<p>After a ProPublica investigation revealed how Microsoft’s “digital escort” tech support service could expose sensitive government data to cyberattacks, the company says China-based engineers will no longer provide assistance on DOD cloud services.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/defense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/defense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/def</span><span class="invisible">ense-department-pentagon-microsoft-digital-escort-china?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/dod/" rel="tag">#DOD</a> <a href="/tags/cybercrime/" rel="tag">#Cybercrime</a></p>
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<p>A ProPublica investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.</p><p>Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/cybercrime/" rel="tag">#Cybercrime</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.<br>---</p><p>A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supercharging the system.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-ranchers-public-lands-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/grazing-ranchers-public-lands-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gra</span><span class="invisible">zing-ranchers-public-lands-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/grazing/" rel="tag">#Grazing</a> <a href="/tags/publiclands/" rel="tag">#PublicLands</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a></p>
<p>Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in <a href="/tags/cecot/" rel="tag">#CECOT</a> <br>==</p><p>We interviewed nine Venezuelan men who were sent to CECOT in <a href="/tags/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a> by the <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> administration.</p><p>Some said their feelings about what happened were still raw. </p><p>All of the men said they were abused physically and mentally during their imprisonment.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ven</span><span class="invisible">ezuelan-men-cecot-interviews-trump</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> Schools Consistently Break Disability Laws. Parents Say They’re Not Doing Enough to Fix the Problem.<br>==<br>Idaho <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#students</a> with disabilities have worse outcomes than many of their peers in other states, according to federal data. </p><p><a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> say it can take months to evaluate students, and in some cases <a href="/tags/schools/" rel="tag">#schools</a> have refused to provide needed services. </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/kids/" rel="tag">#Kids</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-special-education-disabilities-complaints"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-special-education-disabilities-complaints</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> Used China-Based Engineers to Support Product Recently Hacked by <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a><br>==</p><p>Microsoft announced that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had exploited vulnerabilities in its popular <a href="/tags/sharepoint/" rel="tag">#SharePoint</a> software but didn’t mention that it has long used China-based engineers to maintain the product.</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/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack-china-cybersecurity" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-sharepoint-hack-china-cybersecurity"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-sharepoint-hack-china-cybersecurity</span></a></p>
<p>He Spent Funds Meant for Native Hawaiians on Polo and Porsches. The Federal Government Failed to Stop Him.<br>---</p><p>A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/hawaii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/hawaii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/haw</span><span class="invisible">aii-sba-native-indigenous-nonprofit-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/hawaii/" rel="tag">#Hawaii</a> <a href="/tags/indigenous/" rel="tag">#Indigenous</a> <a href="/tags/native/" rel="tag">#Native</a> <a href="/tags/nonprofit/" rel="tag">#Nonprofit</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-hospital-shortages-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-hospital-shortages-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/vet</span><span class="invisible">erans-affairs-hospital-shortages-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/veterans/" rel="tag">#Veterans</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/doge/" rel="tag">#DOGE</a></p>
<p>Many of the same Republican lawmakers who have targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for cuts have collectively directed thousands of constituents’ complaints about banks, credit cards, loans and other products to the agency.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-budget-cuts-gop-darrell-issa-john-cornyn?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/cfpb-budget-cuts-gop-darrell-issa-john-cornyn?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cfp</span><span class="invisible">b-budget-cuts-gop-darrell-issa-john-cornyn?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/personalfinance/" rel="tag">#PersonalFinance</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>The FDA Rarely Forces Manufacturers to Recall Dangerous Medical Devices, Watchdog Report Finds<br>---</p><p>Lawmakers requested the report after a 2023 ProPublica and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation revealed that the FDA had received hundreds of complaints over many years about defective breathing machines and never ordered a recall.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-defective-device-recalls-gao-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fda-defective-device-recalls-gao-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fda</span><span class="invisible">-defective-device-recalls-gao-report?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/recall/" rel="tag">#Recall</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/report/" rel="tag">#Report</a></p>
<p>Senator Demands Federal Agencies Halt Small Business Contracts, Citing Investigation of Native Hawaiian Firm<br>---</p><p>Joni Ernst, chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, sent letters to 22 federal agencies saying the no-bid contracts granted through a Small Business Administration program are a “fraud magnet.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/sb8a-native-hawaiian-republican-senate-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/sb8a-native-hawaiian-republican-senate-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/sb8</span><span class="invisible">a-native-hawaiian-republican-senate-oversight?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/hawaii/" rel="tag">#Hawaii</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a></p>
<p>Frustrated by oil companies mysteriously withholding large amounts of royalties, North Dakota mineral owners lobbied for change.</p><p>Instead, lawmakers provided an oversight program that, owners say, fails to address the issue it was created to solve.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-oil-gas-oversight-mineral-rights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>NEW: A new congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica reporting has found that, contrary to the Trump administration’s claims, immigration agents have frequently detained and mistreated U.S. citizens.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-agents-detained-mistreated-citizens-congressional-investigation</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#criminaljustice</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#humanrights</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#civilrights</a></p>
