Propublica

They Built the Wall. Problems Remain After Founder’s Guilty Plea

Brian Kolfage, a 40-year-old Air Force veteran, faces more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding donors…

3 years ago

Taking Aim at Billionaire Tax Avoiders, Biden Proposes Minimum Tax for Ultrarich

University of California Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman estimated that the 10 richest Americans alone would owe at least $215 billion…

4 years ago

Her Story Brought Down Alaska’s Attorney General. A Year Later, She Feels Let Down

Nikki Dougherty White told the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica in January 2021 that Ed Sniffen began an illegal sexual…

4 years ago

Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation and Insurrection Threats in Months Leading Up to Jan. 6 Attack, Records Show

by Craig Silverman, ProPublica, Craig Timberg, The Washington Post, Jeff Kao, ProPublica, and Jeremy B. Merrill, The Washington Post Jan. 4 https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-hosted-surge-of-misinformation-and-insurrection-threats-in-months-leading-up-to-jan-6-attack-records-show?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter&utm_content=feature Facebook groups swelled with…

4 years ago

A Union Scandal Landed Hundreds of NYPD Officers on a Secret Watchlist

After prosecutors flagged hundreds of cops caught fixing tickets for friends and family a decade ago, the officers’ work was…

4 years ago

What the US Didn’t Learn in Afghanistan, According to the Government’s Own Inspector General

A lacerating report this week was the 11th in a clear-eyed series that revealed the US failure to reconstruct Afghanistan…

4 years ago

A Banking App Has Been Suddenly Closing Accounts, Sometimes Not Returning Customers’ Money

When he went to pay, his only means of payment, a debit card issued by the hot financial technology startup…

4 years ago

“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection

They hurled everything they could get their hands on at the cops beneath: rebar, plywood, power tools, even cans of…

5 years ago

THE INSURRECTION “This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat Where Far-Right Extremists Devised Their Post-Capitol Plans

... the account of his activities spelled out in court papers doesn’t mention how the 25-year-old spent the 10 days…

5 years ago

Seeing the Pentagon Papers in a New Light

The obituary was accompanied by an article, which Sheehan insisted be published only after his death, that purported to reveal…

5 years ago