<p>Eunice Whitman'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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/eunice-whitman-murder-alaska-justice-system?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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>
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<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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-dmv-reform-overhaul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/minnesota-mandated-reporting-law-old-apostolic-lutheran-church?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/averhealth-drug-testing-child-welfare-michigan?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-violations-mental-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/andrew-bailey-fbi-missouri-attorney-general-culture-wars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-doj-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-privacy-lawsuit-nssf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/psychiatric-hospitals-emtala-mental-health-profit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&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/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>Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages<br>---</p><p>New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed this week against DHS and other federal agencies.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-immigration-raid-ice-dhs-fbi-federal-tort-claims?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-immigration-raid-ice-dhs-fbi-federal-tort-claims?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-immigration-raid-ice-dhs-fbi-federal-tort-claims?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/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</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&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ambassador-ronald-johnson-nayib-bukele-trump-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&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&utm_medium=social&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>
<p>Elon Musk’s SpaceX Took Money Directly From Chinese Investors, Company Insider Testifies<br>---</p><p>The newly unsealed testimony marks the first time direct Chinese investment in the company has been disclosed, raising new questions about foreign ownership interests in one of America’s most important military contractors.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/elon-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/elo</span><span class="invisible">n-musk-spacex-china-investors-court-testimony?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/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#SpaceX</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#China</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#Musk</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Chicago Cop Who Falsely Blamed an Ex-Girlfriend for Dozens of Traffic Tickets Pleads Guilty but Avoids Prison<br>---</p><p>Retired officer Jeffrey Kriv acknowledged repeatedly lying under oath to avoid paying dozens of speeding and other traffic tickets. Prosecutors have dropped at least 92 cases in which Kriv was a key witness because of credibility issues.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-cop-jeffrey-kriv-pleads-guilty-avoids-jail?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/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>Democratic and Republican lawmakers across the country tried to push through bills to tighten gift limits, toughen conflict-of-interest provisions or expand financial disclosure reporting requirements. But many of the measures were derailed.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ethics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ethics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/eth</span><span class="invisible">ics-reform-legislation-blocked-statehouses?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/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/virginia/" rel="tag">#Virginia</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/northdakota/" rel="tag">#NorthDakota</a> <a href="/tags/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> <a href="/tags/maine/" rel="tag">#Maine</a></p>
<p>What a joke</p><p><a href="/tags/johnroberts/" rel="tag">#JohnRoberts</a>' annual report</p><p>The chief justice touted <a href="/tags/judicialindependence/" rel="tag">#JudicialIndependence</a> & urged Americans to keep faith in the <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> in year-end statement</p><p>Focusing on the <a href="/tags/declarationofindependence/" rel="tag">#DeclarationOfIndependence</a> as the nation turns to its 250th anniversary, Roberts said the <a href="/tags/founders/" rel="tag">#founders</a> chafed at the crown’s control of colonial courts & “corrected this flaw” by setting up a <a href="/tags/judiciary/" rel="tag">#judiciary</a> that would operate without interference from the other branches.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/partisancourt/" rel="tag">#PartisanCourt</a> <br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/john-roberts-year-end-report" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politics/john-roberts-year-end-report"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.cnn.com/2025/12/31/politic</span><span class="invisible">s/john-roberts-year-end-report</span></a></p>
<p>Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.</p><p>Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/supreme-connections/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/supreme-connections/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/suprem</span><span class="invisible">e-connections/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a> <a href="/tags/scotus/" rel="tag">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/ethics/" rel="tag">#Ethics</a> <a href="/tags/transparency/" rel="tag">#Transparency</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a></p>
