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September 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM

Psychiatric hospitals are illegally turning away patients

The facilities face few consequences. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story September 22, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: In today’s newsletter: Psychiatric hospitals…

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September 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM

⏱️ Final hours of our member drive! ⏱️

Join us by midnight!Dear Reader, We’re in the final hours of our fall member drive. The deadline is midnight tonight.  In the past two weeks, more than 4,100 readers have stepped up to fuel ProPublica’s reporting. Some gave $5 a month, others $25, $100 or even $1,000. The amount doesn’t matter as mu…

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September 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM

Today only, your donation is doubled 💛💛

Last day of our fall member drive!Dear Reader, Today is the final day of ProPublica’s fall member drive, and we need your help to finish strong.   This morning, the Rogovy Foundation has generously pledged to match all contributions up to $35,000! That means every dollar you give will be doubled to …

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September 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM

No owners. Free to all. Donate today.

Member drive deadline: tomorrow Donate Dear Reader,  Corporate media outlets keep making headlines of their own lately. With speculation swirling around how business decisions affect nightly programming, the question isn’t just who reports the news — but who decides what gets seen at all. Given the…

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September 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM

Amid rise of RFK Jr., officials waver on drinking water fluoridation

State and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending a decadeslong public health success story. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story September 18, 2025 · View in…

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September 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM

Accountability, driven by you

Member drive deadline: tomorrow. Support people-powered public service.Dear Reader,  ProPublica is built on a simple belief: Facts can drive change. But it’s not just our reporters who make that happen. It’s also you.  When you read, share or support our journalism, you help ensure that our stories …

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September 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM

“I believe in promoting the truth and exposing the lies.”

Join folks like Suzanne in Kentucky and become a member Hi Reader,  Here’s the truth: ProPublica exists because readers like you choose to fund it. People like you have already stepped up during this member drive (which ends on Friday!). Their reasons for giving speak louder than anything we could s…

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September 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM

When power goes unchecked, investigative journalism becomes essential.

Drive ends Friday. Support ProPublica today. Donate Hi 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 on their loan papers. Trump has used this concern as a justification to target political…

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September 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM

Journalism as a force for change

Holding corporations to account — join us by Friday Hi Reader,  We deserve institutions that act with honesty, integrity and transparency. But when they fall short, the American tradition of independent journalism is a critical ballast to a functioning democracy, holding the powerful accountable and…

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September 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM

A farmworkers visa promised her a better life. It was a trap.

Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story September 13, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newslette…

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September 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM

The public deserves all the facts

Support investigative journalism that brings the full story to light. Donate Hi Reader,  When government oversight is absent, independent journalism steps in.  One example: Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s use of force in deportation arrests.   ICE agents are smashing car windows to arrest thos…

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September 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM

“Government should run … like a McDonald’s or a bank”

Revealing how DOGE changed the SSA | Support independent journalism Hi Reader,  This year, as the Department of Government Efficiency stormed into the Social Security Administration and set up shop, Leland Dudek took center stage at the agency. Dudek had been a midlevel bureaucrat there when he was …

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September 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM

We pursue the answers the public needs.

You make it possible. Donate now. Hi Reader,  Every community needs watchdogs who can ask tough questions and demand answers. 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 need…

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September 10, 2025 at 11:31 AM

“Just let me die”: After insurance repeatedly denied a couple’s claims, one psychiatrist was their last hope

“This is the high-risk case that psychiatrists have nightmares about,” Dr. Neal Goldenberg said. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story September 10, 2025 · View in browser In today…

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September 10, 2025 at 10:48 AM

Journalism strong enough to change laws

Your gift fuels the moral force of investigative journalism — the kind that leads to real change.Hi Reader,  On Monday, we began our two-week fall member drive, and I’m thrilled to say that already, more than 600 readers stepped up with a donation. Join them with your gift of any amount. We need fol…

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September 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM

How 9/11-era terror rules could empower Trump’s immigration crackdown

A Muslim chaplain for an Ohio children’s hospital could face deportation. The U.S. government alleges tenuous connections to terrorism. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story Septem…

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September 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM

How does ProPublica stay independent?

