A Unique Oregon Law Allows It to Block Healthcare Deals. In Five Years, the State Hasn’t Done So Once.
Lawmakers said that giving the state oversight would stop multibillion-dollar deals from reducing care and increasing costs. Some who supported the law say it hasn’t been nearly as effective as they hoped.
What the FDA Won’t Tell You About Your Medications
For years, the Food and Drug Administration told the public that generic medications are just as safe and effective as the brand-name versions. But ProPublica reporters uncovered information that proves this isn’t always true.
11 Months Ago: Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs
5 Months Ago: Look Up Where Your Generic Prescription Drugs Were Made
Counterterrorism Czar’s Blueprint Targets Leftists, Ignores Far-Right Violence and Heaps Praise on Trump
Sebastian Gorka’s anti-terror plan makes no mention of long-established threats posed by far-right militants and instead villainizes the president’s political enemies. “This administration is not paying attention to the data,” one expert said.
2 Weeks Ago: I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X.
3 Weeks Ago: The Counterterrorism Czar Without a Counterterrorism Plan
Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages
New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed this week against DHS and other federal agencies.
A Noncitizen Says She Was Told She Could Vote. Then Customs Detained Her at the Airport and Threatened to Deport Her.
The case, which hasn’t previously been reported, marks a new escalation in the Trump administration’s efforts to find and prosecute instances of noncitizen voting, despite evidence that it is rare.
Rx Roulette
The FDA’s Dangerous Gamble on America’s Drugs
The agency charged with ensuring the safety of the country’s drug supply has for years allowed risky drugs into your medicine cabinet. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting.
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs
A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
Look Up Where Your Generic Prescription Drugs Were Made
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
On the Hook
Investigating Towing Practices in Connecticut
Connecticut allows tow truck companies to sell some people’s cars in 15 days, one of the shortest windows in the country. This and other laws favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting.
Gone in 15 Days: How the Connecticut DMV Allows Tow Companies to Sell People’s Cars
A law intended to deal with abandoned vehicles is making it hard for low-income people to get their cars back after they’re towed. The consequences can extend far beyond the cost of the car.
How a Connecticut DMV Employee Made Thousands by Selling Towed Cars
For years, a towing company cut the lines at the DMV in exchange for deep discounts on towed cars, according to an internal DMV report, showing the agency’s oversight failures.
The End of Aid
Trump Destroyed USAID. What Happens Now?
The U.S. Agency for International Development saved lives and promoted American interests around the globe. As the Trump administration abandons the decades-long approach to soft power, ProPublica investigates the fallout — including the millions of people now at heightened risk of disease and death. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a result.
Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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