start and telling you about them today.  First, thanks to an anonymous family, you…

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November 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM

ProPublica’s Impact from May to August 2025

Independent investigations that spur change Donate Dear Reader,  Today we published ProPublica’s second Impact Report of 2025. We publish these reports three times a year to hold ourselves accountable to our mission by detailing the real-world impact spurred by our stories. This year we have seen …

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November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM

Trump’s immigration forces deploy “less lethal” weapons in dangerous ways, skirting rules and maiming protesters

Religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious gas. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story Novem…

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November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM

ICE sent 600 immigrant kids to detention in federal shelters this year.

It's a new record. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story November 24, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: ICE has placed a record number of immigrant children in federal …

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November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM

Young girls were abused by a church member. They were told to forgive and forget.

Leaders of a Minnesota church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate …

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November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM

A pregnant mother kept getting sicker. She died after she couldn’t get an abortion in Texas.

ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold t…

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November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM

How the White House intervened in an investigation of Andrew Tate

The Tate brothers have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries. Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to a…

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November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM

FBI Director Kash Patel waived polygraph security screening for Dan Bongino, two other senior staff

Bongino’s ascent to deputy director of the FBI without passing a standard bureau background check is unprecedented, insiders say. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story November 14,…

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November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM

“I lost everything”: Venezuelans were rounded up in a dramatic midnight raid but never charged with a crime

For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story November 13, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsl…

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November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM

How Trump has exploited pardons and clemency to reward allies and supporters

The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Stor…

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November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM

How a gap in Tennessee’s probation system leaves domestic violence victims in danger

Six mothers died during pause in probation officers’ in-person visits Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story November 11, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: A blind spot …

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November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM

Foreign food safety inspections hit historic low after Trump cuts

The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story November 06, 2025 · View in browser…

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November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM

A tech billionaire bet big on Trump. It’s paying off for Silicon Valley.

The Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been good for venture capitalists like Marc Andreessen. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story Nov…

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October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM

Red states to be hit hard by Trump disability eligibility rules

Planned changes to Social Security’s disability program could leave hundreds of thousands of older workers ineligible for aid. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story October 31, 202…

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October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM

God's chief justice

Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story October 30…

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October 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM

Is your medication made in a contaminated factory? The FDA won’t tell you.

The agency has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications are tainted and potentially unsafe. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story October 23, 20…

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October 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM

Oklahoma is ground zero in Trump’s “America First” education push

The state has spent years reshaping public schools to integrate lessons about Jesus and encourage pride in America’s history. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story October 22, 2025…

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October 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM

How Trump is building a violent, shadowy federal police force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story…

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October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM

Investigating immigration agents detaining citizens and more

The powerful hope you’ll look away. Support journalism that won’t. Donate Hi Reader,  It’s been a busy couple of days for our newsroom.   Yesterday we published a startling revelation that immigration agents have held at least 170 American citizens against their will. Our tally — almost certainly in…

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October 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM

The shadow president

Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term, from the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story …

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October 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM

More than 170 U.S. citizens have been held by immigration agents

Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story …

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October 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM

“Do you dispute the facts that ProPublica reported?”

Fact-based, nonpartisan journalism needs your support Donate Hi Reader,   On Oct. 9, New York Attorney General Letitia James was indicted on federal bank fraud charges regarding a mortgage for a home she owns in Virginia. Three days later, George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC’s “This Week,” asked Vice…

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October 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM

They tried to self-deport, then got stranded in Trump’s America

Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app that promised a safe and easy way to leave the country. They’re still stuck here. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story Oct…

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October 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM

How a fatal car crash tested Alabama’s justice system

A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with murder after a fatal car accident. His lawyers have come to believe one factor changed the course of the case. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story …

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October 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM

Trump’s Education Department is working to erode the public school system

It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of public schools as we know them. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story October 08, 2…

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October 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM

Elon Musk’s SpaceX took money directly from Chinese investors, company insider testifies

Raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story October 02, 2025 · View in br…

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October 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM

Inside the push to cash in on the Trump administration’s deportation campaign

Tom Homan’s former associate is working with companies hoping to win contracts for a massive immigration enforcement plan. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story October 01, 2025 · …

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September 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM

Trump-appointed diplomat accused of shielding El Salvador’s president from law enforcement

U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson allegedly shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from law enforcement, according to a State Department report and interviews. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The B…

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September 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM

The fight to get FEMA housing assistance after Hurricane Helene

In some North Carolina counties, the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story September 27, 2025 · View in browser…

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September 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM

Kristi Noem fast-tracked millions in disaster aid to Florida tourist attraction after campaign donor intervened

The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story September 26, 2025 · View in browser In tod…

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