Conservative education activists such as Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice now have access to the top levers of the government. “If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica. (Published Oct. 2025)

New solar installations in the U.S. dropped by 14% last year. Among the challenges: pushback from critics who claim, without evidence, that solar panels pose a health threat.

Nearly a year ago, Trump's counterterrorism czar Sebastian Gorka said his blueprint to combat threats was “imminent.” By July, he was “on the cusp” of unveiling it — a phrase he repeated in October and again in January. No plan has appeared, and no explanation given for the delay.

For years, Molly Parker has reported on housing and broken promises in Cairo, Illinois. But this story became one of the most windy and wild reporting journeys of her life. It started with a question: What in the hell is this abandoned printer doing here? From our weekly newsletter:

WATCH: A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica's @robert-faturechi.bsky.social reached out to a Canadian defense official and a Latvian businessman tied to Ukraine. The impostor wasn’t after money, but confidential information. So the real Faturechi did some reporting of his own.

Toxic oil waste is increasingly shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma, contaminating the state’s drinking water We found that regulators identified 2,000 problem wells in a 2021 report. Then they ignored their findings. With @readfrontier.bsky.social

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)

To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback. Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.” (Published Nov. 2025)

Under Purdue’s new $7.4 billion settlement plan, estimated payouts for people whose family members fatally overdosed on OxyContin dropped to as little as $8,000. It used to be $48,000. With @inquirer.com

Drillers have long injected a toxic waste product of oil and gas production underground. Increasingly, it doesn’t stay where it should, instead contaminating drinking water or blasting back to the surface. ➡️ Join our virtual discussion: https://events.propublica.org/wastewater-crisis/bluesky

Half of all Americans die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation. (Published 2022 with @newyorker.com)

The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers. Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers. (Published Dec. 2025 with @highcountrynews.org)

Stories about pardons are often about presidential power. But what about people on the other side of that grace? The Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won years ago.

In 2011, a Chicago officer pulled a woman over just to get her phone number, then called or texted her nearly 30 times. Between 2017 and 2019, he was reported for sexual misconduct three more times before he was finally arrested. (Published May 2025 w/ @invisible.institute)

“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.” We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:

After a college student finally found a treatment that worked for his ulcerative colitis, UnitedHealthcare decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. (Published Feb. 2023)

Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families. But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes. (Pub. Dec. 2025 w/ @theassemblync.bsky.social)

Letters reveal a decadeslong strategy, starting with targeted programs for needy kids then expanding benefits to all families, by politicians, church officials, and activists who all believe that the separation of church and state is illegitimate. (Published Jan. 2025 w/ @newyorker.com)

Critics claim large solar farms are a public health threat. Despite little reputable evidence for this, their fears have helped undercut efforts across the U.S. to broaden energy sources, slowing installations even as customer costs are rising. ☀️ My new story at @propublica.org -

Documents obtained by ProPublica and @opb.org revealed that Portland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon was behind what regulators called an “aggressive push” to waive proof-of-income requirements at car loan company Santander Consumer USA. (Published March)

NEW: Critics claim large solar farms are a public health threat. Despite little reputable evidence for this, their fears have helped undercut efforts across the U.S. to broaden energy sources, slowing installations even as customer costs are rising.

“It was the most harebrained operation I’d seen in my 38 years with the U.S. government,” one career diplomat said about the second Trump administration's wholesale slashing of foreign aid. “Who knows how much damage was done.” (Published Dec. 2025)

Four female patients complained to the state’s medical commission about OG-GYN Dr. Mark Mulholland from 2022 through 2024. Because the board waited until September 2025 to restrict Mulholland’s license, he kept practicing — and seeing more patients who would later file complaints.

1/ We’re honored to announce “The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram,” an investigative documentary by ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social, is a 2026 Peabody Award winner: propub.li/4cuPT1O

When DOGE arrived at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the operatives had no real background in nuclear issues. They boxed out experienced hands, forcing resignations and massive exodus of talent. Over 400 people have since left or been forced out. Our full story: https://propub.li/3OBQMwk

The war in Iran has locked Trump into a showdown with a sophisticated state sponsor of terrorism at a time when U.S. security agencies have hemorrhaged experts and the White House counterterrorism czar has yet to release a plan to fight threats.

