By Sharon Lerner and Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. What Happened: Citing reporting by ProPublica, eight Democratic U.S. senators have criticized the Trump administration’s demands to access the health data of millions of people as a condition of giving lifesaving aid to other countries.
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
This story was originally published by ProPublica. by Jesse Coburn, ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Ready, Fire, Aim: In a rushed process exempted from normal rules, the Army hired General
By Tibor Besedeš, Professor of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology When Chevron reported its highest quarterly profit in six years on July 31, 2026, it was just one detail in a larger picture: analyst firm Wood Mackenzie estimates the global oil and gas industry is on course for a cash
This story was originally published by ProPublica. By Megan O’Matz, ProPublica Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reveals an opaque world with little oversight. At
by Solomon Greene, Executive Director and Research Professor, University of Denver In Colorado, a full-time worker must earn $36.44 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment without spending more than 30% of their income on rent, according to a recent report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. The
by Phil Galewitz, Christine Mai-Duc and Amanda Seitz, KFF Health News A handful of former public health officials are campaigning for top statewide offices across the country, testing whether their experience with covid and other hot-button health issues will appeal to voters in November. The officials, all Democrats, are running
by Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News About 200,000 low-income Arkansans could see major changes to their health coverage next year after the Trump administration recently informed state officials it will not renew a key Medicaid agreement with the federal government. The decision by federal officials, citing authority granted under President
by Peter Elkind, Jen Fifield, Doug Bock Clark, Ken B. Morales and Andy Mannix, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive ProPublica’s biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights: Inflated Claims: HSI deployed
By Katheryn Houghton, KFF Health News MISSOULA, Mont. — Tywon Pugh has seizures that make it hard to find and keep a job. “They called me a ‘liability to the job site,’” Pugh said, recalling the words of his manager when a seizure led to him losing work in the
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