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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 28/09/2026
ICYMI: @propublica.org has a Chrome and Firefox plugin that allows you to grab your data from FanDuel and DraftKings. If you use it, you can upload your data to us to help us to continue investigating how these sites induce people to keep betting. projects.propublica.org/sports-betti...
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Help ProPublica Report on Sports Betting by Sending Us Your App Data
If you’ve bet on sports with FanDuel or DraftKings, you can help ProPublica understand how these apps respond to their users’ betting behavior. Use our browser extension to download your betting histo...
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You might remember @propublica.org’s series last year on the safety of generic drugs? The Senate has stripped a key requirement out of the Clear Labels Act that would have made it easier to directly connect your generics to the factory that produced them. www.propublica.org/article/clea...
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“A Clear Watering Down”: Drug Transparency Bill Stripped of Critical Provisions Ahead of Senate Vote
The bill was designed to alert consumers about where their drugs came from. After two major changes to the proposed law, experts worry it won’t be as effective.
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Carla Astudillo @carla-astudi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Since I joined ProPublica in January, I have been tracking the massive surge in petitions by immigrants to contest their detention. When I looked closer at the data, I found HUGE disparities in the time it takes certain judges to resolve these cases. THREAD ⬇️ www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 09/09/2026
A new analysis by @propublica.org’s @andreasuozzo.com & Angel Philip shows that deaths from ectopic pregnancy are on the rise — and it’s worse in states with abortion bans. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Marco Hernández @mhernandez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Come and join the New York Times Graphics Team for 12 weeks. Applications for the Graphics Intensive program are open, more details here: www.nytco.com/careers/earl...
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. via @carla-astudi.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Important data-driven story: These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained, by @carla-astudi.bsky.social
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These Judges Take Months to Decide If Immigrants Have Been Unlawfully Detained
Judges in some parts of the country have taken months to adjudicate immigrants’ claims of unlawful imprisonment, our analysis of 70,000 habeas petition cases found. Some detainees are asking to be dep...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It was great to talk to @joshuabenton.com about ProPublica’s expansion into California. Go west: With a new operation in California, ProPublica continues its expansion outside Manhattan
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Go west: With a new operation in California, ProPublica continues its expansion outside Manhattan
"I think with Trump's first election in 2016, it became painfully clear to the media broadly that you can't just look at the world primarily from the coasts."
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Brandon Roberts @bxroberts.org · 26/08/2026
The monthly 527 Explorer updates continue! I just published the Aug update, adding ~12k new contributions and expenditures. This brings the data current as of the end of July 2026. projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/
A table with a title of '527 Explorer Update Summary' and two columns: Report Type and Rows Added. The table body contains the count of new rows added per type of record available on the site:Contributions with 8,868, Expenditures with 4,163, Initial Filings with 449, Periodic Reports with 133, Directors/Officers with 910, EAIN Numbers with 105, Related Entities with 63, and New Records Total with 14,691. The table ends by showing the most recent record date of: 2026-07-31.
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Ken Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 19/08/2026
Good morning to this beautiful #longchart showing DoD funding versus a bunch of other agencies. We're investigating the Pentagon's $1 trillion "black box" budget: www.propublica.org/article/mili...
A screenshot of the top of an article, showing a headline of "The $1 Trillion Black Box," framed by a downward-facing bar chart showing the DoD appropriations against agencies like the EPA. The bar goes to $1 trillion, with an extension to 1.4 trillion showing a proposed increase next year.
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Donor-advised fund sponsors control $327 billion in giving, granting them vast power to decide which charities can receive donor dollars. New from @emsimani.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/dono...
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Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities
A quarter of all individual giving in the U.S. is made through donor-advised funds. A ProPublica investigation reveals how these high-stakes decisions to cut off funding often leave charities, donors ...
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Here's @shaw.al on the "increasingly Kafkaesque process" of requesting records through FOIA right now www.propublica.org/article/foia...
