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West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500

Fines issued to Scott Beard of Abilene’s Fountaingate Fellowship and two pastors follow reporting from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune that revealed the churches donated to his campaign for local office despite state and federal prohibitions.

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Senators Ask Billionaire Paul Singer and Power Broker Leonard Leo for Full Accounting of Gifts to Supreme Court Justices

The letters cite ProPublica’s reporting on an undisclosed private jet flight and Alaska fishing vacation provided to Justice Samuel Alito.

Former Kentucky Secretary of State Faces Ethics Charges

Alison Lundergan Grimes, a onetime Democratic rising star and subject of a ProPublica series, is accused of using state resources for her political advantage.

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438 stories published since 2016

El sheriff fronterizo pro armas y provida que perdió la lealtad de sus vecinos por ser tachado de “blando” con la inmigración

Watch: How the Race for Sheriff in Del Rio, Texas, Became a Referendum on Immigration

A Pro-Gun, Anti-Abortion Border Sheriff Appealed to Both Parties. Then He Was Painted as Soft on Immigration.

Trump Media Outsourced Jobs to Mexico Even as Trump Pushes “America First”

ProPublica’s Coverage of the Election Issues That Matter to Voters

Trump Says He’ll Fight for Working-Class Americans. His First Presidency Suggests He Won’t.

In Minnesota, the Mayo Clinic Sometimes Called the Shots With Gov. Tim Walz

The Small Midwestern Cities That Could Play a Pivotal Role in This Year’s Elections

Without Knowledge or Consent

Who’s Mailing the Catholic Tribune? It’s Not the Church, It’s Partisan Media.

JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say

Opponents of Missouri Abortion Rights Amendment Turn to Anti-Trans Messaging and Misinformation

Battle Over Ballot Drop Boxes Rages On in Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of Election Integrity Debate

North Dakota’s Likely Next Governor Brushes Off Conflict Concerns, Says His Oil and Gas Ties Would Benefit the State

Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests

Emails Reveal How Walz Struggled to Deal With Unrest, Reach Consensus With Critics After Police Killings

Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.

A Vexing To-Do List for Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer

Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia’s Election Results

Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos

Watch: 14 Hours of Never-Before-Published Videos From Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy

The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans

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

Narcotraficantes mexicanos dijeron que apoyaron la primera campaña del ahora presidente de México. Agentes estadounidenses ya habían dejado de investigar.

La historia oculta de la arriesgada investigación estadounidense de las acusaciones de que narcotraficantes financiaron una campaña del presidente mexicano López Obrador

Drug Traffickers Said They Backed an Early Campaign of Mexico’s President. But U.S. Agents Were Done Investigating.

Inside the Risky U.S. Probe of Allegations That Drug Mafias Financed a Campaign of Mexico’s President López Obrador

Trump Media Made a Deal That Could Secure a Major Financial Windfall for the GOP Candidate

In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller

West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500

Judge Denies Texas Attorney General’s Efforts to Use Consumer Protection Law to Shut Down a Migrant Shelter

We’re Releasing Our Full, Unedited Interview With Joe Biden From September

Texas Is the Largest GOP Stronghold Without Pro-School Voucher Legislation. Gov. Abbott Is on a Crusade to Change That.

Introducing ProPublica’s 527 Explorer

527 Explorer

What Idaho’s Republican Primary Tells Us About America’s Culture Wars

Ken Paxton Has Used Consumer Protection Law to Target These Organizations

Texas’ Attorney General Is Increasingly Using Consumer Protection Laws to Pursue Political Targets

Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement’s War Over Democracy

Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.” Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.

Help ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Report on School Board and Bond Elections in Your Community

Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education

She Campaigned for a Texas School Board Seat as a GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism.

Georgia Promised to Fix How Voter Challenges Are Handled. A New Law Could Make the Problem Worse.

Texas School Districts Violated a Law Intended to Add Transparency to Local Elections

The Influential Conservative Group Making it Harder for Idaho Districts to Fix Their Schools

As Elections Loom, Congressional Maps Challenged as Discriminatory Will Remain in Place

Documents Show Internal Clash Before U.S. Officials Pushed to Weaken Toddler Formula Rules

An Oregon Bill to Cut Millions in Timber Taxes Is Dead, Despite Backing by the Industry, the Governor and a Top Lawmaker

Idaho Resolution Would Aim to Lower Voting Threshold to Pass School Bonds