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HHS Nominee Tom Price Targeted Panel That Urged Fewer Cancer Screenings
by Marshall Allen This story was co-published with NPR’s Shots blog. If the last few years are any guide, one group that may find itself in the crosshairs of Rep. Tom Price, President Trump’s pick to...
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After NY Cop Salutes Violence Against Anti-Trump Protester, His Online Post...
by Patrick G. Lee A video posted on Jan. 22 by a pro-Trump Facebook page shows a physical altercation between anti-Trump protesters and a passerby in Washington, D.C. The pedestrian punches a...
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Cleveland Clinic Medical Trainee Sues to Come Back to U.S.
by Charles Ornstein A Cleveland Clinic doctor barred from entering the United States over the weekend by President Donald Trump’s travel ban is suing the president and his administration, seeking a...
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A New State Department Order to Revoke Visas Could Have Far-Reaching Effects
by Justin Elliott The Trump travel ban could have far wider effects than previously understood for foreigners who waited years as State Department officials reviewed their immigrant visa applications....
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Reader Questions Answered on Trump’s Travel Ban
by Jessica Huseman On Friday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order barring refugees and immigrants from seven majority Muslim countries from entering the country for 120 days. In the hours...
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Will Trump’s Ban Cause Foreign-Born Doctors to Look Elsewhere?
by Marshall Allen Get sick in Toledo, Ohio, and chances are good you’ll be treated by a doctor born in another country. If you have allergies, stomach issues or neurological problems, the chances are...
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Ivanka Trump Also Promised to Resign From Family Business, And Hasn’t Filed...
by Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw When Donald Trump promised in early January to hand over control of his businesses before becoming president, Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, pledged to do the same thing. “I...
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Can the Democrats Be as Stubborn as Mitch McConnell?
by Alec MacGillis This story was co-published with The New York Times Sunday Review. In laying the groundwork recently for President Trump’s nomination for the Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell, the...
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The Breakthrough: What American Journalists Can Learn From Reporting Under Putin
by Annie Waldman .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia slowly relinquished state control on the media and...
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Claims of ‘Homosexual Agenda’ Help Kill Hate Crimes Laws in 5 States
by A.C. Thompson and Patrick G. Lee Last year, lawmakers in South Carolina introduced legislation that would have increased the standard penalties for anyone who assaults, intimidates or threatens...
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Despite Judge’s Order, a Cleveland Clinic Doctor Still Can’t Come Back to U.S.
by Charles Ornstein Joyous homecomings and family reunions broke out at airports across the country after a federal judge in Washington state blocked the implementation of President Donald Trump’s...
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After Officials Sign Off, Cleveland Clinic Doctor Secretly Returns Home
by Charles Ornstein In a clandestine mission that had the makings of a hostage rescue, the Cleveland Clinic and its lawyers arranged for medical resident Suha Abushamma to fly back to the United...
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When the Government Really Did Fear a Bowling Green Massacre — From a White...
by A.C. Thompson This story was co-published with The New York Times. The year was 2012. The place was Bowling Green, Ohio. A federal raid had uncovered what the authorities feared were the makings of...
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Labor Department Hire Could Presage Collision Between Trump and Construction...
by Justin Elliott Last month, President Donald Trump hosted the chiefs of several building trades unions at the White House in a meeting notable for how friendly it was given that they had endorsed...
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Deutsche Bank Remains Trump’s Biggest Conflict of Interest Despite Settlements
by Jesse Eisinger If you measure President Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest by the amount of money at stake, or the variety of dicey interactions with government regulators, one dwarfs any other:...
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How a Simple Fix to Reduce Aberrant Prescribing Became Not So Simple
by Charles Ornstein This story was co-published with NPR’s Shots blog. Back in 2014, federal officials settled on what they thought would be a straightforward fix to curb abusive pill pushing: Require...
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Do You Know Someone Who Died or Nearly Died in Childbirth? Help Us...
by Nina Martin and Adriana Gallardo By many measures, the United States has become the most dangerous industrialized country in which to give birth. American women are more than twice as likely to die...
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The Breakthrough: Reporters Examine Murder Where Cops Struggle to Curb It
by Joaquin Sapien .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} New York Times reporter Benjamin Mueller was in a hallway of a Bronx housing project. He was...
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Trump’s Watered-Down Ethics Rules Let a Lobbyist Help Run an Agency He Lobbied
by Justin Elliott Geoff Burr spent much of the last decade as the chief lobbyist for a powerful construction industry trade group. Burr sought to influence a host of regulations of the Department of...
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Former ‘Border Czar’ Gives Real Facts About Immigration
by Sebastian Rotella It’s hard to find anyone in Washington who knows border issues better than Alan Bersin. His unique perspective combines years of frontline law enforcement experience with academic...
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