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Federal Monitor Slams NYPD Unit Whose Aggressive Policing ProPublica Exposed

by Eric Umansky,

Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon

by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

Número récord de policías locales se unen a controversial programa de ICE para ayudar con deportaciones

por Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, y Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica,

100 Students in a School Meant for 1,000: Inside Chicago’s Refusal to Deal With Its Nearly Empty Schools

by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica,

“Demorar, interferir, socavar”

por T. Christian Miller y Sebastian Rotella,

Adriana Pera Joins ProPublica as Engagement and Tips Coordinator

by ProPublica,

Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding

by Annie Waldman, Asia Fields and Ashley Clarke, design by Zisiga Mukulu, and photography by Bethany Mollenkof for ProPublica,

“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”

by T. Christian Miller and Sebastian Rotella,

ProPublica Opens Application for Five New Local Partners to Join Its 50 State Initiative

by ProPublica,

Senators Demand Transparency on Canceled Veterans Affairs Contracts

by Brandon Roberts and Vernal Coleman,

Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.

by K. Rambo, Street Roots,

Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues

by María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute,

The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint

by William Turton, Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Al Shaw and Jake Pearson,

EPA Drops Legal Case Against the GEO Group, a Major Trump Donor, Over Its Misuse of Harmful Disinfectant in an ICE Facility

by Sharon Lerner and Lisa Song,

Tennessee’s Law on School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.

by Aliyya Swaby,

Arizona’s Largest County Frequently Pursues the Death Penalty. It Rarely Secures That Sentence.

by Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, and Dave Biscobing, ABC15 Arizona,

North Dakota Ethics Commission Has No Authority to Punish Officials Violating Ethics Laws, State Leaders Argue

by Mary Steurer and Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor,

Local Police Join ICE Deportation Force in Record Numbers Despite Warnings Program Lacks Oversight

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, and Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica,

How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, and Mariam Elba, ProPublica,

Texas Lawmakers Pull Funding for Child Identification Kits Again After Newsrooms Report They Don’t Work

by Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health

by Brandon Roberts and Vernal Coleman,

DOGE Developed Error-Prone AI Tool to “Munch” Veterans Affairs Contracts

by Brandon Roberts, Vernal Coleman and Eric Umansky,

Texas Talks Tough on Immigration. But Lawmakers Won’t Force Most Private Companies to Check Employment Authorization.

by Lomi Kriel, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune,

In Cambodia, Our Journalists Put Nike’s Claims About Factory Conditions to the Test

by Steve Suo,

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention

by Hannah Allam,

Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”

by J. David McSwane,

Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing

by Matt Krupnick for ProPublica,

The Tech Recruitment Ruse That Has Avoided Trump’s Crackdown on Immigration

by Alec MacGillis,

The Head of a Tennessee Youth Detention Center Will Step Down After “Loss of Confidence” in His Leadership

by Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio,

He Died Without Getting Mental Health Care He Sought. A New Lawsuit Says His Insurer’s Ghost Network Is to Blame.

by Max Blau,

Connecticut Legislature Passes Bill Overhauling Century-Old Towing Laws

by Ginny Monk and Dave Altimari, The Connecticut Mirror,

Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million

by Anjeanette Damon and Mollie Simon,

El gobierno de Trump sabía que la gran mayoría de los venezolanos enviados a la prisión de El Salvador no había sido condenada por crimen alguno en EE.UU.

por Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica; Perla Trevizo, ProPublica y The Texas Tribune; Melissa Sanchez y Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica; Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga; y Adrián González, Cazadores de Fake News,

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes

by Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica; Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Melissa Sanchez and Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica; Ronna Rísquez, Alianza Rebelde Investiga; and Adrián González, Cazadores de Fake News,

Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.

by Jeremy Kohler,

Impact: Senators Call on DOJ to Investigate Potential DOGE Conflicts of Interest After ProPublica Report

by Jake Pearson,

A Tennessee School Agreed to Pay $100,000 to Family of 11-Year-Old Student Arrested Under School Threats Law

by Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, and Paige Pfleger, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio,

“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States

by Hannah Allam,

Newtok, Alaska, Was Supposed to Be a Model for Climate Relocation. Here’s How It Went Wrong.

by Emily Schwing, KYUK,

Nike Repeatedly Raised Concerns About Repression in Cambodia. It Expanded Its Factory Workforce There Anyway.

by Rob Davis,

Illinois Lawmakers Ban Police From Ticketing and Fining Students for Minor Infractions in School

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards,

Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations

by Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester,

ProPublica Joins Lenfest Institute AI Collaborative and Fellowship Program

by ProPublica,

Trump Pledged to “Make America Healthy Again,” Then Cut a Program Many Tribes Rely on for Healthy Food

by Mary Hudetz,

A Tennessee School Expelled a 12-Year-Old for a Social Post. Experts Say It Didn’t Properly Assess If He Made a Threat.

by Aliyya Swaby,

DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People

by Nicole Santa Cruz,

The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy

by Molly Redden,

More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging

by Robert Faturechi, Pratheek Rebala and Brandon Roberts,

Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department

by Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Isabelle Senechal and María Inés Zamudio, Invisible Institute,

Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.

by María Inés Zamudio and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, Invisible Institute,

What We’re Watching

During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching — and how to get in touch with them securely.

Learn more about our reporting team. We will continue to share our areas of interest as the news develops.

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Melissa Sanchez

I report on immigration and labor, and I am based in Chicago.

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    “Delay, Interfere, Undermine”

    President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S. investigation of the MS-13 gang.

    by T. Christian Miller and Sebastian Rotella,

    “The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention

    One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.

    by Hannah Allam,

    100 Students in a School Meant for 1,000: Inside Chicago’s Refusal to Deal With Its Nearly Empty Schools

    Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this problem has come at a high cost to the district — and its students.

    by Mila Koumpilova, Chalkbeat, and Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica,

    Broken Promises

    Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon

    The Trump administration canceled a deal, signed under President Joe Biden, that would have enabled the removal of four hydroelectric dams along the Columbia River that are considered harmful to salmon.

    by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

    Local Reporting Network

    Portland Said It Was Investing in Homeless People’s Safety. Deaths Have Quadrupled.

    The city responded to an increase in homeless deaths by intensifying encampment sweeps and adding emergency shelter at the expense of permanent housing. Experts say this has perpetuated the problem.

    by K. Rambo, Street Roots,

    Local Reporting Network