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499 stories published since 2016

Former Kentucky Secretary of State Faces Ethics Charges

by Carson Kessler

November 19, 2021, 5:20 pm EST
The Billionaires Tax Isn’t New

by Jesse Eisinger

October 29, 2021, 5:01 am EDT
Burr’s Brother-in-Law Called Stock Broker, One Minute After Getting Off Phone With Senator

by Robert Faturechi

October 28, 2021, 12:05 pm EDT
Oath Keepers in the State House: How a Militia Movement Took Root in the Republican Mainstream

by Isaac Arnsdorf

October 20, 2021, 3:00 pm EDT
Top Trump Fundraiser Boasted of Raising $3 Million to Support Jan. 6 “Save America” Rally

by Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan

October 18, 2021, 5:30 pm EDT
Trump Won the County in a Landslide. His Supporters Still Hounded the Elections Administrator Until She Resigned.

by Jeremy Schwartz

October 12, 2021, 6:00 am EDT
“God’s Will Is Being Thwarted.” Even in Solid Republican Counties, Hard-Liners Seek More Partisan Control of Elections.

by Jeremy Schwartz

October 1, 2021, 6:00 am EDT
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Buddies Tried to Get the VA to Sell Access to Veterans’ Medical Records

by Isaac Arnsdorf

September 27, 2021, 1:45 pm EDT
January 6 Select Committee Subpoenas Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Other Top Aides

by Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien

September 24, 2021, 10:45 am EDT
House Bill Would Blow Up the Massive IRAs of the Superwealthy

by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler

September 21, 2021, 1:00 pm EDT
Declassifying the 9/11 Investigation

by Tim Golden

September 9, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
Heeding Steve Bannon’s Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America’s Elections

by Isaac Arnsdorf, Doug Bock Clark, Alexandra Berzon and Anjeanette Damon

September 2, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
How the Trump Tax Law Created a Loophole That Lets Top Executives Net Millions by Slashing Their Own Salaries

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott

August 19, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
Inspector General Urges Ethics Review at Federal Election Commission Following ProPublica Report

by Jake Pearson

August 12, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”

by Justin Elliott and Robert Faturechi

August 11, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
GOP Legislators in Missouri Oppose Vaccine Efforts as State Becomes COVID Hotspot

by Jeremy Kohler

July 21, 2021, 6:00 am EDT
Democratic Senators Call for Investigation of Tax Avoidance by the Ultrawealthy

by Jesse Eisinger, Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen

July 14, 2021, 11:00 am EDT
Campaign to Rein in Mega IRA Tax Shelters Gains Steam in Congress Following ProPublica Report

by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan and Justin Elliott

July 7, 2021, 3:15 pm EDT
Oregon Lawmakers Set Out to Increase the Timber Industry’s Tax Bill. Instead, They Cut It Again.

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rob Davis

June 29, 2021, 3:15 pm EDT
The Ultrawealthy Have Hijacked Roth IRAs. The Senate Finance Chair Is Eyeing a Crackdown.

by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler

June 25, 2021, 3:15 pm EDT
Leading Manhattan DA Candidate Has Repeatedly Paid Virtually No Federal Income Taxes

by Robert Faturechi and Jeff Ernsthausen

June 16, 2021, 12:50 pm EDT
An Online Lender Gave Hundreds of PPP Loans to Fake Farms. Now Congress Is Investigating.

by Derek Willis and Lydia DePillis

May 28, 2021, 3:30 am EDT
Marjorie Taylor Greene Appeared in a Super PAC Ad Asking for Money. That Might Break the Rules.

by Isaac Arnsdorf

May 21, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
How Josh Hawley and Marjorie Taylor Greene Juiced Their Fundraising Numbers

by Isaac Arnsdorf and Derek Willis

April 21, 2021, 5:00 am EDT
“I Felt Hate More Than Anything”: How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War

by Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd and Ellie Lightfoot, Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program

April 13, 2021, 9:00 am EDT
Mo Brooks Compared Biden’s Election to the Start of the Civil War. Now He Wants a Senate Seat.

