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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.

A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency.

by Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen

July 6, 2026, 6:00 am EDT

Democrats Demand Answers for Federal Prison Staffing Shortage After Corrections Officers Flee for ICE Jobs

Citing a ProPublica investigation that found that workers at federal lockups had been lured away to ICE, lawmakers asked how the Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to address the agency’s “unsafe conditions” and “pervasive” shortages of critical staff.

by Keri Blakinger

February 25, 2026, 12:35 pm EST

Extracted

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.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor

August 15, 2025, 6:00 am EDT

The New Immigration

An Immigrant Died Building a Ship for the U.S. Government. His Family Got Nothing.

Elmer Pérez was one of many immigrants hired by U.S. shipbuilders to fill the urgent need for skilled labor. These workers do the same jobs and take the same risks as their American counterparts, but are left on their own when things go wrong.

by Nicole Foy

October 22, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

Trump Media Quietly Enters Deal With a Republican Donor Who Could Benefit From a Second Trump Administration

The deal with energy magnate James E. Davison illustrates how Trump’s stake in the Truth Social company, which makes up a majority of his net worth, presents conflicts of interest.

by Justin Elliott, Robert Faturechi and Alex Mierjeski

July 30, 2024, 6:00 am EDT

Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work

For the second legislative session, lawmakers have withdrawn funding for a company selling kits that promise to help find missing kids after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune reported there’s no evidence to support that claim.

by Lexi Churchill

June 6, 2025, 6:00 am EDT

More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program

Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show children are losing access.

by Nicole Santa Cruz

June 17, 2026, 6:00 am EDT

The New Immigration

Un inmigrante murió construyendo un barco para el gobierno de EE. UU. Su familia no recibió nada.

Elmer De León fue uno de muchos inmigrantes contratados por astilleros estadounidenses para cubrir la urgente necesidad de mano de obra calificada. Estos trabajadores hacen las mismas tareas y corren los mismos riesgos que sus contrapartes estadounidenses, pero no cuentan con apoyo cuando las cosas salen mal.

por Nicole Foy

October 29, 2024, 5:40 pm EDT

America’s Mental Barrier

UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism

Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.

by Annie Waldman

December 13, 2024, 6:00 am EST

EPA Calls Out Environmental Racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

In a “remarkable” letter, the EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution and urged the state to move kids out of a school where monitors found extreme levels of a cancer-causing chemical.

by Lisa Song, ProPublica, and Lylla Younes

October 19, 2022, 6:30 am EDT

This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.

Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited areas that make up his base.

by Sharon Lerner, photography by Annie Flanagan for ProPublica

January 17, 2025, 5:00 am EST

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is walking away from cases that might have helped return money to consumers across the U.S. We want to hear from people who feel left behind.

by Jake Pearson, Joel Jacobs and Byard Duncan

March 26, 2025, 12:31 pm EDT

Our Year in Visual Journalism

See the photography, illustration, graphics and filmmaking that brought ProPublica’s journalism to life and helped hold power to account in 2025.

by ProPublica’s Visual Storytelling Department

January 8, 2026, 5:00 am EST

Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.

Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000-page budget proposal. The move comes two years after they quietly cut funding for such kits following a ProPublica and Texas Tribune report that showed there’s no evidence they work.

by Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

May 9, 2025, 6:00 am EDT

Minnesota Kicks Off Legal Battle With Trump Administration to Hold ICE Shooters Accountable

With the federal government refusing to identify agents or share evidence, the dispute has become a game of constitutional chicken over states’ rights versus federal immunity, with implications for others hoping to hold agents criminally accountable.

by Andy Mannix

March 25, 2026, 4:00 pm EDT

The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What”

The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway.

by Abrahm Lustgarten

April 11, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

Louisiana Limits Solitary Confinement for Youth

The governor signed Louisiana’s first law restricting isolation for youth after two suicides and a ProPublica, NBC News and The Marshall Project investigation into harsh conditions in a new state juvenile facility.

by Annie Waldman, ProPublica, Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project, and Erin Einhorn, NBC News

June 22, 2022, 6:00 am EDT

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.

by Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen and Mariam Elba

May 13, 2026, 3:40 pm EDT

Details of DHS Agreement Reveal Risks of Trump Administration’s Use of Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks

A recently released agreement gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security data. It contains alarmingly few provisions to ensure accuracy and privacy, experts say.

by Jen Fifield

October 30, 2025, 5:30 am EDT

One of the Nation’s Largest Auto Lenders Told Customers, “We’re Here to Help.” Then It Took Their Money and Their Cars.

