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<p>An effort to call a convention to amend the Constitution is focused on the national debt but could open the door to other changes — including making it legal for Trump to run for a third term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/constitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">stitutional-convention-congress-donald-trump-power?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#History</a></p>

<p>Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on The Courts<br>—</p><p>The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had not conducted any such performance assessment.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/irs/" rel="tag">#IRS</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/workers/" rel="tag">#Workers</a></p>

<p>“ProPublica’s reporting revealed these cancelled contracts were delivering essential services … and exposed the cruel and dumb AI formulas DOGE bros used to cancel contracts,” Sen. Blumenthal said. “Veterans and all Americans deserve transparency.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/doge-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dog</span><span class="invisible">e-veterans-affairs-ai-senator-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/veterans/" rel="tag">#Veterans</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a></p>

<p>Killing Grants That Have Saved Lives: Trump’s Cuts Signal End to Government Work on Terrorism Prevention<br>—</p><p>Tens of millions of dollars slated for violence prevention have been cut or are frozen as DOGE steamrolls the national security sector. “This is the government getting out of the terrorism business,” said one grant recipient.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-budget-cuts-terrorism-prevention?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-budget-cuts-terrorism-prevention?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doge-budget-cuts-terrorism-prevention?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/terrorism/" rel="tag">#Terrorism</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#Security</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.</p><p>It&#x27;s hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief writes.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-russell-vought-prophetic-trump-second-term?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/propublica-russell-vought-prophetic-trump-second-term?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pro</span><span class="invisible">publica-russell-vought-prophetic-trump-second-term?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/russellvought/" rel="tag">#RussellVought</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>

<p>States Fear Critical Funding From FEMA May Be Drying Up<br>—</p><p>Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders are looking for clues about the money — and the future of FEMA itself.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-grants-trump-emergencies?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fema-grants-trump-emergencies?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fem</span><span class="invisible">a-grants-trump-emergencies?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fema/" rel="tag">#FEMA</a> <a href="/tags/hurricane/" rel="tag">#Hurricane</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>

<p>Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.</p><p>She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-political-donations-income-dark-money-dhs-ethics?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-political-donations-income-dark-money-dhs-ethics?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kri</span><span class="invisible">sti-noem-political-donations-income-dark-money-dhs-ethics?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/kristinoem/" rel="tag">#KristiNoem</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a></p>

<p>NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change<br>—</p><p>It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nih</span><span class="invisible">-funding-climate-change-public-health?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/nih/" rel="tag">#NIH</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a></p>

<p>Elon Musk’s lobbyists spent tens of thousands of dollars on things like gifts and meals for Texas elected officials this year.</p><p>But, in most cases, state transparency laws do not require them to disclose which elected officials they wine and dine.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-lobbyists-influence-law?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-texas-lobbyists-influence-law?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-texas-lobbyists-influence-law?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/tesla/" rel="tag">#Tesla</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a></p>

<p>Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests <br>==<br>We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> took office. </p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” </p><p>You can judge for yourself. </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a></p><p><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/trump-</span><span class="invisible">ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/</span></a></p>

<p>Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over<br>—</p><p>The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that Texas discriminated against minority residents in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, only to suddenly reverse course under Trump.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-texas-housing-discrimination-cases-dallas-houston?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-hud-texas-housing-discrimination-cases-dallas-houston?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-hud-texas-housing-discrimination-cases-dallas-houston?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/housing/" rel="tag">#Housing</a> <a href="/tags/discrimination/" rel="tag">#Discrimination</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>In the five years since Texas created a $1.4 billion fund to guard against destructive flooding, at least 90 local governments turned down tens of millions of dollars in grants and loans.</p><p>That money went unused for years.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kerr-county-state-grants-flood-warning-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kerr-county-state-grants-flood-warning-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ker</span><span class="invisible">r-county-state-grants-flood-warning-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/floods/" rel="tag">#Floods</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/emergency/" rel="tag">#Emergency</a> <a href="/tags/disaster/" rel="tag">#Disaster</a></p>

