“This is a historic win for the families,” said Brett Eagleson, whose father was killed in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is going to be held accountable.”
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“This is a historic win for the families,” said Brett Eagleson, whose father was killed in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is going to be held accountable.”
More than 1,000 people currently imprisoned in Louisiana were convicted by split juries — ruled unconstitutional in 2020. Yet the state Supreme Court has declined to grant new trials, and lawmakers have repeatedly denied a reexamination of their cases. With @veritenews.org
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
When today’s far-right pundits use concerns about natural resource scarcity to push the anti-immigrant “great replacement theory,” they’re using a playbook created decades earlier by environmentalist and white nationalist John Tanton. (Published Oct. 2024)
"When the public asks, 'How did we get here?' after each mass shooting, the answer goes beyond NRA lobbyists and Second Amendment zealots. It lies in large measure with the strategies of firearms executives like Richard Dyke." www.propublica.org/article/how-...
A federal employee directory helped us figure out just how many workers have left federal health agencies since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term. Here’s how we crunched the numbers. By @pratheekrebala.bsky.social @anniewaldman.bsky.social @bxroberts.org
The Trump administration is scaling back efforts to study and counter violent extremism, and the impact is becoming clear. On Thursday, Sept. 4 at 4 p.m. ET, join ProPublica for a conversation about what these recent changes mean for domestic security and public safety. 📌 RSVP and submit q's:
For Black Memphis residents already burdened by pollution, the gas turbines that powered Musk’s supercomputer raised concerns. The Chamber of Commerce downplayed fears by claiming 9 government agencies oversee the facility. That’s not exactly true. By @wendicthomas.bsky.social, w/ @mlk50.com
The gun industry's secret project fundamentally transformed the American lawmaker. In a span of a few years, state and federal politicians morphed from actively seeking solutions to "thoughts and prayers." Read these two stories to find out how. www.propublica.org/article/guns...
A Tarrant County resident who has worked as an election judge criticized the county’s move to cut more than 100 polling sites. “You’re not saving money,” she said. “You’re sacrificing democracy to save a buck.” With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
Epidemiologist Erin McCanlies spent much of the past two decades studying the environmental causes of autism. Under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has promised to find a cause for the condition, her entire division was cut.
A "pig butchering" scam might open with a simple “Hi” or some good-natured confusion about why your phone number seems to be in the person’s address book. It's the first step in a process intended to drain your bank account and ruin your life. (Published Sept. 2022)
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.” (Published May 2025)
Blue Cross had refused to pay thousands of claims for the center’s patients, but on several occasions executives at the insurance company had signed special one-time deals with the center to pay for their wives’ cancer treatment. (Published April 2025)
Months before igniting Texas’ redistricting fight, the Trump administration began testing a strategy of using the courts to force favorable political outcomes. The new voting map, signed into law today by Gov. Greg Abbott, is its latest win. With @texastribune.org
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, revisit our Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation about the impossible choices doctors and nurses faced in the aftermath of the disaster. This is "The Deadly Choices at Memorial," co-published 2009 with The New York Times Magazine:
Read @reneedudley.bsky.social's original exposé of Microsoft's "digital escort" system. (Published July 15)
NEW: The Pentagon issued a “letter of concern” to Microsoft over the company’s use of China-based engineers to maintain sensitive government computer systems. The DOD is now investigating whether any of those employees have compromised national security. By @reneedudley.bsky.social
Breaking: Gov. Greg Abbott signed Texas’ new congressional district lines into law Friday. Last week, the state Legislature passed the new map that aims to flip five Democratic seats in the 2026 midterms.
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names. @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com
Come to @chihacknight.org to hear me and my pals @perla-trevizo.bsky.social and @micarosenberg.bsky.social talk about our reporting on the Venezuelan men Trump sent to a Salvadoran prison. Event is virtual on Sept. 23. chihacknight.org/events/2025/...
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
The federal government is scaling back its role in preventing violent extremism. 🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding. 📌 RSVP:
The problem isn’t that there is no way to alert the public to coming disasters. It’s that local officials too often don’t use it. My latest for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/ipaw...
NEW: Alaska publishes a quarterly list with the names of Indigenous people reported missing — but it still doesn’t issue a list for those who’ve been killed. When a local nonprofit requested that information, the state said no. By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social of @adn.com
While ICE agents can note in their database if someone they’ve investigated turns out to be a citizen, they are not required to do so. As a result, records are often wrong and left uncorrected even after agents have been told of a mistake. (Published March 2025)
“We did all of this with our hands tied behind our backs,” said a spokesperson for the families. “Even with the FBI pushing back and President Trump invoking state secrets, we created an overwhelming picture of Saudi Arabia’s role.”
