In April, the #Idaho Medical Freedom Act became law, making it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any “medical intervention.” #LeslieManookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.
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WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program. ➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program. My latest video for @propublica.org.

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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants to find the causes of #autism by September. Erin McCanlies has spent the past 20yrs studying how parents’ exposure to chemicals at work affects the chance that they will have a child with the condition. RFK Jr. cut her entire lab. My latest video for @propublica.org

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Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi’s family members were taken by the Taliban and beaten after DOGE and Elon Musk exposed his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit. The White House and Elon Musk did not respond to requests for comment. My latest video for @propublica.org.

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 ⬇️

#Texas is spending at least $1B over the next 2 years on private ed. @propublica.org & @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools, likely an undercount. 📰: @emsimani.bsky.social and Lexi Churchill

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We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists. W/ @texastribune.org‬ @cazadoresdefakenews.info & Alianza Rebelde Investiga

NEW: The mother of an Arizona man who died after being unable to find mental health treatment is suing his health insurer, saying it broke the law by publishing false information that misled its customers. By @maxblau.bsky.social

“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”

Multiple nonprofits serving exploited children declined to speak on the record to ProPublica, fearing that doing so might undermine what chance they still had of getting potential grants. “Look at what happened to the law firms,” one official said.

By my count, I spent at least 40 nights in Newtok & Mertarvik over 2 yrs, interviewed over 70 people & hired an inspector to look at 7 homes built by 3 contractors. A dozen are less than 3 years old & moldy. 1 federal agency knew of problems in 2022. Another toured homes in 2023. Zero repairs made.

NEW: Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has endured for decades.

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#ICYMI: Disclosure forms show that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumbling. 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

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WATCH: The reality TV cop show "The First 48" played a role in the conviction of a Minnesota man who spent 16 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. At least, that's what a report from the Minnesota attorney general's office says. 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

WATCH: ProPublica is keeping a list of who works for DOGE, and we recently added 20 names to our tracker, bringing the total to 66. We’ve also been reporting on who is in charge. Is it Elon Musk and his lieutenants, or is it an obscure bureaucrat named Amy Gleason? 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

WATCH: Did you know? ProPublica is keeping a list of who works at #DOGE. We’ve also been reporting on who’s in charge. Is it #ElonMusk, his lieutenants, or a bureaucrat named #AmyGleason? 📰: @chrisbing.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Schapiro and @anniewaldman.bsky.social 🎥: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

Over the past several weeks, ProPublica has identified dozens of people who worked for DOGE. #ICYMI: We just added 20 names to our tracker, bringing the total to 66.

A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns. Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️ 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

WATCH: The Trump admin and Elon Musk’s DOGE recently fired over 6k fed workers at the #IRS and there are plans to cut more than half of its 90k workers. “When you hamstring the IRS,” former IRS commissioner John Koskinen said, “it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.” 📰: @andykroll.bsky.social

NEW: Insiders tell ProPublica that Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run DOGE. One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having “little to no actual decision making” responsibilities.

NEW: The class-action lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment. By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social and @jodiscohen.bsky.social

NEW: When ProPublica and @texastribune.org asked the Valere Public Schools board whether it had any plans to make changes to the pay that Salvador Cavazos receives on top of his base salary, the board sent a one-word response: “No.”

NEW: National Park Service staff have received talking points ordering them to describe layoffs as “workforce management actions” and to reassure visitors that changes resulting from the cuts won’t impede “memorable and meaningful experiences for all.” By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social

NEW: The biggest DOGE-related layoffs are in and around Washington, D.C. In the week ending Feb. 22, unemployment claims in D.C. rose 25% from the week prior and were four times as high as one year earlier — and that’s only the beginning.

The UN's International Organization for Migration is tasked with helping vulnerable migrants around the world. It relies on US funding and is now under pressure as Trump deports people from all over to world to Panama w/ @lomikriel.bsky.social Perla Trevizo: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

When students have concerns about discrimination in schools, where will they turn? More than half of the Education Department’s civil rights locations are being shuttered, @propublica.org has learned. Chicago. Boston. Cleveland. Dallas. NY. Phila. San Fran. www.propublica.org/article/educ...

NEW: In a recording obtained by ProPublica, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.”

NEW: St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, is the one major institution standing in the way of a ban on emergency abortion care in Idaho — a move that would make the state’s policy one of the most extreme in the country. With @statesnewsroom.com

NEW: One Community Response Team officer swerved into a motorcyclist, killing him. Another needlessly stopped a pedestrian, then shoved him into a car window. A third hit a man and then kicked his head. By @ericumansky.bsky.social

NEW: The closure effectively hobbles the VA’s efforts to investigate and eliminate long-standing racial inequities that the department itself has acknowledged. “The consequences will be dire, wide-reaching and deadly,” an advocate for Black veterans said. By @vernalcoleman.bsky.social

NEW: Since rebuffing Trump's order barring transgender girls from girls’ sports, Maine has been investigated or pressured by 6 federal agencies: • Education • Justice • Agriculture • HHS • NOAA • Social Security With @bangordailynews.bsky.social

Meet our reporters @jodiscohen.bsky.social and @jsmithrichards.bsky.social. They've reported on education for decades — and have been closely tracking President Trump’s changes to the Department of Education. 👉 Our secure tip line on Signal: 917-512-0201.

NEW: The murders of two people outside an LGBTQ+ bar at first looked like the act of a lone shooter. A ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social investigation shows they were, in fact, the culmination of a coordinated, international recruiting effort by online extremists.

WATCH: By eliminating the consideration of carbon’s costs, the Trump admin not only stands to eliminate the consumer benefits, but also allow carbon emissions to grow unabated, intensifying the very increases in 🌎 🌍 🌏 temperature that are driving the broader economic damages. 📰: @abrahm.bsky.social

Help us welcome @coreygjohnson.bsky.social to Bluesky! 👋 And if you haven't, read his reporting about how at least 10 gun industry businesses secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians:

Major gun industry cos. secretly (and possibly illegally) handed over customer data to lobbyists who used the details to target them politically. Cambridge Analytica was given 20yrs of that data. Were they shopaholics? Did women buy plus-size or petite underwear? 📰: Corey G. Johnson 🎨: Joan Wong

WATCH: One of President Donald Trump’s most damaging strikes against U.S. climate policy is buried in an executive order that would obliterate the critically important “social cost of carbon” calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change imposes on the economy.

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.

Powerful story and design! How Cambridge Analytica Used Intimate Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives