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

by Cassandra Jaramillo and Jeremy Kohler,

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

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

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

by Jeremy Lindenfeld, Capital & Main,

ProPublica Hires Chris Alcantara as a Graphics Editor

by ProPublica,

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

by Abe Streep,

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

by Victoria Malis, Katherine Dailey and Sadie Leite, Medill Investigative Lab, and Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose, ProPublica,

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

by Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom,

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

by Anna Clark,

Inside Elon Musk’s Stellar Year at the Texas Capitol

by Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom,

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

by Spencer Norris, New York Focus, and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, graphics by Lucas Waldron, ProPublica,

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

by Jessica Lussenhop, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

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

by Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Andrea Suozzo,

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

by Andrea Suozzo, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser,

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

by Dave Altimari, Ginny Monk and Shahrzad Rasekh, The Connecticut Mirror,

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

by Jessica Lussenhop, and photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski,

States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up

by Jennifer Berry Hawes,

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

by ProPublica,

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

by Eric Umansky and Vernal Coleman,

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

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

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

by Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout,

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

by Tim Golden,

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

by Cezary Podkul,

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

by Spencer Norris, New York Focus,

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

by Debbie Cenziper, Megan Rose, Brandon Roberts and Irena Hwang,

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

by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose,

New York Bans Anonymous Child Welfare Reports

by Eli Hager,

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

by Katherine Dailey and Jessie Nguyen, Medill Investigative Lab,

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

by Annie Waldman,

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

by Debbie Cenziper, Megan Rose, Brandon Roberts and Irena Hwang,

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

by Brandon Roberts, Debbie Cenziper, Megan Rose and Irena Hwang,

Federal Monitor Slams NYPD Unit Whose Aggressive Policing ProPublica Exposed

by Eric Umansky,

Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

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

por Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, y Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica,

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

by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica,

“Demorar, interferir, socavar”

por T. Christian Miller y Sebastian Rotella,

Adriana Pera Joins ProPublica as Engagement and Tips Coordinator

by ProPublica,

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding

by Annie Waldman, Asia Fields and Ashley Clarke, design by Zisiga Mukulu, and photography by Bethany Mollenkof for ProPublica,

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

by T. Christian Miller and Sebastian Rotella,

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

by ProPublica,

Senators Demand Transparency on Canceled Veterans Affairs Contracts

by Brandon Roberts and Vernal Coleman,

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

by K. Rambo, Street Roots,

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

by María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute,

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

by William Turton, Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Al Shaw and Jake Pearson,

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

by Sharon Lerner and Lisa Song,

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

by Aliyya Swaby,

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

by Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, and Dave Biscobing, ABC15 Arizona,

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

by Mary Steurer and Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor,

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

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, and Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica,

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

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, and Mariam Elba, ProPublica,

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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.

    by Cassandra Jaramillo and Jeremy Kohler,

    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.

    by Abrahm Lustgarten,

    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.

    by Jeremy Lindenfeld, Capital & Main,

    Local Reporting Network

    Rx Roulette

    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.

    by Victoria Malis, Katherine Dailey and Sadie Leite, Medill Investigative Lab, and Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose, ProPublica,

    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.

    by Abe Streep,