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José Manuel Ramos Bastidas trekked thousands of miles to reach the U.S. border, hoping to pay for his newborn son’s medical needs. When he was denied, he thought he would be sent home. Then he was deported to a prison in El Salvador. propublica.org/article/venezu…

Over the years, Texas legislators have declined to pass at least three bills that would create siren or alert systems, a tool that Kerr County officials tried to secure for years before the July 4 flooding. propublica.org/article/texas-…

New: Texas lawmakers' inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said. propub.li/4m3m6im

The FDA found that Sun Pharma, which produces generic drugs for U.S. consumers, failed to investigate the source of bacteria found in test vials or promptly deal with damaged equipment that had caused drugs to be contaminated with metal particles. propublica.org/article/fda-dr…

Since March, the USDA has filed 56 foreclosures in the federal court system against properties purchased with a rural development mortgage. All but one were in Maine. The borrowers have been in default for an average of nearly nine years. propublica.org/article/usda-m…

We previously found the Trump admin. knew the majority of the 230+ Venezuelan deportees had not been convicted of violent crimes. Our new analysis reveals another jarring reality: that most of the men were already moving through the US immigration system. propublica.org/article/venezu…

“No administration previously has so aggressively rolled back the basic protections that help people who are being harmed in their community,” one HUD official said about the administration’s plans to drop the yearslong housing discrimination cases. propublica.org/article/trump-…

The USDA’s failure to oversee its direct mortgage program “really undermines the concept of giving access to homeownership to a population who might not otherwise have been able to afford it,” said a former rural development director for the agency. propublica.org/article/usda-m…

Jill became so fluent in genetics that she was perceived as a scientist when she called labs or pharmaceutical companies. Toward the end of her life, her fluency allowed her to obtain an experimental gene therapy only available for research purposes. propublica.org/article/rememb…

“They wanted to do a big data dump and profile these people, but they are pushing the boundaries of the law,” said a senior IRS lawyer who was in a meeting with DHS about the data-sharing system. propublica.org/article/trump-…

At the heart of the lawsuit is the NYPD’s Community Response Team. ProPublica reported in March that Mayor Eric Adams championed this unit, despite police officials warning about officers’ conduct. propublica.org/article/lawsui…

The nation’s vaccine system is surprisingly fragile. To help stabilize it, Congress created the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program in the 1980s. Now, Kennedy says he wants to overhaul the system. propublica.org/article/rfk-ch…

Clayton Strong had a history of domestic unrest in two marriages. The women’s families say a more thorough investigation of Betty Strong’s death in Idaho might have saved the life of his next wife, Shirley Weatherley, in Texas. propublica.org/article/idaho-…

HUD plans to halt its probe into allegations that a Texas agency diverted $1B in disaster mitigation money from Houston and other communities of color hit hard by Hurricane Harvey toward more rural, white communities less damaged by the storm. propublica.org/article/trump-…

The USDA let a house deteriorate for 13 years instead of selling it, depreciating its value from its 2006 purchase price of $144,000 to $40,000. “It’s a huge waste of government resources and money to let this happen,” the homeowner’s attorney said. propublica.org/article/usda-m…

Of the 230+ Venezuelan deportees: • Almost half had immigration cases that were not yet decided • More than 60 had pending asylum claims, some just days away from final hearings These men had followed U.S. immigration procedures. Then Trump changed the rules.…

The blueprint does not limit the amount of data that can be transferred or how often DHS can request it. The system could easily be expanded to acquire all the information the IRS holds on taxpayers, said experts who reviewed the documents. propublica.org/article/trump-…

In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. condemned what he called corruption in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and said he assigned a team to overhaul it. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccines. propublica.org/article/rfk-ch…

The lawsuit cites details from ProPublica’s reporting on the NYPD’s Community Response Team. One example: Mayor Eric Adams, according to sources, had a livestream of the CRT officers’ body-worn camera footage. propublica.org/article/lawsui…

Records obtained by ProPublica show the Trump administration is preparing to shut down seven major investigations of alleged housing discrimination and segregation, including some where HUD already found civil rights violations had occurred. propublica.org/article/trump-…