<p>How Investigative Journalists Actually Find Fraud, Waste and Abuse<br>—</p><p>While investigative journalists immerse themselves in minutiae to identify waste and fraud, Elon Musk’s team has taken a chainsaw approach to spending based on cursory examinations. That might help explain some of their well-publicized stumbles, our editor-in-chief writes.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-government-waste-fraud-approach?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/doge-government-waste-fraud-approach?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dog</span><span class="invisible">e-government-waste-fraud-approach?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a></p>

<p>With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.</p><p>“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-cuts-drug-factory-inspections?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fda-cuts-drug-factory-inspections?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fda</span><span class="invisible">-cuts-drug-factory-inspections?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/fda/" rel="tag">#FDA</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight<br>---</p><p>Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/politicians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/politicians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pol</span><span class="invisible">iticians-help-ranchers-dodge-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#PublicLands</a></p>

<p>A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers<br>—</p><p>The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>

<p>My great failure in life is that I never put myself in a position to monetise being this embarrassingly incompetent.</p><p><a href="/tags/auspol/" rel="tag">#auspol</a> <a href="/tags/australia/" rel="tag">#australia</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/censorship/" rel="tag">#censorship</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#children</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/erotica/" rel="tag">#erotica</a> <a href="/tags/pornography/" rel="tag">#pornography</a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/114830436092858870" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/114830436092858870"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/114830</span><span class="invisible">436092858870</span></a></p>

<p>Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Once Defended Congress’ Power of the Purse. Now He Defies It.<br>---</p><p>As a congressman, Duffy made an impassioned legal case against executive overreach. A decade later, judges have used those same arguments to rebuke him for withholding billions in transportation funding.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/sean-duffy-trump-transportation-secretary-congress-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/sean-duffy-trump-transportation-secretary-congress-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sea</span><span class="invisible">n-duffy-trump-transportation-secretary-congress-funding?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/transportation/" rel="tag">#Transportation</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.<br>—</p><p>The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service. The wildland firefighting force is one of many targets within the agency.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/wildfire/" rel="tag">#Wildfire</a> <a href="/tags/forest/" rel="tag">#Forest</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>

<p>The bipartisan ask for an investigation comes after staffers at 18 crisis centers told ProPublica payments were delayed for months and led to cuts, some of which continue to limit urgent, potentially lifesaving services.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-carolina-human-trafficking-commission-funding-investigation-call?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northcarolina/" rel="tag">#NorthCarolina</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/money/" rel="tag">#Money</a> <a href="/tags/funding/" rel="tag">#Funding</a></p>

<p>Microsoft Hooked the Government on Its Products With Freebies. Could Elon Musk’s Starlink Be Doing the Same?<br>—</p><p>The tech billionaire and Trump adviser “donated” Starlink service to the White House. The move resembles a previous maneuver by Microsoft, which used “free” trials to lock in costly upgrades across the federal government.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-starlink-trump-white-house-spacex-microsoft?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#Starlink</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a></p>

<p>NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire<br>—</p><p>A Seattle lab has lost janitorial services, hazardous waste support, IT and building maintenance as it waits for the Commerce Department secretary to personally approve all contracts over $100,000.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/noa</span><span class="invisible">a-contracts-seattle-lab?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#Seattle</a> <a href="/tags/noaa/" rel="tag">#NOAA</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>Trump’s DOJ Has Frozen Police Reform Work. Advocates Fear More Abuse in Departments Across the Country.<br>—</p><p>Federal investigators had identified at least eight police departments with patterns of unlawful behavior. But Trump’s freeze on oversight activities leaves many reform efforts in the hands of local leaders.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-freeze-police-reform-abuse-phoenix-trenton-louisville-minneapolis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-freeze-police-reform-abuse-phoenix-trenton-louisville-minneapolis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-doj-freeze-police-reform-abuse-phoenix-trenton-louisville-minneapolis?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/reform/" rel="tag">#Reform</a></p>

<p>Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program<br>—</p><p>A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the normal contracting safeguards,” one expert said.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/vance/" rel="tag">#Vance</a> <a href="/tags/thiel/" rel="tag">#Thiel</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/investment/" rel="tag">#Investment</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>UPDATE: We&#x27;ve added 11 more names to our DOGE tracker, bringing the total to 77 staffers affiliated with Musk.</p><p>Plus, you can now filter our database by federal agency. Check it out ⤵️ <br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/elon-m</span><span class="invisible">usk-doge-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>