<p>Massive <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> raid on <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'</p><p><a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> said federal agents with <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a>, the <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> & the <a href="/tags/atf/" rel="tag">#ATF</a> arrested 37 people in the raid.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#US</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/authoritarianism/" rel="tag">#authoritarianism</a> <a href="/tags/autocracy/" rel="tag">#autocracy</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/sturmabteilung/" rel="tag">#Sturmabteilung</a> <a href="/tags/coup/" rel="tag">#coup</a> <a href="/tags/trumpcoup2/" rel="tag">#TrumpCoup2</a> <br><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chicago.suntimes.com/immigrati</span><span class="invisible">on/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated</span></a></p>
<p>19-year-old Jorge Ruiz, a Mexican immigrant in Alabama on an H-2B visa, was convicted of murder after a fatal car crash.</p><p>He was initially sentenced to the maximum possible punishment, longer than what prosecutors had requested: 99 years.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/jorge-ruiz-alabama-murder-sentence-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/jorge-ruiz-alabama-murder-sentence-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/jor</span><span class="invisible">ge-ruiz-alabama-murder-sentence-immigration?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/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/accident/" rel="tag">#Accident</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/alabama/" rel="tag">#Alabama</a></p>
<p>Maricopa County prosecutors have frequently pursued the death penalty, but just 13% of cases ended in a death sentence, ProPublica and ABC15 Arizona found this year. Experts say the numbers raise questions about the office’s decision-making.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-death-penalty-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-death-penalty-cases?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/mar</span><span class="invisible">icopa-county-arizona-death-penalty-cases?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/arizona/" rel="tag">#Arizona</a> <a href="/tags/az/" rel="tag">#AZ</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/deathpenalty/" rel="tag">#DeathPenalty</a> <a href="/tags/maricopacounty/" rel="tag">#MaricopaCounty</a></p>
<p>“Step in the Right Direction”: Connecticut DMV Commissioner Calls for More Reforms to Towing Law to Protect Drivers<br>---</p><p>The recommendations to require more notification to car owners and to streamline the process for selling unclaimed vehicles follow a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation into towing practices.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-dmv-proposal-update?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-dmv-proposal-update?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/con</span><span class="invisible">necticut-towing-dmv-proposal-update?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/connecticut/" rel="tag">#Connecticut</a> <a href="/tags/cars/" rel="tag">#Cars</a> <a href="/tags/towing/" rel="tag">#Towing</a> <a href="/tags/vehicles/" rel="tag">#Vehicles</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a></p>
<p>"Trump's airbrushed version of Jan 6 distorts history. See the evidence for yourself. "</p><p>NPR does a great job sharing details -</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-102891/jan-6-archive" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-102891/jan-6-archive"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.npr.org/2026/01/04/g-s1-10</span><span class="invisible">2891/jan-6-archive</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@NPR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NPR</span></a></span> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#uspol</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#jan6</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/freedom/" rel="tag">#freedom</a> <a href="/tags/liberty/" rel="tag">#liberty</a> <a href="/tags/washingtondc/" rel="tag">#washingtondc</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/ruleoflaw/" rel="tag">#ruleoflaw</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/antifa/" rel="tag">#antifa</a></p>
<p>Ahead of the FBI’s raid of an election center in Georgia, the prosecutor overseeing the investigation met with several Trump lawyers, including Ed Martin and Kurt Olsen, who helped the president try to overturn the 2020 election.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/thomas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tho</span><span class="invisible">mas-albus-fulton-county-georgia-election-records?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/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a> <a href="/tags/missouri/" rel="tag">#Missouri</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>The government does not track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So ProPublica did.</p><p>We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?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/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</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> <a href="/tags/american/" rel="tag">#American</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> Is Cracking Down on <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a>.<br>Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.</p><p>Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#immigration</a> agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby.</p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/rendition/" rel="tag">#Rendition</a> <a href="/tags/statesponsoredabduction/" rel="tag">#StateSponsoredAbduction</a> <a href="/tags/constitution/" rel="tag">#Constitution</a> <a href="/tags/righttoprotest/" rel="tag">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/humanrights/" rel="tag">#HumanRights</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/abuseofpower/" rel="tag">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="/tags/fascism/" rel="tag">#fascism</a> <a href="/tags/tyranny/" rel="tag">#Tyranny</a> <a href="/tags/mafiastate/" rel="tag">#MafiaState</a> <a href="/tags/policebrutality/" rel="tag">#PoliceBrutality</a> <a href="/tags/militarystate/" rel="tag">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="/tags/cbp/" rel="tag">#CBP</a> <a href="/tags/gestapo/" rel="tag">#Gestapo</a> <a href="/tags/whitesupremacy/" rel="tag">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/chicago-ice-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/chicago-ice-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/us/</span><span class="invisible">chicago-ice-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>