Investigative Reporting on Politics

Trump Won the County in a Landslide. His Supporters Still Hounded the Elections Administrator Until She Resigned.

by Jeremy Schwartz,

Oct. 12, 2021, 5 a.m. CDT

“God’s Will Is Being Thwarted.” Even in Solid Republican Counties, Hard-Liners Seek More Partisan Control of Elections.

by Jeremy Schwartz, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Oct. 1, 2021, 5 a.m. CDT

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Buddies Tried to Get the VA to Sell Access to Veterans’ Medical Records

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Sept. 27, 2021, 1:45 p.m. EDT

January 6 Select Committee Subpoenas Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Other Top Aides

by Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien,

Sept. 24, 2021, 10:45 a.m. EDT

House Bill Would Blow Up the Massive IRAs of the Superwealthy

by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler,

Sept. 21, 2021, 1 p.m. EDT

Declassifying the 9/11 Investigation

by Tim Golden,

Sept. 9, 2021, 5 a.m. EDT

Heeding Steve Bannon’s Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America’s Elections

by Isaac Arnsdorf, Doug Bock Clark, Alexandra Berzon and Anjeanette Damon,

Sept. 2, 2021, 5 a.m. EDT

How the Trump Tax Law Created a Loophole That Lets Top Executives Net Millions by Slashing Their Own Salaries

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott,

Aug. 19, 2021, 5 a.m. EDT

Inspector General Urges Ethics Review at Federal Election Commission Following ProPublica Report

by Jake Pearson,

Aug. 12, 2021, 5 a.m. EDT

Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”

by Justin Elliott and Robert Faturechi,

Aug. 11, 2021, 5 a.m. EDT

GOP Legislators in Missouri Oppose Vaccine Efforts as State Becomes COVID Hotspot

by Jeremy Kohler,

July 21, 2021, 6 a.m. EDT

Democratic Senators Call for Investigation of Tax Avoidance by the Ultrawealthy

by Jesse Eisinger, Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen,

July 14, 2021, 11 a.m. EDT

Campaign to Rein in Mega IRA Tax Shelters Gains Steam in Congress Following ProPublica Report

by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan and Justin Elliott,

July 7, 2021, 3:15 p.m. EDT

Oregon Lawmakers Set Out to Increase the Timber Industry’s Tax Bill. Instead, They Cut It Again.

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive,

June 29, 2021, 3:15 p.m. EDT

The Ultrawealthy Have Hijacked Roth IRAs. The Senate Finance Chair Is Eyeing a Crackdown.

by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler,

June 25, 2021, 3:15 p.m. EDT

Leading Manhattan DA Candidate Has Repeatedly Paid Virtually No Federal Income Taxes

by Robert Faturechi and Jeff Ernsthausen,

June 16, 2021, 12:50 p.m. EDT

An Online Lender Gave Hundreds of PPP Loans to Fake Farms. Now Congress Is Investigating.

by Derek Willis and Lydia DePillis,

May 28, 2021, 3:30 a.m. EDT

Marjorie Taylor Greene Appeared in a Super PAC Ad Asking for Money. That Might Break the Rules.

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

May 21, 2021, 5 a.m. EDT

How Josh Hawley and Marjorie Taylor Greene Juiced Their Fundraising Numbers

by Isaac Arnsdorf and Derek Willis,

April 21, 2021, 5 a.m. EDT

“I Felt Hate More Than Anything”: How an Active Duty Airman Tried to Start a Civil War

by Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd and Ellie Lightfoot, Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program,

April 13, 2021, 9 a.m. EDT

Mo Brooks Compared Biden’s Election to the Start of the Civil War. Now He Wants a Senate Seat.

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

March 22, 2021, 4:30 p.m. EDT

Cuomo’s Nursing Home Scandal Raises Questions for One of His Senior Aides

by Joe Sexton,

March 10, 2021, 2:30 p.m. EST

“The People We Serve Are Paying Too Much for Energy:” Virginia Lawmakers Are Targeting Dominion Energy

by Patrick Wilson and Mel Leonor, Richmond Times-Dispatch,

Jan. 29, 2021, 5 a.m. EST

The Government Donald Trump Left Behind

by Chris Morran,

Jan. 27, 2021, 3:36 p.m. EST

Biden Inaugural Confronts the Jan. 6 Riot Head-On, Calls for an End to “This Uncivil War”

by Richard Tofel,

Jan. 20, 2021, 3:29 p.m. EST

“Sense of Entitlement”: Rioters Faced Few Consequences Invading State Capitols. No Wonder They Turned to the U.S. Capitol Next.