CarMax partner Exeter Finance makes high-interest loans to people with troubled financial histories. It allows borrowers to skip payments but often adds thousands of dollars in new charges — costs that customers say Exeter didn’t tell them about.

by Ryan Gabrielson and Byard Duncan

September 12, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

ProPublica Selects 10 Journalists for Investigative Editor Training

The 2024 cohort of the training program will receive intensive training and mentorship from ProPublica editors and staff.

by Talia Buford

May 21, 2024, 12:10 pm EDT

Event With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges “Healthy Skepticism” of Climate Science

As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science.

by Abrahm Lustgarten

May 2, 2026, 5:00 am EDT

As Trump’s Tariff War With Canada Drags On, This Border Community Suffers Without a Voice

Under an intensifying trade war, parts of northern Michigan are feeling the financial pain. But with a president intent on conflict and a congressman silent on the issue, these Michiganders see no sign of relief.

by Anna Clark, photography by Emily Iris Elconin for ProPublica

July 31, 2026, 5:00 am EDT

25 Investigations You May Have Missed This Year

We published hundreds of long-reads this year. Here’s a reading list of some to revisit.

by ProPublica

December 30, 2025, 5:30 am EST

A Closer Look

Our Editor Won a 6-Year Legal Battle. It Didn’t Feel Like a Victory.

After publishing a story on a doctor accused of violating federal research rules and skirting ethical guidelines, ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein was named in a libel suit. An appeals court recently dismissed the case, but the experience took a toll.

by Charles Ornstein

August 30, 2024, 5:00 am EDT

“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability

Most of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.

by Abrahm Lustgarten

April 7, 2026, 5:00 am EDT

Mayor, Judge and Jury

Mayors Are Presiding Over Their Town Courts Despite Guidance Saying They Shouldn’t. A Lawmaker Calls for Reform.

We found more than a dozen places in Louisiana where the mayor sat on the bench of a court that pulled in a sizable share of the town’s revenue. The state says this arrangement could be unfair to defendants.

by Samantha Sunne, Dannah Sauer and Lee Zurik, WVUE-TV

December 14, 2023, 7:00 am EST

Broken Pathways

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

GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

by Margaret Coker, The Current

June 26, 2025, 6:00 am EDT

With Every Breath

Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines

The proposed settlement will effectively end more than 700 lawsuits filed after the 2021 recall of millions of the company’s widely used sleep apnea devices and ventilators.

by Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica; Michael D. Sallah, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Julian Andreone, Medill Investigative Lab

April 30, 2024, 1:45 pm EDT

Lawmakers Across the Country This Year Blocked Ethics Reforms Meant to Increase Public Trust

Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements. But many of the measures were derailed.

by Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica, with additional reporting by Nick Reynolds and Anna Wilder, The Post and Courier; Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor; Lauren Dake, Oregon Public Broadcasting; Marjorie Childress, New Mexico In Depth; Louis Hansen, Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO; Mary Steurer and Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor; Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune; Alyse Pfeil, The Advocate | The Times-Picayune; and Shauna Sowersby, The Seattle Times

October 1, 2025, 5:00 am EDT

“We’re Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE

Many of the problems the agency is facing now are not new, but staff and prisoners fear an exodus of officers could make life behind bars even worse.

by Keri Blakinger

November 21, 2025, 5:30 am EST

The Biden Administration Is Separating Families at the Border. It Doesn’t Always Say Why.

