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House Committee Leader to Investigate Agency for Preferential Treatment of Politically Connected Startup

by Christopher Bing and Avi Asher-Schapiro,

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,

Why Do Americans Pay More for Prescription Drugs?

by David Armstrong,

Democratic Lawmakers Blast Trump Administration’s VA Cuts After ProPublica Investigation

by Vernal Coleman and Eric Umansky,

Columbia Will Pay Survivors of Abusive Doctor $750 Million After ProPublica Revealed University’s Failures

by Bianca Fortis,

The Price of Remission

by David Armstrong,

Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show

by Annie Waldman,

Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion

by Kavitha Surana, Lizzie Presser and Andrea Suozzo,

DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest

by Jake Pearson,

How Trump’s Tariffs Could Affect Nike and Its Factory Workers

by Matthew Kish, The Oregonian/OregonLive,

The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.

by Mario Ariza,

Arizona Has Recovered Just 5% of Taxpayer Dollars Lost in a $2.5 Billion Medicaid Fraud Scheme

by Jasmine Demers, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting,

Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It.

by Anna Clark,

Have You Been Affected by Changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Tell Us About It.

by Eric Umansky, Vernal Coleman and Maryam Jameel,

Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”

by Eric Umansky and Vernal Coleman,

ProPublica Wins Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

by ProPublica,

The Latest Trump and DOGE Casualty: Energy Data

by Peter Elkind,

This Lender Said Its Loans Would Help Tennesseans. It Has Sued More Than 110,000 of Them.

by Adam Friedman, Tennessee Lookout,

ProPublica Nominated for Two Emmy Awards

by ProPublica,

Director of Arizona Medicaid Agency Resigns Following Fraud Scheme Response

by Mary Hudetz,

Help Us Report on How the Department of Education Is Handling Civil Rights Cases

by Asia Fields, Ashley Clarke, Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards,

A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen,

Texas Senate Approves Legislation to Clarify Exceptions to Abortion Ban

by Cassandra Jaramillo and Lizzie Presser,

Gus Garcia-Roberts Joins ProPublica as National Reporter

ProPublica,

Decades After Nike Promised Sweatshop Reforms, Workers in This Factory Were Still Fainting

by Rob Davis,

ProPublica Hires Jesse Browning as Data Integrations Engineer

by ProPublica,

Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

Trump Pick to Run DEA Could Challenge America’s Already Tense Relations With Mexico

by Tim Golden,

A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts

by Jake Pearson,

Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data

by Corey G. Johnson,

Defending Jan. 6 Rioters, Investigating Democrats: How Ed Martin Is Weaponizing the DOJ for Trump

by Andy Kroll and Jeremy Kohler,

Inspector General Probes Whether Trump, DOGE Sought Private Taxpayer Information or Sensitive IRS Material

by William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing and Andy Kroll,

Louisiana Judge Nullifies Death Row Inmate’s Murder Conviction That Was Based on Junk Science

by Richard A. Webster, Verite News,

Nike Says Its Factory Workers Earn Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. At This Cambodian Factory, 1% Made That Much.

by Rob Davis, photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

ICE Air Has a New Contractor. This State Is Asking How It Will Protect the Detainees on Board.

by McKenzie Funk,

ICE Awarded a $3.8 Billion Contract to Hold Immigrants on a Military Base. Days Later, It Was Canceled.

by Jeff Ernsthausen, Mica Rosenberg and Avi Asher-Schapiro,

White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

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,

Labor Department Official Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face “Serious Legal Consequences”

by Mark Olalde,

Fentanyl Pipeline: How a Chinese Prison Helped Fuel a Deadly Drug Crisis in the United States

by Sebastian Rotella,

The Trump Administration’s War on Children

by Eli Hager,

Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists

by Sharon Lerner,

New Law Increases Oversight of Arizona Sober Living Homes

by Mary Hudetz,

Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion

by Robert Faturechi,

Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths

by Mark Olalde,

ProPublica Hires Katherine Wells as Executive Producer for Audio

ProPublica,

Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More

by Alec MacGillis,

Idaho Gave Families $50M to Spend on Private Education. Then It Ended a $30M Program Used by Public School Families.

by Audrey Dutton,

White Supremacist Terrorgram Network Allegedly Inspired Teen Accused of Killing Parents and Plotting Trump Assassination

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica and FRONTLINE, and James Bandler, ProPublica,

Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program

by Christopher Bing and Avi Asher-Schapiro,

What We’re Watching

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Learn more about our reporting team. We will continue to share our areas of interest as the news develops.

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Melissa Sanchez

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    The Price of Remission

    When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked even me.

    by David Armstrong,

    The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them.

    An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the agency made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order. But at least two other federal law enforcement agencies are still requiring body cameras.

    by Mario Ariza,

    Democratic Lawmakers Blast Trump Administration’s VA Cuts After ProPublica Investigation

    The lawmakers also accused Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins of stonewalling their efforts to learn more about agency cuts and their effects. “There are real-life dangerous impacts for veterans,” Rep. Chris Deluzio said.

    by Vernal Coleman and Eric Umansky,

    DOGE Aide Who Helped Gut CFPB Was Warned About Potential Conflicts of Interest

    Before he helped fire most Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staffers, DOGE’s Gavin Kliger was warned about his investments and advised to not take any actions that could benefit him personally, according to a person familiar with the situation.

    by Jake Pearson,

    Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show

    A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executive orders.

    by Annie Waldman,