by Jeremy Kohler,

Jan. 19, 2021, 2:56 p.m. EST

Twitter and YouTube Banned Steve Bannon. Apple Still Gives Him Millions of Listeners.

by Lydia DePillis,

Jan. 19, 2021, 1:25 p.m. EST

South Carolina’s Governor Addresses Magistrate Judge Controversy by Urging Changes

by Joseph Cranney, The Post and Courier,

Jan. 15, 2021, 12:30 p.m. EST

The Radicalization of Kevin Greeson

by Connor Sheets, AL.com,

Jan. 15, 2021, 7 a.m. EST

She Photographed Police Abuse at a 2014 BLM March Then Watched the Image Go Viral During Capitol Riot

by Lisa Larson-Walker,

Jan. 11, 2021, 3:21 p.m. EST

Lavish Bonus? Luxury Trip? Health Benefits Brokers Will Have to Disclose What They Receive From the Insurance Industry

by Marshall Allen,

Jan. 6, 2021, 5 a.m. EST

John Kerry, Biden’s Climate Czar, Talks About Saving the Planet

by Abrahm Lustgarten,

Dec. 18, 2020, 6 a.m. EST

VA Secretary Focused on Smearing Woman Who Said She Was Sexually Assaulted in a VA Hospital, Probe Finds

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Dec. 10, 2020, 3:23 p.m. EST

Sen. David Perdue Sold His Home to a Finance Industry Official Whose Organization Was Lobbying the Senate

by Robert Faturechi,

Dec. 10, 2020, 6 a.m. EST

Pistols, a Hearse and Trucks Playing Chicken: Why Some Voters Felt Harassed and Intimidated at the Polls

by Adriana Gallardo, Maryam Jameel and Ryan McCarthy,

Dec. 4, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

How Dozens of Trump’s Political Appointees Will Stay in Government After Biden Takes Over

by Lydia DePillis,

Dec. 3, 2020, 1:50 p.m. EST

Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections, and Implement Other Last-Minute Policies, Before Jan. 20

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Nov. 25, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

Tracking the Trump Administration’s “Midnight Regulations”

by Isaac Arnsdorf, Lydia DePillis, Dara Lind, Lisa Song, Moiz Syed and Zipporah Osei,

Nov. 25, 2020, 4:59 a.m. EST

Georgia Senator David Perdue Privately Pushed for a Tax Break for Rich Sports Teamowners

by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott,

Nov. 20, 2020, 7 a.m. EST

Junior Staffer Says Top Alaska Official Told Her to Keep Allegations of Misconduct Secret

by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News,

Nov. 18, 2020, 2 p.m. EST

Trump Campaign Officials Started Pressuring Georgia’s Secretary of State Long Before the Election

by Jessica Huseman and Mike Spies,

Nov. 18, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EST

Trump ganó Florida tras publicar un anuncio falso que vinculaba a Biden con los socialistas venezolanos

por Jeremy B. Merrill, en reporte especial para ProPublica y Ryan McCarthy, ProPublica,

Nov. 12, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

Trump Won Florida After Running a False Ad Tying Biden to Venezuelan Socialists

by Jeremy B. Merrill for ProPublica, and Ryan McCarthy, ProPublica,

Nov. 12, 2020, 5 a.m. EST

The Myth of the Latino Vote and What Newsrooms Must Learn From 2020

by Perla Trevizo,

Nov. 10, 2020, 11 a.m. EST

El mito del voto latino y lo que los medios pueden aprender del 2020

por Perla Trevizo,

Nov. 10, 2020, 11 a.m. EST

$An illustration of people in red and blue clothing voting. The composition is fractured into five sections.$

The Unexpected Benefits of Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Polling

by Stephen Engelberg,

Nov. 9, 2020, 11:46 a.m. EST

Electionland 2020: How Election Day Went

by Rachel Glickhouse,

Nov. 6, 2020, 7:30 a.m. EST

Esto es lo que pasará si Trump intenta lograr una victoria electoral mediante demandas

por Ian MacDougall,

Nov. 4, 2020, 8:42 p.m. EST

If Trump Tries to Sue His Way to Election Victory, Here’s What Happens

by Ian MacDougall,

Nov. 4, 2020, 4:47 p.m. EST

Una mano sostiene un smartphone sobre un fondo de círculos rojos, azules y violetas.

Al menos 800,000 residentes de estados clave recibieron robocalls pidiéndoles que se “quedaran en casa” el día de las elecciones. El FBI está investigando.

por Jack Gillum, ProPublica y Jeremy B. Merrill for ProPublica,

Nov. 3, 2020, 8:33 p.m. EST