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A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on such a scale.
Nov 15, 2025, 10:00 AM
Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam, ProPublica
by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed …
Oct 18, 2025, 9:00 AM
Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
by Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, and Ren Larson, The Assembly, ProPublica
by Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, and Ren Larson, The Assembly ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your…
Sep 27, 2025, 9:10 AM
The H-2A Visa Trap
by Max Blau, ProPublica, and Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica, illustrations by Dadu Shin for ProPublica, ProPublica
by Max Blau, ProPublica, and Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica, illustrations by Dadu Shin for ProPublica This story contains descriptions of sexual assaults. In the darkness before dawn, Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. took the last drag of a ci…
Sep 13, 2025, 9:00 AM
A Texas congressman is quietly helping Elon Musk pitch a $760M plan to build tunnels under Houston to ease flooding
Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom, Yilun Cheng, Houston Chronicle, ProPublica
Experts in Houston have been studying the idea of building massive tunnels to divert floodwaters. Musk’s company wants a piece of the project.
Sep 7, 2025, 1:00 PM
The IRS Is Building a System to Share Taxpayers' Data with ICE
William Turton,Christopher Bing,Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica
ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.
Jul 15, 2025, 3:52 PM