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515 stories published since 2016

Inside Elon Musk’s Stellar Year at the Texas Capitol

by Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom

July 2, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
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

June 9, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work

by Lexi Churchill

June 6, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.

by Jeremy Kohler

May 30, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Texas Lawmakers Push to Enforce Election Transparency Law After Newsrooms Found School Districts Failed to Comply

by Lexi Churchill

May 16, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Texas Lawmakers Are Again Pushing to Spend Millions on Kits to Find Missing Kids. Experts Say They Don’t Work.

by Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

May 9, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor

by Jeremy Kohler and Andy Kroll

April 24, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
North Carolina Lawmakers Ask for Investigation Into Funding Disruptions for Sexual Abuse Survivors

by Doug Bock Clark

April 8, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Texas AG Ken Paxton Won’t Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run

by Kayla Guo, The Texas Tribune

April 4, 2025, 3:25 pm EDT
How Elon Musk, George Soros and Other Billionaires Are Shaping the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History

by Megan O’Matz

March 28, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina’s Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.

by Doug Bock Clark

March 28, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
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

March 19, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power

by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch

March 17, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski

March 6, 2025, 7:00 am EST
Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee

by Robert Faturechi

March 4, 2025, 7:00 am EST
Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

February 28, 2025, 9:45 am EST
“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

by Sharon Lerner and Pratheek Rebala

February 6, 2025, 5:00 am EST
ProPublica’s Coverage of Donald Trump’s Appointments — and How They Could Reshape Federal Agencies

by ProPublica

January 31, 2025, 6:00 am EST
North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.

by Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica

January 24, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.

by Jennifer Berry Hawes

January 22, 2025, 5:00 am EST
A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton

by Vianna Davila

January 17, 2025, 6:00 am EST
Gretchen Whitmer’s Chance for Wide-Ranging Legacy Derailed by Botched Legislative Session

by Anna Clark

January 10, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Despite Trump’s Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters

by Eli Hager and Jeremy Schwartz

November 9, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Trump’s Near Sweep of Texas Border Counties Shows a Shift to the Right for Latino Voters

by Jasper Scherer, Zach Despart and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo and Dan Keemahill

November 6, 2024, 10:45 pm EST
What to Expect From ProPublica in a Second Trump Administration

by Stephen Engelberg

November 6, 2024, 4:00 pm EST
El sheriff fronterizo pro armas y provida que perdió la lealtad de sus vecinos por ser tachado de “blando” con la inmigración

por Perla Trevizo, fotografía por Gerardo del Valle, ProPublica

November 5, 2024, 2:30 pm EST
Trump Claims “Illegal Alien” Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disagrees.

by Andy Kroll

November 4, 2024, 1:00 pm EST
Watch: How the Race for Sheriff in Del Rio, Texas, Became a Referendum on Immigration

by Gerardo del Valle, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo

November 3, 2024, 6:05 am EST
A Pro-Gun, Anti-Abortion Border Sheriff Appealed to Both Parties. Then He Was Painted as Soft on Immigration.

by Perla Trevizo, photography by Gerardo del Valle, ProPublica

November 3, 2024, 6:00 am EST
Trump Media Outsourced Jobs to Mexico Even as Trump Pushes “America First”

by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

November 2, 2024, 6:07 pm EDT
ProPublica’s Coverage of the Election Issues That Matter to Voters

by ProPublica

November 2, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Trump Says He’ll Fight for Working-Class Americans. His First Presidency Suggests He Won’t.

by Eli Hager

November 2, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
In Minnesota, the Mayo Clinic Sometimes Called the Shots With Gov. Tim Walz

by Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer, and Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica

October 31, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
The Small Midwestern Cities That Could Play a Pivotal Role in This Year’s Elections

by Alec MacGillis

October 26, 2024, 7:00 am EDT
Without Knowledge or Consent

by Corey G. Johnson

October 24, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Who’s Mailing the Catholic Tribune? It’s Not the Church, It’s Partisan Media.

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Megan O’Matz

October 20, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say

by Andy Kroll, ProPublica; Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch; and Nick Surgey, Documented

October 18, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Opponents of Missouri Abortion Rights Amendment Turn to Anti-Trans Messaging and Misinformation

by Jeremy Kohler

October 18, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Battle Over Ballot Drop Boxes Rages On in Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of Election Integrity Debate

by Megan O’Matz

October 10, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
North Dakota’s Likely Next Governor Brushes Off Conflict Concerns, Says His Oil and Gas Ties Would Benefit the State

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor

October 7, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests

by Sharon Lerner and Andy Kroll

October 1, 2024, 5:35 pm EDT
Emails Reveal How Walz Struggled to Deal With Unrest, Reach Consensus With Critics After Police Killings

by Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, and Michelle Griffith, Madison McVan and Deena Winter, Minnesota Reformer

September 19, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.

by Doug Bock Clark

August 27, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
A Vexing To-Do List for Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer

by Anna Clark

August 22, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia’s Election Results

by Doug Bock Clark

August 18, 2024, 3:00 pm EDT
Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos

by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented

August 10, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Watch: 14 Hours of Never-Before-Published Videos From Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy

by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented

August 10, 2024, 4:55 am EDT
The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans

by Alec MacGillis

August 1, 2024, 1:50 pm EDT
Trump Media Quietly Enters Deal With a Republican Donor Who Could Benefit From a Second Trump Administration

by Justin Elliott, Robert Faturechi and Alex Mierjeski

July 30, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Narcotraficantes mexicanos dijeron que apoyaron la primera campaña del ahora presidente de México. Agentes estadounidenses ya habían dejado de investigar.

por Tim Golden

July 19, 2024, 5:15 am EDT