The Elite Lawyers Working for Elon Musk’s DOGE Include Former Supreme Court Clerks

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Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Expected to Examine Another Treasury System Next Week

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Memory-Holing Jan. 6: What Happens When You Try to Make History Vanish?

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“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

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Three Months After Missouri Voted to Make Abortion Legal, Access Is Still Being Blocked

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Washington Governor Orders Team to Study Data Centers’ Impact on Energy Use, Job Creation and Tax Revenue

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Hoping to “Trump Proof” Students’ Civil Rights, Illinois Lawmakers Aim to End Police Ticketing at School

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“We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants

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Vera Rubin Was a Pioneering Female Astronomer. Her Federal Bio Now Doesn’t Mention Efforts to Diversify Science.

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To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class

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In the Wild West of School Voucher Expansions, States Rely on Untested Companies, With Mixed Results

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A Defense Department Directive to Expand Access to Military Courts Falls Short of Federal Law’s Requirements

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How Many Students Have Been Expelled Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law? There’s No Clear Answer.

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They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.

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Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response

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Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities

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Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds

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North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.

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This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.

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Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.

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Donald Trump’s No. 2 Pick for the EPA Represented Companies Accused of Pollution Harm

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Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.

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Five Big Obstacles to Opening Child Care Facilities in Rural Illinois

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State Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed. Years Earlier, That’s How He Voted.

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How Segregated Are Your Local Private Schools? We Made a Tool to Help You Find Out.

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Following a Series of Government Hacks, Biden Closes Out His Administration With New Cybersecurity Order

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Lawmakers in at Least Seven States Seek Expanded Abortion Access

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A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton

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This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.

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ProPublica Releases New Private School Demographics Lookup

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Hydroelectric Dams on Oregon’s Willamette River Kill Salmon. Congress Says It’s Time to Consider Shutting Them Down.

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A Year of Empty Threats and a “Smokescreen” Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza

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New York Attorney General Launches Investigation of Guardianship Providers

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Tribal Lenders Say They Can Charge Over 600% Interest. These States Stopped Them.

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The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.

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How Many Cars Have Connecticut Towing Companies Sold? The DMV Can’t Tell Us.

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After the Palisades Fire, What Can We Really Rebuild?

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On a Mission From God: Inside the Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools

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Two Families Sue After 11-Year-Old and 13-Year-Old Students Were Arrested Under Tennessee’s School Threat Law

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“All Our Future Money Is Gone”: The Impossible Task of Providing Child Care in Rural Illinois

by Molly Parker, Capitol News Illinois, and Julia Rendleman for ProPublica, photography by Julia Rendleman for ProPublica This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Capitol News Illinois. … | Continue reading


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Gretchen Whitmer’s Chance for Wide-Ranging Legacy Derailed by Botched Legislative Session

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Justice Department Sues Six of the Nation’s Largest Landlords in Effort to Stop Alleged Price-Fixing in Rental Markets

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North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.”

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight

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Feds Fine Baker College $2.5 Million for Deceptive Marketing That Left Students With Debts and Regrets

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Connecticut DMV and Top Lawmakers Vow to Review Towing Laws

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“BadAss Grandmas” Pushed for an Ethics Commission. Then the North Dakota Legislature Limited Its Power.

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Has Your Car Been Towed in Connecticut? Share Your Story and Help Us Investigate.

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