NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken.
“I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold.
The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
(Published Jan. 2026)
We used financial records included in this trove of data to report on Blanche owning at least $159K in crypto assets when he shut down investigations into crypto companies.
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Deputy AG Todd Blanche promised to dump his crypto holdings no later than 90 days after his Senate confirmation last March.
But about a month into the job — before divesting — he ordered an end to investigations into crypto companies.
(Published Dec. 2025)
6/ Secretary Marco Rubio has repeatedly said no one has died as a result of cuts to foreign aid. Our reporting proves that isn’t true.
Read our full series about the fallout of dismantling USAID here: www.propublica.org/series/the-e...
5/ Peter Marocco and the State Department did not respond to a detailed list of questions, but Marocco has previously defended his actions as a necessary measure to root out government waste and support Trump’s agenda.
4/ In response to our reporting, a senior State Department official said that the changes to foreign aid were necessary and would better serve the U.S. and its allies over time.
“There are people who are dying in horrible situations all around the world, all of the time,” he said.
John Oliver on right, mid-speech. On left, a ProPublica headline dated December 17, 2025 reads: “Inside the Trump Administration’s Man-Made Hunger Crisis.” Below it, an article excerpt reads: “Pregnant women … so desperate for calories that they ate mud.”
3/ Finally, Oliver brought up our reporting on how cuts to aid caused an American-made hunger crisis.
At one refugee camp, mothers had to choose which of their children to feed, and pregnant women were so desperate for calories that some resorted to eating mud: propub.li/4bzIaPi
On right, John Oliver talking to the viewer. On left, a ProPublica headline from February 15, 2025 says: “Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy.” An article excerpt below says: "... where he attempted to delay or halt dozens of programs …”
2/ Oliver later referred to our reporting about former USAID lead Peter Marocco.
Officials told us they saw Marocco’s gutting of the agency as a campaign of retribution against those who opposed his foreign policy agenda in the first Trump administration: propub.li/47CkZ4u
John Oliver (on right) gestures with his hands as he speaks. On left, a ProPublica headline from December 15, 2025 reads: “Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.” An article excerpt below says: "... turning rows red, yellow or green every few seconds, never asking a single question.”
1/ On yesterday’s @lastweektonight.com about USAID, John Oliver cited several of our investigations.
First up was our reporting about how DOGE operatives had arbitrarily cut aid programs, in some cases by literally clicking through a spreadsheet: propub.li/4cCsSKP
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises.
Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.
(Published Sept. 2025)
NEW: One of New Mexico's largest school districts subjects Native students to excessively harsh discipline, a Navajo Nation report says, echoing the findings of a 2022 New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica investigation.
Albany is one of Georgia's poorest cities, served by a single, dominant hospital system. Its control of the market, combined with the state's strict limits on Medicaid, means nearly one-third of the city's residents are left uninsured. 2/7
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"Keep the family healthy."
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About half the jail population in Albuquerque is homeless. The county spends about $169 per night to jail inmates without significant medical or mental health needs. Housing individuals in the city’s year-round emergency shelter costs $44 a night.
WATCH: “Keep the family healthy.” Those were some of the last words Clifford Thomas’ mother said to him.
But in Albany, a town with a health care monopoly and no Medicaid expansion, staying healthy is a luxury that many are priced out of.
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We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
(Published Nov. 2025)
Financial documents compiled by ProPublica reveal a myriad of relationships among Trump and his team that could create conflicts of interest — including ties between appointees and industries their agencies frequently interact with.
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Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
(Published Oct. 2025 with @readfrontier.bsky.social)
ProPublica Wins Lawsuit Over Access to Court Records in U.S. Navy Cases
A judge ruled that the Navy’s long-standing policy to withhold records from its criminal trials violated the First Amendment.
WATCH: Lindsey Burke wrote Project 2025’s chapter on education. Now she’s helping to run the Education Department.
ProPublica looked at how she and other advisers are realizing their vision of a dramatic decline in public education.
After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and into less-developed areas.
With @oregonian.com
In Albuquerque last year, charges for unlawful camping increased sixfold, law enforcement charged people more than 1,200 times for obstructing sidewalks, and more trespassing charges were handed out than any year since 2017.
Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
SNL's Weekend Update host Colin Jost besides a screenshot of a ProPublica headline that reads: "Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts." Below the text is an image of Noem in a cowboy hat riding a horse, against the backdrop of Mount Rushmore.
Did you catch a mention of ProPublica's reporting on "SNL" Weekend Update last night? 👀
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