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506 stories published since 2016

These Companies Got Millions in Tax Breaks to Bring Jobs to Youngstown. They Created Next to None.

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal

May 12, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Why a Struggling Rust Belt City Pinned Its Revival on a Self-Chilling Beverage Can

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal

May 11, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
On the Same Day Sen. Richard Burr Dumped Stock, So Did His Brother-in-Law. Then the Market Crashed.

by Robert Faturechi and Derek Willis

May 6, 2020, 6:00 pm EDT
The Bigoted, Conspiratorial Rants of Rudy Giuliani’s Radio Show

by Alice Wilder, WNYC

May 4, 2020, 12:45 pm EDT
A Conservative Legal Group Significantly Miscalculated Data in a Report on Mail-In Voting

by Derek Willis

May 2, 2020, 11:45 am EDT
Whether the Ballot You Mail Is Counted May Depend on Where You Vote

by Ryan McCarthy

April 30, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Grieving Families Need Help Paying for COVID-19 Burials, but Trump Hasn’t Released the Money

by Lisa Song and Yeganeh Torbati

April 29, 2020, 2:51 pm EDT
Health Insurers to Investors: We’re Good. Health Insurers to Lawmakers: Please Help.

by Isaac Arnsdorf

April 28, 2020, 3:10 pm EDT
Did He Talk About Her? VA Secretary Changes His Story Amid Allegations He Sought Dirt on House Staffer.

by Isaac Arnsdorf

April 27, 2020, 2:25 pm EDT
How Jared Kushner Is Tackling the White House’s Coronavirus Response — Without Any Evident Experience

by Andrea Bernstein, WNYC

April 22, 2020, 2:00 pm EDT
Leaked Recordings Reveal Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Firmly in Charge and City Alderman Left Largely on the Sidelines

by Mick Dumke

April 21, 2020, 7:00 am EDT
Congress Is Investigating Whether a Ventilator Company Is Gouging the U.S. — and Why the Government Is Letting It Happen

by Patricia Callahan and Sebastian Rotella

April 16, 2020, 3:45 pm EDT
Trump Administration Officials Warned Against Halting Funding to WHO, Leaked Memo Shows

by Yeganeh Torbati

April 15, 2020, 1:23 pm EDT
Attorney General Barr Refuses to Release 9/11 Documents to Families of the Victims

by Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella

April 15, 2020, 12:35 pm EDT
Millions of Americans Might Not Get Stimulus Checks. Some Might Be Tricked Into Paying TurboTax to Get Theirs.

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel

April 15, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Senator Richard Burr Sold D.C. Townhouse to Donor at a Rich Price

by Robert Faturechi

April 14, 2020, 2:15 pm EDT
Senate Intel Chair Sold Dutch Fertilizer Stock in 2018, Right Before a Collapse

by Robert Faturechi

April 7, 2020, 5:30 am EDT
How Tea Party Budget Battles Left the National Emergency Medical Stockpile Unprepared for Coronavirus

by Yeganeh Torbati and Isaac Arnsdorf

April 3, 2020, 10:42 am EDT
Rural Counties Consider an Alternative Type of Social Distancing — Kicking Chicago Out of Illinois

by Logan Jaffe and Duaa Eldeib

April 3, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
We’re Making Public Records Requests to Help Us Cover the Coronavirus. Tell Us What We Should Be Asking For.

by Kirsten Berg

March 23, 2020, 2:10 pm EDT
The White House Asked Manufacturers for Help, Then Gave Them No Clear Instructions

by Yeganeh Torbati

March 20, 2020, 5:06 pm EDT
The Senator Who Dumped His Stocks Before the Coronavirus Crash Has Asked Ethics Officials for a “Complete Review”

by Robert Faturechi and Derek Willis

March 20, 2020, 1:55 pm EDT
Here’s Why Florida Got All the Emergency Medical Supplies It Requested While Other States Did Not

by Lydia DePillis, Mike Spies, Joshua Kaplan, Kyle Edwards and Caroline Chen

March 20, 2020, 10:36 am EDT
Senator Dumped Up to $1.7 Million of Stock After Reassuring Public About Coronavirus Preparedness

by Robert Faturechi and Derek Willis

March 19, 2020, 5:01 pm EDT
No, President Trump, the Coronavirus Is Nothing Like H1N1 Swine Flu Either

by Charles Ornstein

March 19, 2020, 11:10 am EDT
Elections May Have to Change During the Coronavirus Outbreak. Here’s How.

