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Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find

by Nicole Foy

December 9, 2025, 1:00 pm EST
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

November 24, 2025, 12:35 pm EST
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation

by Avi Asher-Schapiro and Robert Faturechi

November 21, 2025, 5:55 pm EST

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591 stories published since 2016

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.

by Anna Maria Barry-Jester and Brett Murphy, photography by Peter DiCampo

December 15, 2025, 5:30 am EST
They Came to the U.S. Legally. Then Trump Stripped Their Status Away.

by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons

December 10, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Vinieron a Estados Unidos legalmente. Luego, Trump eliminó su estatus.

by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons

December 10, 2025, 4:55 am EST
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find

by Nicole Foy

December 9, 2025, 1:00 pm EST
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

by Justin Elliott, Robert Faturechi and Alex Mierjeski

December 8, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Once Defended Congress’ Power of the Purse. Now He Defies It.

by Jake Pearson

December 5, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Oregon Struggles to Land Federal Counterterrorism Money as Trump Orders Troops to Stop “Terrorists” Hindering ICE

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting

December 2, 2025, 5:30 am EST
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.

by Anna Clark

December 1, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters

by A.C. Thompson, ProPublica and FRONTLINE, and J. David McSwane, ProPublica

November 25, 2025, 1:35 pm EST
ICE envió a 600 niños migrantes a detención en albergues federales este año. Un nuevo récord.

por Mica Rosenberg, Mario Ariza, McKenzie Funk, Jeff Ernsthausen and Gabriel Sandoval

November 24, 2025, 2:45 pm EST
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.

by Mica Rosenberg, Mario Ariza, McKenzie Funk, Jeff Ernsthausen and Gabriel Sandoval

November 24, 2025, 1:05 pm EST
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

November 24, 2025, 12:35 pm EST
Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation

by Avi Asher-Schapiro and Robert Faturechi

November 21, 2025, 5:55 pm EST
“We’re Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE

by Keri Blakinger

November 21, 2025, 5:30 am EST
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.

by Mary Hudetz

November 21, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.

by Sharon Lerner

November 19, 2025, 5:00 am EST
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation

by Robert Faturechi and Avi Asher-Schapiro

November 18, 2025, 5:30 am EST
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second

by Jeremy Kohler

November 15, 2025, 5:00 am EST
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff

by William Turton and Christopher Bing

November 14, 2025, 11:30 am EST
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

by Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski

November 14, 2025, 5:00 am EST
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime

by Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen, T. Christian Miller, Sebastian Rotella and Mariam Elba

November 13, 2025, 5:00 am EST
“Lo perdí todo”: venezolanos fueron detenidos en un dramático operativo nocturno, pero nunca se les imputó delito alguno

por Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen, T. Christian Miller, Sebastian Rotella y Mariam Elba

November 13, 2025, 4:55 am EST
How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters

by Jeremy Kohler

November 12, 2025, 5:30 am EST
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts

by Annie Waldman and Brandon Roberts

November 6, 2025, 5:00 am EST
Trump’s VA Made It Harder for Male Veterans to Get Treatment for Breast Cancer. Lawmakers Want to Fix That.

by Eric Umansky

November 6, 2025, 4:30 am EST
Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump. It’s Paying Off for Silicon Valley.

by Jake Pearson

November 5, 2025, 5:30 am EST
El condado de Arizona fue “modelo” para la policía local en sus redadas migratorias, el resultado fueron violaciones de derechos civiles

por Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria

November 4, 2025, 5:30 am EST
DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks

by Jen Fifield and Zach Despart

October 31, 2025, 3:45 pm EDT
Details of DHS Agreement Reveal Risks of Trump Administration’s Use of Social Security Data for Voter Citizenship Checks

by Jen Fifield

October 30, 2025, 5:30 am EDT
Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?

by Vernal Coleman, Topher Sanders and Maryam Jameel

October 22, 2025, 2:45 pm EDT
Ethics Watchdog Group Seeks Investigation Into Border Czar and Contracts Following ProPublica Report

by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen

October 21, 2025, 1:35 pm EDT
This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria

October 21, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical

by Sharon Lerner

October 17, 2025, 12:20 pm EDT
The Shadow President

by Andy Kroll

October 17, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Who Is Russell Vought? How a Little-Known D.C. Insider Became Trump’s Dismantler-in-Chief

by Lisa Riordan Seville, Andy Kroll, Katie Campbell and Mauricio Rodríguez Pons

October 17, 2025, 5:55 am EDT
We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

by Nicole Foy, photography by Sarahbeth Maney

October 16, 2025, 12:00 pm EDT
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

by Sharon Lerner

October 9, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

by Megan O’Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards

October 8, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

by Ruth Talbot and Nicole Santa Cruz, photography by Stephanie Mei-Ling for ProPublica

October 3, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

September 26, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
Trump Wants to Crack Down on “Debanking,” but He’s Dismantling a Regulator That Was Doing Just That

by Jake Pearson

September 9, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
The Untold Saga of What Happened When DOGE Stormed Social Security

by Eli Hager

September 8, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski

September 4, 2025, 3:15 pm EDT
Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats

by Jeremy Kohler

August 27, 2025, 6:00 am EDT
The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History

by Peter Elkind, ProPublica, and Katherine Mangan, The Chronicle of Higher Education

August 27, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.

by Doug Bock Clark

August 26, 2025, 2:00 pm EDT
Getting “DOGED”: DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.

by Avi Asher-Schapiro and Christopher Bing

August 22, 2025, 6:30 am EDT
How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies

by Brandon Roberts, Annie Waldman and Pratheek Rebala, illustrations by Sam Green for ProPublica

August 21, 2025, 5:00 am EDT
How We Tracked Workforce Reductions at Federal Health Agencies

by Pratheek Rebala, Annie Waldman and Brandon Roberts

August 21, 2025, 4:55 am EDT
RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.

by Sharon Lerner

August 20, 2025, 6:00 am EDT