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· 2w ago
How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/how-smithsonian-museum-american-history-became-target-trump-culture-war #News #USNews #ProPublica #Trump
How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War
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How the Smithsonian Became the Latest Front in Trump’s Culture War

The Smithsonian — particularly its National Museum of American History — has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration. It’s the culmination of decades of criticism by conservatives and other groups.

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· 2w ago
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susan-collins-navatek-campaign-donations-investigation #News #USNews #ProPublica #Trump
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump administration dismantled the unit handling the inquiry.

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· 3w ago
“Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-umar-kremlev-reporting #News #USNews #ProPublica #Trump #Russia
“Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding
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“Our Dear Friend Umar”: How We Uncovered That a Russian Oligarch Bankrolled Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding

On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go on an investigative, visual tour.

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· 3w ago
Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Open Up Affordable Housing Records Following ProPublica’s Reporting 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-lawmakers-seek-to-open-housing-records #News #USNews #ProPublica #US
Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Open Up Affordable Housing Records Following ProPublica’s Reporting
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Oregon Lawmakers Seek to Open Up Affordable Housing Records Following ProPublica’s Reporting

Leaders of the state’s House and Senate housing committees said they want to eliminate a law that exempts the detailed financials of subsidized housing projects from public disclosure requirements.

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News @news@na.social
· 2mo ago
House Democrats Demand Answers From Trump’s VA on Vets Struggling to Access Mental Healthcare 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/democrats-veterans-affairs-doug-collins-letter-mental-health #News #USNews #ProPublica #Trump
House Democrats Demand Answers From Trump’s VA on Vets Struggling to Access Mental Healthcare
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House Democrats Demand Answers From Trump’s VA on Vets Struggling to Access Mental Healthcare

A letter from Democratic lawmakers to VA Secretary Doug Collins cites a recent ProPublica investigation that found hundreds of therapists have left the agency and vets often aren’t getting the help they need.

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News @news@na.social
· 2mo ago
The EPA Heralds Its Omaha Cleanup as a Success. But We Found Many Yards Still Have Toxic Levels of Lead. 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/lead-contamination-epa-superfund-omaha-nebraska-analysis #News #USNews #ProPublica #US
The EPA Spent Millions Cleaning Up a Massive Superfund Site. Our Tests Found Toxic Levels of Lead in Many Yards.
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The EPA Spent Millions Cleaning Up a Massive Superfund Site. Our Tests Found Toxic Levels of Lead in Many Yards.

The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show that many yards still have harmful levels of lead.

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News @news@na.social
· 2mo ago
The EPA Doesn’t Typically Retest Homes in the Country’s Largest Residential Lead Superfund Site. So We Did. 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/omaha-nebraska-lead-testing-superfund-methodology #News #USNews #ProPublica #US
The EPA Doesn’t Typically Retest Homes in the Country’s Largest Residential Lead Superfund Site. So We Did.
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The EPA Doesn’t Typically Retest Homes in the Country’s Largest Residential Lead Superfund Site. So We Did.

The Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica independently tested hundreds of homes in eastern Omaha, Nebraska, and found toxic levels of lead in soil throughout — including in yards that the EPA remediated years ago. Here’s how we did it.

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News @news@na.social
· 2mo ago
Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough. 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/anthropic-mythos-microsoft-software-vulnerabilities #News #USNews #ProPublica #US
Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.
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Anthropic’s New AI Model Can Identify More Software Bugs Than Ever. Microsoft Is Struggling to Fix Them Fast Enough.

Anthropic’s Mythos has flagged bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them. Documents reviewed by ProPublica reveal the tech giant's “mad dash” behind the scenes to patch holes before hackers can find and exploit them.

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· 2mo ago
Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/transdev-senate-oversight-bus-crashes-public-transit #News #USNews #ProPublica #US
Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate
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Senators Push Federal Regulator to Prove School Bus Safety Data Is Accurate

The request from two Democratic lawmakers comes after WBUR and ProPublica found that the federal safety record was missing dozens of fatal crashes involving one of the nation’s largest public transit operators.

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News @news@na.social
· 2mo ago
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead. 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nick-adams-state-flag-charity-civics-state-department #News #USNews #ProPublica #US
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
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This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.

Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG was spending that money on its stated mission.

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News @news@na.social
· 2mo ago
How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb #News #USNews #ProPublica #Trump
How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery
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How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled that breakthrough.

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· 2mo ago
Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/justice-department-presumption-of-regularity #News #USNews #ProPublica #Trump
Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct
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Federal Judges Chastise Trump’s Justice Department for “Unlawful,” “Unethical” and “Unseemly” Conduct

ProPublica reviewed hundreds of cases in which judges criticized the actions of federal prosecutors. In many, judges expressed frustration that they can no longer take the government at its word.

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Olbird @Olbird@mstdn.social
· 2mo ago
“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns - by Sharon Lerner and Anna Maria Barry-Jeister https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-state-department-africa-uganda-aid-medical-data-privacy #propublica #us #africa #privacy
“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
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“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns

The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the information could be misused or exploited.

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· 2mo ago
Ken Paxton Touts His Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud. His Senate Opponent Is Now Accusing Him of Committing It. 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-voter-registration-james-talarico #News #USNews #ProPublica #Senate
Ken Paxton Touts His Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud. His Senate Opponent Is Now Accusing Him of Committing It.
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Ken Paxton Touts His Efforts to Fight Voter Fraud. His Senate Opponent Is Now Accusing Him of Committing It.

James Talarico’s comments come after ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found that the Texas attorney general may have broken state law by voting using an address where he no longer appears to live.

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· 2mo ago
Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. Then They Began Abusing Other Kids. Some Continued as Adults. 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/old-apostolic-lutheran-church-child-sexual-assault-cycle-abuse #News #USNews #ProPublica #US
Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. In Some Cases They Repeated the Abuse on Peers or Even Continued as Adults.
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Children in This Church Were Sexually Abused. In Some Cases They Repeated the Abuse on Peers or Even Continued as Adults.

As ProPublica and the Minnesota Star Tribune investigated child sexual abuse in the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church, reporters found that children who were victims of sexual misconduct sometimes went on to repeat the behavior.

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· 2mo ago
On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/adak-island-alaska-internet-subsidy-fcc #News #USNews #ProPublica #US
On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet
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On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet

U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.

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· 2mo ago
Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-democrats-ken-paxton-voting-complaint #News #USNews #ProPublica #Election2024 #Texas
Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law
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Texas Democrats Ask for Investigation Into Ken Paxton After Our Reporting Found He May Have Violated Election Law

The complaint asks the Texas secretary of state to examine whether Paxton committed election fraud by voting in the May primary runoff while registered at an address where he no longer appears to live.

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· 2mo ago
This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It. 🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-private-schools-vouchers-delta-institute-developing-brain-autism-harm #News #USNews #ProPublica #US
This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.
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This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.

One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about safety and fraud have gone unanswered, parents say.

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