Annie Waldman

America is in the midst of a mental health crisis. But finding a therapist who takes insurance can feel impossible. Insurers say that’s because there aren’t enough therapists. We found that's not entirely true. Here's why you can't find a therapist🧵👇projects.propublica.org/why-i-left-the…

Yesteday we brought you the story of how health insurers have relied on doctors, some of whom “shut their eyes” to medical opinions that opposed their conclusions Today @mayatmiller & I tell you the story of “You are better” and “You have made progress” propublica.org/article/mental…

🚨BREAKING🚨 The Louisiana Department of Health has forbid its staff from promoting COVID, flu or mpox vaccines. It's a dramatic shift in vaccine policy, and a strict and sweeping ban that applies to all aspects of the health department's work. npr.org/sections/shots…

Studies can’t be completed. Papers can’t be published. Millions of dollars may be wasted. Here’s what more than 150 researchers shared with us about the Trump administration’s cuts to NIH grant funding and the science that may be lost. projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-resea…

New: Insiders tell ProPublica that Amy Gleason is only in charge on paper, while Musk's top lieutenants really run DOGE. One person who has been in meetings with Gleason described her as having “little to no actual decision making” responsibilities. propub.li/3DLDYxT

“We are hollowing out our government in a way that is going to hurt people and is going to get people killed.”

They tackled complex issues with life-or-death stakes, and still, they were fired as part of President Donald Trump’s widespread purge of federal workers. Suddenly, the future of their public health missions was in question. W/@AnnieWaldman propublica.org/article/trump-…

ProPublica is recording the casualties of the DOGE purge, highlighting the scale of what is being lost as public health programs and seasoned experts are caught in the Trump administration’s blunt-force drive to shrink the federal government. propublica.org/article/trump-…

So, we found out some new information about how DOGE is being funded: it's been apportioned ~$40 million by the Office of Management & Budget so far. What's that paying for? Salaries? Contracts? Equipment? The White House won't say. propublica.org/article/doge-t…

NEW: The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans. Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/

Today, Elon Musk said "I don’t know of a case where an organization has been more transparent than the DOGE organization.” Yet, DOGE will not confirm the names of people who work for it. So we did.

There's been a lot of attention on the young engineers recruited into DOGE. Now, we've identified some DOGE lawyers: one clerked for Chief Justice Roberts, another for Gorsuch— & the third was selected to clerk for Gorsuch in the 2025-2026 term. propublica.org/article/elon-m…

With this piece @Perla_Trevizo and I wanted to shed light on what really is new in Trump's immigration policies and what has been tried before. Data we obtained shows: Less than half of the ~8,200 ICE arrests from Jan. 20-Feb. 2 have criminal convictions. propublica.org/article/donald…

NEW: An ICE official has been hired to run the office responsible for unaccompanied migrant children, concerning experts + advocates that info about children and families could be shared for arrests and deportations. By @micarosenberg.bsky.social and me: propublica.org/article/immigr…

Some thought Texas AG Ken Paxton could become Trump’s new attorney general. He didn’t get the job. But there’s a significant way Paxton could benefit from the new administration & his longtime ally. My latest for @propublica.org & @texastribune.org propublica.org/article/trump-…

Private-school vouchers are now universal in 12 states--available to families of any income, used mostly by those who already had kids in private school. It's a huge, underappreciated shift. For @propublica and @NewYorker, I tell the story of the movement's triumph in one state.

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files. It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd done a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me

Judge Andrew Oldham sounded frustrated by the UnitedHealthcare lawyer arguing 15-year-old Emily Dwyer no longer needed residential treatment. United’s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to “We’ll just gamble with her life.” propublica.org/article/mental…