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Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight

The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come

Trump’s FEMA Proposals and Feud With Gavin Newsom Could Devastate California’s Disaster Response

ProPublica Hires Chris Alcantara as a Graphics Editor

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say

Elon Musk Hired a Dozen Texas Lobbyists This Year. State Law Keeps the Extent of Their Influence Under Wraps.

Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.

Inside Elon Musk’s Stellar Year at the Texas Capitol

These 5 Charts Show How Hotels Became New York’s Response to Homelessness

This Doctor Specializes in Diagnosing Child Abuse. Some of Her Conclusions Have Been Called Into Question.

A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage

Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas, Our Analysis Shows. Here’s How We Did It.

Connecticut’s New Towing Law Will Help Some, but Not All, Drivers. Here’s What They Told Us.

A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job.

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up

ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Selects Five New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative

Senators Demand Investigation Into Canceled VA Contracts, Citing “Damning Reporting From ProPublica”

Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.

“You’re Already Approved”: How One Tennessee Company Sets a Debt Trap

A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime

How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans

Her Family Needed Housing. They Spent Months in New York Hotels, Left to Fend for Themselves.

Seven Things to Know About ProPublica’s Investigation of the FDA’s Secret Gamble on Generic Drugs

His Kidney Failed. He’ll Never Know if a Transplant Drug From a Banned Factory Was to Blame.

New York Bans Anonymous Child Welfare Reports

ProPublica Sued the FDA for Withholding Records About the Safety of Generic Drugs

Federal Judge Deems Trump Administration’s Termination of NIH Grants Illegal

Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs

We Spent a Year Investigating How the FDA Let Risky Drugs Into the U.S. Market

Federal Monitor Slams NYPD Unit Whose Aggressive Policing ProPublica Exposed

Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon

Número récord de policías locales se unen a controversial programa de ICE para ayudar con deportaciones

100 Students in a School Meant for 1,000: Inside Chicago’s Refusal to Deal With Its Nearly Empty Schools

“Demorar, interferir, socavar”

Adriana Pera Joins ProPublica as Engagement and Tips Coordinator

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding

“Delay, Interfere, Undermine:” How El Salvador’s Government Impeded a U.S. Probe of MS-13

ProPublica Opens Application for Five New Local Partners to Join Its 50 State Initiative

Senators Demand Transparency on Canceled Veterans Affairs Contracts

Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.

Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues

The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint

EPA Drops Legal Case Against the GEO Group, a Major Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful Disinfectant in an ICE Facility

Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.

Arizona’s Largest County Frequently Pursues the Death Penalty. It Rarely Secures That Sentence.

North Dakota Ethics Commission Has No Authority to Punish Officials Violating Ethics Laws, State Leaders Argue

Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight

How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades

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    Texas Overhauls Anti-Abortion Program That Spent Tens of Millions of Taxpayer Dollars With Little Oversight

    After a ProPublica and CBS News investigation revealed that Texas’ funding pipeline for anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers is riddled with waste, nonprofits in the program must now provide a detailed accounting of their expenses.

    The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come

    Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.

    Trump’s FEMA Proposals and Feud With Gavin Newsom Could Devastate California’s Disaster Response

    California frequently suffers some of the costliest disasters in the country. Now state officials fear they’ll be left to face them without federal funding.

    Local Reporting Network

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    FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say

    Beyond staff cuts, the departures of some longtime investigators in recent months have left less experienced people tasked with rooting out dangerous manufacturing practices.

    Utah Sen. Mike Lee Says Selling Off Public Lands Will Solve the West’s Housing Crisis. Past Sales Show Otherwise.

    Last month, Lee introduced a now-removed amendment to Trump’s policy megabill that mandated the sale of up to 3 million acres. It did little to address the challenges of building affordable housing on public land.