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Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.
May 22, 2026Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were “full steam ahead” looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s...
Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.
May 15, 2026In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former Department of Homeland Security leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red fl...
Meet the Mayor of a Tiny Texas Town Who Wants to Limit How Cities Can Govern
May 08, 2026A push to restrict local governments’ ability to decide how they spend their money and which policies they can adopt is having downstream effects in tiny towns and big cities. By Tanya Eiserer and Ja...
Unfounded Health Concerns Are Powering a Solar Backlash
May 01, 2026Across the U.S., critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns. By Anna Clark. Originally published April 24, 2026. Recorded by N...
3D-Printed Homes, an Abandoned $590,000 Deposit, the FBI: What Really Happened in This Small Town?
Apr 24, 2026Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. And the more we asked questions, the weird...
Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
Apr 17, 2026When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Apr 10, 2026Under then-Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of ...
Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids
Apr 03, 2026A ProPublica analysis of new ICE data shows that Trump has detained parents of U.S. citizen children at about twice the rate that Biden did, and moms have been deported four times as often. By Jeff E...
The Drying Planet
Mar 27, 2026A study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise. By Abrahm Lustgarten. Originally published July 25, 2025. This narratio...
They Didn’t Want to Have C-Sections. A Judge Would Decide How They Gave Birth.
Mar 20, 2026Two Florida women had to attend virtual court hearings while in labor to argue for their right to choose their own medical care. As their state pushes to expand some types of medical freedom, it has a...