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Six Senators Accuse Deputy Attorney General of “Glaring” Crypto Conflict, Cite ProPublica Investigation The senators presented a letter demanding that top DOJ official Todd Blanche clarify the legality of his actions, pointing to ProPublica reporting that found he owned at least $159,000 in related asse...

Six Senators Accuse Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of “Glaring” Crypto Conflict, Cite ProPublica Investigation. The latest from @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/todd...

Complaint Accuses Trump’s Criminal Attorney of “Blatant” Crypto Conflict in His Role at DOJ A watchdog group is seeking an inspector general investigation into Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche after ProPublica reported that he had ordered changes to crypto prosecutions while owning more ...

Complaint Accuses Trump’s Criminal Attorney of “Blatant” Crypto Conflict in His Role at DOJ. By @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/todd...

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sen...

Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With. By @propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Use New Science to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules In government records that have flown under the radar, the EPA is questioning its legal authority to revise pollution rules more than once when new science shows unacceptable health risks.

Trump’s EPA Could Limit Its Own Ability to Use New Science to Strengthen Air Pollution Rules www.propublica.org/article/air-... By @propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social

Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...

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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

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Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Threshold for Safe Formaldehyde Exposure Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.

NEW: Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.

They finally got their wish.

Senators Launch Inquiry After a White House Official Intervened on Behalf of Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation In letters to the White House and DHS, Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Gary Peters called the intervention a “brazen interference with a federal investigation.”

In response to a @propublica.org story this week, Democratic senators have launched an inquiry into a White House official who intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro. www.propublica.org/article/paul...

Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most. Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.

CLIMATE CHANGE: We tried to figure out how many people are expected to die as a result of Trump’s anti-green agenda: As many as 1.3 million. The latest from @propublica.org's @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

EXCLUSIVE: The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation. Read and share the latest from @propublica.org. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social, Avi Asher-Shapiro & @amierjeski.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/andr...

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

"At one steel industry plant near Pittsburgh, a potent carcinogen was found at levels more than 30 times higher than estimated."

If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭

My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days

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Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

More than 5 million people face an increased cancer risk because they live near a type of industrial plant that would have been subject to rules put forward by the Biden.

The Trump administration is rolling them back

By the inimitable @lisalsong.bsky.social

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-... @lisalsong.bsky.social reveals how big polluters are allowed to estimate their emissions using methods even the EPA conceded are often unreliable.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them. The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

2/ As the story also makes clear, having two such mortgages is not on its own evidence of wrongdoing. But it is a standard the Trump administration has been using to go after its political foes.

Read our full story:

Post on X from EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. The text says: "ProPublica's headline is the definition of fake news. I have NEVER claimed more than one primary residence! In 2007, I acquired a primary residence in NY upon leaving active duty. That was my primary residence for the next 17.5 years. My primary residence then changed to DC this past year when I become EPA Administrator. I completed the process by the book, notifying my mortgage companies, insurance company, and local government that my primary residence was changing. These fake news hacks knew this BEFORE posting their bogus claim, but they just couldn't help themselves." Below the post text is a screenshot of a ProPublica post that reads: "Trump has targeted political foes for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers. But ProPublica found that at least three of the president's Cabinet members have done the same thing."

1/ The documents are clear: Lee Zeldin and his wife have two principal-residence mortgages, for properties in Long Island and Washington, D.C.

We’ve got the records 👇

Long Island: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
D.C.: legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them. The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud.

Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

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RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That. While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

Once an ardent environmentalist who took on big polluters, RFK Jr. has been publicly silent on Trump dismantling efforts to combat climate change, pollution and toxic chemicals, including some linked to autism. By @propublica.org's @fastlerner.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations U.S. delegates have objected to use of the word “gender” in U.N. documents during forums on topics as varied as women’s rights, science and technology, global health, toxic pollution and chemical wast...

The Trump Administration Is Promoting Its Anti-Trans Agenda Globally at the United Nations. By
@propublica.org's @lisalsong.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill People The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and South Carolina of keeping mentally ill people in unreasonably restrictive gro...

Trump Administration Halted Lawsuits Targeting Civil Rights Abuses of Prisoners and Mentally Ill People. By @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum... www.propublica.org/article/trum...

RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...

RFK Jr. Wants to Change a Program That Stopped Vaccine Makers From Leaving the U.S. Market. They Could Flee Again. www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic. The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...

NEW: RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic. By @propublica.org's @sheinvestigates.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk. The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a...

New:

The Trump Administration Leaned On Poor African Countries to Give Elon Musk’s Company What It Wants

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U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...

Records show Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 and $5 million worth of Trump Media shares on April 2.

That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.

www.propublica.org/article/pam-...

U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...

BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi sold more than $1 million worth of Trump Media stock the day Trump announced bruising new tariffs on "Liberation Day." @propublica.org's @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org have the exclusive story. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...

Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...

NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction.

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Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executiv...

Exclusive: Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show. By @propublica.org's @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Gun Owners Group Calls for Federal Inquiry Into Firearms Industry’s Secret Sharing of Customer Data Citing a ProPublica investigation, Gun Owners for Safety called the secret program that spanned nearly two decades “underhanded.” “Gun owners’ privacy is not a partisan or ideological issue,” a member...

A gun owners group has called for a federal inquiry Into the firearms industry’s secret sharing of customer data with political operatives. @propublica.org's @coreygjohnson.bsky.social revealed details about the industry's program last year www.propublica.org/article/gun-...

Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists Abigail Dillen sees the increase of lawsuits targeting green groups as just one of the growing threats to environmental advocacy organizations — and the people who staff them.

Zeldin and Trump have publicly called out environmental activists by name. On social media, people have responded to their allegations with calls to imprison the people he has targeted, charge them with treason and even execute them

www.propublica.org/article/eart...

Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could ju...

The Trump administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could just as easily be incompetence,” one lobbyist said. @robert-faturechi.bsky.social

Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion The administration’s lack of transparency about tariff exemptions has experts concerned that some firms might be winning narrow carve-outs behind closed doors. “It could be corruption, but it could ju...

Politically Connected Firms Benefit From Trump Tariff Exemptions Amid Secrecy, Confusion. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/trum...