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The Untold Story of How Ed Martin Ghostwrote Online Attacks Against a Judge — and Still Became a Top Trump Prosecutor

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North Carolina Lawmakers Ask for Investigation Into Funding Disruptions for Sexual Abuse Survivors

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Texas AG Ken Paxton Won't Face Federal Corruption Charges as He Gains Momentum for Likely Senate Run

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How Elon Musk, George Soros and Other Billionaires Are Shaping the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History

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West Texas Pastor Who Used Illegal Donations From Churches to Campaign for Office Is Fined $3,500

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Friends of the Court

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Senators Ask Billionaire Paul Singer and Power Broker Leonard Leo for Full Accounting of Gifts to Supreme Court Justices

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Former Kentucky Secretary of State Faces Ethics Charges

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A Political Power Grab Redirected Funds for North Carolina's Sexual Abuse Survivors. Women in Crisis Paid the Price.

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How Texas Conservatives Use At-Large School Board Elections to Influence What Students Learn

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How a Push to Amend the Constitution Could Help Trump Expand Presidential Power

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Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers

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Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst's Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee

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Speaker Mike Johnson Is Living in a D.C. House That Is the Center of a Pastor's Secretive Influence Campaign

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"We Feel Terrorized": What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

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ProPublica's Coverage of Donald Trump's Appointments — and How They Could Reshape Federal Agencies

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North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He's Set to Run the Agency.

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Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.

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A Trump DOJ Could Bring an End to the Yearslong Investigation of His Ally Ken Paxton

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ProPublica and The Texas Tribune

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Gretchen Whitmer's Chance for Wide-Ranging Legacy Derailed by Botched Legislative Session

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Despite Trump's Win, School Vouchers Were Again Rejected by Majorities of Voters

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Trump's Near Sweep of Texas Border Counties Shows a Shift to the Right for Latino Voters

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The Texas Tribune

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What to Expect From ProPublica in a Second Trump Administration

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El sheriff fronterizo pro armas y provida que perdió la lealtad de sus vecinos por ser tachado de "blando" con la inmigración

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Trump Claims "Illegal Alien" Voting Is Rampant. His Own Party Disagrees.

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A Pro-Gun, Anti-Abortion Border Sheriff Appealed to Both Parties. Then He Was Painted as Soft on Immigration.

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Trump Media Outsourced Jobs to Mexico Even as Trump Pushes "America First"

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ProPublica's Coverage of the Election Issues That Matter to Voters

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Trump Says He'll Fight for Working-Class Americans. His First Presidency Suggests He Won't.

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In Minnesota, the Mayo Clinic Sometimes Called the Shots With Gov. Tim Walz

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The Small Midwestern Cities That Could Play a Pivotal Role in This Year's Elections

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Without Knowledge or Consent

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Who's Mailing the Catholic Tribune? It's Not the Church, It's Partisan Media.

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JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say

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Opponents of Missouri Abortion Rights Amendment Turn to Anti-Trans Messaging and Misinformation

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Battle Over Ballot Drop Boxes Rages On in Wisconsin as Officials Put Them at Center of Election Integrity Debate

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North Dakota's Likely Next Governor Brushes Off Conflict Concerns, Says His Oil and Gas Ties Would Benefit the State

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Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests

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Emails Reveal How Walz Struggled to Deal With Unrest, Reach Consensus With Critics After Police Killings

7 months ago

Officials Voted Down a Controversial Georgia Election Rule, Saying It Violated the Law. Then a Similar Version Passed.

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A Vexing To-Do List for Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer

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Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia's Election Results

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Inside Project 2025's Secret Training Videos

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Watch: 14 Hours of Never-Before-Published Videos From Project 2025's Presidential Administration Academy

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The Man Behind Project 2025's Most Radical Plans

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Trump Media Quietly Enters Deal With a Republican Donor Who Could Benefit From a Second Trump Administration

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Narcotraficantes mexicanos dijeron que apoyaron la primera campaña del ahora presidente de México. Agentes estadounidenses ya habían dejado de investigar.

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La historia oculta de la arriesgada investigación estadounidense de las acusaciones de que narcotraficantes financiaron una campaña del presidente mexicano López Obrador

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Drug Traffickers Said They Backed an Early Campaign of Mexico's President. But U.S. Agents Were Done Investigating.

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Trump Media Made a Deal That Could Secure a Major Financial Windfall for the GOP Candidate

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In Private Speech, J.D. Vance Said the "Devil Is Real" and Praised Alex Jones as a Truth-Teller

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Judge Denies Texas Attorney General's Efforts to Use Consumer Protection Law to Shut Down a Migrant Shelter

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We're Releasing Our Full, Unedited Interview With Joe Biden From September

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Texas Is the Largest GOP Stronghold Without Pro-School Voucher Legislation. Gov. Abbott Is on a Crusade to Change That.

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Introducing ProPublica's 527 Explorer

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