Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives for a meeting with Senators in the Russell Senate Office Building on December 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is on Capitol Hill this week, trying to convince senators that they should greenlight him to lead the […]
How Segregation Academies Have Changed Amite County, Mississippi — ProPublica
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights Widespread Divisions: A new ProPublica analysis shows how much private schools segregate students by race. Across the South, many of these schools […]
Trump sends Congress scrambling to avoid a shutdown : NPR
President-elect Donald Trump has not yet been sworn in but he and his close adviser Elon Musk are already wielding power in Washington. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Brandon Bell/Getty Images/Getty Images North America President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t been sworn in yet but he’s already running Washington again in his […]
Hospitals Give Doctors Minimal Guidance Under Abortion Bans, Report Finds — ProPublica
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. As doctors navigate risks of criminal prosecution in states with abortion bans, hospital leaders and lawyers have left them to fend for themselves with minimal guidance and, at times, have remained “conspicuously and […]
Trump’s reelection victory pushes some LGTBQ Minneapolis residents to safety training : NPR
Sam Koshiol-Wright of Sequeerity helps lead a community outreach event in Minneapolis on Dec. 4. Jim Urquhart/NPR hide caption toggle caption Jim Urquhart/NPR The morning after Election Day, Kimmy Hull woke up to find that her inbox had been bombarded overnight. “There was over a hundred emails from people asking about our permit to carry […]
Dr. Thomas Weiner Patient Endured Years of Chemotherapy for Nonexistent Cancer — ProPublica
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Anthony Olson wanted a career, children, a partner with whom he could hike Montana’s trails. Despite the diabetes diagnosis at age 4, the anemia, the kidney transplant that failed at age 29, the […]
House Republicans craft new plan to avert government shutdown : NPR
The U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree is up outside the building where GOP leaders are furiously scrambling to find a way to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the day on Friday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/Getty Images North America After two failed attempts, and with […]
Trump IRS Pick Billy Long Touts Dubious Tax Expert Credential — ProPublica
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri, whom President-elect Donald Trump has named his nominee to head the IRS, touts his expertise in tax matters. He advertises his credential as a certified tax […]
What ‘election integrity advocates’ have planned for 2025 : NPR
The 2024 election was widely considered to be run fairly by majorities of political parties. But so-called “election integrity advocates” who think 2020 was stolen are already making plans for 2025. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The 2024 election was widely considered a success in that majorities of both major political parties say they thought it was […]
The CDC Isn’t Asking States to Track Deaths Linked to Abortion Bans — ProPublica
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, President Joe Biden issued an executive order tasking the federal government with assessing the “devastating implications for women’s health“ of new […]