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Vitamin K shots are one of three key interventions for newborns in the U.S., along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine.

But across the country, families — first in smatterings, now in droves — are declining the single, inexpensive injection.

The trend is fueled by a contradictory pairing: families’ fierce desire to protect their babies and a cascade of false information on social media. Although it is not a vaccine, the vitamin K shot has been swept up in the same post-pandemic tide that has led to a drop in key childhood vaccines.

Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, which can lead to death.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(Illustration by @matt.rota for ProPublica; photo by @stacykranitz for ProPublica)

Vitamin K shots are one of three key interventions for newborns in the U.S., along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine.

But across the country, families — first in smatterings, now in droves — are declining the single, inexpensive injection.

The trend is fueled by a contradictory pairing: families’ fierce desire to protect their babies and a cascade of false information on social media. Although it is not a vaccine, the vitamin K shot has been swept up in the same post-pandemic tide that has led to a drop in key childhood vaccines.

Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, which can lead to death.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(Illustration by @matt.rota for ProPublica; photo by @stacykranitz for ProPublica)

Vitamin K shots are one of three key interventions for newborns in the U.S., along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine.

But across the country, families — first in smatterings, now in droves — are declining the single, inexpensive injection.

The trend is fueled by a contradictory pairing: families’ fierce desire to protect their babies and a cascade of false information on social media. Although it is not a vaccine, the vitamin K shot has been swept up in the same post-pandemic tide that has led to a drop in key childhood vaccines.

Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, which can lead to death.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(Illustration by @matt.rota for ProPublica; photo by @stacykranitz for ProPublica)

Vitamin K shots are one of three key interventions for newborns in the U.S., along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine.

But across the country, families — first in smatterings, now in droves — are declining the single, inexpensive injection.

The trend is fueled by a contradictory pairing: families’ fierce desire to protect their babies and a cascade of false information on social media. Although it is not a vaccine, the vitamin K shot has been swept up in the same post-pandemic tide that has led to a drop in key childhood vaccines.

Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, which can lead to death.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(Illustration by @matt.rota for ProPublica; photo by @stacykranitz for ProPublica)

Vitamin K shots are one of three key interventions for newborns in the U.S., along with an antibiotic eye ointment and the hepatitis B vaccine.

But across the country, families — first in smatterings, now in droves — are declining the single, inexpensive injection.

The trend is fueled by a contradictory pairing: families’ fierce desire to protect their babies and a cascade of false information on social media. Although it is not a vaccine, the vitamin K shot has been swept up in the same post-pandemic tide that has led to a drop in key childhood vaccines.

Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot, research shows, are 81 times more likely than those who do to develop late vitamin K deficiency bleeding, which can lead to death.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(Illustration by @matt.rota for ProPublica; photo by @stacykranitz for ProPublica)

A Georgia congressman is running for Senate on a promise to make America’s roads safer — by taking commercial driver’s licenses away from noncitizens.

Mike Collins spent most of his life running a family trucking business, an identity at the forefront of his political campaign. But his policy positions on other trucking safety measures have stood at odds with the industry’s largest trade group, American Trucking Associations.

ProPublica’s analysis of federal motor vehicle data shows that Collins’ business has a higher rate of unsafe driving and speeding violations per mile than the majority of trucking companies with substantial mileage.

Why have immigration agents detained this American citizen three times?

On May 2, agents followed Leonardo Garcia Venegas back to his home because they didn’t believe his claims of citizenship or that the REAL ID he showed them was legitimate. It was familiar territory: He’d already been detained twice by immigration agents — once last May and another time last June.

Except this time, after cuffing him, they shackled his hands and feet.

The same week of Garcia Venegas’s third detention, a top immigration official said at a border security conference that arrests “where we thought they were an illegal alien but they were actually a U.S. citizen” had “happened zero times.”

Listen as Garcia Venegas shares the story of his third detention by immigration agents.

Across Oklahoma, wastewater from oil and gas operations is spreading uncontrollably belowground, blasting out of old wells, polluting the environment and contaminating drinking water. In a new documentary from The Frontier (@readfrontier) and ProPublica, reporter Nick Bowlin investigates the scope of the massive problem threatening oil-producing states across the country.

🗓️ Join us May 20 at the Circle Cinema Theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a reception and public screening of this documentary film. Following the film, there will be a panel discussion and Q&A with filmmaker Katie Campbell, reporter Nick Bowlin and affected families.

Space is limited, so registration is required.

🔗 RSVP at propublica.org/events or via the link in our bio.

In March 2025, the Trump administration made an offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.

No rigorous application was needed. An email would suffice.

Executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails that were sent to and from this inbox in the weeks that followed.

