by Andy Kroll, ProPublica In mid-July testimony before Congress, Russell Vought boasted that, as the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he’d refashioned the agency’s approach to pursuing banks and other financial companies accused of exploiting Americans — the role Congress had created for the agency after the
by Teddy Amenabar, Maya Miller and Paul Kiel, ProPublica The rules governing your retirement plan may be changing. As we reported in July, President Donald Trump wants to encourage 401(k) plans to invest more in private equity, real estate and cryptocurrency, which can be complex and risky. To pave the
By Angela Hart, KFF Health News SAN FRANCISCO â At a Walgreens in this city’s bustling Japantown neighborhood, pharmacist Margaret On stocks two boxes of long-acting insulin pens from California’s new prescription drug label, CalRx, emblazoned with the state’s iconic grizzly bear. This story also ran on Stat. Although she
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Two government watchdog groups have demanded investigations into whether Federal Communications Commission members violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets
by Nancy Forster-Holt, Clinical Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Rhode Island A record 332 million people visited U.S. national parks in 2024, followed by roughly 323 million in 2025. That’s a lot of love for national parks and lands. You might think that such big numbers of
by Kent Jones, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Babson College President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025. But their sticker shock for American consumers is becoming increasingly clear — just as economic sentiment is souring ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections.
by Ellis Simani, ProPublica When the Justice Department indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center in April on controversial fraud charges, the storied civil rights organization faced a major threat to its lifeblood – the flow of donor dollars. Not because it was convicted or because the Internal Revenue Service revoked
By Peter Whoriskey, KFF Health News More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement procedures have become standard,
By Jacob Lederman, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan Flint The next time you call an Uber ride or order food delivery with an app, there’s a good chance that the worker on the other end is relying on public assistance to get by. In 2025, companies such as
By Murugan Anandarajan, Professor of Decision Sciences and Management Information Systems, Drexel University, and Stacy Kline, Learning Clinical Professor of Accounting, Drexel University Artificial intelligence has become part of routine business operations, as employers across most industries use AI for tasks ranging from drafting reports to analyzing data. We are
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