Category: Politics

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In states with abortion bans, ProPublica has found, pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were “products of conception” still […]

SCOTT DETROW, HOST: In today’s show, we have been looking back at this extraordinary year of elections taking place across the globe in dozens of countries. Earlier in the program, we spoke to our correspondents in Asia, Africa and Latin America about the elections that they covered in their regions. We’ve been hearing reports about […]

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Fourteen years ago, Congress set out to remedy a basic unfairness in the tax code. The tax that funds Medicare, because it’s aimed mainly at wages, hits even the poorest American workers. But […]

A stop sign is seen near the White House during a government shutdown in Washington in December 2018. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Congress is in a familiar situation: on the brink of a government shutdown without a clear plan to avoid it. Lawmakers are scrambling […]

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. We heard the same story again and again this year: The women were having miscarriages. They were bleeding and in pain. They needed a medical procedure to clear their uterus, but their doctors […]

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. This story was originally published in our Dispatches newsletter; sign up to receive notes from our journalists. Elon, I know your relationship with ProPublica got off to a rocky start when we contacted you about a story we were writing about your federal taxes. You […]

Then-congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks off stage after speaking during the Republican National Convention in July. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images When former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., decided to withdraw his candidacy to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, he used a familiar phrase. “It is […]

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Tax Dodge: Most working Americans have to pay Medicare taxes, but some of the richest figures on Wall Street have found a way to opt out, a ProPublica investigation found. Accidental […]

Trump has nominated Kimberly Guilfoyle, pictured speaking at the Republican National Convention in July, to be the U.S. ambassador to Greece. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Kimberly Guilfoyle to serve as ambassador to Greece, the latest of his picks to have a close connection to […]

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks during an Election Threats Task Force meeting at the Justice Department in September 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday announced he would resign from the bureau at the end of the Biden administration next month, with more than two […]