In most of the U.S., formaldehyde contributes more to outdoor cancer risk than any other toxic air pollutant. Look up your address to see risks from the chemical on your block and where it comes from: (Published Dec. 2024)
NEW: More than two decades after victims and families of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the Saudi government responsible for aiding the Qaida terrorists who carried out the plot, a judge has ruled that a lawsuit against the kingdom can go to trial.
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. (Published Dec. 2024)
NEW: Internal records show how Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt has worked to get Elon Musk access to state and local officials ahead of a formal bidding process for a Houston flood project. Both stand to benefit should Musk be selected. By @lmcgaughy.bsky.social and @chengyilun.bsky.social
Current and former DOJ lawyers say Leo Terrell, Trump’s pick to lead an antisemitism task force, has voiced open disdain for what he calls “lawyer talk,” berating staff who try to follow proper procedures for investigating civil rights complaints.
The problem isn’t that there is no way to alert residents. It’s that officials too often don’t use it. New from @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/ipaw...
20 mostly white private academies, all founded in the 1960s and 1970s, brought in more than $20 million from North Carolina in three years. None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close. (Published Nov. 2024)
Tarrant County officials said the move to cut more than 100 polling sites was to save money as they historically see low voter turnout in nonpresidential elections. But fewer voting sites means fewer voters, a political science expert said.
EXCLUSIVE: For years, local officials in Houston have been studying whether building giant tunnels under the city could ease the area's flooding woes. Now, Elon Musk wants a piece of the project. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege
Oil companies in #NorthDakota are unfairly taking $millions in royalties for the oil and gas extracted from their lands, mineral owners say. @propublica.org and @northdakotamonitor.com saw statements showing deductions as high as 50%! My latest video ⬇️
Experts on voting warned that Heather Honey’s appointment could erode trust between state and federal officials, prompting states not to share information with the agency. One election official called her involvement with DHS “deeply troubling.”
One person who has benefited from AquaBounty coming to Pioneer is the town’s mayor. His company bought land for $600K before the deal was publicly announced, then flipped that property to AquaBounty for ~$2.1M. (Published Feb. 2025)
Now, Elon Musk’s tunneling company is quietly being pitched for the job despite the fact it builds much smaller structures than previous county proposals. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
For years, experts in Houston have been studying the idea of building massive tunnels under the area to divert flood waters and save lives and property.
My latest…
Rep. Wesley Hunt has spent months trying to get officials to hire Elon Musk’s The Boring Co. to build a major flood control project in Houston. The company has pitched tunnels that are far smaller than what may be needed to address the flooding issues.🤔 @lmcgaughy.bsky.social @chengyilun.bsky.social
NEW: Internal records show how Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt has worked to get Elon Musk access to state and local officials ahead of a formal bidding process for a Houston flood project. Both stand to benefit should Musk be selected. By @lmcgaughy.bsky.social and @chengyilun.bsky.social
NEW: ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited until it was too late. By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
More than 20 years ago, N.C. legislators passed a law requiring that landslide hazards be mapped across 19 mountain counties. But after only four of those counties were mapped, lawmakers gave in to developers who said it could harm property values. (Published May 2025)
Memphis residents had no input into the opening of Musk’s supercomputer facility, with some local officials learning about its arrival from the news. As a private business, xAI had no obligation to seek public feedback, the Chamber of Commerce said.
NEW: How did Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey get picked for a top post at the FBI? In part by bringing criminal cases against local and state Democrats. Smart story from @jeremykohler.bsky.social of @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/miss...
After watching and reading comments about the horrific Minnesota shooting, it appears most Americans people missed our stories about the secret roots to the madness. I pray this repost helps. www.propublica.org/article/gunm...
