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<p>Judge rules <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> troop deployment in <a href="/tags/la/" rel="tag">#LA</a> <a href="/tags/illegal/" rel="tag">#illegal</a> </p><p>The federal judge found that the deployment exceeded legal limits that generally prohibit the use of the <a href="/tags/military/" rel="tag">#military</a> for domestic law enforcement.</p><p>The Trump admin illegally used thousands of military <a href="/tags/troops/" rel="tag">#troops</a> in <a href="/tags/california/" rel="tag">#California</a>, a federal judge said on Tues, in a ruling that accused Trump of effectively turning nearly 5k <a href="/tags/marines/" rel="tag">#Marines</a> &amp; <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> soldiers into a national police force.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/possecomitatusact/" rel="tag">#PosseComitatusAct</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/judge-ruling-trump-national-guard-los-angeles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/judge-ruling-trump-national-guard-los-angeles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/us/</span><span class="invisible">judge-ruling-trump-national-guard-los-angeles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>

<p>New records show that Uvalde school leaders initially planned to defend Police Chief Pete Arredondo after the Robb Elementary shooting.</p><p>The details were revealed in over 25,000 pages the district released after a legal fight with news outlets.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-pete-arredondo-new-records?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-pete-arredondo-new-records?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/uva</span><span class="invisible">lde-pete-arredondo-new-records?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/records/" rel="tag">#Records</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/uvalde/" rel="tag">#Uvalde</a> <a href="/tags/shooting/" rel="tag">#Shooting</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> DMV Committee Expands Study of Towing Law to Help Low-Income Residents Get Their <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> Back<br>==</p><p>The working group was created as part of a towing reform law passed in response to a ProPublica and Connecticut Mirror investigation into towing practices in the state.</p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#government</a> <a href="/tags/newengland/" rel="tag">#newengland</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-towing-law-reforms?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=9-09" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-towing-law-reforms?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=9-09"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">necticut-dmv-towing-law-reforms?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&amp;utm_content=9-09</span></a></p>

<p>A fabulous baseball/legal rabbit warren I stumbled upon last night—while watching the incredible Dodgers-Orioles game—into which one can dive and spend hours better understanding both baseball and law, amongst various and sundry related (and wholly unrelated) time-wasting matters[1]:</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Common_Law_Origins_of_the_Infield_Fly_Rule" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Common_Law_Origins_of_the_Infield_Fly_Rule"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Co</span><span class="invisible">mmon_Law_Origins_of_the_Infield_Fly_Rule</span></a></p><p>1. I found myself sorely tempted to footnote much of the foregoing, but somehow managed to resist.[2]</p><p>2. Note 1 supra. </p><p><a href="/tags/sports/" rel="tag">#sports</a> <a href="/tags/mlb/" rel="tag">#mlb</a> <a href="/tags/infieldflyrule/" rel="tag">#infieldflyrule</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/arcana/" rel="tag">#arcana</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/judges/" rel="tag">#Judges</a> vexed by <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> &#x27;<a href="/tags/shadowdocket/" rel="tag">#ShadowDocket</a>&#x27; rulings in <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> cases</p><p>An extraordinary fight is occurring within the <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> concerning a flurry of <a href="/tags/supremecourt/" rel="tag">#SupremeCourt</a> decisions backing Trump, with judges voicing confusion over the rulings issued on an emergency basis while a Trump-appointed justice accused some of them of defying the nation&#x27;s top judicial body.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/partisancourt/" rel="tag">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="/tags/activistcourt/" rel="tag">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="/tags/federalistsociety/" rel="tag">#FederalistSociety</a> <a href="/tags/heritagefoundation/" rel="tag">#HeritageFoundation</a> <a href="/tags/leonardleo/" rel="tag">#LeonardLeo</a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/legal/government/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/legal/governme</span><span class="invisible">nt/judges-vexed-by-supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-trump-cases-2025-09-10/</span></a></p>

<p>A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay<br>---</p><p>Judges across Tennessee are now demanding greater accountability from people who have been ordered to give up their guns, a shift aimed at strengthening protections for domestic violence victims.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence-impact?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/tennessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence-impact?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ten</span><span class="invisible">nessee-guns-dispossession-domestic-violence-impact?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/tennessee/" rel="tag">#Tennessee</a> <a href="/tags/domesticviolence/" rel="tag">#DomesticViolence</a> <a href="/tags/violence/" rel="tag">#Violence</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>After 17 Years, DNA Tied a Man to Her Rape. Under Massachusetts Law, It Was Too Late.<br>---</p><p>Massachusetts has one of the strictest deadlines in the country for prosecuting rape. After the 15-year mark, no DNA match, testimony or even confession can give a rape victim a chance of facing their attacker in court.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/massachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mas</span><span class="invisible">sachusetts-statute-of-limitations-rape?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/massachusetts/" rel="tag">#Massachusetts</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/rape/" rel="tag">#Rape</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/dna/" rel="tag">#DNA</a></p>

