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.
It comes as numerous climate cases make their way through state and federal courts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-judicial-center-climate-change-republican-pressure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Climate #ClimateChange #Science #Law #GOP #Republicans
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.
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
#News #DOJ #Law #PuertoRico #Congress #Trump #Election #Fraud
Emily Waldorf faced a life-threatening miscarriage.
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.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/arkansas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-care?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Arkansas #Women #Health #Law #Abortion #Medicine #USPolitics
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.
We found that the request came directly from the White House.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #Pentagon #Defense #Business #Ethics #Law #Government #DonaldTrumpJr
Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.
The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.
https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #ICE #Law #USPolitics #Trump #Immigrants #Legal
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.
#News #Congress #Law #Senate #ICE #Immigration #Protest #Children #Health
Testing done by The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found signs of hemp in marijuana vapes sold at dispensaries.
In a private meeting, one regulator said the extent of suspicious transactions would “explode your minds.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/colorado-marijuana-regulators-meeting-illegal-hemp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#introduction
Welcome! This is Despi, the local moderator of the vsme.cc instance and a journalist for Media GOLOS. 
. You might have known me by slightly different names before, but what's past, remains in the past. 
I'm a #nonbinary #trans (they/she) 
pandemisexual :verifiedmlm:, with a little spice of #autism and #adhd (possibly
). I'm interested in #law (especially "RSFSR-RF"), #coding (#python; looking for a job from Ukraine!), and previously #psychology and #art. I love #gaming and old tech.
I own a Nokia E72, C5-00, and 3600 Slide.
Soon I will get Dell G3-3590 (16 DDR4/512 SSD, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max Q 6GB).
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.
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“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
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After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigration work.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-reversed-biden-gun-crackdown-atf?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Biden #Guns #Crime #Law #ATF #Government #Immigration
NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back
An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.
Why are nearly all of them still in prison?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-domestic-violence
#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts
NEW: If Attorney General Pam Bondi’s team wins this case, thousands of immigrant moms and dads could be exposed to deportation for minor involvement in the juvenile court system, a new realm for President Trump’s deportation regime.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-deportation-family-court-sotero-mendoza-rivera
#news #trump #immigration #deportation #PamBondi #government #courts #law #criminaljustice
A push for more transparency on drug labels.
Clearer guidance for doctors in Texas on how to legally provide abortions.
Here’s a look at some recent impact from our newsroom.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigations-february-impact?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent activists who worked to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed for the president to declare a national emergency to take over the midterms.
#News #Trump #Election #Democracy #USPolitics #Midterms #Law
From inside a women’s prison, a domestic violence survivor began collecting other prisoners’ stories of abuse.
Their accounts helped shape a new Oklahoma law intended to reduce their sentences — but will it work?
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-survivors-act-survey-domestic-violence?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Oklahoma #Women #Prison #Abuse #DomesticViolence #Law
ProPublica has sued the Department of Education in federal court, accusing it of withholding public records about how it’s enforcing civil rights protections for millions of U.S. students.
#News #Education #Law #USPolitics #Journalism #Media #FOIA #Records
#ICYMI: DHS invoked the “national emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign, which has secretly benefited a firm with ties to Kristi Noem.
(Published Nov. 2025)
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #DHS #KristiNoem #ICE #Government #USPolitics #Law #Advertising
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🗨️ 👩🏽💻 The #majority decision does not always embody what is right; that's why #children and the needy in a #society must ALWAYS be protected - that must be the #law for all of #humanity!
Ergo: There are no exceptions for rogue states!
Anyone who kills children and destroys world cultural heritage is the enemy of our species—they deserve no waste of time, resources, or thought!
No mercy for Israel!
Pass judgement!
Like in #nurnberg 1945!
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During his reelection campaign last fall, Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller said you can’t “arrest your way” out of homelessness.
But a ProPublica analysis found that under Keller, the city has increasingly jailed homeless people.
https://www.propublica.org/article/albuquerque-homelessness-citations-surge-tim-keller?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Albuquerque #NewMexico #Homeless #Housing #Police #Prison #Law
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Government #USPolitics #Law #Finance #Data #Research
NEW: Lawmaker Pushes for Ban on Special Treatment for Convicted Drug Traffickers After ProPublica Report
When Trump pardoned Juan Orlando Hernández, prison officials had the former Honduran president's ICE hold lifted and he was driven to a posh New York hotel. That “can never be allowed to happen ever again,” said Rep. Norma Torres.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-bureau-prisons-pardons-juan-orlando-hernandez-norma-torres?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Prison #Trump #Congress #Law #Crime #Journalism #Honduras
The Navy is no longer allowed to shroud its criminal trials in secrecy and must provide public access to hearings and records, a federal judge ruled last month, the result of a yearslong lawsuit filed by ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/navy-court-records-ruling-first-amendment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Law #Legal #Navy #Constitution #Transparency #Journalism #Media
New York Attorney General is Investigating Columbia for Allowing Predatory Doctor to See Patients Despite Warnings
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In 2023, ProPublica revealed that Columbia University had ignored women who accused OB-GYN Robert Hadden of sexual assault, enabling the doctor's abuse for decades. Survivors say they hope school officials will now be held accountable.
https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-new-york-ag-investigation-robert-hadden-assault?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NewYork #NYC #Columbia #University #Doctor #SexualAssault #Women #Law