Experts on voting warned that Heather Honey’s appointment could erode trust between state and federal officials, prompting states not to share information with the agency. One election official called her involvement with DHS “deeply troubling.” By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
NEW: My latest for ProPublica, in collaboration with the Chronicle of Higher Ed's great @KatherineMangan, profiling Leo Terrell, the improbable head of Trump's "Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism," waging war on America's colleges and universities. www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
An ex-DOGE staffer developed an AI tool that hallucinated the size of Veterans Affairs contracts. For example, it concluded that more than a thousand deals were each worth $34 million, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000. (Published June)
One educator said the board members’ decision to remove chapters related to diversity has been painful for students. “What they are seeing is that unless you fit into the mold and you are like them, you are not valued,” the teacher said. (Published April 2025)
Here's a deep dive into the man Trump chose to lead his antisemitism task force that's targeting universities. It's quite a read! @propublica.org @chronicle.com @peterelkind.bsky.social @katiemangan.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/leo-...
NEW: Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats “The more outrageous you are, the more you are going to attract the attention of Donald Trump.” @jeremykohler.bsky.social
NEW: Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s targeting of Democrats is legally questionable, experts say, but it’s helped to further his career nationally: “The more outrageous you are, the more you are going to attract the attention of Donald Trump.” By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
NEW: Trump describes Leo Terrell, head of the antisemitism task force, as a “highly respected” and “incredibly successful” attorney. Documents reveal a distinctly mixed legal track record, marred by malpractice suits and client disputes. By @peterelkind.bsky.social & Katherine Mangan
“The hiring of an election conspiracy theorist with no election knowledge or expertise is the culmination of this reversal,” said David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation & Research. “DHS now appears poised to become a primary amplifier of false election conspiracies.”
Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home. In a sense, it is upending the American dream. (Published Feb. 2025)
When Oregon mapped wildfire risks to properties, some insurance brokers and homeowners blamed the map, without evidence, for policy cancellations and price hikes. Others called it part of a big plan to “depopulate rural areas.”
In 1980, a 19-year-old Black man was sentenced to life in prison — despite the jury being split along racial lines. “I knew that my voice would not matter,” said one of the only two Black jurors. “I cannot believe that Lloyd Gray is still in prison.”
1/ A high-profile rightwing activist, who pushed to overturn Trump’s loss in 2020, has been appointed to a top position in the Department of Homeland Security helping oversee U.S. election security, I reported for @propublica.org. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/heat...
Texas AG Ken Paxton and Trump’s DOJ have moved to a “new level” of using the courts to change policy, said one legal expert. Paxton is working to “challenge Texas’ own laws. There are no statutes that allow, or even anticipate, this behavior.” with @texastribune.org
NEW: Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social
“Why is my information in there?” asked Kathy Gavin, one of millions of people whose data was collected by the gun industry. “Why did you need it or want it? Yes, you could use it to pummel me with postcards, but what else are you doing with it?” (Published Feb)
“One ought to be extremely disturbed by this thoroughly authoritarian administration,” said Levinson, who has taught constitutional law for 45 years. Important news analysis by Bob Garrett www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The Idaho coroners' association president said his focus right now is on “low-hanging fruit” rather than major systemic fixes. A few of the coroners his association represents, though, say it's time for an overhaul of Idaho's frontier-era system. www.propublica.org/article/idah...
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. (Published Dec. 2024)
In 1980, a 19-year-old Black man was sentenced to life in prison — despite the jury being split along racial lines. “I knew that my voice would not matter,” said one of the only two Black jurors. “I cannot believe that Lloyd Gray is still in prison.” veritenews.org/2025/08/25/l...
NEW: Idaho’s Coroner System Is “Broken and a Joke.” Here Are 5 Ideas From Coroners on How to Fix It. @audreydutton.bsky.social
NEW: Lawmakers have been warned for 70 years that Idaho’s coroner system is broken, yet major reforms haven’t materialized. An anonymous survey and interviews by ProPublica reveal what coroners say would help. By @audreydutton.bsky.social
"[B]anks are not communicating with each other ... Fraudsters know it."
When an insurance company is deciding whether to pay for your medical treatment, it generates a file, which should contain all records associated with your case, including documents explaining why the claim was denied. You have a right to see this file. (Published May 2023)
Texas is expected to be where IRS’ new stance on religious leaders endorsing candidates will matter most, one expert said. More than 200 megachurches call Texas home. “Texas will be the epicenter for testing all these ideas out,” the expert said.