<p>Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees<br>---</p><p>Our database paints a detailed financial picture for President Donald Trump and hundreds of his political appointees, some of whom have ties to the industries they regulate. The disclosures include their recent employers, assets and debts.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/trump-</span><span class="invisible">team-financial-disclosures/?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/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</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/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a></p>

<p>We Investigated How Oil Companies Take Millions From Mineral Owners. Now, Some Lawmakers Push for Change.<br>---</p><p>For years, North Dakota legislators rejected proposals to protect mineral owners from oil and gas companies withholding their earnings. “Something has to be done,” one lawmaker now says.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-lawmakers-oil-gas-royalty-proposals?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-lawmakers-oil-gas-royalty-proposals?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-dakota-lawmakers-oil-gas-royalty-proposals?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/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/gas/" rel="tag">#Gas</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>Bad Evidence Got Him Indicted for Murder. He Waited 7 Years to Walk Free.<br>---</p><p>Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. In Alaska’s slow-motion criminal justice system, he was kept behind bars even as the evidence against him fell apart.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-murder-pretrial-delays-justine-paul?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/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a></p>

<p>Trump Wants to Crack Down on “Debanking,” but He’s Dismantling a Regulator That Was Doing Just That<br>---</p><p>An executive order seeking to stop banks from discriminating against customers could be undermined by the administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which had been investigating the practice.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?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-debanking-executive-order-cfpb-discrimination-banking?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/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/banks/" rel="tag">#Banks</a> <a href="/tags/consumer/" rel="tag">#Consumer</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/giftarticle/" rel="tag">#GiftArticle</a></p><p>America Is on the Cusp of a Two-Tier <a href="/tags/vaccine/" rel="tag">#Vaccine</a> System</p><p><a href="/tags/poor/" rel="tag">#Poor</a> kids will be hardest hit by <a href="/tags/rfkjr/" rel="tag">#RFKJr</a>&#x27;s <a href="/tags/antivax/" rel="tag">#AntiVax</a> crusade.</p><p><a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/vaccines/" rel="tag">#vaccines</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#medicine</a> <a href="/tags/policy/" rel="tag">#policy</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/conspiracytheories/" rel="tag">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="/tags/disinformation/" rel="tag">#disinformation</a> <a href="/tags/eugenics/" rel="tag">#eugenics</a> <a href="/tags/socialcleansing/" rel="tag">#SocialCleansing</a> <a href="/tags/healthyifyourewealthy/" rel="tag">#HealthyIfYoureWealthy</a> <a href="/tags/aporophobia/" rel="tag">#Aporophobia</a> <a href="/tags/economicdiscrimination/" rel="tag">#EconomicDiscrimination</a> <a href="/tags/plutocracy/" rel="tag">#plutocracy</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USpol</a> <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/health/202</span><span class="invisible">5/09/acip-vaccine-for-kids-rfk-jr/684284/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxe20JdbfQeb-MVvQASQIPyc</span></a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/epa/" rel="tag">#EPA</a> tells scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say<br>
Staff from the EPA’s Office of <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> were summoned to a “town hall” meeting this week &amp; told to pause the publication of most <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a>, pending a review.</p><p><a href="/tags/publichealth/" rel="tag">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/environmentallaw/" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalLaw</a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.washingtonpost.com/climate</span><span class="invisible">-environment/2025/09/20/epa-scientists-research-publications/</span></a></p>

<p>A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time.<br>---</p><p>State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for recourse when their claims were denied.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/citizens-property-insurance-florida-arbitration-cases?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/citizens-property-insurance-florida-arbitration-cases?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cit</span><span class="invisible">izens-property-insurance-florida-arbitration-cases?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/florida/" rel="tag">#Florida</a> <a href="/tags/home/" rel="tag">#Home</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/property/" rel="tag">#Property</a> <a href="/tags/homeowners/" rel="tag">#Homeowners</a></p>

<p>Eunice Whitman&#x27;s boyfriend was indicted for her murder on flawed evidence. A defense witness wrote that police should have treated no fewer than 12 people as suspects of “higher interest.”</p><p>A decade after the killing, no one has been convicted in Whitman’s death <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-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/eun</span><span class="invisible">ice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-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/alaska/" rel="tag">#Alaska</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/truecrime/" rel="tag">#TrueCrime</a> <a href="/tags/murder/" rel="tag">#Murder</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>