<p>See the man circled here? That's E.J. Antoni, Trump's Bureau of Labor Statistics nominee, walking through a crowd of Capitol rioters.</p><p>We've got an archive of 500+ Parler videos taken during Jan. 6. You can spot Antoni starting at around 1:41 here: <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?id=nkL4Fpk5C8U1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol-videos/?id=nkL4Fpk5C8U1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/parler</span><span class="invisible">-capitol-videos/?id=nkL4Fpk5C8U1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/ejantoni/" rel="tag">#EJAntoni</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a> <a href="/tags/capitolriot/" rel="tag">#CapitolRiot</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#Video</a> <a href="/tags/dc/" rel="tag">#DC</a></p>
<p>“I hope that the people in North Dakota wake up and realize how much money should be in their pockets instead of industry’s pockets,” said Tom Huber, leader of West Virginia’s royalty owner association.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nor</span><span class="invisible">th-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/mineral/" rel="tag">#Mineral</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>The president, who has framed mental health as a national crisis, paused rules to hold insurers accountable for unlawfully denying coverage. And Congress cut funding to the agency that enforces insurers’ equal treatment of mental and physical health.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-insurance-trump-rules?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-insurance-trump-rules?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/men</span><span class="invisible">tal-health-insurance-trump-rules?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/biden/" rel="tag">#Biden</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a></p>
<p>Wave of Tax Cuts Has Left Many States Vulnerable to Trump SNAP and Medicaid Crisis<br>---</p><p>The recent government shutdown, with families skipping meals and babies unfed, could have been a preview of what’s to come when Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill shifts billions in costs for the SNAP program to states that may not be able to afford them.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/food-stamps-crisis-snap-big-beautiful-bill-state-tax-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/food-stamps-crisis-snap-big-beautiful-bill-state-tax-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/foo</span><span class="invisible">d-stamps-crisis-snap-big-beautiful-bill-state-tax-cuts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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/snap/" rel="tag">#SNAP</a> <a href="/tags/medicaid/" rel="tag">#Medicaid</a> <a href="/tags/poverty/" rel="tag">#Poverty</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#Food</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/tax/" rel="tag">#Tax</a></p>
<p>Microsoft is required to regularly provide U.S. officials with its plan for keeping government data safe from hacking. Yet a copy of the tech giant’s security plan obtained by ProPublica makes no reference to the company’s China-based operations.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-cloud-computing-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-china-defense-department-cloud-computing-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft-china-defense-department-cloud-computing-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/microsoft/" rel="tag">#Microsoft</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/cybersecurity/" rel="tag">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a></p>
<p>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.</p><p>They finally got their wish.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/epa</span><span class="invisible">-formaldehyde-risk-assessment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>
<p>After reporting by ProPublica revealed industry connections among Transportation Department regulators and showed how they are seeking to loosen oil and gas pipeline safety regulations, Sen. Maria Cantwell is demanding answers.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dot-oil-gas-pipeline-ethics-questions-senator-cantwell?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-dot-oil-gas-pipeline-ethics-questions-senator-cantwell?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-dot-oil-gas-pipeline-ethics-questions-senator-cantwell?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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/industry/" rel="tag">#Industry</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a></p>
<p>She Pushed to Overturn Trump’s Loss in the 2020 Election. </p><p>Now She’ll Help Oversee U.S. Election Security.</p><p>==</p><p>Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election (and a protege of lawyer Cleta Mitchell, who tried to help overturn those election results), has been appointed to a senior position in the Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee election security.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#election</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/heather-honey-dhs-election-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-26" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/heather-honey-dhs-election-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-26"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hea</span><span class="invisible">ther-honey-dhs-election-security?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-26</span></a></p>
<p>Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats<br>==</p><p>Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s targeting of Democrats is legally questionable, experts say, but it’s helped to further his career nationally: “The more outrageous you are, the more you are going to attract the attention of Donald Trump.”</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#missouri</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#fbi</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mis</span><span class="invisible">souri-ag-andrew-bailey-trump-fbi-sam-page?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27</span></a></p>
<p>Local Officials Have a Powerful Tool to Warn Residents of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.<br>---</p><p>ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited until it was too late. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ipaws-emergency-alerts-local-official-failures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ipaws-emergency-alerts-local-official-failures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ipa</span><span class="invisible">ws-emergency-alerts-local-official-failures?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/local/" rel="tag">#Local</a> <a href="/tags/community/" rel="tag">#Community</a> <a href="/tags/wildfires/" rel="tag">#Wildfires</a> <a href="/tags/hurricanes/" rel="tag">#Hurricanes</a> <a href="/tags/flood/" rel="tag">#Flood</a></p>
<p>The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> Has a Troubled <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> and Financial History<br>==</p><p>Leo Terrell’s past is at odds with Trump’s description of an “incredibly successful” attorney. </p><p>Documents obtained by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveal a trail of legal disputes and unpaid debts.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/leo-terrell-universities-lawsuits-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/leo-terrell-universities-lawsuits-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/leo</span><span class="invisible">-terrell-universities-lawsuits-antisemitism?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=8-27</span></a></p>
<p>NEW: Trump has targeted political foes — including Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook — for claiming more than one primary residence on their loan papers. </p><p>But ProPublica found that at least three of the president’s Cabinet members have done the same thing.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/federalreserve/" rel="tag">#FederalReserve</a> <a href="/tags/lisacook/" rel="tag">#LisaCook</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#Politics</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=9-04" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=9-04"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-cabinet-mortgage-fraud?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=9-04</span></a></p>