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“She said, ‘I think this is going to be the last time I get to visit you,’” Öztürk’s friend recalled. “I told her, ‘No, no, you’re going to be able to come again, don’t worry, and I’m going to come visit you.’ That all turned out to be wrong.” By @hannahallam.bsky.social @propublica.org

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Last fall, Blue Cross got hit with a $421 million verdict after jurors found it defrauded doctors. It was one of the biggest verdicts ever outside a class action - and it revealed the inner workings of how insurers block payments. My latest. www.propublica.org/article/blue...

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My @propublica.org colleagues @jeffernsthausen.bsky.social and Avi Asher-Schapiro and I discovered a little-known company started housing ICE detainees at a tent facility in El Paso in mid-March 🧵: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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People are running around looking for compost bags...Some scientists have bought their own soap and cleaning supplies. A snapshot of the chaos at one NOAA lab as contracts for basic services expire. My latest: www.propublica.org/article/noaa...

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NEW: Govt appliance efficiency rules are popular. They save water+energy, cut planet-warming emissions, and shrink utility bills. But Trump's tried to kill them for years. With DOGE's help, he may now have found a way. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Did you work on a terminated NIH grant? ProPublica wants to hear from you: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/... #NIH #NIHgrant #cancelledNIHgrant #NationalInstitutesofHealth

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It's not just measles. Cases of whooping cough have skyrocketed more than 1,500% since 2021, as vaccination rates have dipped. In the past 6 months, two babies in Louisiana have died. Such critical reporting @deldeib.bsky.social + @sheinvestigates.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/whoo...

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NEW: EPA is planning to eliminate requirements to report greenhouse gas emissions for thousands of facilities. “It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill” @maibached.bsky.social told me www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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I have a new gig @propublica.org to report on the Department of Government Efficiency. If you work in the federal government, I'd like to hear from you. On Signal at: 804-295-7201 or [email protected]

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My latest with @hannahallam.bsky.social

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The huge baby formula plant whose ’22 closure led to a shortage is failing to properly fix leaks and clean, workers told me. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” said one, who worries a child will get sick. Abbott called the workers’ accounts “untrue or misleading.” tinyurl.com/5ybj2k6e

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🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants. Here's how you can help our reporting 👇

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A week ago, @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @fastlerner.bsky.social reported that NIH is slashing all future climate and health funding. I dug into what that means for a disease like dengue fever - the fastest-growing vector-borne illness in the world - as cases break records. grist.org/politics/den...

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THREAD: Last year, ProPublica started receiving tips from an unusual kind of source: flight attendants. They said they'd worked on deportation flights for ICE, and they could tell us what it was really like on board. 1/

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This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated. The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

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The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected 👇

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Foreign students are getting caught up in Trump’s immigration dragnet, transported 1000s of miles away to an isolated network of lockups in the South called "Detention Center Alley". Critically important reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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I associated A&E's long-running cop reality show "The First 48" with re-run marathons. But when I learned that it was mentioned as a factor in the 2024 exoneration of a man convicted of murder in Minnesota, the state I live in and cover, I perked right up. Thread 🧵

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The Trump admin continues to send immigrant students to remote detention centers in Louisiana. So I spent a day in court inside the ICE center holding Mahmoud Khalil. It has faced consistent allegations of medical neglect & due process issues. Here’s what I saw: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Before I joined @propublica.org, I spent five years working in population research. Many of my former colleagues were funded through NIH grants. Some of those grants have been terminated. Would appreciate you sharing this with your colleagues and groups.

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The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We need your help investigating this. Did you work on a terminated NIH grant? Please get in touch. www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

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My latest story: The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations. The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary RFK Jr. www.propublica.org/article/meas...

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The toxic chemical TCE, used in dry cleaning and manufacturing, has been linked to cancer and Parkinson’s. Last December, it was banned. Now, Republicans in Congress want to reverse that. Alarming reporting from @fastlerner.bsky.social + @lisalsong.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/tce-...

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NEW: As a defense contractor, Elon Musk's SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through offshore secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. Expert: “It is certainly a policy of obfuscation." www.propublica.org/article/elon...

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The entire @votebeat.org staff tore Trump's executive order on elections apart to explain it to you. Here it is. I promise you it's the most detailed article on this you'll find on the internet right now. www.votebeat.org/2025/03/25/t...

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The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social and @fastlerner.bsky.social

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As extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, heat waves, wildfires and floods, continue to intensify and become more frequent, the NIH stops funding research on the health effects of climate change. new from the great @anniewaldman.bsky.social and me www.propublica.org/article/nih-...

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NEW: The National Institutes of Health will no longer be funding work on the health effects of climate change, according to internal records reviewed by ProPublica. One climate health expert called the directive “catastrophic.” With @fastlerner.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/nih-...

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SCOOP: Before the IRS fired nearly 7,000 probationary employees, a senior lawyer raised the alarm that: - the terminations contained "false" information - they amounted to a "fraud" on the US judicial system Don't miss this @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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NEW from me: Some U.S. citizens have already been caught up in Trump's immigration dragnet. More will be. A side note: more reports of citizens detained by immigration officials emerged even as we prepped this story for publication. For @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/more...

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THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country. When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/

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We’ve also added a handful of financial disclosures and ethics waivers to our tracker. Thanks to @pogo.org for first revealing some of these 👉

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UPDATE: We've added 20 more names to our DOGE tracker, including: Three engineers from SpaceX who have ethics waivers. Former execs now in agencies that conduct oversight of industries they used to work in. We're still investigating - please send us tips 🔎 projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

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NEW: Who is actually running DOGE? Insiders told us @propublica.org that the named administrator Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk’s top lieutenants really run the show. The latest w/ @chrisbing.bsky.social + Avi Asher-Schapiro: www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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"Is the nation’s capital, so long blessed by being the government’s company town, at risk of a fate resembling that of so many other company towns through the years?"

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stoked to win a SABEW best in business award for my reporting covering NY’s cannabis industry and its troubled loan fund that’s left licensees trapped in debt

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BREAKING: In a recording obtained by @propublica.org's Eli Hager, acting Social Security Commissioner Leland Dudek portrayed his agency as facing peril, while also encouraging patience with “the DOGE kids.” Much, much more here 👇 www.propublica.org/article/reco...

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NEW INVESTIGATION from me: There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor www.propublica.org/article/eric...

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His brother was lost to gun violence. And then his nephew. Now Birmingham's mayor Randall Woodfin is trying to tackle his city's murder epidemic. Such powerful reporting from @oliverlaughland.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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NEW: Vaccines. Bird Flu. COVID. Autism. Peanut Allergies. Fluoride. Environmental justice. Cancer Moonshot. These and other “controversial" or "sensitive” topics will get extra scrutiny at the National Cancer Institute under RFK. From me + @lisalsong.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/nati...

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The Trump administration has formally agreed to drop a landmark environmental justice case in Louisiana “It’s obvious that the Trump administration doesn’t care anything for the poor Black folk in Cancer Alley” - community organizer Bobby Taylor told me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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New: The evangelical pastor running a secretive influence project appears to be running a group house for lawmakers in D.C. In addition to Mike Johnson living there, Trump ally Andy Ogles has the keys. www.propublica.org/article/room... w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

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NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass www.propublica.org/article/legi...

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NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

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Hundreds of workers at the CDC. More than 1,000 at the NIH. Scores of staffers at the FDA. Trump’s purge of federal employees includes those doing lifesaving work. Many of them expressed fear at what would happen to the projects they left behind. By @anniewaldman.bsky.social & @deldeib.bsky.social

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