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### [How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save](https://www.propublica.org/article/how-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit)
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
by [Andy Kroll](https://www.propublica.org/people/andy-kroll), March 5, 2025, 6 a.m. EST
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### [Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee](https://www.propublica.org/article/joni-ernst-congress-military-relationships)
Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potential conflicts of interest.
by [Robert Faturechi](https://www.propublica.org/people/robert-faturechi), March 4, 2025, 7 a.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill)
### [A New Missouri Bill Would Let Residents Donate to Anti-Abortion Centers Instead of Paying Any Taxes](https://www.propublica.org/article/missouri-pregnancy-resource-centers-anti-abortion-tax-credit-bill)
Four months after Missouri voted to legalize abortion, Republican lawmakers are proposing a 100% tax credit — capped at $50,000 per year — for taxpayers who donate to crisis pregnancy centers.
by [Jeremy Kohler](https://www.propublica.org/people/jeremy-kohler), March 5, 2025, 5 a.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-system-reform-bill)
### [As Idaho Pushes to Reform Its Coroner System, Counties Seek to Make It Less Transparent](https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-system-reform-bill)
A bill moving forward with bipartisan support is described as a first step to addressing problems highlighted in a state report and by ProPublica. Meanwhile, counties seek to end access to coroners’ records that were key to ProPublica’s findings.
by [Audrey Dutton](https://www.propublica.org/people/audrey-dutton), March 5, 2025, 1:05 p.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released)
[Life of the Mother](https://www.propublica.org/series/life-of-the-mother)
### [Georgia Won’t Say Who’s Now Serving on Its Maternal Mortality Committee After Dismissing All Members Last Year](https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-maternal-mortality-committee-members-names-not-released)
Before ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, the names of committee members had been publicly released. Now, Georgia says releasing the identities would be a violation of state law.
by [Amy Yurkanin](https://www.propublica.org/people/amy-yurkanin), March 4, 2025, 6 a.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-rubio-usaid-musk-death-toll-malaria-polio-tuberculosis)
### [Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency](https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-rubio-usaid-musk-death-toll-malaria-polio-tuberculosis)
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimated. The programs were cut anyway.
by [Brett Murphy](https://www.propublica.org/people/brett-murphy) and [Anna Maria Barry-Jester](https://www.propublica.org/people/anna-maria-barry-jester), March 3, 2025, 5 p.m. EST
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### How Recent Arrivals at the Border Have Changed the Country and Its Attitudes
[](https://www.propublica.org/series/the-new-immigration)
America is experiencing new types and patterns of immigration. How did we get here?
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/rural-alaska-crumbling-schools-state-funding)
### [A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.](https://www.propublica.org/article/rural-alaska-crumbling-schools-state-funding)
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children.
by Emily Schwing, [KYUK](https://www.kyuk.org/), March 4, 2025, 5 a.m. EST
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### [Illinois Has Virtually No Homeschooling Rules. A New Bill Aims to Change That.](https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-homeschool-regulations-bill)
Following a ProPublica and Capitol News Illinois investigation, an Illinois lawmaker has introduced legislation that would require families to tell their public school districts if they are homeschooling.
by [Molly Parker](https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/author/molly-parker/) and [Beth Hundsdorfer](https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/author/beth-hundsdorfer/), [Capitol News Illinois](https://capitolnewsillinois.com/), March 3, 2025, 7 a.m. EST
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[](https://www.propublica.org/article/nasa-official-warns-staff-trump-harassment-federal-workers)
### [NASA Official Warns Staff About Publicly Displaying Their Badges Amid Reports of Harassment](https://www.propublica.org/article/nasa-official-warns-staff-trump-harassment-federal-workers)
The Trump administration has used strong language to disparage the federal workforce. A NASA official urges staff to “please use caution” in public amid the increasing “negative rhetoric” toward government workers.
by [Heather Vogell](https://www.propublica.org/people/heather-vogell), March 1, 2025, 6:30 p.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-rubio-marocco-canceled-programs-gaza-syria-congo-hiv-ebola)
### [The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.](https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-rubio-marocco-canceled-programs-gaza-syria-congo-hiv-ebola)
The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
by [Anna Maria Barry-Jester](https://www.propublica.org/people/anna-maria-barry-jester) and [Brett Murphy](https://www.propublica.org/people/brett-murphy), March 1, 2025, 4 p.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-guantanamo-bay-venezuelan-migrant-mom)
[The New Immigration](https://www.propublica.org/series/the-new-immigration)
### [Trump Is Sending Migrants From Around the World to Guantanamo. One Mother Speaks Out About Her Son’s Detention.](https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-guantanamo-bay-venezuelan-migrant-mom)
The Trump administration detained Yoiker Sequera at Guantanamo Bay for almost two weeks before he was deported to Venezuela. His mother reflects on finding out her son had been sent to the infamous prison and the effects it had on her.
by [Gerardo del Valle](https://www.propublica.org/people/gerardo-del-valle), ProPublica, [Perla Trevizo](https://www.propublica.org/people/perla-trevizo), [ProPublica and The Texas Tribune](https://www.propublica.org/texas), and [Mica Rosenberg](https://www.propublica.org/people/mica-rosenberg), ProPublica, Feb. 28, 2025, 10:56 a.m. CST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates)
### [Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor’s Secretive Influence Campaign](https://www.propublica.org/article/mike-johnson-evangelical-pastor-steve-berger-roommates)
The Capitol Hill townhouse is owned by a major Republican donor. It’s the headquarters of a little-known political influence project that has reached a number of powerful Republican politicians.
