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More Than Numbers: Portraits of U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents

Over the past year, ProPublica has photographed some of the more than 500 U.S. citizens who have been held against their will by immigration agents and learned of the lingering impact the experience has had on their lives. These are their stories.

1 Month Ago: More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Podcast Paper Trail

Robots on Fire: The Army’s $500 Million Factory Fiasco

Defense industry giant General Dynamics received half a billion dollars to churn out artillery shells to send to Ukraine. Workers told ProPublica they watched piece after piece of equipment fail in spectacular ways.

Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

The $1 Trillion Black Box

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A Newborn Died in a Faith-Healing Sect. The State — and One Ex-Believer — Stepped in to Save Her Twin.

The stories of Evelyn and Marshall Phillips offer a rare view into the Followers of Christ — and reveal both the power and limits of Oregon’s efforts to compel parents to seek medical care for their children.

Prophecy, Scorn and a Rejection of This World: The Forbidding Vision of a Faith-Healing Preacher

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A Tool Built by Election Deniers Said These Voters Were Dead. We Found Them Alive.

After the midterm, a Republican member of the election board in Forsyth County, Georgia, challenged dozens of ballots using information from a controversial data tool created by a member of Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network.

How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

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“We Have No One”: How Trump’s Dismantling of the VA Left a Veterans Hospital in Crisis

A vet who couldn’t get cancer treatment. Another unable to get surgery for a burst appendix. Trump officials claim their VA overhaul hasn’t harmed veterans, but our reporting in New Jersey reveals a healthcare system stretched thin and falling short.

8 Months Ago: Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump

1 Year Ago: Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals

Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Photos by Lance King/Getty Images, Justin Yarborough/U.S. Navy.

A Natural Gas Project Off Alaska’s Coast May Be a Russian Ploy for Intel on the Arctic

American contractors have been gathering data in the frigid Beaufort Sea for a natural gas project off Alaska’s coast. But the CEO of the firm resigned, claiming it’s all a Russian ploy.

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After ProPublica Investigation, House Democrats Demand Answers on U.S. Citizens Detained by Immigration Agents

Federal and State Officials Ramp Up Scrutiny of DraftKings, Other Sports Betting Apps

Detroit Could Block Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant From Further Neighborhood Expansion

Cybersecurity CEO Indicted for Allegedly Scamming Millions From Ransomware Victims

After Millions in Stolen SNAP Benefits, Trump Administration Moves to Fight Theft

Citing ProPublica, Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Help U.S. Citizens Sue ICE for Wrongful Detentions

U.S. Lawmakers Launch Sexual Abuse Probe of Youth Sports Giant AAU

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