The breast cancer center appealed thousands of Blue Cross reimbursements for being too low. At trial, the insurer revealed that it had never considered any of the appeals — and that they were pointless: “An appeal is not available to review an underpayment.” (Published April 2025)

NEW: DHS is requesting access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains the name, address, Social Security number, employer, and salary or wages of every employed person in the country — as well as sensitive information on children and domestic violence victims.

Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others. After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.

A federal tool to identify noncitizens on voter rolls keeps making mistakes. “This is not ready for prime time,” a county clerk in Missouri said. “And I’m not going to risk the security and the constitutional rights of my voters for bad data.” With @texastribune.org

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NEW: Decades after patients first warned Columbia University that one of its doctors sexually abused them, the school is acknowledging a culture of silence that allowed the abuse to continue and some school administrators are finally facing consequences.

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...

HUGE NEWS at @propublica.org: Peter Finn Joins ProPublica, Spearheading Washington Bureau Expansion

The federal government has a massive database with sensitive info for every kid involved in a state child support case -- and the current addresses of many single moms who survived domestic abuse. So of course, Trump's DHS wants full access to it. New @propublica.org

So honored by this recognition of our reporting -- that was a real team effort -- about kids in family immigration detention.

Before she died, Clifford Thomas promised his mother he’d keep his family healthy. But in Albany, Georgia — a poor city with a hospital monopoly and no Medicaid expansion — that promise is a daily battle. Watch our full documentary: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgC...

Under RFK Jr., the federal government is taking aim at not just fluoridated water but also fluoride supplements. The FDA announced efforts to restrict the sale of certain fluoride products to children and has issued a warning about their risks to health care professionals.

"Experts interviewed for this story expressed concern that abusers in the ranks of law enforcement would soon be able to see their victims’ case information and addresses, and that a manifest of vulnerable children would become widely available in the government." www.propublica.org/article/dhs-...

NEW: DHS is requesting access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains the name, address, Social Security number, employer, and salary or wages of every employed person in the country — as well as sensitive information on children and domestic violence victims.

Our analysis, which shows that more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage after Texas banned abortion, adds to a growing body of reporting revealing that maternal outcomes have gotten worse under bans. (Published July 2025)

Our new searchable database is the most comprehensive public source of financial disclosures across the executive branch. Here's what we've found using the data so far:

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NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

The State Dept. painted humanitarian aid cuts as a necessary “disruption.” For the World Food Program, that disruption meant telling 300,000 refugees half of them would receive a meager portion of rice, lentils and oil. The rest would get nothing. (Published Dec. 2025)

Attorneys at the Education Department’s civil rights office describe working in a “dismissal factory.” Most discrimination complaints filed by students’ families have been dismissed without ever being investigated, records show. (Published Dec. 2025)

NEW: A recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations. But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority. By @hannahallam.bsky.social

We know that emergency managers are critically important but aren’t often thought about until after tragedy strikes. We are building a source network to fuel in-depth coverage of the nation’s emergency preparedness. Share your expertise here:

The Navajo Nation commission's report detailed harsh discipline, language barriers, discriminatory hiring practices and more. “It’s our kids, our students, who are suffering the consequences of entrenched racism,” the commission chair said. With @nmindepth.bsky.social

NEW from @propublica.org's video team: In Albany, a town with a health care monopoly and no Medicaid expansion, staying healthy is a luxury that many are priced out of. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOgC...

Look at these charts. TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help. The timing coincides with the Trump administration’s dismantling of the CFPB. www.propublica.org/article/cred... @joeljacobs.bsky.social

Granting the intelligence community access to large amounts of law enforcement data on citizens “puts Americans’ freedoms at risk,” Sen. Ron Wyden said of the administration’s plan. “The potential for abuse of that information is staggering.”

NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished. (Published Jan. 2026)

Deputy AG Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation last March. But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies. (Published Dec. 2025)

1/ On yesterday’s @lastweektonight.com about USAID, John Oliver cited several of our investigations. First up was our reporting about how DOGE operatives had arbitrarily cut aid programs, in some cases by literally clicking through a spreadsheet: propub.li/4cCsSKP

Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found. (Published Sept. 2025)

NEW: One of New Mexico's largest school districts subjects Native students to excessively harsh discipline, a Navajo Nation report says, echoing the findings of a 2022 New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica investigation.

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About half the jail population in Albuquerque is homeless. The county spends about $169 per night to jail inmates without significant medical or mental health needs. Housing individuals in the city’s year-round emergency shelter costs $44 a night.

WATCH: “Keep the family healthy.” Those were some of the last words Clifford Thomas’ mother said to him. But in Albany, a town with a health care monopoly and no Medicaid expansion, staying healthy is a luxury that many are priced out of.

Our pill lookup app provides the most detailed look yet at the makers of America’s drugs and whether they’ve met manufacturing standards meant to keep us safe. Here’s how to use it.

We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses. (Published Nov. 2025)

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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma. Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply. (Published Oct. 2025 with @readfrontier.bsky.social)

ProPublica Wins Lawsuit Over Access to Court Records in U.S. Navy Cases A judge ruled that the Navy’s long-standing policy to withhold records from its criminal trials violated the First Amendment.

WATCH: Lindsey Burke wrote Project 2025’s chapter on education. Now she’s helping to run the Education Department. ProPublica looked at how she and other advisers are realizing their vision of a dramatic decline in public education.

After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and into less-developed areas. With @oregonian.com

In Albuquerque last year, charges for unlawful camping increased sixfold, law enforcement charged people more than 1,200 times for obstructing sidewalks, and more trespassing charges were handed out than any year since 2017.

Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court. The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.

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Kristi Noem personally approved all DHS contracts over a certain threshold. But before the contracts reached her, they had to be approved by political appointees. Lewandowski was typically the last to OK a contract before Noem, DHS officials said.

“Actions by the Department of Education have real consequences for millions of students and families,” a lawyer representing ProPublica said. “The public deserves to understand how executive authority is being exercised.”

Survivors told us they were heartened that the New York AG is looking into Columbia. “Accountability is overdue, particularly in light of the Epstein files,” said Evelyn Yang, one of at least 8 patients assaulted by Hadden after he returned to work.