Spoiler: Readers like you.Hi Reader,  Lately, questions about who really controls the news have been making headlines of their own. With Congress rescinding funding for public media, billionaires buying up major media outlets and speculation swirling around how a major corporate merger is impacting …

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September 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM

Inside DOGE’s takeover of the Social Security Administration

Leland Dudek, formerly the agency’s acting chief, helped DOGE at first and then tried to resist when he saw what it was doing, Dudek said in 15 hours of candid interviews. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate …

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September 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM

Fall member drive begins today

Support fearless journalism during our two-week drive Donate Hi Reader,  ProPublica’s fall 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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September 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM

Trump is accusing foes with multiple mortgages of fraud. Three of his Cabinet members have them.

Real estate experts say the practice is common and often legal. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story September 04, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: We found three Tru…

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August 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM

Elon Musk’s pitch to build $760M tunnels under Houston

Musk’s Boring Co. is getting help from a Texas congressman in its bid to divert floodwater. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story August 28, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsl…

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August 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM

The leader of Trump’s assault on higher education has a troubled legal and financial history

Leo Terrell’s past is at odds with Trump’s description of an “incredibly successful” attorney. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story August 27, 2025 · View in browser In today’s ne…

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August 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Protection for renters across the country

Impact fueled by reader support Donate Hi Reader,  Who is behind rising rents in America?   That’s the question ProPublica reporter Heather Vogell decided to answer a few years ago, when she started investigating the country’s soaring rents. She found that rents were often being set not by landlords…

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August 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM

DOGE targeted him on social media. Then the Taliban took his family.

Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi helped U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate …

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August 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM

Fed cuts continue: 20,500+ health workers are out of jobs

The Trump administration refused to say how many workers it let go. We found the true number. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story August 21, 2025 · View in browser In today’s new…

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August 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM

🔬 RFK Jr. cut grants for autism research while vowing to find a cause

The Trump administration is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals, including some linked to the condition. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story August 20,…

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August 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM

Texas private schools hire relatives and enrich insiders.

Soon they can do it with taxpayer money. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story August 13, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of inte…

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August 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM

Our first Impact Report of 2025

The enduring power of independent nonprofit journalism Donate Dear Reader,  For nearly two decades, ProPublica has exposed abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust, and we have seen how those facts inspire change.   Today we published ProPublica’s first Impact Report of 2025. ProPublica’s…

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August 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM

“It’s kind of all rigged”

Mineral owners want more transparency from oil companies. A North Dakota program has fallen short. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story August 11, 2025 · View in browser In today’…

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August 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM

Israel secretly recruited Iranian dissidents to attack their country from within

Operations in the decadeslong secret war between Iran and Israel have shifted fundamentally in recent years. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story August 07, 2025 · View in browser…

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August 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM

Trump attacks on law firms make it harder to challenge the administration

Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story …

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July 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM

Who Owns ProPublica?

Support this independent newsroom that gets results Donate Hi 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 a maj…

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July 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM

Bloodied faces, sobbing children: Immigration officers smash car windows to speed up arrests

ICE says its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” We have videos that show what it looks like. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 31, 2025 · View in browser In today’s…

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July 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM

Venezuelan men want the world to know what they endured in CECOT

Now that they’re free, they say the fact that they were released is proof of how senseless their detentions were. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 30, 2025 · View in brow…

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July 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM

A festival promised ways to cheat death. Two attendees left fighting for their lives.

Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival in Las Vegas. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 29, 2025 · View in …

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July 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM

Middle school cheerleaders made a TikTok video portraying a school shooting

They were charged with a crime. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 28, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: How social media posts are leading to criminal charges …

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July 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM

His former company employed undocumented workers. Now he’s profiting off an immigrant detention camp.

Nathan Albers previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a scheme to hire and conceal undocumented workers. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 25, 2025 · View in …

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July 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM

Texas AG Ken Paxton is increasingly relying on costly private lawyers

One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a day's work. Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate The Big Story July 24, 2025 · View in browser In today’s newsletter: Texas Attorney General …

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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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