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Trump Once Told New York City His Net Worth Was Much Lower Than What He Said...

by Derek Kravitz In the late spring of 2009, a Wall Street Journal reporter was trying to figure out how much now-President Donald Trump was worth. The never-shy real-estate developer passed along...

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New York City Set to Pass Sweeping Nuisance Abatement Reforms

by Sarah Ryley, for ProPublica, This story was co-published with the New York Daily News. The New York City Council is expected to pass sweeping changes Wednesday to a law that has allowed the city’s...

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Trump Then: ‘I Would Have No Problem’ Banning Lobbyists. Trump Now: You’re...

by Justin Elliott During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly welcomed the idea of banning lobbyists from his administration. Fast forward eight months, and now-President Trump is welcoming them in....

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A Physicist and Possible Adviser to Trump Describes His Love of Science, and CO2

by Andrew Revkin This story was co-published with the Huffington Post. Shortly before President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, his staff confirmed that he had met with two brilliant and pugnacious...

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Even Suspended Ban Puts Iraqi Interpreter’s Carefully Built American Dream At...

by Megan Rose In 2006, when I arrived at Camp Taqqadum in Iraq to embed with the U.S. Marines, I was immediately invited for tea by the unit’s interpreter. A quiet, exceedingly courteous father of...

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In Connecticut, Calling for Help Carries Risks for Victims of Domestic Violence

by Sarah Smith Two days after she had fled because of a beating at the hands of her husband, Sanna Dilawar was back at her home in Torrington, Connecticut. She needed to retrieve her breast pump, and...

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Child’s Play: Team Trump Rewrites a Department of Energy Website for Kids

by Patrick G. Lee This story was co-published with The Atlantic. Almost 20 years ago, the U.S. Energy Information Administration had an idea: Make an educational website for children about energy...

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The Breakthrough: Uncovering the FBI’s Secret Rules

by Annie Waldman .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} During the 1960s, the Federal Bureau of Investigations covertly targeted civil rights leaders,...

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Alternative School Enrollment and Warning Signs

by Hannah Fresques , Olga Pierce , Al Shaw and Heather Vogell Which districts have large numbers of students in alternative schools, and where are those schools potentially problematic?

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‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the...

by Heather Vogell and Hannah Fresques ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Brain Stauffer, special to ProPublica ‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts...

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Trump quiere que México acepte migrantes deportados de EEUU, incluso si no...

by Ginger Thompson and Marcelo Rochabrun Este artículo fue publicado conjuntamente con Univision. Read in English. Escondido dentro de los planes del gobierno del presidente Donald Trump para...

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Wells Fargo Places L.A. Exec on Leave Amid Rate-Lock Fee Inquiry

by Jesse Eisinger Wells Fargo has placed the executive in charge of its Los Angeles County home-lending operation on leave amid an internal investigation of its mortgage fee practices. Last month,...

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When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes

by David Epstein ProPublica Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment Donate Giulio Bonasera, special to ProPublica When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes Years after research contradicts common...

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In Their Own Words: CIA Cables Document Agency’s Torture of Abu Zubaydah

by David Sleight For 20 days in 2002, the CIA interrogated Abu Zubaydah at a secret “black site” prison in Thailand, believing him to be a top al-Qaida operative with information about impending...

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CIA Cables Detail Its New Deputy Director’s Role in Torture

by Raymond Bonner, special to ProPublica, In August of 2002, interrogators at a secret CIA-run prison in Thailand set out to break a Palestinian man they believed was one of al-Qaida’s top leaders. As...

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Mexican Official Says Deporting Non-Mexicans to Mexico Is a ‘Non-Starter’

by Marcelo Rochabrun Mexican officials have flatly rejected the Trump administration’s plan to deport to Mexico migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. southern border, regardless of nationality....

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Big Pharma Quietly Enlists Leading Professors to Justify $1,000-Per-Day Drugs

by Annie Waldman This story was co-published with Consumer Reports. Over the last three years, pharmaceutical companies have mounted a public relations blitz to tout new cures for the hepatitis C...

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I Cover Hate. I Didn’t Expect It at My Family’s Jewish Cemetery.

by Ariana Tobin This story was co-published with The New York Times. When it comes to death, my family honors all of the Ashkenazi Jewish traditions: We name our children after dead relatives, we sit...

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The Breakthrough: How Reporters Really Use Unnamed Sources

by Jessica Huseman .player_box { display: none; } div.article-inline-image.Right.demobbed {display: none;} The Trump administration has been the focus of remarkable reporting recently — much of it...

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A Closer Look: ‘The Best and the Brightest,’ Steve Bannon and Us

by Richard Tofel and Stephen Engelberg A Closer Look Examining the news Richard Tofel and Stephen Engelberg We are honored to report that the daughter and son-in-law of David Halberstam, one of the...

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