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The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

by Patricia Callahan,

Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.

by Annie Waldman, Ashley Clarke and Asia Fields,

How Elon Musk, George Soros and Other Billionaires Are Shaping the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History

by Megan O’Matz,

A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.

by Doug Bock Clark,

New Utah Law Seeks to Crack Down on Life Coaches Offering Therapy Without a License

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Alaska Supreme Court Places New Limits on Pretrial Delays

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois,

Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases

by Kavitha Surana and Cassandra Jaramillo,

Have You Recently Sought Help From the CFPB? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.

by Jake Pearson, Joel Jacobs and Byard Duncan,

Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up

by Jake Pearson,

How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China

by Joshua Kaplan and Justin Elliott,

TCE Is Linked to Heart Defects in Babies, Cancer and Parkinson’s. Republicans in Congress Want to Reverse a Ban on It.

by Sharon Lerner and Lisa Song,

Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over

by Jesse Coburn,

Under Pressure From Trump, ICE Is Pushing Legal Boundaries

by Vernal Coleman,

A “Goofy” DJ’s Secret Life at the Center of an Online Terrorism Network

by James Bandler, ProPublica, A.C. Thompson, ProPublica and FRONTLINE, and Max Maldonado, FRONTLINE,

“The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram,” a Documentary from ProPublica and FRONTLINE, Investigates a Global Online Terror Network

by ProPublica and PBS's Frontline,

NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

by Annie Waldman and Sharon Lerner,

The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.

by Beth Hundsdorfer and Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois,

The State Medical Board Has Evidence This Doctor Was Hurting Patients. It Renewed His License — Twice.

by J. David McSwane, ProPublica, and Mara Silvers, Montana Free Press,

Killing Grants That Have Saved Lives: Trump’s Cuts Signal End to Government Work on Terrorism Prevention

by Hannah Allam,

ProPublica Names Wendi C. Thomas as a Distinguished Fellow

by ProPublica,

Thousands of Families Experience Stillbirth. Three Moms Tell Their Stories in a New Documentary.

by Nadia Sussman, Liz Moughon, Duaa Eldeib, Margaret Cheatham Williams and Lisa Riordan Seville,

The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy

by Stephen Engelberg,

The FDA Finally Visited an Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths. It Found Problems.

by Patricia Callahan,

Before a Breath: America’s Stillbirth Crisis

by Nadia Sussman, Liz Moughon, Margaret Cheatham Williams and Lisa Riordan Seville,

Mario Ariza Joins ProPublica as Florida Reporter

by ProPublica,

Tổng thống Trump đã dừng hoạt động xử lý chất độc da cam. Việc làm này khiến cho hàng trăm nghìn người gặp nguy cơ bị nhiễm độc.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy, ProPublica, and Le Van for ProPublica,

La presión de Trump sobre países y organizaciones internacionales debilita las protecciones para solicitantes de asilo

por Lomi Kriel, Perla Trevizo y Mica Rosenberg,

An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.

by McKenzie Funk,

How Texas Conservatives Use At-Large School Board Elections to Influence What Students Learn

by Jeremy Schwartz, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Dan Keemahill, The Texas Tribune, photography by Shelby Tauber for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts

by Andy Kroll,

Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.

by Nicole Foy,

Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy, ProPublica, and Le Van for ProPublica,

How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power

by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch,

The Rise and Fall of Terrorgram: Inside a Global Online Hate Network

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica and FRONTLINE, and James Bandler, ProPublica,

Who’s Running the DOGE Wrecking Machine: The World’s Richest Man or a Little-Known Bureaucrat?

by Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro and Annie Waldman,

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Name Vianna Davila as New Texas Deputy Editor

by ProPublica,

Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen,

Texas Lawmakers Want a Charter School Network to Stop Paying Its Superintendent Nearly $900K. The School Board Says No.

by Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Ellis Simani, ProPublica,

Curious How Trump’s Cost Cutting Could Affect Your National Park Visit? You Might Not Get a Straight Answer.

by Anjeanette Damon,

Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored

by Taylor Kate Brown,

ProPublica Documentary “Before A Breath” Streaming March 20

by ProPublica,

Cassandra Garibay and Ashley Clarke Join ProPublica as Engagement Reporters

by ProPublica,

How ProPublica Uses AI Responsibly in Its Investigations

by Charles Ornstein,

Washington Blues: A Government Town Faces a Gloomy Future

by Alec MacGillis,

Trump’s Pressure on Countries and International Organizations Erodes Protections for Asylum-Seekers

by Lomi Kriel, Perla Trevizo and Mica Rosenberg,

Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards,

“The President Wanted It and I Did It”: Recording Reveals Head of Social Security’s Thoughts on DOGE and Trump

by Eli Hager,

This Hospital System Fought COVID, Then a Far-Right Leader. Now It’s Taking on Idaho’s Abortion Ban.

by Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, and Kelcie Moseley-Morris, States Newsroom,

What We’re Watching

During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching — and how to get in touch with them securely.

Learn more about our reporting team. We will continue to share our areas of interest as the news develops.

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Melissa Sanchez

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    Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion

    The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said.

    by Robert Faturechi,

    Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths

    The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.

    by Mark Olalde,

    Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program

    A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the normal contracting safeguards,” one expert said.

    by Christopher Bing and Avi Asher-Schapiro,

    An Indian Drugmaker, Investigated by ProPublica Last Year, Has Recalled Two Dozen Medications Sold to U.S. Patients

    FDA inspectors found serious problems at a Glenmark factory in India that manufactured the recalled drugs. Another medication made there has been tied to deaths of U.S. patients.

    by Patricia Callahan,

    A Closer Look

    Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More

    By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose consequences could ripple out for decades.

    by Alec MacGillis,