U.S. officials can withhold their rationale in family separation cases that relate to national security. There have been about 80 children separated for these reasons this year, with an estimated 50 of them Russian.

by Mica Rosenberg

December 12, 2024, 6:00 am EST

Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski

November 14, 2025, 5:00 am EST

Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency That Regulates Tesla and X

Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

by Jake Pearson

May 14, 2025, 10:15 am EDT

ProPublica Wins Medal in Best of Digital Design Competition

by ProPublica

June 12, 2024, 1:30 pm EDT

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”

Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and to keep them safe.

by McKenzie Funk

April 1, 2025, 6:00 am EDT

Segregation Academies

The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation

A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with white students.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes, data analysis by Nat Lash, with additional reporting by Mollie Simon

December 19, 2024, 6:00 am EST

Trump Claims “Illegal Alien” Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disagrees.

In a private video training session, a top Pennsylvania Republican National Committee official reassured a new poll watcher that undocumented people could not possibly vote in the state.

by Andy Kroll

November 4, 2024, 1:00 pm EST

Buried Truth

Omaha Is Home to a Massive Superfund Site. Most Kids Living There Aren’t Tested for Lead.

For more than a century, a smelter and other factories spewed 400 million pounds of lead dust across the city’s east side. Faced with similar concerns, 13 states passed laws requiring all kids to get a blood test before kindergarten. But not Nebraska.

by Chris Bowling, Flatwater Free Press

April 15, 2026, 5:00 am EDT

At Seattle’s Boeing Field, Real-Time Video Offers a Rare Glimpse of America’s Troubled Deportation Flights

Key details about what happens inside ICE Air would still be hidden if not for a group of Washington activists and researchers, who are now using a live video feed from the tarmac to document the flights.

by McKenzie Funk

March 8, 2024, 5:00 am EST

The Scandal That Never Happened

The all-white judges of Louisiana’s 5th Circuit Court of Appeal systematically ignored thousands of claims from prisoners, most of them Black, who said they had been wrongly convicted. Efforts to expose the decadelong injustice went unheard.

by Anat Rubin, Illustrations by James Lee Chiahan, special to ProPublica

November 4, 2023, 5:00 am EDT

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

The toxic substance, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to a host of serious health problems. A Biden-era ban on the chemical has faced multiple challenges since Trump took office.

by Sharon Lerner and Lisa Song

March 26, 2025, 5:00 am EDT

Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

February 28, 2025, 9:45 am EST

The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History

Leo Terrell’s past is at odds with Trump’s description of an “incredibly successful” attorney. Documents obtained by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveal a trail of legal disputes and unpaid debts.

by Peter Elkind, ProPublica, and Katherine Mangan, The Chronicle of Higher Education

August 27, 2025, 5:00 am EDT

Locked Out

A Maine Woman Paid Her Back Rent. Her Record Still Says She Was Evicted.

Repayment plans are supposed to help public housing tenants avoid eviction. In Maine, these deals have put evictions on their permanent records, even if they’ve fulfilled all the terms and were never actually evicted.

by Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News

August 5, 2025, 5:00 am EDT

Life of the Mother, Post-Roe America

How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

The FDA says abortion pills are safe if taken as directed. Here’s what patients should expect.

by Ziva Branstetter

September 16, 2024, 5:05 am EDT

Private Schools, Public Money

How to Research Private Schools Like an Investigative Reporter

It can be really hard to get transparent, comprehensive information about private schools. Our investigative reporters share some suggestions for parents and guardians who want to collect it themselves.

by Mollie Simon

July 16, 2026, 5:05 am EDT

Life of the Mother

Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans

Doctors described hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according to a Senate Finance Committee report.

by Kavitha Surana

December 19, 2024, 12:30 pm EST

Ken Paxton Wanted to Crack Down on Forum Shopping. Now Lawyers Say He’s Improperly Seeking Out Favorable Courts.

The Texas attorney general has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the boundaries of the law.

by Zach Despart and Misty Harris, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

May 20, 2026, 6:00 am EDT

Segregation Academies

Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars

North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-style programs.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes and Mollie Simon

November 18, 2024, 5:00 am EST

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