Trump Tries to Seize a Bridge — Canada Calls His Bluff
Posted by Joshua Scheer For more reporting on this ProPublica’s new investigation exposes a story that was never really about a bridge — it was about power, pressure, and a…
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
This week, ProPublica published a story I wrote based in part on interviews with parents and children being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in…
ProPublica Publishes Unreleased Data on the Origins of Generic Prescription Drugs
The dataset powers our Rx Inspector tool, which lets you find the factories that made your generic drugs and their FDA inspection track records.
We’re Too Close to the Debris
by Heather Vogell and Agnel Philip, graphics by Lucas Waldron for ProPublica When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s…
Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse.
by Max Blau for ProPublica When Jon Esformes was in his 20s, farmworkers staged protests outside one of his family’s tomato farms, in California’s Central Valley, calling out the fact…
The Shakedown: Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence That UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
Trump’s DOJ threatened UCLA with discrimination lawsuits, demanded more than $1 billion in fines and pressed for changes that had nothing to do with antisemitism.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record. It was Friday, June 6, and the rent was due. As soon as she…
‘Riots Raging’: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here…
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the…
Sept. 11 Victims’ Lawsuit Against Saudi Government Can Go to Trial, Judge Rules
Information uncovered by plaintiffs has already undermined the FBI’s conclusion that two U.S.-based Saudi officials “unwittingly” helped al-Qaida hijackers after they arrived in America.
Local Officials Have a Powerful Tool to Warn Residents of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.
Local officials can tap a federal warning system to send targeted alerts with evacuation orders and other actions. Many don’t use it.
How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies
The Trump administration has refused to say how many workers have been lost so far. But ProPublica’s analysis reveals the cuts in unprecedented detail.
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
ICE says its officers “use only the level of force that is objectively reasonable.” Across America, what’s “reasonable” has changed.
The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE
ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.