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443 stories published since 2016

This Billionaire Governor Keeps Firing Top Officials When He Has a Crisis

by Ken Ward Jr.,

How Hotel Chains Got a Slice of Government Aid for Small Businesses

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Justice Department Is Scrutinizing Takeover of Credit Karma by Intuit, Maker of TurboTax

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel,

Bill Barr Has Done This Before

by Mick Dumke,

The Disinfomercial: How Larry King Got Duped Into Starring in Chinese Propaganda

by Renee Dudley and Jeff Kao,

How Voter-Fraud Hysteria and Partisan Bickering Ate American Election Oversight

by Jessica Huseman,

Inside One Huge Company’s (Mostly) Successful Campaign to Escape Trump’s Tariffs

by Lydia DePillis,

The Cuomo Administration Hasn’t Said Which Nursing Homes Were Infected With COVID-19 After Its Order Sent Positive Patients Into Them

by Joe Sexton and Joaquin Sapien,

Andrew Cuomo’s Report on Controversial Nursing Home Policy for COVID Patients Prompts More Controversy

by Joaquin Sapien and Joe Sexton,

Three Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Decisions on Trump’s Tax and Financial Documents

by Katherine Sullivan, WNYC,

Electionland 2020: NJ Primary, CDC Election Guidance, Fall Voting Plans and More

by Rachel Glickhouse,

Companies Owned by This Billionaire Governor Received up to $24 Million in Bailout Loans

by Ken Ward Jr.,

Why Do People Want to See Donald Trump’s Tax Returns?

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica,

An Employee at a Private Sports Club Owned by This Billionaire Governor Tested Positive for Coronavirus

by Ken Ward Jr.,

Has the IRS Hit Bottom?

by Paul Kiel,

One of America’s Wealthiest States Might Pass Up an Opportunity to Tackle Housing Segregation

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

The Indian Health Service Wants to Return 1 Million KN95 Masks It Bought From a Former White House Official

by Yeganeh Torbati,

Oyster, Air Fryer and Bicycle Companies Say Their Goods Are Essential to Fighting Coronavirus So They Can Get Tariff Relief

by Lydia DePillis,

Stop Seizing Paychecks, Senators Write to Capital One and Other Debt Collectors

by Paul Kiel,

The Governor Urged Businesses to Reopen Safely, but a Restaurant at His Luxury Resort Didn’t, Complaints Say

by Ken Ward Jr.,

What the Trump Campaign Is Up To on YouTube (Hint: It Involves Aliens, Bin Laden and Ivanka)

by Alice Wilder, WNYC,

An Illustrated History of Government Agencies Twisting the Truth to Align With White House Misinformation

by Eric Umansky,

Inside the Trump Administration’s Decision to Leave the World Health Organization

by Sebastian Rotella, James Bandler and Patricia Callahan,

Democratic Senators Call for USAID to Investigate Anti-LGBT, Anti-Muslim Comments by Appointees

by Yeganeh Torbati,

The Postal Service Is Steadily Getting Worse — Can It Handle a National Mail-In Election?

by Ryan McCarthy and Maryam Jameel,

“I Can’t Speak Negatively About the President,” Says Official Charged With Stimulus Oversight

by Ilya Marritz and Katherine Sullivan, WNYC,

We Reported on Corporate Tax Breaks in the Rust Belt. Now Officials Want Tougher Enforcement.

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

Contractors for Trump’s Controversial $3 Billion Food Aid Program Have Hired a Longtime Lobbyist to Tout Their Work

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Law Enforcement Files Discredit Brian Kemp’s Accusation That Democrats Tried to Hack the Georgia Election

by Mark Niesse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Jack Gillum, ProPublica,

Electionland 2020: Trump on Vote by Mail, Poll Worker PPE, Naturalizations and More

by Rachel Glickhouse,

This Billionaire Governor’s Been Sued Over Unpaid Bills. A Judge Just Ordered Him to Pay More.

by Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, and Alex Mierjeski for ProPublica,

A hand clutching a stack of money and a surgical mask.

A Closer Look at Federal COVID Contractors Reveals Inexperience, Fraud Accusations and a Weapons Dealer Operating Out of Someone’s House

by Ryan Gabrielson, Lydia DePillis, J. David McSwane and Derek Willis, ProPublica, and Connor Sheets, AL.com,

States Are Reopening: See How Coronavirus Cases Rise or Fall

by Lena V. Groeger and Ash Ngu,

A Trump Official Tried to Fast-Track Funding for His Friend’s Unproven COVID-19 “Treatment,” Whistleblower Says

by Lisa Song,

The Justice Department Accidentally Released the Name of Saudi Official Suspected of Helping the 9/11 Hijackers

by Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella,

ProPublica Joins News Organizations in Suing for Small Business Program Loan Info

by Paul Kiel,

Ignoring Trump and Right-Wing Think Tanks, Red States Expand Vote by Mail

by Jessica Huseman and Mike Spies,

These Companies Got Millions in Tax Breaks to Bring Jobs to Youngstown. They Created Next to None.

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

Why a Struggling Rust Belt City Pinned Its Revival on a Self-Chilling Beverage Can

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

On the Same Day Sen. Richard Burr Dumped Stock, So Did His Brother-in-Law. Then the Market Crashed.

by Robert Faturechi and Derek Willis,

The Bigoted, Conspiratorial Rants of Rudy Giuliani’s Radio Show

by Alice Wilder, WNYC,

A Conservative Legal Group Significantly Miscalculated Data in a Report on Mail-In Voting

by Derek Willis,

Whether the Ballot You Mail Is Counted May Depend on Where You Vote

by Ryan McCarthy,

Grieving Families Need Help Paying for COVID-19 Burials, but Trump Hasn’t Released the Money

by Lisa Song and Yeganeh Torbati,

Health Insurers to Investors: We’re Good. Health Insurers to Lawmakers: Please Help.

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

Did He Talk About Her? VA Secretary Changes His Story Amid Allegations He Sought Dirt on House Staffer.

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

How Jared Kushner Is Tackling the White House’s Coronavirus Response — Without Any Evident Experience

by Andrea Bernstein, WNYC,

Leaked Recordings Reveal Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Firmly in Charge and City Alderman Left Largely on the Sidelines

by Mick Dumke,

Congress Is Investigating Whether a Ventilator Company Is Gouging the U.S. — and Why the Government Is Letting It Happen

by Patricia Callahan and Sebastian Rotella,

Trump Administration Officials Warned Against Halting Funding to WHO, Leaked Memo Shows

by Yeganeh Torbati,