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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. In December 1990, officials in the federal agency tasked with regulating offshore oil and gas drilling received a memo with a dire warning: America…
Society / January 3, 2025 Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want cheap labor—not a multiracial democracy. Ad Policy Elon Musk, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Vivek Ramaswamy arrive for a meeting on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2024.(Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Democrats are rightly excited by the fact that the MAGA crew…
Der Grünen-Bundestagsabgeordnete Stefan Gelbhaar will sich ungeachtet des Drucks aus den eigenen Reihen erneut als Direktkandidat in Berlin-Pankow aufstellen lassen. Ein Sprecher des Kreisverbands bestätigte, dass Gelbhaar, gegen den es Vorwürfe sexueller Belästigung gibt, mitgeteilt habe, erneut kandidieren zu wollen. Zuvor hatte der Spiegel berichtet. Dem Magazin zufolge heißt es in einem Schreiben seiner Anwälte,…
Polls currently show the Germany’s conservative alliance, led by chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz, to be far ahead in the race, with 31 percent support. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is second at 19 percent, and Scholz’s center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) is third at 17 percent. Merz has drawn his Christian Democratic Union (CDU)…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article contains descriptions of mental illness, eating disorders and suicide. Reporting Highlights Company Doctors: Insurance company doctors make crucial recommendations on mental health treatment. Court Rulings: Judges have repeatedly criticized some insurance…
Politics / January 3, 2025 Yes, he won the House speakership, after 1.5 attempts. But he still doesn’t control his chamber. Ad Policy Speaker of the House Mike Johnson delivers remarks after being reelected Speaker on the first day of the 119th Congress. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images) “You can start cutting off my fingers….
Die Einflussversuche des US-Milliardärs Elon Musk auf den Wahlkampf in Deutschland rufen unter Spitzenpolitikern von Regierung und Opposition ein geteiltes Echo hervor. “Finger weg von unserer Demokratie, Herr Musk!”, warnte Bundeswirtschaftsminister und Grünenkanzlerkandidat Robert Habeck im Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel auf die Frage, ob Musk eine Gefahr für Deutschland sei. “Die Kombination von ungeheurem Reichtum, der Kontrolle…
Germany’s export-based economy would suffer if it’s caught between Trump’s tariffs and Chinese industrial subsidies: the country’s companies have high exports to both the U.S. and China. Scholz claims the EU’s policies should enable those exports and not anger trading partners. One such example is a planned EU carbon border tax, the Carbon Border Adjustment…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A long-awaited report from the Environmental Protection Agency has found that formaldehyde presents an unreasonable risk to human health. But the report, released Thursday, downplayed the threat the chemical poses to people living…
Economy / January 3, 2025 With its latest lawsuit, the Federal Trade Commission aims to find out. Ad Policy A conveyer belt inside the warehouse at Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits LLC distribution center in Louisville, Kentucky.(Luke Sharrett / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Last month, the FTC revived a long-dormant anti-monopoly law to take on…