“No one is watching, no one will hold them accountable, so they can just do what they want,” said one HUD attorney. “The civil rights laws that people marched for and fought for, ... it’s not happening. And people are really being harmed by it.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social (Published May)
NEW: The Texas Redistricting Fight Has Been the Testing Ground for the Trump Administration’s Latest Legal Strategy, w/ @texastribune.org
It is true!!! Can confirm!! I am thrilled to be joining @propublica.org next month. (Pam has all the best sources 🖤)
Arizona does not vet new voucher schools. Not even if the school or the online school “provider” has already failed, or was founded yesterday, or is operating out of a strip mall, or offers just a half hour of instruction per morning. (Published Dec. 2024)
The Trump administration has been testing a strategy of using the courts as leverage to force political outcomes. In Texas, government leaders and conservative activists have been willing collaborators. The state’s new voting map is their latest win. with @texastribune.org
1. Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that non-unanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for this Louisiana prisoner — and hundreds of others — tough-on-crime leaders in the state have ensured that doesn’t change anything. 🧵 veritenews.org/2025/08/25/l...
As RFK Jr. promotes a new initiative to find the causes of autism, ProPublica found that he has taken aim at research trying to do just that. “We need to stop trusting the experts,” he said.
This Louisiana prisoner — & 1,000+ others like him — remain in prison despite split jury convictions that SCOTUS has ruled unconstitutional. MUST READ @richardawebster.bsky.social’s latest in his series about Gov. Jeff Landry’s criminal justice rollbacks www.propublica.org/article/loui...
Must-read story out of Louisiana. An Unconstitutional “Jim Crow Jury” Sent Him to Prison for Life. A New Law Aims to Keep Him There. @richardawebster.bsky.social @veritenews.org
NEW: Five years ago, the Supreme Court decided that non-unanimous jury verdicts are unconstitutional. But for this Louisiana prisoner — and hundreds of others — “tough on crime” state leaders have ensured that doesn’t change anything. By @richardawebster.bsky.social @veritenews.org
Nate Cavanaugh, DOGE-installed president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, told Fox News in May that DOGE couldn’t figure out why Halimi was being paid. But ProPublica found that Cavanaugh had already been sent detailed records outlining Halimi’s work at USIP.
In 2020, I did a Q&A piece with an Illinois National Guard spokesmen to get some clarity about what mobilizing the national guard in cities like Chicago actually looks like. Skip the top of the piece — irrelevant now — but start at the first question: www.propublica.org/article/mobi...
While the Microsoft security plan submitted to the DOD distinguishes between engineers who have or haven’t passed background and security screenings, it omits the fact that non-screened workers include non-U.S. citizens based in foreign countries.
This paragraph is haunting. How DOGE Left Mohammad Halimi’s Life in Tatters www.propublica.org/article/doge...
Earlier this year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced massive cuts to federal health agencies. The Trump administration has refused to say how many workers have been lost so far. But a new ProPublica analysis gives a detailed view.
3/ Halimi initially wonders if Musk’s accusation is an April Fool’s joke. After all, the decades of work he had done consulting for U.S. diplomats wasn’t in service of the Taliban; it was the opposite. Little did he know his nightmare was just beginning.
2/ It starts with a viral Elon Musk post. “United States Institute of Peace Funded Taliban,” the graphic read, falsely claiming that USIP was funding the terrorist group through Halimi, whose work with the independent nonprofit involved providing advice to help US diplomats understand Afghanistan.
Shelby County, where Musk’s xAI facility sits, has Tennessee’s highest rate of ER visits for asthma. For the majority-Black residents of the area, emissions from the company’s methane gas turbines exacerbate longstanding public health concerns.
Many of the men deported to CECOT said they are permanently changed: struggling to sleep, drink water or leave their homes. One man broke into tears describing how he had a panic attack the first time he walked down a busy Venezuelan street.
The Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to maintain programs to know their customers and detect suspicious activity. But it is up to banks to design those programs. The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
The continents are rapidly drying out and the earth’s vast freshwater resources are under threat, according to a recently released study based on 20+ years of NASA satellite data. Here are the report’s key findings and what they portend for humankind.
Trump’s chilling effect on Big Law firms taking on pro bono work has “been a nightmare,” said the president of a small nonprofit that investigates civil rights violations. “People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”
"Police broke the window and threw daddy on the floor."
Despite locals’ health concerns, the Memphis Chamber of Commerce has gone to unusual lengths to promote Elon Musk’s xAI data center, including sending a mailer with inaccurate information. @wendicthomas.bsky.social
When Oregon mapped wildfire risks to properties, some insurance brokers and homeowners blamed the map, without evidence, for policy cancellations and price hikes. Others called it part of a big plan to “depopulate rural areas.”
What a nightmare.