“No one is watching, no one will hold them accountable, so they can just do what they want,” said one HUD attorney. “The civil rights laws that people marched for and fought for, ... it’s not happening. And people are really being harmed by it.”
#News #Housing #Discrimination #CivilRights #Law #Government #Trump #DOGE
#Trump angrily brushed off ethical concerns about accepting a $400 million luxury jet from #Qatar to be used as a new #AirForceOne, saying only someone “stupid” would turn down such an offer.
“I think it’s a great gesture from Qatar. I appreciate it very much. I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer. I mean, I could be a stupid person say, ‘No, we don’t want a free, very expensive airplane.’ But it was—I thought it was a great gesture,” Trump said.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/trump-qatar-plane-jet.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=F6768AF9-4106-43C0-8EE7-ECBF9E2D44E5
Former #SCOTUS Justice #DavidSouter died on Thursday at his New Hampshire home, the court said in a statement on Friday. He was 85.
#law #judiciary #JudicialIndependence #nonpartisan
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-supreme-court-justice-souter-dies-court-says-2025-05-09/
🧵Excerpts from a beautiful piece written in the NYT by David J. Garrow in 1994 on Souter’s remarkable contribution in Planned Parenthood v. Casey in which the #SupremeCourt upheld the right to #abortion as established by #RoeVWade:
Texas Lawmakers Push to Enforce Election Transparency Law After Newsrooms Found School Districts Failed to Comply
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ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found nearly three dozen school districts were missing required campaign finance reports online. Now lawmakers are pushing to impose steep penalties on local governments that fail to abide by the law.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-lawmakers-campaign-finance-posting-rules?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Democrats Won a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat. But They Lost Control Over the Board That Sets Election Rules.
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Republican Jefferson Griffin conceded after a monthslong legal battle. But Democrats suffered a defeat that may be more consequential: losing control of the state board that sets voting rules and adjudicates election disputes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-democrats-elections-board-jefferson-griffin?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Trump’s NIH Axed Research Grants Even After a Judge Blocked the Cuts, Internal Records Show
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A lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general offers an unprecedented view of the termination of more than 600 NIH grants, including transgender research grants threatened by Trump’s executive orders.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nih-cuts-transgender-research-grants?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #NIH #Science #Research #Funding #Trump #Law #Transgender
After ProPublica reported that the White House intervened on behalf of Andrew Tate, two senators say the behavior “raises grave questions regarding the independence and impartiality of federal law enforcement operations.”
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-postpartum-medicaid-coverage-robin-vos?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Wisconsin #Women #Health #Medicaid #Pregnancy #Law #USPolitics
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-tierra-walker-preeclampsia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Women #Health #Abortion #Pregnancy #Texas #Law #USPolitics
ProPublica Updates Its Database of Museums’ and Universities’ Compliance With Federal Repatriation Law
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Institutions across the U.S. returned more than 10,300 Native American ancestors to tribes in 2024, making it the third-biggest year for repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
https://www.propublica.org/article/native-american-remains-returned-repatriation-nagpra?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Native #Indigenous #History #Museum #University #Law #Data
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
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Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
https://www.propublica.org/article/andrew-tate-investigation-dhs-paul-ingrassia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #AndrewTate #WhiteHouse #DHS #Law #USPolitics #Trump #Epstein
Kait walks through what she found out about Bill Barr’s family, and when combined with Cliff’s personal experiences in New York with those connected to the Barrs—and his background in #history of #US. intelligence—they put some serious puzzle pieces in place. You’ll never look at the #Trump ’s corrupt-as-Tammany-Hall-on-meth DOJ the same way again.
Because they go By the time the conversation reaches #Epstein ’s so-called “suicide,” Kait offers a third option nobody on in monopoly media will say out loud. Ever. This is the episode you send to the friend who still thinks “it’s all just a coincidence.”
https://www.blueamp.co/p/cheaters-supreme-courts-right-wing #news #tv #politics #war #iran #israel #america #unitedstates #eu #usa #tech #video #economy #law #donaldtrump #ai
NEW: Washington Law Says to Alert the Public When Doctors Are Accused of Misconduct. It Can Take Months.
In the case of OB-GYN Mark Mulholland, who was repeatedly accused of sexual misconduct, Washington’s medical board waited six weeks to announce it had filed charges. He kept seeing patients during that time, and one alleges he abused her in the interim.
https://www.propublica.org/article/washington-doctor-misconduct-failed-disclosure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Washington #Medicine #Health #Doctors #Law #Transparency #SexualAssault
One doctor’s recommendation to deny a 43-year-woman coverage “contained errors on practically every aspect” of her condition, the Labor Department said in 2012.
United and other insurers continued to hire the doctor over the next decade.
#News #Health #Healthcare #Insurance #MentalHealth #Doctors #Law
Although Tom Ragsdale’s #oil companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for #pollution and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
#News #Environment #Energy #Business #Regulation #Law #Illustration
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why #Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
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Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
When Hillary Clinton was first lady, a furor erupted over reports that she had once made $100k from a $1k investment in cattle futures. Even though it had happened a dozen years before her husband became president, it became a scandal that lasted weeks & forced the White House to initiate a review.
#Trump #law #emoluments #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/us/politics/trump-money-plane-crypto.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J08.MV12.FMyyoC3z_EI_&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Among our top stories of 2024:
Police knew she was selling fake Percocet but did not stop her. His mother sought the right treatment for his addiction but couldn’t find it. Two teens got caught up in a system unprepared to handle kids on either side of the drug trade.
#Law #Crime #Teen #Drugs #Addiction #Trauma #Parenting #Police
A Chattanooga public charter school has agreed to pay the family of an 11-year-old boy $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit claiming that it wrongfully reported the student to police for an alleged threat of mass violence.
#News #Tennessee #School #Education #Students #Violence #Law #Police
The “Invasion” Invention: The Far Right’s Long Legal Battle to Make Immigrants the Enemy
The #Trump administration is using the claim that #immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process.
A faction of the far right has been building this case for years.
#Immigration #News #Law #HumanRights #government
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-immigration-invasion-rhetoric-courts
Lincare is paid to rent oxygen equipment to patients, with HHS covering most of the monthly bills. But those rental fees often add up to many times what it would cost simply to buy the equipment.
(Published Nov. 2024)
https://propub.li/3UNDUms
Former “We Buy Ugly Houses” Franchise Owner to Plead Guilty in Fraud Scheme That Cost Investors $40 Million
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Charles Carrier agreed to plead guilty to one count of felony wire fraud that carries a potential 20-year prison sentence. The plea follows a ProPublica report detailing how Carrier bilked investors across Texas out of millions of dollars.
#News #Housing #Home #Fraud #Lawsuit #Law #Texas #RealEstate
IMPACT: Reporting by the Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica found that a Connecticut law allows towed cars to be sold in 15 days, one of the shortest windows in the nation.
Now the Connecticut Senate has passed a bill that will make it easier for drivers to reclaim their vehicles.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-passes-towing-law-reform?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
“BadAss Grandmas” Pushed for an #Ethics Commission. Then the North Dakota Legislature Limited Its Power.
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Led by a bipartisan group of women, North Dakotans voted to create an ethics oversight body six years ago. Since then, the group has received 81 complaints and has not substantiated a single one.
An examination of more than 1,200 federal judges and state supreme court justices turned up dozens of judges who chose not to recuse when facing potential appearances of impropriety involving familial financial connections.
(Published July 2024)
https://propub.li/40kGxzo