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Is There Anyone Who Can Respond to My FOIA Requests? Anyone?
Asking the federal government for public records didn’t always feel like a shell game. But bounced emails and broken portals seem like the new normal.
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Corey Johnson @coreygjohnson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
My latest story has some intrigue. FCC finally released Chairman Brendan Carr’s financial report for 2025 late Friday. The report states Paramount gave him tickets to the gala worth $12,390. But he and his wife sat in skybox seats that sold for $125,000 a piece. www.propublica.org/article/fcc-...
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FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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Brandon Roberts @bxroberts.org · 31/07/2026
I just published an update to our 527 Explorer of political nonprofits. We added over 500k new records since our last update in June. It's an election year, meaning I will be updating this every month until the election. Happy Friday! projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/
A table with a title of '527 Explorer Update Summary' and two columns: Report Type and Rows Added. The table body contains the count of new rows added per type of record available on the site:Contributions with 231,624, Expenditures with 295,487, Initial Filings with 335, Periodic Reports with 590, Directors/Officers with 955, EAIN Numbers with 94, Related Entities with 133, and New Records Total with 529,218. The table ends by showing the most recent record date of: 2026-07-01.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 15/07/2026
NEW: Months after FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty cast a decisive vote approving Paramount’s historic $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, she and a guest accepted Kennedy Center gala tickets from the company worth more than $12,000.
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FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
Accepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
401K plans often route you on the DL to high-cost, low-return funds that are good mainly for the firms pushing them. So ya know what we're gonna go: Expose 'em. And we're gonna do it *with you.* Join along: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
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Have a 401(k)? Help ProPublica Investigate What’s Really Happening to Your Money.
Some retirement plans are stuck in investments with bloated fees and costly add-ons. Help ProPublica investigate the financial products companies are pushing and what they’re charging workers.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/07/2026
one of my vacation traditions is i always stop for a midday ice cream break and i just want to shoutout to hedonist artisan ice cream in rochester which had an amazing baklava ice cream when i was there. i will take your ice cream recommendations for buffalo if you have them.
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
ICYMI @readfrontier.bsky.social @nickbowlin.bsky.social + @propublica.org @shaw.al identified at least 114 oil field wastewater injection wells across Oklahoma that are located within a half-mile of a public water supply well. Oklahomans should check the map here www.propublica.org/article/enid...
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To Protect Its Drinking Water, This City Has to Appeal to the Oil Regulators That Put It at Risk
Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/07/2026
Oklahoma residents: We identified at least 114 oil field waste injection sites located within a half-mile of a public water well. Is your community impacted? Check out our map: propub.li/446vLhs
Interactive web feature titled: "Does your Oklahoma water system have oil field wastewater wells near public drinking water wells?" The feature prompts the user to "Search for your address, ZIP code or water system name to see how many oil field disposal wells are within a half-mile of a drinking water well." A search bar and a map of the state of Oklahoma is below.
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Al Shaw @shaw.al · 30/06/2026
Even though injection wells are banned within a half-mile of public water wells in Oklahoma, we found 114 of them across the state, within public water districts more than 300k people rely on.
Screenshot of an interactive map of Oklahoma titled, "Does your Oklahoma water system has oil field wastewater wells near public drinking water wells." The map shows the outlines of public water systems and a search box to enter an address, ZIP code or name of a water system in the state.
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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Got tired of only hearing about Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s missed votes, so I made a tracker for all House members using the Congress.gov API. It's not Represent, just Present: thescoop.org/present/
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Present — House Vote Tracker
Track how long it's been since your U.S. House representative cast a roll call vote.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
NEW: In February, I visited Raw Farm. You may have heard of it. RFK Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow are customers. It supplies raw dairy products to 500 stores nationwide. And regulators have linked it to over a dozen recalls and outbreaks that have made hundreds sick. 🧵👇
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He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.
With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildfires, while still owning stock in the company. @abestreep.bsky.social
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A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One
Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildf...
