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@propublica.org
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Melissa Sanchez
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges
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Charles Ornstein
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The FBI has recently used polygraph tests to ask senior employees if they have said anything negative about FBI Director Kash Patel or had spoken to the media. Separately, Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other staffers, exempting them from passing polygraph exams.
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FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-kash-patel-dan-bongino-waived-polygraph
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Charles Ornstein
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ProPublica analyzed dozens of hours of audio and video footage of speaking events for Linda McMahon’s appointees, as well as their writings, and found that a recurring theme is the desire to enable more families to leave public schools.
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-public-schools-activists-linda-mcmahon-trump
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They are one of the industry’s best-kept secrets, and only a tiny fraction of those eligible actually use them. How a little-known appeal could force your insurer to pay for lifesaving care
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This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
https://www.propublica.org/article/health-insurance-denial-external-review
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He wanted to die. His wife fought for him. A psychiatrist was their last hope.
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“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-suicide-highmark-bcbs-insurance-denials
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Jessica Lussenhop
5 months ago
A year ago, I got a tip from a source: there was an influential child abuse pediatrician in Minneapolis whose judgment on diagnoses of child abuse had been called into question: Dr. Nancy Harper. So I started digging… 🧵
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A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.
A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
https://www.propublica.org/article/child-abuse-pediatrician-minneapolis-nancy-harper-cps
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Charles Ornstein
6 months ago
In light of today’s recommendation on COVID vaccines for pregnant women, this 2022 piece by
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is newly relevant. COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen
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“God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen.
A lack of testing data and government guidance led many to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, unwittingly increasing their chances of a stillbirth.
https://www.propublica.org/article/covid-maternity-stillbirth-vaccines-pregnancy
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So grateful to work with such incredible colleagues
@anniewaldman.bsky.social
@maxblau.bsky.social
@mayatmiller.bsky.social
@propublica.org
! Thank you to all the families, doctors, therapists, lawyers and workers who shared their stories with us. Our series:
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ProPublica
7 months ago
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer:
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So excited for tonight's premiere of "Before a Breath," an incredibly moving documentary from
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. We're so grateful to Debbie, Kanika and Stephanie. Please join us on YouTube tonight at 7 CT/8 ET to watch the film. Director
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ProPublica
9 months ago
Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA. Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind. By
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They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.
Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left…
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ProPublica
9 months ago
Current and former federal workers: We’re here in D.C. sending out our signal 🚨 Contact us confidentially on Signal at 917-512-0201 or go to
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Pamela Colloff
9 months ago
"Empathy really does mean...spending days listening to the worst moments of people’s lives, having them run through my head again and again so that I can turn them into something that might shift the needle in someone who has never thought about those experiences."
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Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/magazine/ed-yong-interview.html
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What’s being lost as health experts are caught in the drive to shrink the federal government? Today’s story w/
@anniewaldman.bsky.social
is about the ones working to save lives We’re going to keep reporting & want to hear from you. Reach me on Signal 312.730.4797 or at
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Charles Ornstein
9 months ago
Massive NEW team effort: Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew The Key Figures Working Alongside Elon Musk at DOGE and in the Trump Administration
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Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=charlesornstein
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Yesteday we brought you the story of how insurers have relied on doctors, some of whom “shut their eyes” to medical opinions that opposed their conclusions. Today,
@mayatmiller.bsky.social
and I tell you the story of how insurers cite progress as a reason to deny
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Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-insurance-denials-patient-progress
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Today we published a story that took months to report & starts with a judge questioning an insurance company lawyer about how he could stand by a defense that “seems to be not true” Read about how insurers rely on doctors when denying coverage & what judges said
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Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposin...
https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-insurance-denials-unitedhealthcare-cigna-doctors
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