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Senator Demands Answers from Freddie Mac’s Regulator
Senator Robert Casey (D-PA) today sent a series of questions to Freddie’s regulator, highlighting how much remains unknown about the mortgage giant’s controversial bets against American homeowners.
Why Fannie and Freddie Are Hesitating to Help Homeowners
We explain Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae's role in the housing market, and why it seems as if their actions often go against the interests of homeowners.
$10 Million Fine on Red Cross Highlights Its Troubled History of Blood Services
The nation’s largest supplier of blood has been hit with yet another big fine for longstanding problems with its blood services.
Allergan Erases Doctor Payment Records
You can still find some older Allergan payments in ProPublica's Dollars for Docs database, along with data from 11 other drug companies.
How the Stimulus Revived the Electric Car
The Obama administration helped build an American electric car and battery industry. The question is: Will it last? From ProPublica reporter Michael Grabell's new book on the stimulus, Money Well Spent?
Bets Against Homeowners Must Stop, Freddie Mac Was Told
After an examination by its regulator, Freddie agreed not to make new investments that profited from homeowners staying trapped in high interest-rate mortgages. But Freddie has kept billions worth of those investments.
One Soldier’s Progress Against Traumatic Brain Injury
With the help of virtual-reality machines and a bevy of specialists, Sgt. Victor Medina's thinking and speaking rapidly improved. But he's among only a tiny fraction of brain-injured soldiers who get access to the most advanced treatment at military's new state-of-the-art center in Maryland.
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Death Investigation in America
Ernie Lopez to Face Charges Again
Despite detailed challenges to the medical evidence, prosecutor says he sees no change in the facts of the case.
Foreclosure Crisis
Banks and Government Fail Homeowners
Freddie Mac’s Regulator Says Trades Were Shut Down Because They Were “Risky”
In a letter to Senator Robert Casey, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said it halted mortgage giant Freddie Mac’s controversial trades because they required specialized risk management.
Fracking
Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat
Vast deposits of natural gas have brought a drilling boom across much of the country, but the technique being used, called hydraulic fracturing, is suspected of causing hundreds of cases of water contamination. Now environmentalists and lawmakers are pushing for closer oversight of the gas industry, which is pushing back.
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Years After Evidence of Fracking Contamination, EPA to Supply Drinking Water to Homes in Pa. Town
Redistricting
How Powerful Interests Are Drawing You Out of a Vote
Obama’s Gerrymander
President Obama may have propelled his political career by gerrymandering a Chicago district to include rich supporters.
Dollars for Doctors
How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
Allergan Erases Doctor Payment Records
You can still find some older Allergan payments in ProPublica's Dollars for Docs database, along with data from 11 other drug companies.
Presidential Pardons
Shades of Mercy
House Panel Queries Attorney General About Pardon Office
The questions from the House Judiciary Committee follow ProPublica's investigation into the Justice Department's pardon office and a finding of racial bias against minorities.
The Wall Street Money Machine
As investors left the housing market in the run-up to the meltdown, Wall Street sliced up and repackaged troubled assets based on those shaky mortgages, often buying those new packages themselves. That created fake demand, hid the banks’ real exposure, increased their bonuses — and ultimately made the mortgage crisis worse.
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