<p>Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed at least 30 cases over the past nine years that have a tenuous connection to the counties in which they were filed, a practice that legal experts say pushes the boundaries of the law.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-ken-paxton-forum-shopping?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-ken-paxton-forum-shopping?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-ken-paxton-forum-shopping?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/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/kenpaxton/" rel="tag">#KenPaxton</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/courts/" rel="tag">#Courts</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/tx/" rel="tag">#TX</a></p>
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<p>Should dogs be banned from the office, or should they be allowed every day? I'd love to hear your thoughts! Please fill out and share my survey, it only takes a few minutes: <a href="https://forms.gle/o6WKknQSwUc5895Y9" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>forms.gle/o6WKknQSwUc5895Y9</a></p><p><a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#dogs</a> <a href="/tags/dogsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#dogsofmastodon</a> <a href="/tags/pets/" rel="tag">#pets</a> <a href="/tags/dogsoffedi/" rel="tag">#dogsoffedi</a> <a href="/tags/workplace/" rel="tag">#workplace</a> <a href="/tags/office/" rel="tag">#office</a> <a href="/tags/officedog/" rel="tag">#officedog</a> <a href="/tags/mastodogs/" rel="tag">#mastodogs</a> <a href="/tags/survey/" rel="tag">#survey</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#animals</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#school</a> <a href="/tags/workingdog/" rel="tag">#workingdog</a> <a href="/tags/servicedog/" rel="tag">#servicedog</a></p>
<p>A Black Teen Died Over a $12 Shoplifting Attempt. 13 Years Later, Two Men Plead Guilty in His Killing.<br>---</p><p>16-year-old Corey Stingley died from asphyxiation after being pinned down by customers in a convenience store. Under a special agreement, the family of the teen finally feels that “truth, understanding and a measure of healing” has taken place.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/corey-stingley-felony-murder-plea-deal-milwaukee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/corey-stingley-felony-murder-plea-deal-milwaukee?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/cor</span><span class="invisible">ey-stingley-felony-murder-plea-deal-milwaukee?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/milwaukee/" rel="tag">#Milwaukee</a> <a href="/tags/wisconsin/" rel="tag">#Wisconsin</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
<p>Under DOJ standards and requirements, people seeking pardons generally must wait five years after release, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney.</p><p>Trump has largely abandoned that process.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?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-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?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/pardons/" rel="tag">#Pardons</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/jan6/" rel="tag">#Jan6</a></p>
<p>Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans<br>---</p><p>Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/high-risk-pregnancies-chronic-conditions-abortion-bans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/high-risk-pregnancies-chronic-conditions-abortion-bans?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hig</span><span class="invisible">h-risk-pregnancies-chronic-conditions-abortion-bans?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/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/pregnancy/" rel="tag">#Pregnancy</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public.</p><p>A 2024 ProPublica and Capital & Main investigation uncovered some of their companies’ business dealings.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-oil-orphan-wells-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/new-mexico-oil-orphan-wells-cleanup?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/new</span><span class="invisible">-mexico-oil-orphan-wells-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/newmexico/" rel="tag">#NewMexico</a> <a href="/tags/oil/" rel="tag">#Oil</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a> <a href="/tags/environment/" rel="tag">#Environment</a> <a href="/tags/energy/" rel="tag">#Energy</a></p>
<p>An $11,000 golf cart. More than $7,000 on TV subscriptions. $1.5 million in office renovations.</p><p>Those were among the expenses that one sheriff’s office billed to a settlement aimed at rooting out racial profiling in the department.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-audit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-sheriff-audit?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-sheriff-audit?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/phoenix/" rel="tag">#Phoenix</a> <a href="/tags/maricopacounty/" rel="tag">#MaricopaCounty</a> <a href="/tags/police/" rel="tag">#Police</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>
<p>It’s been over a decade since Alaska significantly increased its funding for public education.</p><p>Two school districts are now suing the state for what they say is a long-running failure to give students a “sound basic education.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/alaska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ala</span><span class="invisible">ska-public-education-funding-failure-lawsuit?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/education/" rel="tag">#Education</a> <a href="/tags/school/" rel="tag">#School</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/students/" rel="tag">#Students</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#Lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a></p>
<p>Six senators accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of a “glaring” conflict of interest, citing ProPublica reporting that found he held at least $159,000 in related investments when he shut down crypto investigations at the DOJ.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-conflict-senator-letter?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/todd-blanche-crypto-conflict-senator-letter?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-conflict-senator-letter?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/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/crypto/" rel="tag">#Crypto</a> <a href="/tags/doj/" rel="tag">#DOJ</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/toddblanche/" rel="tag">#ToddBlanche</a></p>