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Stubbornly relevant (Published 2024): Procedures in some states can create a false impression that Republicans are winning since the last ballots to be counted tend to lean Democratic. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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How Trump used the ‘red mirage’ in vote counting to deny his 2020 loss
As Trump saw early leads dwindle in some states, he called for officials to stop counting votes and claimed the remaining uncounted ballots were fraudulent.
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@natlash.bsky.social went digging in the genetic code of America’s measles outbreaks. Here's what he found, with @sheinvestigates.bsky.social projects.propublica.org/measles-outb...
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What ProPublica Found in the Genetic Code of America’s Measles Outbreaks — ProPublica
The U.S. eliminated measles a quarter century ago, but to keep its “measles-free” designation, officials will have to make a strong case that measles is not continuously spreading within its borders. ...
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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A new episode of "Paper Trail" is LIVE — this one is the backstory of @ctmirror.org's Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation into a towing industry scandal with an assist from @propublica.org's Local Reporting Network. I attempt a joke at the top. Be nice about it: www.propublica.org/podcast/conn...
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How to Lose a Car in 15 Days
When two local reporters heard drivers were having their cars towed and then sold in as little as two weeks, they teamed up with ProPublica to investigate.
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Joining this esteemed cohort for @propublica.org's 2026 Investigative Editor Training. Looking forward to learning with — and from — these impressive journalists! propublica.org/article/prop...
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ProPublica Selects 11 Journalists for Investigative Editor Training
The cohort will receive intensive training and mentorship from ProPublica editors and staff.
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
@katiperry.bsky.social is an excellent journalist, skilled developer and delightful colleague and I can't wait to follow her work in this role! Great hire www.nytco.com/press/graphi...
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Graphics’ New Hire With Focus on Polling and Elections | The New York Times Company
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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🎧 It's launch day! 🚀 Our VERY FIRST EPISODE of "Paper Trail" is now live. You can listen at the link below or subscribe in all the normal podcast places: www.propublica.org/podcast/what...
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What the FDA Won’t Tell You About Your Medications
For years, the FDA said generics are just as safe as brand-name medications. ProPublica found that this isn’t always true.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
HUGE NEWS: ProPublica is launching a new investigative reporting hub in California, our sixth regional unit. Read more 👇
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ProPublica to Launch Investigative Reporting Hub in California
The new team will bring accountability journalism to the nation’s largest state as part of a broader expansion.
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Please read this.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“At the morgue, the babies were brought in with their diapers and blankets and with their hospital ID bracelets still wrapped around their tiny ankles. The pathologists’ findings were like those you would typically see in ailing adults, not newborns.” @deldeib.bsky.social
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Allen Tan @tealtan.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Excited to unveil a new look for @propublica.org: www.propublica.org/article/why-...
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A New Look for ProPublica
We’ve updated our logo, typefaces and homepage design. Here’s what changed and why.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/05/2026
NEW: You may have noticed things look a little different on our website and social media. We’ve updated our logo and our typefaces, and we made improvements to the design and functionality of our homepage and how we present our work. Here’s why.
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A New Look for ProPublica
We’ve updated our logo, typefaces and homepage design. Here’s what changed and why.
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A special shoutout to the team behind @propublica.org's Rx Inspector, a part of this year's Pulitzer finalist entry for investigative reporting. Well done @bxroberts.org Ruth Talbot @nmcmillan.bsky.social @jdf.bsky.social and so many others projects.propublica.org/rx-inspector/
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Where Was My Generic Prescription Drug Made? - Rx Inspector - ProPublica
The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information on your prescription label to locate the factory and see inspection reports.
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I will have more eloquent things to say later, but for now: OH MY GOD, we won the Pulitzer Prize!!!! I love my @washingtonpost.com family. Thank you for everything. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Washington Post wins public service Pulitzer for DOGE, federal workforce coverage
It’s the second time The Post has won the prestigious award in five years. Former staff photographer Jahi Chikwendiu also won for feature photography.