by Isaac Arnsdorf

March 22, 2021, 4:30 pm EDT
Cuomo’s Nursing Home Scandal Raises Questions for One of His Senior Aides

by Joe Sexton

March 10, 2021, 2:30 pm EST
“The People We Serve Are Paying Too Much for Energy:” Virginia Lawmakers Are Targeting Dominion Energy

by Patrick Wilson and Mel Leonor, Richmond Times-Dispatch

January 29, 2021, 5:00 am EST
The Government Donald Trump Left Behind

by Chris Morran

January 27, 2021, 3:36 pm EST
Biden Inaugural Confronts the Jan. 6 Riot Head-On, Calls for an End to “This Uncivil War”

by Richard Tofel

January 20, 2021, 3:29 pm EST
“Sense of Entitlement”: Rioters Faced Few Consequences Invading State Capitols. No Wonder They Turned to the U.S. Capitol Next.

by Jeremy Kohler

January 19, 2021, 2:56 pm EST
Twitter and YouTube Banned Steve Bannon. Apple Still Gives Him Millions of Listeners.

by Lydia DePillis

January 19, 2021, 1:25 pm EST
South Carolina’s Governor Addresses Magistrate Judge Controversy by Urging Changes

by Joseph Cranney, The Post and Courier

January 15, 2021, 12:30 pm EST
The Radicalization of Kevin Greeson

by Connor Sheets, AL.com

January 15, 2021, 7:00 am EST
She Photographed Police Abuse at a 2014 BLM March Then Watched the Image Go Viral During Capitol Riot

by Lisa Larson-Walker

January 11, 2021, 3:21 pm EST
Lavish Bonus? Luxury Trip? Health Benefits Brokers Will Have to Disclose What They Receive From the Insurance Industry

by Marshall Allen

January 6, 2021, 5:00 am EST
John Kerry, Biden’s Climate Czar, Talks About Saving the Planet

by Abrahm Lustgarten

December 18, 2020, 6:00 am EST
VA Secretary Focused on Smearing Woman Who Said She Was Sexually Assaulted in a VA Hospital, Probe Finds

by Isaac Arnsdorf

December 10, 2020, 3:23 pm EST
Sen. David Perdue Sold His Home to a Finance Industry Official Whose Organization Was Lobbying the Senate

by Robert Faturechi

December 10, 2020, 6:00 am EST
Pistols, a Hearse and Trucks Playing Chicken: Why Some Voters Felt Harassed and Intimidated at the Polls

by Adriana Gallardo, Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy

December 4, 2020, 5:00 am EST
How Dozens of Trump’s Political Appointees Will Stay in Government After Biden Takes Over

by Lydia DePillis

December 3, 2020, 1:50 pm EST
Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections, and Implement Other Last-Minute Policies, Before Jan. 20

by Isaac Arnsdorf

November 25, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Tracking the Trump Administration’s “Midnight Regulations”

by Isaac Arnsdorf, Lydia DePillis, Dara Lind, Lisa Song, Moiz Syed and Zipporah Osei

November 25, 2020, 4:59 am EST
Georgia Senator David Perdue Privately Pushed for a Tax Break for Rich Sports Teamowners

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott

November 20, 2020, 7:00 am EST
Junior Staffer Says Top Alaska Official Told Her to Keep Allegations of Misconduct Secret

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News

November 18, 2020, 2:00 pm EST
Trump Campaign Officials Started Pressuring Georgia’s Secretary of State Long Before the Election

by Jessica Huseman and Mike Spies

November 18, 2020, 5:30 am EST
Trump Won Florida After Running a False Ad Tying Biden to Venezuelan Socialists

by Jeremy B. Merrill, and Ryan McCarthy, ProPublica

November 12, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Trump ganó Florida tras publicar un anuncio falso que vinculaba a Biden con los socialistas venezolanos

por Jeremy B. Merrill y Ryan McCarthy, ProPublica

November 12, 2020, 5:00 am EST
The Myth of the Latino Vote and What Newsrooms Must Learn From 2020

by Perla Trevizo

November 10, 2020, 11:00 am EST
El mito del voto latino y lo que los medios pueden aprender del 2020

por Perla Trevizo

November 10, 2020, 11:00 am EST