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Lobbyist-linked Group Footed Bill for Rep. Burton’s Bahrain Trip
by Justin Elliott When Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) and his wife Samia arrived in Bahrain in April, they were greeted with a huge welcome poster featuring oversized smiling headshots of the Burtons. The...
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Does Cybercrime Really Cost $1 Trillion?
by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan Gen. Keith Alexander is the director of the National Security Agency and oversees U.S. Cyber Command, which means he leads the government’s effort to protect...
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Despite Supreme Court Ruling, Many Minors May Stay in Prison for Life
by Suevon Lee Aug. 2: This post has been corrected. When Dennis Epps learned in June that the Supreme Court had struck down mandatory life without parole sentences for kids convicted of murder, he was...
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Washington’s War on Leaks, Explained
by Cora Currier Aug. 2: This post has been corrected. Accusations continue to fly from lawmakers and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney that the Obama administration has leaked national security...
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Political Ad Data Comes Online — But It’s Not Searchable
by Justin Elliott After a bruising months-long fight between media corporations and the Federal Communications Commission, a government website came online today that will feature political ad data...
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How Do You Feel About Smartphone Surveillance? Our Readers Respond
by Blair Hickman and Megha Rajagopalan Your cell phone tracks where you go and what you do, revealing details about your life that can prove quite valuable to the government and companies. Last week,...
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Is Your Neighbor a Democrat? Obama Has an App for That
by Lois Beckett Curious how many Democrats live on your block? Just download the Obama campaign's new mobile app. The app, released last week, includes a Google map for canvassers that recognizes your...
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Lump of Coal: Promising Mine Deal Hits Headwinds
by Ed Crooks and Javier Blas, Financial Times, and Jeff Gerth, ProPublica This story was co-published with The Financial Times. When Gunvor, one of the world's largest energy traders, invested $400...
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Emails Give Glimpse Into Deals That Fueled Financial Meltdown
by Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein .DC-note-container {margin-bottom: 36px;} As ProPublica has been detailing for two years, Wall Street banks and the hedge fund Magnetar worked together to build...
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Pandora Asks Listeners to Share Their Emails With Romney
by Lois Beckett North Carolina resident Crystal Harris was listening to Garth Brooks' "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" when an ad appeared on her iPhone screen, followed by a pop-up message....
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Details Emerge on Government Study of Presidential Pardons
by Dafna Linzer The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a request for proposals for its first-ever in-depth study of presidential pardons, providing fresh details on what it envisions the review...
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To Stent Or Not To Stent, That Is In Question
by Marshall Allen Aug. 8: This post has been corrected. New accusations that one of the nation's largest hospital chains performed more than a thousand unnecessary heart procedures grabbed headlines...
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Campaign Ads and the 2012 Election: Join Our Google Plus Chat
by Amanda Zamora Candidates and interest groups are using increasingly sophisticated methods to find and target likely voters online. Whether shopping, emailing, Facebooking or jamming to Garth Brooks...
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Militant Reaffirms Role of Pakistan in Mumbai Attacks
by Sebastian Rotella This story was co-published with Foreign Policy. 7:00 p.m.: This story has been updated. Last year, Indian and U.S. investigators came upon a rare promising lead in an...
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The For-Profit Higher Education Industry, By the Numbers
by Suevon Lee .category-hed {font-weight: bold; border-bottom: 1px solid black; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", "Arial", sans-serif !important; font-size: 14px !important; padding-bottom: 5px;}...
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Mat Honan Explains How He Got Hacked (MuckReads Podcast)
by Minhee Cho Earlier this week, Mat Honan, a senior writer for Wired, watched as his digital identity was taken from him and then systematically deleted by hackers who had cracked into his iCloud...
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Announcing $22.5 Million Fine, FTC Says It Investigated Google’s Internet...
by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan The Federal Trade Commission today announced a $22.5 million fine against Google for circumventing settings on Safari Internet browsers and planting advertising...
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Heat Wave: The Best Reporting on Our Rising Temperatures
by Cora Currier and Suevon Lee July was the hottest month ever in the continental U.S., and the past twelve months have been hotter than any such period on record. Half of all counties in the country...
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Two Dark Money Groups Outspending All Super PACs Combined
by Kim Barker Aug. 14: This post has been updated. Two conservative nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, have poured almost $60 million into TV ads to influence the presidential...
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Is $22.5 Million a Big Enough Penalty for Google?
by Megha Rajagopalan It's the largest civil penalty the Federal Trade Commission has ever imposed for violating one of its orders. But after the agency announced that Google will pay $22.5 million for...
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