by Rachel Glickhouse

March 19, 2020, 10:17 am EDT
During Tuesday’s Illinois Primary, Chicago Alderman and Former Firefighter Nicholas Sposato Delivered Pizzas at the Polls as His Ward Office Remained Open

by Mick Dumke

March 18, 2020, 3:36 pm EDT
The RNC Gave Big Contracts to Companies Linked to Its Chairwoman’s Husband and Political Backers

by Mike Spies and Jake Pearson

March 13, 2020, 10:33 am EDT
Trump’s Company Paid Bribes to Reduce Property Taxes, Assessors Say

by Heather Vogell, ProPublica and Katherine Sullivan, WNYC

March 11, 2020, 1:35 pm EDT
As Commerce Dept. Starts Regulating Some Gun Exports, Experts Worry It Doesn’t Have All the Info It Needs

by Sean Campbell

March 10, 2020, 5:30 pm EDT
Members of Congress Have a New Strategy for Ethics Investigations: Stonewalling

by Robert Faturechi

March 10, 2020, 10:30 am EDT
Some Election-Related Websites Still Run on Vulnerable Software Older Than Many High Schoolers

by Jack Gillum

March 2, 2020, 5:00 am EST
The RNC Stopped Paying a Data Firm After A Serious Breach. Then It Paid A Mysterious LLC With the Same Address.

by Mike Spies and Jake Pearson

February 28, 2020, 12:00 pm EST
Steve Bannon’s Use of Private Jet Linked to Chinese Businessman Could Violate Campaign Finance Law

by Justin Elliott

February 26, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Trump’s New Spy Chief Once Got $100,000 from a Group Funded by the Hungarian Government but Never Reported It

by Isaac Arnsdorf

February 24, 2020, 6:23 pm EST
The FBI Is Investigating Massive Embezzlement of Border Patrol Union Funds

by A.C. Thompson and Jeff Ernsthausen

February 24, 2020, 3:15 pm EST
Trump’s New Spy Chief Used to Work for a Foreign Politician the U.S. Accused of Corruption

by Isaac Arnsdorf

February 21, 2020, 4:34 pm EST
Republican National Committee Obscured How Much It Pays Its Chief of Staff

by Mike Spies, Jake Pearson and Derek Willis

February 21, 2020, 5:00 am EST
The Benefits of Being Joe Biden’s Brother

by Daniel Golden, ProPublica, and Chuck Neubauer and Matthew Malone for ProPublica

February 14, 2020, 5:00 am EST
A Group of Agents Rose Through the Ranks to Lead the Border Patrol. They’re Leaving It in Crisis.

by Melissa del Bosque

February 10, 2020, 5:00 am EST
VA Secretary Looked for Dirt on a House Staffer Who Reported Sexual Assault in a VA Hospital, Complaint Says

by Isaac Arnsdorf

February 7, 2020, 2:47 pm EST
How Louisiana Lawmakers Stop Residents’ Efforts to Fight Big Oil and Gas

by Sara Sneath, The Times-Picayune | The Advocate

February 7, 2020, 2:00 pm EST
Iowa’s Lesson: Political Parties Are Not as Good as Government Officials at Counting Votes

by Jessica Huseman, Jack Gillum and Derek Willis

February 4, 2020, 1:30 pm EST
Local Accountability Journalism Still Has a Huge Impact

by Charles Ornstein

January 30, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Donald and Ivanka Trump Were Involved in Inauguration’s Inflated Payments to Family Business, New Suit Says

by Ilya Marritz, WNYC, and Justin Elliott, ProPublica

January 22, 2020, 3:15 pm EST
Listen to Jared Kushner’s Family Saga

by Andrea Bernstein, WNYC

January 8, 2020, 4:00 am EST
Kansas Abandons Technology Trumpeted by Kris Kobach, Trump’s Onetime Voter Fraud Czar

by Jessica Huseman

December 12, 2019, 5:00 am EST
Donald Trump Jr. Went to Mongolia, Got Special Treatment From the Government and Killed an Endangered Sheep

by Jake Pearson, ProPublica, and Anand Tumurtogoo for ProPublica

December 11, 2019, 4:00 am EST
See How This Political Boss and His Associates Bought Up Valuable Land After A Tax Break Law

by Nancy Solomon, WNYC, Alex Mierjeski, ProPublica, and Al Shaw, ProPublica

December 9, 2019, 5:00 am EST
Misinformation Efforts Over Kentucky Vote Could Be Playbook for 2020

by Jessica Huseman

November 26, 2019, 2:58 pm EST