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Hannah Fresques @fresques.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
So proud of data reporters @sophiechou.bsky.social and @harucoryne.bsky.social, who are Pulitzer Prize winners today. They made sense of tens of thousands of scanned, hand written forms to uncover how the Connecticut DMV allows tow companies to sell people’s cars www.propublica.org/article/prop...
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ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
The award, for uncovering predatory state towing practices, marks ProPublica’s 9th Pulitzer; two additional investigations were named finalists.
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Andrew Ba Tran @abtran.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We've cleaned up (or attempted to) and released 1,460 ICE use-of-force incident narratives, dates, and participants, including regional divisions, facilities, and law enforcement agencies. There are more stories to be told with this data. github.com/wpinvestigat...
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GitHub - wpinvestigative/ice-reports
Contribute to wpinvestigative/ice-reports development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
AMAZING, AMAZING NEWS!! ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting 🎉🎉🎉
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ProPublica and The Connecticut Mirror Win Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting
The award, for uncovering predatory state towing practices, marks ProPublica’s 9th Pulitzer; two additional investigations were named finalists.
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Nat Lash @natlash.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
In great company here for my final year as a “young” journalist 😬😬
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Brandon Roberts @bxroberts.org · 22/04/2026
I just updated 527 Explorer, which includes filings through the end of Q1 2026. 1.2M total new records detailing contributions, expenditures and other organizational information. projects.propublica.org/527-explorer/
A table with a title of '527 Explorer Update Summary' and two columns: Report Type and Rows Added. The table body contains the count of new rows added per type of record available on the site:Contributions with 667,541, Expenditures with 614,822, Initial Filings with 1,724, Periodic Reports with 1,267, Directors/Officers with 3,793, EAIN Numbers with 376, Related Entities with 362, and New Records Total with 1,289,885. The table ends by showing the most recent record date of: 2026-03-31.
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Congratulations to @natlash.bsky.social for this recognition of his rigorous, scientific work investigating the spread of bird flu! healthjournalism.org/blog/2026/04...
A screencap reads: First place in Public Health (Large Division) goes to ProPublica’s Nat Lash, whose investigation found that bird flu may have spread through the air and that federal agencies failed to examine this possibility, leaving farmers unprepared and exposing broader gaps in pandemic preparedness.
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Mike Madden @mikemadden.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Terrible loss for journalism www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Dan Eggen, who shaped politics coverage at The Post, dies at 60
He helped guide Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, including coverage of Russian election interference in 2016 and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Al Shaw @shaw.al · 21/04/2026
We just updated our Trump Admin financial disclosures database with 27 new appointees/nominees including Kevin Warsh, Markwayne Mullin and Steven Witkoff. We also added a feature to sort names in our database by most recently added. 👉 projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...
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Search - Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
A huge loss.
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Dan Eggen, who shaped politics coverage at The Post, dies at 60
He helped guide Pulitzer Prize-winning projects, including coverage of Russian election interference in 2016 and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Kevin Schaul @kevinschaul.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Useful: An archive of congressional press releases from 2001-2026, with daily updates. Nice resource by Derek Willis thescoop.org/archives/2026/04/04/in…
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Introducing Congress Press – Derek Willis
Academic and journalist
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Kevin Uhrmacher @kevinuhrm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Use our data!!
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Gregor Aisch @driven-by-data.net · 02/04/2026
And another big project today: We've analyzed millions of member records from the Nazi-Party NSDAP and made them searchable and browsable. 🎁 www.zeit.de/wissen/2026-...
example search results screenshot of the archive exploration tool.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 01/04/2026
Some (non-April Fool's) personal news. pbump.net
Next Monday, I will start my new role as an editor and columnist for Hearst, working both with the newsroom in Connecticut and with a national team that builds tools that can be deployed across Hearst’s newsrooms. My work will be centered not on what’s happening in Washington but more directly on what’s happening in communities.
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