House Democrats Demand Answers From Trump’s VA on Vets Struggling to Access Mental Healthcare
The letter from lawmakers to Veterans Affairs 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.
5 Months Ago: Veterans Who Depend on Mental Health Care Keep Losing Their Therapists Under Trump
What Is the Trump Administration Doing With Foreign Aid Money?
The billions of dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent. One proposal from the Trump administration suggested funding research on crime against Afrikaners in South Africa.
He’s Eligible for Up to $480,000 After Being Wrongly Imprisoned for 42 Years. The State Says No.
Elvis Brooks’ case was an egregious example of a wrongful conviction, civil rights attorneys said. But Louisiana’s attorney general maintains that Brooks and other exonerees are guilty — and therefore don’t qualify for any money from the state.
James Talarico Accused Ken Paxton of Voter Fraud. His Own Voter Registration Is Raising Questions.
ProPublica and The Texas Tribune’s review of the Democratic Senate candidate’s residency records found that he may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.
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.
How “Forgive and Forget” Buried a Church’s Dark Secret
A man was convicted of abusing girls in his church. Preachers had known about the allegations for years. Some of the abuse even reportedly took place in the pews during services. So why did they never report him to the police?
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How the Fossil Fuel Industry Turned a Plan to Solve Climate Change Into a Plan to Save Itself
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Carbon Captured
How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself
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Why Carbon Capture Can’t Conceivably Solve Climate Change
As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound practical, there is no conceivable way it can work.
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Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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How False Information About Vitamin K Led to Babies’ Deaths
Vitamin K shots, given at birth to prevent uncontrollable bleeding, are not vaccines. Yet this long-standard injection has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement and growing mistrust of some basic medical interventions.
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
The vitamin K shot, a lifesaving injection given to newborns to prevent uncontrollable bleeding of the brain and intestines, has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
Lawmakers Call for CDC to Track Vitamin K Shot Refusals, Cite ProPublica Report
Two members of Congress are urging federal officials to monitor vitamin K shot refusals by parents and the potential consequences for their newborns, including severe bleeding or death.
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Inside Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Failures
Investigating how the world’s largest software provider handles the security of its own ubiquitous products.
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.
The Federal Government Is Rushing Toward AI. Our Reporting Offers Three Cautionary Tales.
We’ve been reporting on cybersecurity for years. As President Donald Trump and his Cabinet say artificial intelligence will transform the nation, the messaging isn’t new. It follows a familiar pattern.
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