All told, more than 180 facilities have — without input from EPA scientists — been given a two-year reprieve from following the latest Clean Air Act rules.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @bearguerra and @annieflanagan for ProPublica)

In March 2025, the Trump administration made an offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.

No rigorous application was needed. An email would suffice.

Executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails that were sent to and from this inbox in the weeks that followed.

All told, more than 180 facilities have — without input from EPA scientists — been given a two-year reprieve from following the latest Clean Air Act rules.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @bearguerra and @annieflanagan for ProPublica)

In March 2025, the Trump administration made an offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.

No rigorous application was needed. An email would suffice.

Executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails that were sent to and from this inbox in the weeks that followed.

All told, more than 180 facilities have — without input from EPA scientists — been given a two-year reprieve from following the latest Clean Air Act rules.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @bearguerra and @annieflanagan for ProPublica)

In March 2025, the Trump administration made an offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.

No rigorous application was needed. An email would suffice.

Executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails that were sent to and from this inbox in the weeks that followed.

All told, more than 180 facilities have — without input from EPA scientists — been given a two-year reprieve from following the latest Clean Air Act rules.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @bearguerra and @annieflanagan for ProPublica)

In March 2025, the Trump administration made an offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.

No rigorous application was needed. An email would suffice.

Executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails that were sent to and from this inbox in the weeks that followed.

All told, more than 180 facilities have — without input from EPA scientists — been given a two-year reprieve from following the latest Clean Air Act rules.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @bearguerra and @annieflanagan for ProPublica)

In March 2025, the Trump administration made an offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.

No rigorous application was needed. An email would suffice.

Executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails that were sent to and from this inbox in the weeks that followed.

All told, more than 180 facilities have — without input from EPA scientists — been given a two-year reprieve from following the latest Clean Air Act rules.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @bearguerra and @annieflanagan for ProPublica)

In March 2025, the Trump administration made an offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.

No rigorous application was needed. An email would suffice.

Executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails that were sent to and from this inbox in the weeks that followed.

All told, more than 180 facilities have — without input from EPA scientists — been given a two-year reprieve from following the latest Clean Air Act rules.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @bearguerra and @annieflanagan for ProPublica)

In March 2025, the Trump administration made an offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.

No rigorous application was needed. An email would suffice.

Executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails that were sent to and from this inbox in the weeks that followed.

All told, more than 180 facilities have — without input from EPA scientists — been given a two-year reprieve from following the latest Clean Air Act rules.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @bearguerra and @annieflanagan for ProPublica)

In March 2025, the Trump administration made an offer to coal-fired power plants, chemical manufacturing facilities and other factories: Their operations could be exempted from key provisions under the Clean Air Act.

No rigorous application was needed. An email would suffice.

Executives across major industries began flooding an inbox set up to receive and funnel requests from the Environmental Protection Agency to the White House.

ProPublica obtained 3,000 pages of emails that were sent to and from this inbox in the weeks that followed.

All told, more than 180 facilities have — without input from EPA scientists — been given a two-year reprieve from following the latest Clean Air Act rules.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @bearguerra and @annieflanagan for ProPublica)

Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix the housing crisis in Cairo, Illinois. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished. Cracks formed in the structure, construction stopped and the printer was eventually removed, leaving behind a single unfinished house and a lot of unanswered questions.

Now the FBI is taking a closer look, with subpoenas issued to the 3D-housing developers and officials distancing themselves from the project. No charges have been filed, and the company denies wrongdoing. But for the residents of Cairo, the reality is that these homes still haven’t been built, and the housing crisis continues.

Watch ProPublica and @capitolnewsillinois journalist Molly Parker — who’s reported on housing in Cairo for at least a decade — explain what she found when she set out to find out what happened.

When powerful people try to cover their tracks, who holds them accountable?

At ProPublica, reporters spend months, sometimes years, uncovering the truth.

Follow along as we dig, document and expose what impacts you. Subscribe to our brand-new podcast, “Paper Trail” — hosted by investigative reporter Jessica Lussenhop (@jessicalussenhop) — on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

🎨: Nate Sweitzer for ProPublica

Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk of @CTMirror and Sophie Chou and Haru Coryne of @propublica have won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting. Their series “On the Hook” exposed a wide range of abuses committed by Connecticut towing companies.

Within 24 hours of the first story publishing, lawmakers quickly proposed a bill overhauling the state’s century-old towing statutes. Listen to CT Mirror reporters Dave Altimari and Ginny Monk and ProPublica editor Michael Grabell celebrate the win.