<p>Louisiana’s Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to Come<br>---</p><p>The governor’s office has dismissed experts’ concerns that his criminal justice rollbacks could swell the prison population and plunge the state into financial disaster. We analyzed how his policies have already begun to impact the state.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jeff-landry-prison-budget-increase?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-jeff-landry-prison-budget-increase?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/lou</span><span class="invisible">isiana-jeff-landry-prison-budget-increase?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/louisiana/" rel="tag">#Louisiana</a> <a href="/tags/prison/" rel="tag">#Prison</a> <a href="/tags/budget/" rel="tag">#Budget</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/criminaljustice/" rel="tag">#CriminalJustice</a></p>
<p>Two years after ProPublica first documented New York state’s dire shortage of guardians — and the substandard care some provide — lawmakers are pitching a $15 million-per-year fix.</p><p>It’s unclear whether the law has the support of Gov. Kathy Hochul.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-good-guardianship-act-kathy-hochul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/new-york-good-guardianship-act-kathy-hochul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/new</span><span class="invisible">-york-good-guardianship-act-kathy-hochul?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/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/guardians/" rel="tag">#Guardians</a> <a href="/tags/elderly/" rel="tag">#Elderly</a> <a href="/tags/seniors/" rel="tag">#Seniors</a> <a href="/tags/care/" rel="tag">#Care</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>An Idaho advisory panel is developing a bill to require autopsies in circumstances including unexplained child deaths.</p><p>The state would help fund autopsies for coroners who get national certification, to address underfunding and bolster standards.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroner-system-legislation-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroner-system-legislation-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ida</span><span class="invisible">ho-coroner-system-legislation-impact?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/idaho/" rel="tag">#Idaho</a> <a href="/tags/death/" rel="tag">#Death</a> <a href="/tags/coroner/" rel="tag">#Coroner</a> <a href="/tags/forensics/" rel="tag">#Forensics</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>New training from a Texas regulator about when doctors can legally terminate a pregnancy comes nearly five years after the state passed its abortion ban in 2021.</p><p>Experts contend the guidance can’t capture all complications that arise in pregnancy.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-medical-board-abortion-training-doctors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/texas-medical-board-abortion-training-doctors?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tex</span><span class="invisible">as-medical-board-abortion-training-doctors?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/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#Healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a></p>
<p>The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica built the Rx Inspector tool to show you.</p><p>Now a proposed bill would also require manufacturing location information on packaging for both generic and brand-name drugs.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/drug-manufacturer-labels-us-senate-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/drug-manufacturer-labels-us-senate-bill?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dru</span><span class="invisible">g-manufacturer-labels-us-senate-bill?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/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/government/" rel="tag">#Government</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/drugs/" rel="tag">#Drugs</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a></p>
<p>The Conservative Researcher Being Linked to the FBI’s Seizure of Election Records in Georgia<br>---</p><p>Kevin Moncla has tried repeatedly to prove that the 2020 vote in Fulton County, Georgia, was tainted by fraud. While state election overseers have rejected his claims, his work may be fueling the federal government’s ongoing investigations.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/kevin-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/kevin-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/kev</span><span class="invisible">in-moncla-election-researcher-fulton-county-georgia?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/georgia/" rel="tag">#Georgia</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/voting/" rel="tag">#Voting</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/vote/" rel="tag">#Vote</a></p>
<p>The Trump administration’s push for mass deportations has resulted in more than 18,000 challenges in federal court from immigrants claiming their detention is illegal.</p><p>We are tracking the increase in these cases:<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/habeas-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/habeas-tracker/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/habeas</span><span class="invisible">-tracker/?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/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/research/" rel="tag">#Research</a> <a href="/tags/data/" rel="tag">#Data</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>
<p>A newly updated reference manual for U.S. judges that provides answers to scientific and technical questions has eliminated some 90 pages about climate science.</p><p>It comes as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?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/climate/" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="/tags/climatechange/" rel="tag">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/gop/" rel="tag">#GOP</a> <a href="/tags/republicans/" rel="tag">#Republicans</a></p>
