In a story posted on New Years Day, @wsj.com‬⁩ takes a look at President Trump’s advanced age and the array of health issues he faces. Trump, in an interview, brushes it all off.

So great to hear @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social talk about his investigation into the slow pace of justice in Alaska on @wbur.org Here & Now

I'm so proud of ProPublica's journalism from 2025. In case you missed it, here's our most-read stories, as well as some you may have missed: www.propublica.org/article/prop...

We're looking back at some of our top stories of the year. In April, Henry Culvyhouse reported that Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice said they wouldn’t vote to kick West Virginians off Medicaid, then voted to slash billions of dollars from the program. buff.ly/UM4jHIw

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Heartbreaking news. Tatiana Schlossberg’s family has announced that she has died. Read her powerful New Yorker essay which was published in November.

This is so so sad.

Trump has called the press “fake news” and called individual reporters derogatory terms. In this environment, our journalists have found that their efforts to get the real story and be fair were vilified rather than appreciated. Condemned, not commended. ICYMI, my column:

Real IMPACT prompted by @opb.org and @propublica.org reporting: Oregon Faced a Huge Obstacle in Adding Green Energy. Here’s What Changed This Year.

NIH Neurology Director Abruptly Ousted www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/ge...

The world has come a long way since the days of “All the President’s Men” and “Spotlight,” movies that favorably portrayed journalists knocking on doors and trying to reach sources to tell important stories. Now Trump officials vilify such efforts. My column on the moment we’re in.

Important: How GOP Lawmakers’ Power Transfers Are Reshaping Everything From Utilities to Environmental Regulation in North Carolina, by @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Following a 2023 ProPublica investigation, the nation’s largest organization for medical examiners has issued a warning about a controversial, centuries-old forensic test that has contributed to cases in which pregnant women have been charged with murder. @deldeib.bsky.social

“You are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,” is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters, @megomatz.bsky.social, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.

I wrote this column about the aggressive pushback our reporters have received for doing their jobs. Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.

Via Richard Tofel‬: "What it’s like getting comments these days from the regime in Washington." "Comments" in this context means giving the people involved in a news story the chance to respond before publication. link.propublica.net/view/5f0a0ac... Here's a case I found particularly creepy:

Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.

How One Father Created an Organ Empire

California’s widening budget deficit means immigrants living in U.S. unlawfully won’t be able to sign up for state-subsidized coverage @wsj.com

This is a story of a state legal system that failed every person it touched — especially Eunice Whitman. @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com

Given everything going on in media and the world, it’s a great time to support @propublica.org

NEW: Someone Is Getting Away With Eunice Whitman’s Killing. Alaska’s Slow Justice System Let It Happen, by @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com

Dr. Thomas C. Weiner, the oncologist who was the subject of a 2024 ProPublica investigation, will never again practice medicine in the state of Montana. @davidmcswane.bsky.social

BREAKING: #SCOTUS rejects Trump over deployment of National Guard to aid immigration enforcement in Illinois, says law limits use to when regular military is insufficient. 3 justices dissent: Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

News just before Christmas...

The $500 Million Fight Over Who Pays Chicago’s Property Tax Bill

How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?

Love to see this new tool from @sfchronicle.com to assess the quality of hospitals in California.

A Connecticut DMV Task Force Was Asked to Develop Towing Reforms. As Deadline Looms, Members Struggle to Agree. w/ @ctmirror.org

How systemic failures turn state mental hospitals into prisons

For all the very real pain caused by DOGE, it looks like federal spending this year is higher than it was last year. Check out this real-time tracker from @BrookingsInst: www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...

America’s fastest shrinking governor: how North Carolina Republicans are shrinking the powers of the state’s Democrat governor. @dougbockclark.bsky.social

IMPACT: Lawmaker Calls for Stronger Mandatory Reporting Rules Following Our Investigation Into Church Abuse Case, w/ @startribune.com

NEW: What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid, by @annamaria.bsky.social

Oh. 👀 Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments, by @coreygjohnson.bsky.social @shaw.al

A Hands-Off Approach: The FDA rarely tests generic drugs for quality concerns, despite warnings from doctors, universities and the Department of Defense about contaminants and other issues. So we decided to test some.

CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.

Power Grabs: Since 2016, GOP lawmakers in North Carolina have passed law after law stripping powers from Democratic governors, including control over crucial state boards. www.propublica.org/article/nort...

NEW: The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did

A former nursing home owner pardoned by President Trump in a $39 million fraud case still must report to prison this month to serve time on a state conviction, an Arkansas judge ruled Thursday.

ICYMI: Justine Paul’s case is one of the most damning examples of Alaska’s slow-motion justice system, which takes more than twice as long to resolve the most serious felonies as it did a decade ago. @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com

For almost a decade, North Carolina’s majority-Republican legislature tried six times to strip Democratic governors of control over the board overseeing the swing state’s elections. This year, it finally succeeded. @dougbockclark.bsky.social

Police recovered large capacity magazines at Brown, which allow a person to shoot for long periods w/out reloading. My latest story w/ @thetrace.org and @rollingstone.com: newly obtained docs show how the gun industry flooded the market with large capacity magazines www.thetrace.org/2025/12/larg...

Really important story by @dougbockclark.bsky.social: The Shrinking Governor Inside the North Carolina GOP’s Decade-Long Push to Seize Power From the State’s Democratic Governors

Wow!

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.

In Alaska, yearslong delays in the criminal justice system harm victims and suspects too. This man waited seven years behind bars on the basis of bad evidence. His case was finally dismissed. @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com

A heartbreaking story from beginning to end: Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free. by @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com

Records show the state lab ruled out the blood being Whitman’s a little less than a year after Paul’s arrest. The central pillar of the prosecution’s case had just fallen apart. Yet it would take another six years for Paul to go free. @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @adn.com

“The central clues that prosecutors relied on to connect him to the killing crumbled as soon as anyone checked. … It is one of the most damning examples of Alaska’s slow-motion justice system”