by [Joshua Kaplan](https://www.propublica.org/people/joshua-kaplan), [Justin Elliott](https://www.propublica.org/people/justin-elliott) and [Alex Mierjeski](https://www.propublica.org/people/alex-mierjeski), Feb. 28, 2025, 9:45 a.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation)
### [A Study of Mint Plants. A Device to Stop Bleeding. This Is the Scientific Research Ted Cruz Calls “Woke.”](https://www.propublica.org/article/ted-cruz-woke-grants-national-science-foundation)
The senator flagged thousands of National Science Foundation grants for using words like “female” and “diversify.” A ProPublica analysis found numerous examples of projects caught up in his crude method for identifying research he calls “woke.”
by [Agnel Philip](https://www.propublica.org/people/agnel-philip) and [Lisa Song](https://www.propublica.org/people/lisa-song), Feb. 28, 2025, 5 a.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/st-louis-police-missouri-gop-control-tishaura-jones-civil-war)
### [Missouri GOP’s Effort to Take Over St. Louis Police Hearkens Back to Civil War](https://www.propublica.org/article/st-louis-police-missouri-gop-control-tishaura-jones-civil-war)
City officials say the state’s plan to wrest back control of the police department is an attempt by white conservatives to weaken Black political influence. It’s part of a broader pattern of Missouri Republicans trying to override the will of voters.
by [Jeremy Kohler](https://www.propublica.org/people/jeremy-kohler), Feb. 27, 2025, 6 a.m. EST
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[Without Knowledge or Consent](https://www.propublica.org/series/without-knowledge-or-consent)
### [How Cambridge Analytica Used Data to Exploit Gun Owners’ Private Lives](http://projects.propublica.org/gun-owners-cambridge-analytica-data-psychological-profiles-privacy)
Documents obtained by ProPublica detail the sophistication and intrusiveness of Cambridge’s work for the gun industry in 2016. The firm’s campaign aimed to help elect Donald Trump and keep industry-friendly politicians in the Senate.
by [Corey G. Johnson](https://www.propublica.org/people/corey-johnson), design by [Anna Donlan](https://www.propublica.org/people/anna-donlan), Feb. 27, 2025, 5 a.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigative-editor-training-program-2025)
### [Applications Open for 2025 ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program](https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-investigative-editor-training-program-2025)
The yearlong ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program aims to broaden the ranks of investigative editors.
by [Talia Buford](https://www.propublica.org/people/talia-buford), Feb. 26, 2025, 5 p.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-medical-license-renewed)
### [Montana Renews Accused Cancer Doctor’s License Despite Criminal, Civil Inquiries](https://www.propublica.org/article/thomas-weiner-montana-medical-license-renewed)
Questions about whether oncologist Dr. Thomas Weiner would be permitted to continue practicing medicine intensified after a ProPublica investigation exposed a trail of patient harm tied to his practice.
by Mara Silvers, [Montana Free Press](https://montanafreepress.org/), and [J. David McSwane](https://www.propublica.org/people/j-david-mcswane), ProPublica, Feb. 26, 2025, 3:10 p.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence)
### [DOGE Gains Access to Confidential Records on Housing Discrimination, Medical Details — Even Domestic Violence](https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-hud-housing-discrimination-privacy-domestic-violence)
While some agencies have resisted efforts by Elon Musk’s team to access confidential records, HUD has opened the door. The potential harm to privacy could be significant.
by [Jesse Coburn](https://www.propublica.org/people/jesse-coburn), Feb. 26, 2025, 12:30 p.m. EST
### [Gabriel Sandoval Joins ProPublica as Research Reporter](https://www.propublica.org/atpropublica/gabriel-sandoval-joins-propublica-as-research-reporter)
by [ProPublica](https://www.propublica.org/people/propublica), Feb. 26, 2025, 11:10 a.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/deaths-are-rising-but-illinois-domestic-violence-review-boards-have-yet-to-offer-solutions)
### [Amid Increasing Domestic Violence, Illinois Struggles to Review Fatalities](https://www.propublica.org/article/deaths-are-rising-but-illinois-domestic-violence-review-boards-have-yet-to-offer-solutions)
Four years after the state called for a network of domestic violence review panels, only seven counties have joined committees. Glaringly absent from the program: Cook County, home to Chicago and about 40% of the state’s population.
by [Vernal Coleman](https://www.propublica.org/people/vernal-coleman), Feb. 26, 2025, 5 a.m. EST
[](https://www.propublica.org/article/native-american-remains-returned-repatriation-nagpra)
[The Repatriation Project](https://www.propublica.org/series/the-repatriation-project)
### [ProPublica Updates Its Database of Museums’ and Universities’ Compliance With Federal Repatriation Law](https://www.propublica.org/article/native-american-remains-returned-repatriation-nagpra)
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.
by [Mary Hudetz](https://www.propublica.org/people/mary-hudetz), Feb. 25, 2025, 6 a.m. EST
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