<p>A Connecticut DMV Task Force Was Asked to Develop Towing Reforms. As Deadline Looms, Members Struggle to Agree.<br>---</p><p>The group was formed in a legislative overhaul prompted by a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that found the state’s laws favored towing companies over vehicle owners.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-dmv-reform-overhaul?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-dmv-reform-overhaul?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">necticut-towing-dmv-reform-overhaul?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/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> <a href="/tags/dmv/" rel="tag">#DMV</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/towing/" rel="tag">#Towing</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/reform/" rel="tag">#Reform</a></p>

<p>A Minnesota senator wants to strengthen the state’s mandatory reporting laws, after a Minnesota Star Tribune-ProPublica investigation found that the leaders of a Duluth church failed to report a child sex predator for years.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-mandated-reporting-law-old-apostolic-lutheran-church?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-mandated-reporting-law-old-apostolic-lutheran-church?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/min</span><span class="invisible">nesota-mandated-reporting-law-old-apostolic-lutheran-church?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/minnesota/" rel="tag">#Minnesota</a> <a href="/tags/church/" rel="tag">#Church</a> <a href="/tags/religion/" rel="tag">#Religion</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a></p>

<p>Lab practices at the drug testing company Averhealth have been faulted by its own accreditor, and the company has been targeted in lawsuits and dropped by two child welfare agencies, a ProPublica investigation found.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/averhealth-drug-testing-child-welfare-michigan?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/averhealth-drug-testing-child-welfare-michigan?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ave</span><span class="invisible">rhealth-drug-testing-child-welfare-michigan?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/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/testing/" rel="tag">#Testing</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/michigan/" rel="tag">#Michigan</a></p>

<p>Psychiatric Hospitals Turn Away Patients Who Need Urgent Care. The Facilities Face Few Consequences.<br>---</p><p>Discharging patients who are at risk of harming themselves or others is illegal. But dozens of psychiatric hospitals aren’t honoring the law — and the government isn’t following up.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-violations-mental-health?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-violations-mental-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/psy</span><span class="invisible">chiatric-hospitals-emtala-violations-mental-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/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/psychiatry/" rel="tag">#Psychiatry</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>

<p>“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role to Wage a Culture War<br>---</p><p>Andrew Bailey’s nearly three-year term as Missouri’s top lawyer was marked by splashy fights over gender, schools and diversity that often fizzled but boosted his political profile. Now he’s co-deputy director of the FBI.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/andrew-bailey-fbi-missouri-attorney-general-culture-wars?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/andrew-bailey-fbi-missouri-attorney-general-culture-wars?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/and</span><span class="invisible">rew-bailey-fbi-missouri-attorney-general-culture-wars?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/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/gender/" rel="tag">#Gender</a> <a href="/tags/diversity/" rel="tag">#Diversity</a> <a href="/tags/culture/" rel="tag">#Culture</a></p>

<p>Top DOJ Official Shut Down Enforcement Against Crypto Companies While Holding More Than $150,000 in Crypto Investments<br>---</p><p>The second-highest official at the DOJ, Todd Blanche rose to prominence as Trump’s personal defense attorney. His actions violated the federal conflicts of interest law and his ethics agreement, experts told ProPublica.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-doj-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-doj-trump?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tod</span><span class="invisible">d-blanche-crypto-doj-trump?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/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#Crypto</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/stocks/" rel="tag">#Stocks</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>A lawsuit filed Monday mirrors the findings of a ProPublica investigation that made public for the first time details about a program that sent gun owners’ information to political operatives without their consent.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/gun</span><span class="invisible">-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?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/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/guns/" rel="tag">#Guns</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#Privacy</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>

<p>New Bills Seek to Rein In Oil Companies’ Pollution of Oklahoma Groundwater<br>---</p><p>The legislation comes after The Frontier and ProPublica found over 150 incidents where oilfield wastewater had gushed from the earth, releasing toxic chemicals — including some that cause cancer — near homes and farms and into drinking water sources.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/okl</span><span class="invisible">ahoma-legislation-oil-gas-injection-wells-water-pollution-cleanup?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/oklahoma/" rel="tag">#Oklahoma</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/cancer/" rel="tag">#Cancer</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/water/" rel="tag">#Water</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#Pollution</a></p>

<p>For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.<br>---</p><p>Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/psy</span><span class="invisible">chiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit?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/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#MentalHealth</a> <a href="/tags/psychiatry/" rel="tag">#Psychiatry</a> <a href="/tags/hospital/" rel="tag">#Hospital</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>

<p>A previously undisclosed State Department report and interviews reveal accusations that U.S. Ambassador Ronald D. Johnson shielded Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele from U.S. and Salvadoran law enforcement.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/amb</span><span class="invisible">assador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?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/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="/tags/nayibbukele/" rel="tag">#NayibBukele</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>