NEW: The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal. We are tracking the increase in these cases 👇

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken. Hundreds of kids are still detained. We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

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A clear-eyed recap of Pres. Trump's first year of a historic deportation campaign by my colleagues @propublica.org and @texastribune.org. Narrated by @perla-trevizo.bsky.social www.texastribune.org/2026/01/28/t...

🚨 ATTN North Carolina: We know recovery from Hurricane Helene is far from over. With RenewNC, the state housing recovery program, closing applications on Jan. 31, ProPublica & @theassemblync.bsky.social want to know: Have you applied? What’s been your experience? And if not, tell us why 👇

I was on @wbur.org's On Point today, discussing what I witnessed the past few days while reporting on ICE raids for @propublica.org in Minnesota www.wbur.org/onpoint/2026...

Good write up here of the winter storm including climate connections, unequal impacts, and high level response. insideclimatenews.org/news/2601202...

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NEW: Tennessee’s speaker of the House took steps that allowed the owners of a payday lending company, Advance Financial, to keep using their stores to boost a now-defunct online sports betting enterprise. W/ @tennesseelookout.com

I've been thinking about how many videos I've watched that started like Renee Good's & Alex Pretti's. People pulled from cars & accused of obstruction, grabbed after filming agents, accused of punching agents, ramming cars despite video evidence. Shot. They survived. But the arrests were brutal

I’ve been in Minneapolis the last few days reporting on the ICE raids happening across the city. This morning federal agents shot and killed a man, identified by the AP as Alex Pretti. This marks the third shooting by federal agents since Operation Metro Surge started in Minnesota last month.

People have been asking, so we published it: The data linking generic drugs to the facilities that make them! You can download the data on GitHub. 👇👇 github.com/propublica/r...

Thanks @democracynow.org for giving me a chance to share a new @propublica.org investigation from @mckenziefunk.com & me Here's the story: www.propublica.org/article/vide...

Background: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Last year when I wrote about prison staff jumping ship for ICE, I reported that BOP had lost a net of at least 1400 employees by late fall. I just got new data showing they lost a net of ~1700 by mid-December -- though w/EOY retirements the final 2025 figures will likely be higher.

After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up. Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes. More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

Can't help thinking about the many citizens detained by immigration agents & held at gunpoint or had guns/less lethals pointed at them Some (thinking of George Retes) reported attempts to move out of the way per agents' requests, but were violently detained anyway www.propublica.org/article/immi...

After Jan. 6, 2021, we sifted through thousands of videos taken by Parler users to create an immersive, first-person view of the Capitol riot as experienced by those who were there. Revisit our full archive, five years later:

Our Local Reporting Network is open again for proposals! We're looking for accountability journalism projects from around the country. We cover your salary (up to $80k plus a stipend for benefits) plus provide editing and other support. Apply here:

ProPublica and @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social want to help Omahans understand the lead risks in their own yard. Sign up for our free soil testing 👇

NEW: For more than a century, a smelter spewed lead dust over Omaha. For decades, the government cleaned it up. But a shift in guidance from the Trump administration may stop thousands more from potential cleanup, exposing families to the harmful metal. With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social

New from Flatwater and ProPublica: For more than a century, a smelter spewed lead dust over Omaha. For decades, the government cleaned it up. 🔗 buff.ly/ckuPQHN

Looked this up for someone but here is my roundup of engagement journalism guides if it is useful to anyone. brizzyc.medium.com/engagement-j... Need to add some new ones that have come out

Like ghosts, we’re all about transparency. 👻 Got a tip for us? Contact our team safely on Signal at 917-512-0201. **We always show our work. Use our stencils to make your own pumpkin: propub.li/43AXneD

I reported on ICE detaining US citizens in SoCal for @capitalandmain.bsky.social in August. I’m so glad to see @nicolefoy.bsky.social stayed on the story. capitalandmain.com/border-patro...

"Critically, there is no way to know the complete scope of these stops since the government itself does not track them." An astonishing amount of work that went into shining a light on the details in this remarkable void.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh: “If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen...they promptly let the individual go." The reality: Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. A must read from the very talented @nicolefoy.bsky.social:

BREAKING: Journalists exited the Pentagon after refusing to agree to the Trump administration's new restrictions on access.

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ProPublica is publishing the rule drafts in their entirety: Work requirements and term limits: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Mixed-status families: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

The rules from the Department of Housing and Urban Development would allow major changes to public housing and Section 8 vouchers: - full-time work requirements - 2-year time limits - stripping aid from whole families if one member is in the country illegally www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Is your area ready for a natural disaster? Join our Tues., Sept. 30th briefing (3-4 p.m. ET) with scientific experts Dr. Claire Knox, @suttonj.bsky.social, and Dr. Jennifer Trivedi on #EmergencyPreparedness plans, warning systems & community response to find out. Register: bit.ly/4mKa6m6

Exciting news! The second @propublica.org metro ad on @wmata.com has been spotted in the wild on a metro car! There are thousands of federal staffers with stories to tell. Share yours. propublica.org/tips

New: the Trump administration is preparing to shut down seven major housing discrimination and segregation cases — including high-profile investigations in Chicago, Houston and Flint — despite findings in some that civil rights violations occurred. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

New: four million people could be forced to leave public housing and other federally assisted housing under new plans from the Trump administration, according to experts who reviewed drafts of two unpublished rules obtained by @propublica.org.

NEW: One proposed rule would strip aid from families where a member is in the U.S. illegally. Families could keep their assistance IF the ineligible member moves out. But HUD expects many families to give up assistance out of “fear of the family being separated.” By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

After Hurricane Helene swept through North Carolina in September 2024, the Hill family fought hard for every federal aid dollar available to rebuild. They were displaced by the deadliest inland hurricane on record. 📽️ Watch their journey to return home:

Must watch: One North Carolina Family’s Journey to Rebuild After Hurricane Helene, by @nadiasussman.bsky.social

One year ago, Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina. Since then, people who lost their homes have turned to FEMA for aid. Some are still slogging through red tape. @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social @renlarson.bsky.social w/ @theassemblync.bsky.social

NEW: 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. With @theassemblync.bsky.social

@propublica.org and @theassemblync.bsky.social have been reporting on the impact of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, and one year later, we know recovery is far from over. Fill out the form or email us at [email protected] to share your story. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

ProPublica and @theassemblync.bsky.social have been reporting on the impact of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, and we know recovery is far from over. If you’re in the process of rebuilding, we want to hear from you ⤵️

Here’s my latest as we watch yet another storm approach the Carolinas. Thinking about all the people devastated by Hurricane Helene one year ago today who are watching with considerable anxiety.

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102 min after Melissa brought her son--amid a psychiatric crisis--to West Springs, a nurse sent him home. Days later, CMS said that broke the law. But the facility never faced any consequences. Dozens like it have also gone unpunished. My latest @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/psyc...

A searing investigation from @maxblau.bsky.social: how the H-2A visa, billed as a ticket to opportunity, has instead become a pipeline to "modern-day slavery."