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

After a deadly flood last summer in the Texas Hill Country, some state legislators scolded local officials for their decision not to invest in warning sirens and for the chaotic emergency response. Other elected leaders excused the storm as so massive that no one could have prepared for it.

But lawmakers failed to address the underlying problem: They have repeatedly rejected bills that could protect residents in the state’s most dangerous, flood-prone areas, an investigation by @propublica and The Texas Tribune found.

The majority of the 137 people confirmed to have died across five counties in the July 4 tragedy were staying in places identified by the federal government as being at risk for flooding, the newsrooms found. These were places where Texas lawmakers had a chance to curb development in the past, but didn’t.

📝: Emily Foxhall, Lexi Churchill and Pratheek Rebala
📸: @brendabazan

🏆 ProPublica and Local Reporting Network partner @CTMirror have won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for the series “On the Hook,” which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents. It is the ninth Pulitzer for ProPublica.

Two additional ProPublica investigations were named finalists:

▪️Our “Rx Roulette” series about how the Food and Drug Administration has for years allowed risky drugs to enter the United States was named a finalist in the investigative reporting category.

▪️Our “The End of Aid” series about the fallout from the destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development was named a finalist in the explanatory reporting category.

They are the 13th and 14th Pulitzer finalists in 18 years.

🔗 Click the link in our bio for full award details.

(Lead image photo by Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica; Illustration for the “On the Hook” series by Anuj Shrestha, special to ProPublica; Photo for “The End of Aid” series by Brian Otieno for ProPublica.)

🏆 ProPublica and Local Reporting Network partner @CTMirror have won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for the series “On the Hook,” which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents. It is the ninth Pulitzer for ProPublica.

Two additional ProPublica investigations were named finalists:

▪️Our “Rx Roulette” series about how the Food and Drug Administration has for years allowed risky drugs to enter the United States was named a finalist in the investigative reporting category.

▪️Our “The End of Aid” series about the fallout from the destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development was named a finalist in the explanatory reporting category.

They are the 13th and 14th Pulitzer finalists in 18 years.

🔗 Click the link in our bio for full award details.

(Lead image photo by Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica; Illustration for the “On the Hook” series by Anuj Shrestha, special to ProPublica; Photo for “The End of Aid” series by Brian Otieno for ProPublica.)

🏆 ProPublica and Local Reporting Network partner @CTMirror have won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for the series “On the Hook,” which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents. It is the ninth Pulitzer for ProPublica.

Two additional ProPublica investigations were named finalists:

▪️Our “Rx Roulette” series about how the Food and Drug Administration has for years allowed risky drugs to enter the United States was named a finalist in the investigative reporting category.

▪️Our “The End of Aid” series about the fallout from the destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development was named a finalist in the explanatory reporting category.

They are the 13th and 14th Pulitzer finalists in 18 years.

🔗 Click the link in our bio for full award details.

(Lead image photo by Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica; Illustration for the “On the Hook” series by Anuj Shrestha, special to ProPublica; Photo for “The End of Aid” series by Brian Otieno for ProPublica.)

🏆 ProPublica and Local Reporting Network partner @CTMirror have won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for the series “On the Hook,” which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents. It is the ninth Pulitzer for ProPublica.

Two additional ProPublica investigations were named finalists:

▪️Our “Rx Roulette” series about how the Food and Drug Administration has for years allowed risky drugs to enter the United States was named a finalist in the investigative reporting category.

▪️Our “The End of Aid” series about the fallout from the destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development was named a finalist in the explanatory reporting category.

They are the 13th and 14th Pulitzer finalists in 18 years.

🔗 Click the link in our bio for full award details.

(Lead image photo by Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica; Illustration for the “On the Hook” series by Anuj Shrestha, special to ProPublica; Photo for “The End of Aid” series by Brian Otieno for ProPublica.)

🏆 ProPublica and Local Reporting Network partner @CTMirror have won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for the series “On the Hook,” which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents. It is the ninth Pulitzer for ProPublica.

Two additional ProPublica investigations were named finalists:

▪️Our “Rx Roulette” series about how the Food and Drug Administration has for years allowed risky drugs to enter the United States was named a finalist in the investigative reporting category.

▪️Our “The End of Aid” series about the fallout from the destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development was named a finalist in the explanatory reporting category.

They are the 13th and 14th Pulitzer finalists in 18 years.

🔗 Click the link in our bio for full award details.

(Lead image photo by Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica; Illustration for the “On the Hook” series by Anuj Shrestha, special to ProPublica; Photo for “The End of Aid” series by Brian Otieno for ProPublica.)

