NEW: Environmental scientists said a new EPA directive could lead to weakened chemical protections, such as revised limits on how much arsenic is allowed in drinking water or the amount of lead considered acceptable in paint or soil. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

NEW: An internal memo sent by EPA deputy administrator David Fotouhi took aim at IRIS, the program that has independently assessed toxic chemicals for decades and directed agency offices to review regs that relied on its work www.propublica.org/article/trum...

infuriating must-read piece by my colleague @alexcuadros.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Since the headline is a bit confusing, the NYT is reporting that on the same day we hit the girl's school in Minab, we also sent a missile full of tungsten steel pellets at a girl's volleyball tournament hundreds of miles away in Lamerd. Twenty one dead. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...

I'm asking for help covering the IG community. Please reach out if you have info and/or share with anyone you think might be receptive. Thanks 🙏 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Nothing says "pro life" as much as willingly exposing your born child unnecessarily to life-threatening diseases. I had chicken-pox and measles as a child in the 50s. My cousin had polio (I got away with a fever). When the vaccines became available, it was like liberation from oppression.

This story by @sheinvestigates.bsky.social is so so good and so so upsetting. Get ready to have your head explode www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

I'm asking for help covering the IG community. Please reach out if you have info and/or share with anyone you think might be receptive. Thanks 🙏 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Dismantling the fledgling harm-reduction effort, defense analysts say, is among several ways the Trump administration has reorganized national security around two principles: more aggression, less accountability www.propublica.org/article/trum...

NEW: Use our database to explore the financial disclosures of President Donald Trump and more than 1,500 of his appointees.

wowza. And kudos to ProPublica's @nicolefoy.bsky.social www.threads.com/@aaron.rupar...

And more much-needed good news.. gothamist.com/news/federal...

And now some good news - Syngenta is stopping making paraquat. www.syngenta.com/media/syngen... @stephanehorel.bsky.social theintercept.com/2021/03/24/p...

Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”

"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE

I've long wondered about this - whether infants sucking on pacifiers are ingesting toxic chemicals. Turns out they are 😞 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

US carbon pollution rose in 2025 by 2.4% over the previous year. The increase in greenhouse gas emissions is attributable to a combination of a cool winter, the explosive growth of datacenters and cryptocurrency mining, and higher natural gas prices. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

NEW: The Trump administration is planning to use AI to write federal regulations despite the risk of hallucinations. “We don't even need a very good rule,” the Transportation Department’s top lawyer said of the plan, per meeting notes reviewed by ProPublica. “We want good enough.”🧵

Half the world’s 100 largest cities are experiencing high levels of water stress, with 38 of these in regions of “extremely high water stress”, new analysis and mapping has shown. About 1.1 billion people live in metropolitan areas experiencing long-term drying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"ICE will leave Minnesota if you hand over your voter rolls" tells you everything you need to know. This was never about immigration or fraud. It was always about rigging elections.

Statistic: 2/3rds of murders in Minneapolis so far in 2026 have been committed by DHS agents

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk. Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared. Well, here’s a link: georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

LIVE NOW: Our reporters Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social and photographer @peterdicampo.bsky.social are taking your questions on Reddit about how Trump’s gutting of USAID exacerbated a cholera epidemic and created an American-made hunger crisis 👇

Tylenol in Pregnancy Not Tied to Autism, Rigorous Review Shows www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/au... But we do know that high fevers in pregnancy are associated with autism

“Asking scientists to spy on and report on their fellow co-authors” is a “classic hallmark of authoritarianism,” said Jennifer Jones, director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists

I’ve been following this case for several years. Finally, a judge in Milwaukee brought a grieving father’s 13-year quest for justice to a close, accepting a plea deal for two men who were criminally charged for their role in the 2012 killing of teenager Corey Stingley at a convenience store.

NEW from @lisalsong.bsky.social and me: The Trump administration is now asking USDA workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

I am still tracking the detentions of U.S. citizens by federal immigration agents If you know something or want to share your story, please get in touch ✉️[email protected] Signal: nicolefoy.27 www.propublica.org/article/immi...

NEW: Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With, by @lisalsong.bsky.social @fastlerner.bsky.social

NEW from @lisalsong.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social: The Trump administration is directing employees at the USDA to investigate foreign scientists who collaborate with the agency on research papers for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Flashbangs burn hotter then lava. They've caused serious burns, severed hands, and even killed. *That's* what ICE just tossed into a car full of kids. Here's our investigation from 2015, by @juliaangwin.com: www.propublica.org/article/flas...

the alarming studies keep rolling in... this one shows that exposure to "forever chemicals" is linked to a higher Risk of gestational diabetes thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(25)00682-0/fulltext

kudos to the forever lobbying project and @stephanehorel.bsky.social

DOJ staff resign over the department’s disinterest in Good killing.

Sorry but you must read this 👇 www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Airline are doing the exact opposite because premium seats are what make them money.

Great new story by @lisalsong.bsky.social Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Toughen Air Pollution Rules %%page%% %%sep%% %%sitename%% www.propublica.org/article/air-...

If you read nothing else today... just make sure you have some time to grieve

This devastating piece destroys the lie that no one died as the result of this administration's cuts to USAID. In South Sudan countless people died from cholera after US cut off money, as @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy report www.propublica.org/article/usai...

In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

The Trump EPA has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale compared with a Biden-era assessment, which had already significantly underestimated the dangers of the chemical, a ProPublica investigation found. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Also noting that the Trump administration is taking a similar approach with radiation An executive order on radiation that Trump issued in May criticized the linear method of assessing cancer risk and directed the NRC to consider adopting new exposure limits www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Community health centers were created to be medical safety nets for people who struggle to afford primary care. But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission. www.propublica.org/article/fede...