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Meet ProPublica’s 2025 Class of Emerging Reporters

by Talia Buford,

Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.

by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose,

Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made

by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose,

Why Did You Leave the Department of Veterans Affairs?

by Vernal Coleman, Topher Sanders and Maryam Jameel,

This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools

by Jennifer Smith Richards,

Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americans

by Nicole Foy,

Ethics Watchdog Group Seeks Investigation Into Border Czar and Contracts Following ProPublica Report

by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Mica Rosenberg and Jeff Ernsthausen,

This County Was the “Model” for Local Police Carrying Out Immigration Raids. It Ended in Civil Rights Violations.

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria,

Arizona Police Agencies Were Once at the Forefront of Local Immigration Enforcement. Now Most Are Avoiding It.

by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria,

What You Should Know About Russ Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

by Andy Kroll,

Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

by Audrey Dutton,

Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam,

House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical

by Sharon Lerner,

The Shadow President

by Andy Kroll,

Who Is Russell Vought? How a Little-Known D.C. Insider Became Trump’s Dismantler-in-Chief

by Lisa Riordan Seville, Andy Kroll, Katie Campbell and Mauricio Rodríguez Pons,

ProPublica Joins Covering Climate Now

by ProPublica,

We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

by Nicole Foy, photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

Disabled Idaho Students Lack Access to Playgrounds and Lunchrooms. Historic $2 Billion Funding Will Do Little to Help.

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman,

A Year Before Trump’s Crime Rhetoric, Dallas Voted to Increase Police. The City Is Wrestling With the Consequences.

by Rebecca Lopez and Jason Trahan, WFAA,

ProPublica Names Kenneth Morales as David Burnham-TRAC Data Fellow

ProPublica,

Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Get Funding Back Despite Trump’s Anti-DEI Campaign

by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards,

On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous

by Anna Clark,

“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America

by Melissa Sanchez and Mariam Elba,

“No quiero estar más acá”: intentaron autodeportarse y quedaron atrapados en la América de Trump

por Melissa Sanchez y Mariam Elba,

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project

by Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, and Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las Vegas,

Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools

by Megan O’Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards,

The Complicated Case of Jorge Ruiz

by Amy Yurkanin,

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

by Sharon Lerner,

Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives

by Monica Samayoa, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

by Megan O’Matz and Jennifer Smith Richards,

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

by Duaa Eldeib,

Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.

by Ashley Hiruko, KUOW,

Before Tom Dundon Agreed to Buy the Portland Trail Blazers, Oregon Accused the Company He Created of Predatory Lending

by Tony Schick and Conrad Wilson, Oregon Public Broadcasting,

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

by Ruth Talbot and Nicole Santa Cruz, photography by Stephanie Mei-Ling for ProPublica,

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies

by Justin Elliott and Joshua Kaplan,

Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen,

Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign

by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Jeff Ernsthausen and Mica Rosenberg,

ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Selects Five New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative

by ProPublica,

Lawmakers Across the Country This Year Blocked Ethics Reforms Meant to Increase Public Trust

by Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica, with additional reporting by Nick Reynolds and Anna Wilder, The Post and Courier; Yasmeen Khan, The Maine Monitor; Lauren Dake, Oregon Public Broadcasting; Marjorie Childress, New Mexico In Depth; Louis Hansen, Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO; Mary Steurer and Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor; Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune; Alyse Pfeil, The Advocate | The Times-Picayune; and Shauna Sowersby, The Seattle Times,

An American Friend: The Trump-Appointed Diplomat Accused of Shielding El Salvador’s President From Law Enforcement

by T. Christian Miller, Sebastian Rotella, Kirsten Berg and Brett Murphy,

Un amigo americano: el diplomático de Trump acusado de escudar al presidente salvadoreño de las fuerzas del orden

por T. Christian Miller, Sebastian Rotella, Kirsten Berg y Brett Murphy,

Millions Could Lose Housing Aid Under Trump Plan

by Jesse Coburn,

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene

by Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, and Ren Larson, The Assembly,

This Family Will Return Home After Helene. Their Onerous Journey to Rebuild Shows Why Many Others Won’t.

by Nadia Sussman,

Several trailer homes that are missing walls and surrounded by debris.

Are You Still Rebuilding After Hurricane Helene? We Want to Hear From You.

by Ren Larson, The Assembly, and Cassandra Garibay, ProPublica,

I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman to the Floor Inside a New York Courthouse

by Till Eckert,

Kristi Noem Fast-Tracked Millions in Disaster Aid to Florida Tourist Attraction After Campaign Donor Intervened

by Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski,

Failed Root Canals, Lost Implants: How a Utah Dentist Accused of Substandard Care Was Allowed to Keep Practicing

by Jessica Schreifels, The Salt Lake Tribune,

NIH Launches New Multimillion-Dollar Initiative to Reduce U.S. Stillbirth Rate

by Duaa Eldeib,

A New Lawsuit Alleges the Gun Industry Exploited Firearm Owners’ Data for Political Gain

by Corey G. Johnson,

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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Sharon Lerner

I cover health and the environment and the agencies that govern them, including the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Andy Kroll

I cover justice and the rule of law, including the Justice Department, U.S. attorneys and the courts.

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Melissa Sanchez

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

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Jesse Coburn

I cover housing and transportation, including the companies working in those fields and the regulators overseeing them.

If you don’t have a specific tip or story in mind, we could still use your help. Sign up to be a member of our federal worker source network to stay in touch.

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    Idaho Banned Vaccine Mandates. Activists Want to Make It a Model for the Country.

    The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind the law, hopes to make it a “societal norm” for the rest of the country.

    by Audrey Dutton,

    More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

    The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

    by Nicole Foy, photography by Sarahbeth Maney,

    The Shadow President

    From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that insiders say they feel like “he is the commander in chief.”

    by Andy Kroll,

    Unfettered and Unaccountable: How Trump Is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

    Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challenges to their arrests and tactics.

    by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam,

    Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made

    We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and databases that few would know about.

    by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose,