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BREAKING: U.K. officials are voicing safety concerns about SpaceX’s plans to fly its Starship rocket over British territories in the Caribbean, where debris fell after two of the company’s rockets exploded, according to documents reviewed by @propublica.org. www.propublica.org/article/spac...

submitted 23 hours ago • 15 comments

Elon Musk has said he wants to "delete" the CFPB. One of his employees is working to do just that -- pulling double duty as a DOGE employee involved in efforts to unwind the consumer watchdog. @propublica.org's Jake Pearson has the scoop: www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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NEW from @propublica.org: Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Elon Musk while helping DOGE gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which regulates Musk's businesses. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

NEW: DOGE aide helping to carry out the Trump administration's CFPB downsizing owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency's dismantling. @propublica.org has the details: www.propublica.org/article/doge...

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Musk’s offer of free Starlink for the White House puzzled some former officials. But it immediately struck ProPublica reporters as the potential Trump-era iteration of a tried-and-true business maneuver they’d spent months reporting on last year. By @reneedudley.bsky.social

submitted 39 days ago • 43 comments

New parents: If you have questions about our baby formula investigation, our reporter @heathervogell.bsky.social is taking questions in r/FormulaFeeders here:

submitted 42 days ago • 5 comments

“The NYPD has not only broken the public’s trust but has also violated the law." That's @legalaidnyc.bsky.social demanding city investigate after I reported that mayor-friendly unit was withholding footage from courts while giving live feed to Mayor Adams. (Really.) legalaidnyc.org/wp-content/u...

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

Remember the Michigan plant at the heart of the national baby formula shortage in 2022? Workers there tell @propublica.org they're still seeing "persistent leaks" and "unaddressed contamination." In speaking out, one said, “I can’t have this on my conscience." www.propublica.org/article/baby...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Yesterday, I published an investigation into a secretive & abusive NYPD unit led by Mayor Eric Adams’ buddies. Adams has embraced the unit, the Community Response Team, even after NYPD officials raised red flags. This is what that has wrought. **All caught on video we obtained.** THREAD.

submitted 64 days ago • 18 comments

The leaders of a problematic NYPD unit are so close to NYC Mayor Eric Adams that they joined him in Washington for a lunch around Donald Trump's inauguration. @ericumansky.bsky.social has the story @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/eric...

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams recently chose NYPD official Kaz Daughtry to be his deputy mayor for public safety. A @propublica.org investigation found that for years Daughtry led a problematic unit of "cowboys" who engaged in high-risk tactics that endangered New Yorkers: www.propublica.org/article/eric...

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As NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces calls to resign over federal corruption charges, a @propublica.org investigation provides a new window into how the mayor has wielded power — and whom he’s entrusted to carry out his vision for public safety: www.propublica.org/article/eric...

submitted 66 days ago • 4 comments

NEW: Amid reports of harassment, NASA is warning federal employees to be careful when displaying government badges in public places, given "the current environment, with a lot of negative rhetoric coming in our direction." @heathervogell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.propublica.org/article/nasa...

submitted 75 days ago • 14 comments

The Trump administration has repeatedly disparaged federal employees. This now appears to be the result for rank-and-file government workers (via @propublica.org): www.propublica.org/article/nasa...

submitted 75 days ago • 13 comments

"If we give you the crack, and you take the crack, you’ll enjoy the crack." The inside story of how Microsoft got the U.S. government "hooked" on Azure and its cybersecurity products — with an assist from the White House, via @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/micr...

submitted 178 days ago • 1 comment

The U.S. government is largely reliant on Microsoft for cybersecurity. NEW @propublica.org investigation reveals how the company capitalized on a national security crisis to engineer that dominance, potentially skirting or breaking federal law in the process www.propublica.org/article/micr...

submitted 178 days ago • 2 comments