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Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.
Oklahoma’s social studies standards, written with the help of the right-wing group behind Project 2025, now include roughly 40 points about Christianity that students should learn as well as skepticism about the 2020 election and COVID-19’s origins.
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Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
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The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures that could make them ineffective or unsafe.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-hides-drug-names-contaminated-factories?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
Revisit our Oct. 2025 story:
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dhs-ice-secret-police-civil-rights-unaccountable?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USPolitics #Government #DHS #Immigration #ICE #Trump #Texas
As President Donald Trump’s administration pushes a pro-ranching agenda, ProPublica and High Country News investigated how public lands grazing has evolved.
Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-public-lands-investigation-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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Wag the Dog, #Venezuela: #Democrats Must Relentlessly Expose #Trump
Rep Seth Moulton & Sen Ruben Gallego are leading the way responding to Trump’s unconstitutional, int #war crimes
But Venezuela, #ICE, #Epstein, tariffs, Trump’s billionaire-fluffing, are all of a piece. So the broader narrative goes like this
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
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Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government won’t say if any agents have been punished.
https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
A Father’s Quest for Justice Finds Resolution After 13 Years
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Restrained by three white men for attempted shoplifting, a Black teen died from asphyxiation. His father refused to accept that no one would be held responsible. More than a decade later, his idea of justice has shifted — and may finally be achieved.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-corey-stingley-death-charges-milwaukee-prosecutor?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
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In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Women #Health #Law #NorthCarolina #Abortion #Medicine
After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources
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Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to other fluoride sources as an alternative, but many are creating barriers to these very products.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-supplements-fda-rfk-jr-ken-paxton-restrictions?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #RFKJr #Health #Children #Family #Utah #Florida #Texas
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On the other hand.
"Wikipedia unveiled new business deals with a slew of artificial intelligence companies on Thursday as it marked its 25th anniversary."
https://apnews.com/article/wikipedia-internet-jimmy-wales-50e796d70152d79a2e0708846f84f6d7
A Black Teen Died Over a $12 Shoplifting Attempt. 13 Years Later, Two Men Plead Guilty in His Killing.
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16-year-old Corey Stingley died from asphyxiation after being pinned down by customers in a convenience store. Under a special agreement, the family of the teen finally feels that “truth, understanding and a measure of healing” has taken place.
For years, a Phoenix nonprofit has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people, who use the address for job applications, for medication, to receive benefits like food stamp cards and even to vote.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-post-office-homelessness-funding-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Senators Propose Sweeping Changes to Generic Drug Oversight
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Citing a ProPublica investigation, lawmakers are calling on the FDA to conduct more drug testing and to alert hospitals and other purchasers when foreign manufacturers with safety failures are given a special pass to send their products to the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-propose-changes-drug-oversight-fda?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Congress #Senate #Law #FDA #Drugs #Safety #Health #PublicHealth
The nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center is calling for an inspector general investigation into potential conflicts of interest and ethics violations in the office of border czar Tom Homan related to government contracting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/border-czar-tom-homan-mark-hall-conflicts-interest-ethics-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #TomHoman #Ethics #Government #Immigration #USPolitics
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer.
The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive order about “restoring biological truth” in government.
https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-male-breast-cancer-coverage-trump-executive-order?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, keeps shooting out of the ground in Oklahoma.
Experts say it means even more wastewater is spreading underground, poisoning the state’s water supply.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-gas-wastewater-pollution?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-air-pollution-pittsburgh-clairton-coke-works?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
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Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state.
https://www.propublica.org/article/paul-newby-north-carolina-supreme-court?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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