<p>Five members of the House of Representatives have asked the Department of Justice inspector general to investigate why a federal probe into a prison drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico was abandoned after the 2024 elections.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/puerto-rico-trump-drugs-for-votes-doj-inspector-general-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/puerto-rico-trump-drugs-for-votes-doj-inspector-general-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/pue</span><span class="invisible">rto-rico-trump-drugs-for-votes-doj-inspector-general-investigation?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/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/puertorico/" rel="tag">#PuertoRico</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/election/" rel="tag">#Election</a> <a href="/tags/fraud/" rel="tag">#Fraud</a></p>
<p>Emily Waldorf faced a life-threatening miscarriage.</p><p>Even after she met the hospital’s CEO, called the governor and hired a lawyer, she couldn’t get care in the country’s “most pro-life state.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ark</span><span class="invisible">ansas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-care?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/arkansas/" rel="tag">#Arkansas</a> <a href="/tags/women/" rel="tag">#Women</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/abortion/" rel="tag">#Abortion</a> <a href="/tags/medicine/" rel="tag">#Medicine</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.</p><p>We found that the request came directly from the White House.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/don</span><span class="invisible">ald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house?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/whitehouse/" rel="tag">#WhiteHouse</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/pentagon/" rel="tag">#Pentagon</a> <a href="/tags/defense/" rel="tag">#Defense</a> <a href="/tags/business/" rel="tag">#Business</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/donaldtrumpjr/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrumpJr</a></p>
<p>Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.</p><p>The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hab</span><span class="invisible">eas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-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/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>
<p>Three U.S. senators have called for an overhaul of federal agents’ use of tear gas and pepper spray, citing a ProPublica investigation that found at least 79 children were hurt by these chemicals during Trump’s immigration crackdown.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-demand-reforms-tear-gas-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-demand-reforms-tear-gas-children?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/law</span><span class="invisible">makers-demand-reforms-tear-gas-children?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/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/senate/" rel="tag">#Senate</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>
<p>Testing done by The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found signs of hemp in marijuana vapes sold at dispensaries.</p><p>In a private meeting, one regulator said the extent of suspicious transactions would “explode your minds.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-regulators-meeting-illegal-hemp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-regulators-meeting-illegal-hemp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/col</span><span class="invisible">orado-marijuana-regulators-meeting-illegal-hemp?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/colorado/" rel="tag">#Colorado</a> <a href="/tags/denver/" rel="tag">#Denver</a> <a href="/tags/marijuana/" rel="tag">#Marijuana</a> <a href="/tags/regulation/" rel="tag">#Regulation</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/hemp/" rel="tag">#Hemp</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a><br><br>Welcome! This is Despi, the local moderator of the vsme.cc instance and a journalist for Media GOLOS. <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/vsme.cc/blobcatpeek.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobcatpeek:" title=":blobcatpeek:">. You might have known me by slightly different names before, but what's past, remains in the past. <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/vsme.cc/blobCatAnon.png" class="emoji" alt=":blobCatAnon:" title=":blobCatAnon:"><br><br>I'm a <a href="/tags/nonbinary/" rel="tag">#nonbinary</a> <a href="/tags/trans/" rel="tag">#trans</a> (they/she) <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/vsme.cc/neodog_flag_trans.png" class="emoji" alt=":neodog_flag_trans:" title=":neodog_flag_trans:"> pandemisexual :verifiedmlm:, with a little spice of <a href="/tags/autism/" rel="tag">#autism</a> and <a href="/tags/adhd/" rel="tag">#adhd</a> (possibly<img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/vsme.cc/autism_wheel.png" class="emoji" alt=":autism_wheel:" title=":autism_wheel:">). I'm interested in <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> (especially "RSFSR-RF"), <a href="/tags/coding/" rel="tag">#coding</a> (<a href="https://vsme.cc/tags/python;" rel="nofollow">#python;</a> looking for a job from Ukraine!), and previously <a href="/tags/psychology/" rel="tag">#psychology</a> and <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a>. I love <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#gaming</a> and old tech.<br><br>I own a Nokia E72, C5-00, and 3600 Slide.<br>Soon I will get Dell G3-3590 (16 DDR4/512 SSD, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q 6GB).</p>
<p>NEW: EmblemHealth has agreed to a $2.5 million settlement with the New York attorney general’s office after failing to correct provider directory errors that made it more difficult for customers to get mental health care.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/emblem-health-ghost-network-settlement-mental-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=2-19" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/emblem-health-ghost-network-settlement-mental-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=2-19"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/emb</span><span class="invisible">lem-health-ghost-network-settlement-mental-health?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-mastodon-post&utm_content=2-19</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/newyork/" rel="tag">#NewYork</a> <a href="/tags/insurance/" rel="tag">#Insurance</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#health</a> <a href="/tags/mentalhealth/" rel="tag">#mentalhealth</a></p>