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482 stories published since 2016

The Small Midwestern Cities That Could Play a Pivotal Role in This Year’s Elections

by Alec MacGillis

October 26, 2024, 7:00 am EDT
Without Knowledge or Consent

by Corey G. Johnson

October 24, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Who’s Mailing the Catholic Tribune? It’s Not the Church, It’s Partisan Media.

by Jennifer Smith Richards and Megan O’Matz

October 20, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say

by Andy Kroll, ProPublica; Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch; and Nick Surgey, Documented

October 18, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Opponents of Missouri Abortion Rights Amendment Turn to Anti-Trans Messaging and Misinformation

by Jeremy Kohler

October 18, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Battle Over Ballot Drop Boxes Rages On in Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of Election Integrity Debate

by Megan O’Matz

October 10, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
North Dakota’s Likely Next Governor Brushes Off Conflict Concerns, Says His Oil and Gas Ties Would Benefit the State

by Jacob Orledge, North Dakota Monitor

October 7, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests

by Sharon Lerner and Andy Kroll

October 1, 2024, 5:35 pm EDT
Emails Reveal How Walz Struggled to Deal With Unrest, Reach Consensus With Critics After Police Killings

by Jessica Lussenhop, ProPublica, and Michelle Griffith, Madison McVan and Deena Winter, Minnesota Reformer

September 19, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.

by Doug Bock Clark

August 27, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
A Vexing To-Do List for Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer

by Anna Clark

August 22, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia’s Election Results

by Doug Bock Clark

August 18, 2024, 3:00 pm EDT
Inside Project 2025’s Secret Training Videos

by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented

August 10, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Watch: 14 Hours of Never-Before-Published Videos From Project 2025’s Presidential Administration Academy

by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented

August 10, 2024, 4:55 am EDT
The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans

by Alec MacGillis

August 1, 2024, 1:50 pm EDT
Trump Media Quietly Enters Deal With a Republican Donor Who Could Benefit From a Second Trump Administration

by Justin Elliott, Robert Faturechi and Alex Mierjeski

July 30, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Narcotraficantes mexicanos dijeron que apoyaron la primera campaña del ahora presidente de México. Agentes estadounidenses ya habían dejado de investigar.

por Tim Golden

July 19, 2024, 5:15 am EDT
La historia oculta de la arriesgada investigación estadounidense de las acusaciones de que narcotraficantes financiaron una campaña del presidente mexicano López Obrador

por Tim Golden

July 19, 2024, 5:10 am EDT
Drug Traffickers Said They Backed an Early Campaign of Mexico’s President. But U.S. Agents Were Done Investigating.

by Tim Golden

July 19, 2024, 5:05 am EDT
Inside the Risky U.S. Probe of Allegations That Drug Mafias Financed a Campaign of Mexico’s President López Obrador

by Tim Golden

July 19, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Trump Media Made a Deal That Could Secure a Major Financial Windfall for the GOP Candidate

by Justin Elliott and Robert Faturechi

July 16, 2024, 5:40 pm EDT
In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the “Devil Is Real” and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller

by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented

July 16, 2024, 1:45 pm EDT
West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500

by Jessica Priest

July 8, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Judge Denies Texas Attorney General’s Efforts to Use Consumer Protection Law to Shut Down a Migrant Shelter

by Alejandro Serrano and Robert Downen, The Texas Tribune, and Vianna Davila

July 3, 2024, 12:00 pm EDT
We’re Releasing Our Full, Unedited Interview With Joe Biden From September

by ProPublica

July 2, 2024, 1:35 pm EDT
Texas Is the Largest GOP Stronghold Without Pro-School Voucher Legislation. Gov. Abbott Is on a Crusade to Change That.

by Jeremy Schwartz

June 21, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Introducing ProPublica’s 527 Explorer

by Ruth Talbot and Brandon Roberts

June 18, 2024, 6:05 am EDT
527 Explorer

by Ruth Talbot, Brandon Roberts and Nat Lash

June 18, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
What Idaho’s Republican Primary Tells Us About America’s Culture Wars

by Audrey Dutton

June 4, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Ken Paxton Has Used Consumer Protection Law to Target These Organizations

by Vianna Davila

May 30, 2024, 6:05 am EDT
Texas’ Attorney General Is Increasingly Using Consumer Protection Laws to Pursue Political Targets

by Vianna Davila

May 30, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Scenes From a MAGA Meltdown: Inside the “America First” Movement’s War Over Democracy

by Andy Kroll

May 22, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Kristi Noem Said She Is Proud to “Support Babies, Moms, and Families.” Her Record Shows Otherwise, Critics Say.

by Jessica Lussenhop

May 20, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Help ProPublica and The Texas Tribune Report on School Board and Bond Elections in Your Community

by Jessica Priest, Jeremy Schwartz, Lexi Churchill and Dan Keemahill

May 15, 2024, 6:10 am EDT
Former Far-Right Hard-Liner Says Billionaires Are Using School Board Races to Sow Distrust in Public Education

by Jeremy Schwartz

May 15, 2024, 6:05 am EDT
She Campaigned for a Texas School Board Seat as a GOP Hard-Liner. Now She’s Rejecting Her Party’s Extremism.

by Jeremy Schwartz

May 15, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Georgia Promised to Fix How Voter Challenges Are Handled. A New Law Could Make the Problem Worse.

by Doug Bock Clark

May 10, 2024, 11:00 am EDT
Texas School Districts Violated a Law Intended to Add Transparency to Local Elections

by Lexi Churchill and Jessica Priest

April 25, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
The Influential Conservative Group Making it Harder for Idaho Districts to Fix Their Schools

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman

April 9, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
As Elections Loom, Congressional Maps Challenged as Discriminatory Will Remain in Place

by Marilyn W. Thompson

April 4, 2024, 5:00 am EDT
Documents Show Internal Clash Before U.S. Officials Pushed to Weaken Toddler Formula Rules

by Lucas Waldron and Heather Vogell

March 21, 2024, 5:05 am EDT
An Oregon Bill to Cut Millions in Timber Taxes Is Dead, Despite Backing by the Industry, the Governor and a Top Lawmaker

by Rob Davis

March 18, 2024, 6:00 am EDT
Idaho Resolution Would Aim to Lower Voting Threshold to Pass School Bonds

by Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, and Asia Fields, ProPublica

February 22, 2024, 1:10 pm EST
Wisconsin Picks New Legislative Maps That Would End Years of GOP Gerrymandering

by Megan O’Matz

February 16, 2024, 6:00 am EST
El presidente mexicano López Obrador atacó nuestro artículo como “una calumnia” y a nuestro reportero como “un peón.” Aquí presentamos algunos hechos.

por Stephen Engelberg

February 9, 2024, 5:05 am EST
Mexican President López Obrador Called Our Story “Slander” and Our Reporter a “Pawn.” Here Are Some Facts.

by Stephen Engelberg

February 9, 2024, 5:00 am EST
Nevada Republicans’ Caucus Adds Chaos and Confusion to the State’s Presidential Primary

by Anjeanette Damon

February 5, 2024, 5:00 am EST
¿Entregaron los narcotraficantes millones de dólares a la primera campaña del Presidente Mexicano López Obrador?

por Tim Golden

January 31, 2024, 9:15 am EST
Did Drug Traffickers Funnel Millions of Dollars to Mexican President López Obrador’s First Campaign?

by Tim Golden

January 30, 2024, 8:45 pm EST
Wisconsin’s Legislative Maps Are Bizarre, but Are They Illegal?

by Megan O’Matz, graphics by Lucas Waldron

November 17, 2023, 6:00 am EST