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438 stories published since 2016

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

by Jessica Huseman,

July 22, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

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

by Lydia DePillis,

July 20, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

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,

July 15, 2020, 2:57 p.m. EDT

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

by Joaquin Sapien and Joe Sexton,

July 10, 2020, 1:08 p.m. EDT

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

by Katherine Sullivan, WNYC,

July 10, 2020, 11 a.m. EDT

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

by Rachel Glickhouse,

July 10, 2020, 7:30 a.m. EDT

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

by Ken Ward Jr.,

July 6, 2020, 6:30 p.m. EDT

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

by Kristen Doerer for ProPublica,

July 1, 2020, 6:24 p.m. EDT

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

by Ken Ward Jr.,

July 1, 2020, 7 a.m. EDT

Has the IRS Hit Bottom?

June 30, 2020, 2:57 p.m. EDT

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

by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, The Connecticut Mirror,

June 29, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

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

by Yeganeh Torbati,

June 25, 2020, 1:34 p.m. EDT

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

by Lydia DePillis,

June 25, 2020, 12:09 p.m. EDT

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

June 25, 2020, 10:28 a.m. EDT

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

by Ken Ward Jr.,

June 24, 2020, 4:09 p.m. EDT

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

by Alice Wilder, WNYC,

June 24, 2020, 4 a.m. EDT

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

by Eric Umansky,

June 22, 2020, 5:28 p.m. EDT

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

by Sebastian Rotella, James Bandler and Patricia Callahan,

June 20, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

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

by Yeganeh Torbati,

June 18, 2020, 5:23 p.m. EDT

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

by Ryan McCarthy and Maryam Jameel,

June 15, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

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

by Ilya Marritz and Katherine Sullivan, WNYC,

June 10, 2020, 11 a.m. EDT

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

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

June 5, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EDT

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

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

June 2, 2020, 2:14 p.m. EDT

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,

May 29, 2020, 1:30 p.m. EDT

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

by Rachel Glickhouse,

May 29, 2020, 7:30 a.m. EDT

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,

May 28, 2020, 3:07 p.m. EDT

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,

May 27, 2020, 10 a.m. EDT

States Are Reopening: See How Coronavirus Cases Rise or Fall

by Lena V. Groeger and Ash Ngu,

May 20, 2020, 11 a.m. EDT

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

May 14, 2020, 6 a.m. EDT

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

by Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella,

May 13, 2020, 7:32 p.m. EDT

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

May 12, 2020, 2:49 p.m. EDT

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

by Jessica Huseman and Mike Spies,

May 12, 2020, 6 a.m. EDT

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

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

May 12, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

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

by Dan O’Brien, The Business Journal,

May 11, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

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,

May 6, 2020, 6 p.m. EDT

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

by Alice Wilder, WNYC,

May 4, 2020, 12:45 p.m. EDT

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

by Derek Willis,

May 2, 2020, 11:45 a.m. EDT

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

by Ryan McCarthy,

April 30, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

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

by Lisa Song and Yeganeh Torbati,

April 29, 2020, 2:51 p.m. EDT

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

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

April 28, 2020, 3:10 p.m. EDT

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

by Isaac Arnsdorf,

April 27, 2020, 2:25 p.m. EDT

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

by Andrea Bernstein, WNYC,

April 22, 2020, 2 p.m. EDT

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

April 21, 2020, 7 a.m. EDT

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,

April 16, 2020, 3:45 p.m. EDT

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

by Yeganeh Torbati,

April 15, 2020, 1:23 p.m. EDT

Attorney General Barr Refuses to Release 9/11 Documents to Families of the Victims

by Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella,

April 15, 2020, 12:35 p.m. EDT

Millions of Americans Might Not Get Stimulus Checks. Some Might Be Tricked Into Paying TurboTax to Get Theirs.

by Justin Elliott and Paul Kiel,

April 15, 2020, 5 a.m. EDT

Senator Richard Burr Sold D.C. Townhouse to Donor at a Rich Price

by Robert Faturechi,

April 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m. EDT

Senate Intel Chair Sold Dutch Fertilizer Stock in 2018, Right Before a Collapse

by Robert Faturechi,

April 7, 2020, 5:30 a.m. EDT

How Tea Party Budget Battles Left the National Emergency Medical Stockpile Unprepared for Coronavirus

by Yeganeh Torbati and Isaac Arnsdorf,

April 3, 2020, 10:42 a.m. EDT