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House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical

by Sharon Lerner

October 17, 2025, 12:20 pm EDT
“Unacceptable”: Prominent U.S. Senators Demand FDA Provide Names of Troubled Foreign Drugmakers Skirting Import Bans

by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose, ProPublica, and Katherine Dailey, Medill Investigative Lab

September 19, 2025, 2:45 pm EDT
We Investigated How Oil Companies Take Millions From Mineral Owners. Now, Some Lawmakers Push for Change.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor

September 15, 2025, 6:00 am EDT

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491 stories published since 2009

Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley.

by Jake Pearson

November 5, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.

by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose

October 23, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made

by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose

October 23, 2025, 4:55 am EDT
House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical

by Sharon Lerner

October 17, 2025, 12:20 pm EDT
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

by Sharon Lerner

October 9, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

by Justin Elliott and Joshua Kaplan

October 2, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
“Unacceptable”: Prominent U.S. Senators Demand FDA Provide Names of Troubled Foreign Drugmakers Skirting Import Bans

by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose, ProPublica, and Katherine Dailey, Medill Investigative Lab

September 19, 2025, 2:45 pm EDT
We Investigated How Oil Companies Take Millions From Mineral Owners. Now, Some Lawmakers Push for Change.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor

September 15, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Connecticut DMV Committee Expands Study of Towing Law to Help Low-Income Residents Get Their Cars Back

by Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk, The Connecticut Mirror

September 9, 2025, 1:45 pm EDT
Trump Wants to Crack Down on “Debanking,” but He’s Dismantling a Regulator That Was Doing Just That

by Jake Pearson

September 9, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce’s Push for Elon Musk’s xAI Data Center

by Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

August 22, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Trump’s Rollback of Rules for Mental Health Coverage Could Lead More Americans to Go Without Care

by Maya Miller and Jeremy Kohler

August 18, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Some States Restrict the Oil Industry From Taking Mineral Owners’ Earnings. Not North Dakota.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor

August 15, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
How One Oregon Activist Is Using a Decades-Old Liberal Policy to Stall Green Energy Projects in Rural Areas

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting

August 14, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case

by Heather Vogell

August 12, 2025, 11:40 am EDT
They Can’t Get Answers From the Oil Industry. North Dakota’s Oversight Program Hasn’t Helped.

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica

August 11, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Are You a Public Housing Resident Behind on Rent? Received an Eviction Notice? Here’s What to Know in Maine.

by Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News

August 6, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
A Maine Woman Paid Her Back Rent. Her Record Still Says She Was Evicted.

by Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News

August 5, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
“You Feel Like You’re Being Cheated”: Oil Companies Unfairly Take Millions, North Dakota Mineral Owners Say

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor, photography by Sarahbeth Maney, ProPublica

August 4, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.

by Anjeanette Damon

July 29, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
FDA Inspectors Again Find Dangerous Breakdowns at an Indian Factory Supplying Medications to U.S. Consumers

by Megan Rose and Debbie Cenziper

July 16, 2025, 1:45 pm EDT
The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

by William Turton, Christopher Bing and Avi Asher-Schapiro

July 15, 2025, 11:45 am EDT
FDA Layoffs Could Compromise Safety of Medications Made at Foreign Factories, Inspectors Say

by Victoria Malis, Katherine Dailey and Sadie Leite, Medill Investigative Lab, and Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose, ProPublica

July 7, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.

by Anna Clark

July 2, 2025, 6:30 am EDT
Connecticut’s New Towing Law Will Help Some, but Not All, Drivers. Here’s What They Told Us.

by Dave Altimari, Ginny Monk and Shahrzad Rasekh, The Connecticut Mirror

June 30, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
ProPublica Sued the FDA for Withholding Records About the Safety of Generic Drugs

by Katherine Dailey and Jessie Nguyen, Medill Investigative Lab

June 18, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs

by Debbie Cenziper, Megan Rose, Brandon Roberts and Irena Hwang

June 17, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
We Spent a Year Investigating How the FDA Let Risky Drugs Into the U.S. Market

by Brandon Roberts, Debbie Cenziper, Megan Rose and Irena Hwang

June 17, 2025, 4:55 am EDT
Connecticut Legislature Passes Bill Overhauling Century-Old Towing Laws

by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari, The Connecticut Mirror

May 30, 2025, 6:50 pm EDT
After Two SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Officials Ask FAA to Change Starship Flight Plans

by Heather Vogell

May 15, 2025, 6:35 pm EDT
Connecticut Towing Companies Use Belongings Left in Cars as Leverage to Collect Fees, Drivers Say

by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari, The Connecticut Mirror

May 15, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
“Incalculable” Damage: How a “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Left a Trail of Financial Wreckage Across Texas

by Anjeanette Damon and Mollie Simon

May 13, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes

by Mary Hudetz

April 22, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
An Indian Drugmaker, Investigated by ProPublica Last Year, Has Recalled Two Dozen Medications Sold to U.S. Patients

by Patricia Callahan

April 16, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos

by Peter Elkind

April 11, 2025, 7:00 am EDT
Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters

by Sharon Lerner

April 10, 2025, 1:15 pm EDT
No, President Trump, the Income Tax Wasn’t A Mistake. But It Was an Accident.

by Jesse Eisinger

April 8, 2025, 11:15 am EDT
Connecticut DMV Never Set Up System to Enforce a Century-Old Towing Law

by Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk, The Connecticut Mirror

April 7, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Have You Recently Sought Help From the CFPB? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.

by Jake Pearson, Joel Jacobs and Byard Duncan

March 26, 2025, 12:31 pm EDT
Fend for Yourself: Under Trump, Consumer Protection Bureau’s Probes of Big Tech and Finance Firms Freeze Up

by Jake Pearson

March 26, 2025, 12:30 pm EDT
We Found Widespread Abuse of Disabled Patients at an Illinois Facility. The DOJ Is Investigating.

by Beth Hundsdorfer and Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois

March 24, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
The FDA Finally Visited an Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths. It Found Problems.

by Patricia Callahan

March 20, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Connecticut Lawmakers Seek Overhaul of Towing Laws

by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari, The Connecticut Mirror

March 10, 2025, 5:45 pm EDT
Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”

by Peter Elkind

February 18, 2025, 6:00 am EST
The Housing Loophole That Lets Wealthy Investors Raise Rents on Poor Tenants

by Jesse Coburn

February 13, 2025, 6:00 am EST
Tennessee Lawmakers Push to Change How the State Disarms Dangerous People to Better Protect Domestic Violence Victims

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio

February 12, 2025, 6:00 am EST
Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue

by Lulu Ramadan and Sydney Brownstone, The Seattle Times

February 5, 2025, 10:20 am EST
Gun Lobbyists and Cambridge Analytica Weaponized Gun Owners’ Private Details for Political Gain

by Corey G. Johnson and Byard Duncan

February 5, 2025, 6:00 am EST
To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott

January 30, 2025, 6:00 am EST
How Many Cars Have Connecticut Towing Companies Sold? The DMV Can’t Tell Us.

by Dave Altimari, The Connecticut Mirror

January 14, 2025, 5:00 am EST