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Assistant Managing Editor @ProPublica. Former @NPR, @APNews, @Business. Past President of the National Press Club. Your news tips welcome here!

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ProPublica Wins Polk Awards for International Reporting and Political Reporting

So proud of my colleagues Brett Murphy, Anna Barry-Jester and Andy Kroll, along with the vast team that contributed to these great stories, including Kirsten Berg, Alex Mierjeski, Lisa Seville, Katie Campbell and so many others. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

18.02.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.

We'll let their words speak for themselves.

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Amid Mass ICE Arrests, Trump Pardon Recipient Juan Orlando HernΓ‘ndez Given Special Treatment After the former Honduran president was pardoned, ICE dropped its detainer on him, and he was whisked away to a luxury hotel in New York City.

After Trump pardoned former Honduran Pres. Hernandez - who was in prison for allowing 400 tons of cocaine to be trafficked to the US - prison officials paid a specialized tactical team overtime to drive him from West Virginia to the Waldorf Astoria in New York www.propublica.org/article/trum...

18.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œNot Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes. The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

An expanded federal tool for identifying noncitizens on voter rolls is making persistent mistakes, particularly in assessing citizenship for people born outside the U.S. @propublica.org
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13.02.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ProPublica <p style="margin-bottom: 1em;">ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. With a team of more than 100 dedicated journalists, ProPu...

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13.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ProPublica on Instagram: "An American-made hunger crisis. A worsening cholera epidemic. Last summer, reporters Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester journeyed to refugee camps in Kenya and South ... 4,771 likes, 93 comments - propublica on February 12, 2026: "An American-made hunger crisis. A worsening cholera epidemic. Last summer, reporters Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester journeyed t...

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13.02.2026 13:05 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Under GOP Pressure, Federal Agency Pulls Climate Change Chapter From Official Manual for U.S. Judges The β€œReference Manual on Scientific Evidence” β€” updated for the first time in 15 years β€” eliminates some 90 pages about climate science and comes just as numerous climate cases make their way through ...

www.propublica.org/article/fede...

11.02.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE

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The Clear Labels Act Would Change What You Know About Your Prescription Medication The bill, introduced by Sens. Rick Scott and Kirsten Gillibrand, follows a bipartisan investigation that cited ProPublica’s reporting on dangerous foreign drugmakers and the medicine they continued to...

www.propublica.org/article/drug...

09.02.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

www.propublica.org/article/life...

09.02.2026 15:50 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We Found New York’s Guardianship System in Shambles. Now State Lawmakers Say They Have a Plan to Help Fix It. Two years after ProPublica first documented the state’s dire shortage of guardians β€” and the substandard care some provide β€” lawmakers are pitching a $15 million-per-year fix. It’s unclear whether the...

IMPACT!!! @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/new-...

05.02.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After Years of Silence, Texas Medical Board Issues Training for Doctors on How to Legally Provide Abortions The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say the complications women face in pregnancy are impossible to capture in a brief prese...

For the first time since Texas criminalized abortion, the state’s medical regulator is instructing doctors on when they can legally terminate a pregnancy to protect the life of the patient. @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/texa...

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β€œYou’re Not Going to Investigate a Federal Officer” It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...

State and local police rarely investigate when federal law enforcement officers are involved in violent altercations. If the federal government doesn't investigate, agents can act with impunity. www.propublica.org/article/why-...

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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

ICYMI: @propublica.org has identified the two immigration agents who fired their guns in the confrontation that left Alex Pretti dead.

02.02.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Even the Top Prosecutor in Minneapolis Doesn’t Know the Identity of the Agents Who Killed Alex Pretti Mary Moriarty on steps local officials are taking to collect and preserve evidence despite federal obstruction, plus Jill Garvey on how to document ICE safely.

On Friday, the Hennepin County Attorney told The Intercept that she was getting more info from the media than from the federal government.
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01.02.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

www.propublica.org/article/alex...

01.02.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

This was my colleague @cengizyar.com , not me.

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What We Saw in Minneapolis Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.

After the shooting, I watched as agents unloaded tear gas onfurious protesters who had assembled at the site of the shooting. Heavily armored law enforcement faced off against a crowd of unarmed protesters carrying signs and screaming for justice and retribution.

www.propublica.org/article/minn...

01.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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What We Saw in Minneapolis Our visual journalists documented the days surrounding Alex Pretti’s killing in Minneapolis.

www.propublica.org/article/minn...

01.02.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œA Godsend”: ProPublica’s Rx Inspector Tool Is Helping People Find Critical Safety Information on Generic Drugs Health care workers are changing how they counsel patients. Experts are using our database to support their research. And some consumers report they’ve discovered troubling records at the factories wh...

www.propublica.org/article/rx-i...

30.01.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œA Godsend”: ProPublica’s Rx Inspector Tool Is Helping People Find Critical Safety Information on Generic Drugs Health care workers are changing how they counsel patients. Experts are using our database to support their research. And some consumers report they’ve discovered troubling records at the factories wh...

@ProPublica spent much of last year trying to track down where -- specifically -- many prescription drugs were made. It was way too hard to do. So we made an app for that! Andh here's what our readers have found. www.propublica.org/article/rx-i...

23.01.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2025: Our Year in Visual Journalism A year-in-review of the visual journalism that brought our stories to life and helped hold power to account.

Alongside the reporters and writers who bring you our great stories is a whole team of visual storytellers who make our work beautiful, understandable and compelling. Take a look: www.propublica.org/article/year.... @propublica.org

08.01.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWe’re Too Close to the Debris”: How SpaceX Rockets Put Passenger Planes at Risk The FAA predicted Elon Musk’s Starship would cause β€œminor or minimal” disruption. Then the rockets exploded twice in three months over busy airspace. Flight data reveals how many planes scrambled to p...

Soooo... about those exploding SpaceX rockets. @propublica.org @heathervogell.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/spac...

08.01.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well that didn't work did it....

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My fab colleagues made something. Check it out @propublica.org
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07.01.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rx Inspector: ProPublica’s New Tool Provides Drug Info the FDA Won’t We’ve launched a first-of-its-kind app to help you find out where your generic drugs come from and see the track records of the factories that made them.

And last week we published our #RXInspector tool, so you can check out the factories that make your generic drugs. @propublica.org @fda.gov
www.propublica.org/article/rx-i...

22.12.2025 16:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The FDA Often Doesn’t Test Generic Drugs for Quality Concerns, So ProPublica Did Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every year, its own records show, and it has largely dismissed warnings about contam...

The @fda.gov only sporadically tests generically drugs to ensure quality and efficacy. So @propublica.org did so. Read on to see what we learned. www.propublica.org/article/fda-...

22.12.2025 16:46 πŸ‘ 130 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Fighting for Breath: The FDA’s Lax Generic Drug Rules Put Her Life at Risk Lung transplant patient Hannah Goetz’s life depended on the generic version of the critical drug tacrolimus. It was supposed to be equivalent to the brand-name medication β€” but the FDA doesn’t always ...

If you read only one thing today, read this. @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/fda-...

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Thanks for trying it out!

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