Watch ProPublica's @jenafifield.bsky.social on PBS News Hour below and read her recent investigation with @dougbockclark.bsky.social into the Trump White House's efforts to exert influence over local elections here:

Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against Purdue for the harm they said its opioid drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation from the company’s $7.4 billion settlement. Read ProPublica (@propublica.org ) and The Inquirer’s report ⤵️

When two men announced their plans to solve this Illinois town’s housing crisis with a 3D printer, City Council member Connie Williams warned them not to make promises they couldn’t keep. “They were like, ‘No, no … God sent us,’” she said. With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social

Despite all of the noise about holding the Sacklers accountable, it’s shocking that this is where we have ended up. After Years of Waiting, Many Opioid Victims Will Be Shut Out of Purdue Settlement. “A Punch in the Gut” w/ @inquirer.com

Are You Waiting for Opioid Settlement Money From Purdue, Mallinckrodt or Endo? Get in Touch. Our recent investigation details changes to a bankruptcy settlement that leaves out some of the hardest-hit victims of the opioid crisis. Here’s how you can share your story with ProPublica & @inquirer.com:

NEW: Nearly 140,000 people filed claims against Purdue for the harm they said its drugs caused. Fewer than half of them will get any compensation under a new payout plan. With @inquirer.com

While he was detained at Dilley for over four months, 13-year-old Gustavo Santiago said he felt as if he would “never get out.” “I just ask that you don’t forget about us,” he told ProPublica in a video call. (Published Feb.)

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners. Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back.

For the first time since ProPublica reported on preventable deaths of pregnant women under Texas’ abortion ban, the state’s medical board has disciplined doctors in those cases.

The U.S. is blessed with one of the most scientifically and technologically advanced health care systems in the world. And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last. Read "Sick in a Hospital Town," a 2026 Hillman Prize winner:

New Portland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon is all over the news as details come out of all the penny-pinching he's done since taking over the NBA team. This probably won't come as a surprise to folks familiar with how Dundon amassed his wealth from sketchy subprime auto loans:

ProPublica & partners are nominated for 2 @theemmys.tv awards! Our films “Estatus: Venezolano” and “Sobreviviendo al CECOT” are nominated in the outstanding news feature in Spanish and outstanding investigative news coverage in Spanish categories, respectively: www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

A new investigation from ProPublica and @frontlinepbs.bsky.social examines federal agents’ response to protesters and bystanders at the Trump administration’s immigration sweeps. “We see, just, use of excessive force after use of excess force,” one expert said.

NEW: Two local men promised to build housing with a 3D printer. That didn’t pan out. When reporter Molly Parker started to investigate what went wrong, she found the printer disassembled on a flatbed truck at a country repair shop. Then things got weird. With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social

ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. (Published Nov. 2025)

Experts say it’s highly unusual for the White House to tell agents to give up custody of potential evidence in an investigation, as it did with the Tates. “I’ve never heard of anything like that in my 30 years working,” an ex-DHS official said. (Published Nov. 2025)

Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found. More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022. (Published Jan. 2024)

After federal agents began eating at Juan Hernandez’s restaurant, immigrant customers stayed away. Sales went down 40%. He says he felt angry: “They are looking for us, and then they come to eat here.” With @mlk50.com

Before becoming a top official at the Environmental Protection Agency, Aaron Szabo was a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry. Metadata shows he helped draft a trade group’s 2022 letter to the EPA objecting to controls on methane emissions. By @alexcuadros.bsky.social

On April 28, join us for a conversation about the oil industry’s wastewater crisis and its threat to public health and the environment. In partnership w/ @readfrontier.bsky.social, @insideclimatenews.org and @desmog.com, RSVP and submit your questions at:

"He name drops 'Marco,' 'Kash' and other friends in senior roles: 'They ask me as I bump into them in the West Wing: Have you killed more jihadis today?' ...His team’s custom lanyards are printed with 'WWFY & WWKY' in honor of a Trump line: 'We will find you and we will kill you.'"

We just updated our Trump Admin financial disclosures database with 27 new appointees/nominees including Kevin Warsh, Markwayne Mullin and Steven Witkoff. We also added a feature to sort names in our database by most recently added. 👉 projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...

The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan by @hannahallam.bsky.social @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/seba... "Nearly a year ago, Gorka declared a national #counterterrorism strategy “imminent.” "To date, no strategy has appeared, and no explanation for the delay."

Sebastian Gorka: The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan, by @hannahallam.bsky.social