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New: Chase allowed someone to open an account — online, without providing ID — under the name of a Boston garage. That account was then used to solicit hundreds of thousands of dollars from fraud victims around the U.S.

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NEW: A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.

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Interesting

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CNN Reporter to Police: He’s press, he’s with me Police Officer: You grabbing me? Get away from me

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NEW: We're adding 23 names to our now 100+ name DOGE tracker and can reveal that at least 38 DOGErs currently work or have worked for businesses run by Elon Musk. story: www.propublica.org/article/doge... full tracker: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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NEW INVESTIGATION: Death Penalty Cases in Maricopa County, Arizona, Rarely End in a Death Sentence, Costing Huge $$$, Leaving Distraught Families @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social @davebiscobing15.bsky.social w/ @abc15.com

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Staffers have expressed shock at how little Fugate knows about the basics of his role -- DHS did not address questions about his level of experience.... @hannahallam.bsky.social @kirstenberg.bsky.social for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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"A year after graduation, the 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Department of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism prevention." @hannahallam.bsky.social

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CBO is out with its final cost estimate of the tax-and-spending bill passed by the House. - Revenue ⬇️ by $3.7 trillion over 10 years - Spending ⬇️ by $1.3 trillion - Debt ⬆️ by $2.4 trillion over 10 years - Uninsured pop. ⬆️ by 10.9 million in 2034 Full analysis: www.cbo.gov/publication/...

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Dismissed FAA staffer Ronicsa Chambers said her team members — five Black women and one white man with a disability — were told they would be reassigned but remain without work. “As far as we know, we’re the only ones still on administrative leave.” New, @davidmcswane.bsky.social @propublica.org

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Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the last surviving grandson of John Tyler, the 10th president of the U.S., died on Sunday at age 96. He was the last of three generations spanning nearly the entire history of the country. When his grandfather was born, George Washington had just become president.

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NEW: We obtained DHS data that shows the US knew only 32 of the 238 Venezuelans deported to a prison in El Salvador in March were convicted of US crimes, only 6 of those violent. Trump called them “savages,” “monsters” and "the worst of the worst.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Deep reporting by @propublica.org belies US claims that the 238 migrants shipped to an El Salvadoran prison were violent criminals. By far, most all were not. One sister of a man with no record calls her brother's expulsion: a US sponsored kidnapping.

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NEW: The school, part of a special education district that had students arrested at the highest rate in the U.S., had previously pledged to change how it disciplines kids after a ProPublica, @chicagotribune.com investigation & federal probe. By @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social

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NEW: A 700% APR Lending Business Tied to Dr. Phil’s Son Is Dividing an Alaska Tribe @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social @megomatz.bsky.social @joeljacobs.bsky.social w/ @adn.com

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Three of our colleagues are being placed on PIPs today and @propublica.org management has refused to allow stewards in those meetings. We're not shutting up about this — our colleagues deserve better and we're extremely disappointed in management for denying us this basic union right.

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SCOOP: Sean Duffy Sold Stocks Days Before Trump Announced a Plan for Reciprocal Tariffs @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org

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After a @propublica.org investigation in Dr. Thomas Weiner revealed a trail of patient harm & suspicious deaths, families came out of the woodwork to request love ones' records and get answers. Our partners at @montanafreepress.org with more on the fallout ... montanafreepress.org/2025/05/13/h...

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Investors now own 30% of metro Atlanta’s single-family rental homes

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not sure how i can be expected to focus on anything else today now that i've seen the promo photo from the Madden movie with Christian Bale as Al Davis and Nicolas Cage as John Madden

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I hope management hears our members and reconsiders this anti-union position.

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Big week for Villanova alums. ✝️🏀

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“I’m grateful that I’m involved in this,” Laurie Kanyok, who called 911 on Hadden, said about the settlement. “At the same time, I feel like I want to see people held accountable and not just somebody’s insurance company or checkbook.” New: @propublica.org

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Months before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became the first American pope, he expressed criticism of Vice President JD Vance on social media, sharing an article that called the vice president’s interpretation of Christian doctrine “wrong.”

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The Smoking Popes are also from Chicago. Vatican -> Smoke -> New Pope -> Chicago. It's only logical we get Pope Prevost to @riotfest.bsky.social to see @smokingpopesmusic.bsky.social 🤘 #newpope #chicago

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Evergreen story.

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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

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Being a Coloradan is stressful tonight.

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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

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Just checked. Also applies to a 37-year-old.

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Just registered for the “Reporting and Writing for Scene” master class with @pamelacolloff.bsky.social and @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social who are the best in the business. Figure it’s about time someone got paid for the wisdom I’ve plied from these two. Glad it’s @ire.org www.ire.org/product/ire2...

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Crazy that a bad game for Jokic is a triple double.

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NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present. “This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."

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Something has happened in the last three months that has led basically every economic forecaster to predict that inflation will be substantially higher than they previously thought.

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Our DOGE tracker is updated with a whole slew of new names, and now you can filter by agency to see which of the DOGErs have been where. Great work by @williamturton.bsky.social, @chrisbing.bsky.social, @kirstenberg.bsky.social and others! projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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Breaking News: The Supreme Court will hear arguments on President Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship. The case will be heard in May.

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Please share! A U.S. born citizen has been arrested in Florida and placed in an ICE hold!! They want to transfer him to immigration detention DESPITE acknowledgment he is a citizen. This is happening in Leon County and we were at his hearing earlier this morning.

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With Trump reportedly planning to end the IRS Direct File program, there's no better time to remember how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free. (Published 2019)

submitted 70 days ago • 47 comments

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, stop using the word "crackdown." It connotes a crackdown on wrongdoing. You crackdown on actual crime, not constitutionally protected activity. Other words: "suppression," "repression" - or my fav - "clampdown."

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State and Federal resources are flowing to border security, while local communities lack access to clean drinking water and full-service hospitals. @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Perla Trevizo report, with photography by me for @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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My Alma mater just taking shots at Ohio 😂

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"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action. "It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us." www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...

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From Phoenix to Trenton, federal officials found unjustified killings, excessive force, debtors’ prisons and other horrors. Reform efforts were underway, but Trump has ordered civil rights attorneys to stop them by the inimitable @tophersanders.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Everything you've ever wanted to know about sending @propublica.org reporters tips: www.propublica.org/tips/#common...

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“All the oversight in DHS was eliminated."

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Under Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking to remove the cap on credit card late fees, meaning people will pay more. bankingjournal.aba.com/2025/04/cfpb...

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