🏆 ProPublica and Local Reporting Network partner @CTMirror have won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for the series “On the Hook,” which exposed how Connecticut laws had come to favor towing companies at the expense of low-income residents. It is the ninth Pulitzer for ProPublica.

Two additional ProPublica investigations were named finalists:

▪️Our “Rx Roulette” series about how the Food and Drug Administration has for years allowed risky drugs to enter the United States was named a finalist in the investigative reporting category.

▪️Our “The End of Aid” series about the fallout from the destruction of the U.S. Agency for International Development was named a finalist in the explanatory reporting category.

They are the 13th and 14th Pulitzer finalists in 18 years.

🔗 Click the link in our bio for full award details.

(Lead image photo by Zaydee Sanchez for ProPublica; Illustration for the “On the Hook” series by Anuj Shrestha, special to ProPublica; Photo for “The End of Aid” series by Brian Otieno for ProPublica.)

The Trump administration is poised to penalize people simply for living in the same home as their families.

The Supplemental Security Income program provides a basic income to those with severe disabilities and to indigent older people. The administration’s rule change would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their monthly SSI benefit if the family members they live with are receiving food stamps.

This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third, or ending their support altogether.

All told, as many as 400,000 disabled and older people across the U.S. could have their support cut or eliminated.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @carolinegutman for ProPublica)

The Trump administration is poised to penalize people simply for living in the same home as their families.

The Supplemental Security Income program provides a basic income to those with severe disabilities and to indigent older people. The administration’s rule change would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their monthly SSI benefit if the family members they live with are receiving food stamps.

This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third, or ending their support altogether.

All told, as many as 400,000 disabled and older people across the U.S. could have their support cut or eliminated.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @carolinegutman for ProPublica)

The Trump administration is poised to penalize people simply for living in the same home as their families.

The Supplemental Security Income program provides a basic income to those with severe disabilities and to indigent older people. The administration’s rule change would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their monthly SSI benefit if the family members they live with are receiving food stamps.

This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third, or ending their support altogether.

All told, as many as 400,000 disabled and older people across the U.S. could have their support cut or eliminated.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @carolinegutman for ProPublica)

The Trump administration is poised to penalize people simply for living in the same home as their families.

The Supplemental Security Income program provides a basic income to those with severe disabilities and to indigent older people. The administration’s rule change would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their monthly SSI benefit if the family members they live with are receiving food stamps.

This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third, or ending their support altogether.

All told, as many as 400,000 disabled and older people across the U.S. could have their support cut or eliminated.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @carolinegutman for ProPublica)

The Trump administration is poised to penalize people simply for living in the same home as their families.

The Supplemental Security Income program provides a basic income to those with severe disabilities and to indigent older people. The administration’s rule change would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their monthly SSI benefit if the family members they live with are receiving food stamps.

This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third, or ending their support altogether.

All told, as many as 400,000 disabled and older people across the U.S. could have their support cut or eliminated.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @carolinegutman for ProPublica)

The Trump administration is poised to penalize people simply for living in the same home as their families.

The Supplemental Security Income program provides a basic income to those with severe disabilities and to indigent older people. The administration’s rule change would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their monthly SSI benefit if the family members they live with are receiving food stamps.

This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third, or ending their support altogether.

All told, as many as 400,000 disabled and older people across the U.S. could have their support cut or eliminated.

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(📸: @carolinegutman for ProPublica)

The Trump administration is poised to penalize people simply for living in the same home as their families.

The Supplemental Security Income program provides a basic income to those with severe disabilities and to indigent older people. The administration’s rule change would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their monthly SSI benefit if the family members they live with are receiving food stamps.

This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third, or ending their support altogether.

All told, as many as 400,000 disabled and older people across the U.S. could have their support cut or eliminated.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @carolinegutman for ProPublica)

The Trump administration is poised to penalize people simply for living in the same home as their families.

The Supplemental Security Income program provides a basic income to those with severe disabilities and to indigent older people. The administration’s rule change would deduct the value of a disabled adult’s bedroom from their monthly SSI benefit if the family members they live with are receiving food stamps.

This would mean slashing the benefits of some of the most low-income SSI recipients by up to a third, or ending their support altogether.

All told, as many as 400,000 disabled and older people across the U.S. could have their support cut or eliminated.

Tap the link in our bio to read the full story.

(📸: @carolinegutman for ProPublica)

In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record pace.

In total, the DOJ quietly closed more than 23,000 criminal cases in the first six months of President Donald Trump’s administration, abandoning hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime, drugs and other offenses as it shifted resources to pursue immigration cases, according to an analysis by ProPublica.

Watch data reporter Ken Morales break down ProPublica’s analysis of the DOJ’s change in priorities.