ProPublica Hires Keri Blakinger and Raquel Rutledge as National Reporters

DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.

Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U.S.-funded nonprofit.

Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce’s Push for Elon Musk’s xAI Data Center

In the face of intense public opposition, the city’s Chamber of Commerce has gone to unusual lengths to promote Musk’s xAI facility: sending out a mailer, for the first time in recent memory, that includes misleading facts.

Local Reporting Network

How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies

More than ‎20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform inspections and combat deadly outbreaks.

How We Tracked Workforce Reductions at Federal Health Agencies

When the Trump administration refused to reveal how many workers had left federal health agencies, ProPublica turned to a federal employee directory to quantify the impact. Here’s how we did it.

A Texas County Cuts Over 100 Polling Sites as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting Nationally

The decision by commissioners in Tarrant County, which includes Fort Worth, comes amid growing concern about GOP efforts to limit voting access ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.

While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals, including some linked to the condition.

Zero Trust

Microsoft Failed to Disclose Key Details About Use of China-Based Engineers in U.S. Defense Work, Record Shows

The tech giant is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of Microsoft’s security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no reference to the company’s China-based operations.

Lo que presencié mientras fotografiaba las desapariciones y retornos de mis compatriotas

Durante cuatro meses una fotoperiodista documentó la vida de familias venezolanas cuyos hijos fueron detenidos en El Salvador y su reencuentro posterior. El tiempo en el CECOT marcó profundamente a los hombres, sus seres queridos y al país.

What I Witnessed as I Photographed the Disappearances and the Homecomings of My Countrymen

Over the past four months, a photojournalist documented the lives of five families whose sons had been imprisoned in El Salvador, including their long-awaited reunions. CECOT left a mark on the men, their loved ones and Venezuela.

Caitlin Kelly Joins ProPublica as Senior Editor

America’s Mental Barrier

Trump’s Rollback of Rules for Mental Health Coverage Could Lead More Americans to Go Without Care

The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health.

ProPublica Hires Ryan Little and Kevin Uhrmacher as Deputy Editors

Some States Restrict the Oil Industry From Taking Mineral Owners’ Earnings. Not North Dakota.

At least seven states limit the costs oil and gas companies can pass on to the people they lease drilling rights from. Here’s how North Dakota differs when it comes to protecting the interests of mineral owners.

Local Reporting Network

Top Democrat on Oversight Committee Demands Trump Administration Account for Wildland Firefighter Vacancies

The request follows ProPublica reporting that DOGE cuts and voluntary resignations left thousands of vacant jobs at the Forest Service, severely hampering its ability to fight wildfires.

Layout List
See More Stories

Follow ProPublica

Awards

ProPublica has been a recipient of the Pulitzer Prizes for public service, explanatory reporting, national reporting, investigative reporting and feature writing. See the full list of our awards.

Complaints & Corrections

To contact us with concerns and corrections, email us. All emails may be published unless you tell us otherwise. Read our corrections.