Category: Politics

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 an unprecedented move to funnel more public tax dollars toward groups that oppose abortion, Republican lawmakers in Missouri are advancing a plan to…

The president understands that politics never stops. Democrats should do the same. Ad Policy President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on March 4, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Vice President JD Vance and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson applaud behind him.(Win McNamee / Getty Images) For all…

Chris Murphy is right when he says making Rubio the secretary of state was “a mistake.” A very serious mistake. Ad Policy US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Earlier this year, the Air Force revealed that the general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress had inappropriate romantic relationships with five women, including three who worked on Capitol Hill. Maj. Gen. Christopher…

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. Georgia recently relaunched its maternal mortality review committee after dismissing all 32 of its members last year. But state officials won’t say who the…

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KYUK and NPR’s Station Investigations Team, which supports local investigative journalism. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Reporting Highlights Unwilling to Invest: Over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. For weeks, some of the federal government’s foremost authorities on global health have repeatedly warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other leaders about the coming death toll if they carried out the…

Donald Trump’s cruel and chaotic second term is just getting started. In his first month back in office, Trump and his lackey Elon Musk (or is it the other way around?) have proven that nothing is safe from sacrifice at the altar of unchecked power and riches. Only robust independent journalism can cut through the…

The creator of Maus has learned that the past is always present. Ad Policy Art Spiegelman, Self-Portrait With Maus Mask, 1989. At many points in his life Art Spiegelman has tried to escape his family’s past—and who can blame him? His parents were survivors of Auschwitz, and vast swaths of his extended family had…

Refusing to attend the speech would be the first indication that Democrats are not just playing politics—and playing them badly—but resisting. Ad Policy Donald Trump applauds while delivering a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in 2018. (Win McNamee / Pool via Bloomberg) This Tuesday…