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After DOGE outed Halimi, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
(Published Aug. 2025)
Measles outbreaks in Texas and Utah sit at the center of an unusually technical — and politically fraught — question: whether the U.S. is still officially considered “measles free.”
By @natlash.bsky.social and @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
Some experts believe the ultimate objective of any Texas school district takeover is to disenfranchise local communities.
“It all begins at the school board level to then completely disempower the community,” said NYU professor Domingo Morel.
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Update: North Dakota Republican State Rep. Eric Murphy, the incumbent of District 43, lost his June 9 primary race, falling short by 130 votes.
That makes now five conservative abortion reformers in state legislatures who have been ousted.
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After an elementary school teacher was sentenced for sexually abusing students, @kqednews.kqed.org reporter Holly McDede started requesting public records about teacher misconduct.
It’s something anyone can do if you just know where to look, she writes.
Last summer, Benjamin Landa, the nominee for Ambassador to Hungary, donated $5M to a pro-Trump Super PAC.
Now, a facility he co-owns is in litigation with federal health agencies over an estimated $31M in Medicare overbillings.
(Published March)
NEW: The Trump administration has said immigration officers don’t target children with tear gas or pepper spray, but we found many children — in their homes, cars or walking to school — harmed by these chemicals, which pose a particular threat to kids.
TikTok investor Jeff Yass avoided paying $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny.
He then poured that money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election deniers.
(Published 2022)
A mother, a daughter, a granddaughter: For the Peldo family, three generations of women have been victims of sexual abuse.
Each woman was told by church leaders to forgive her abuser instead of reporting him to police.
w/ @startribune.com
Since 2020, the state education agency has taken over eight school districts — four in just the past few months — and installed leaders linked to Houston’s controversial superintendent, Mike Miles. At...
At least four of them lost reelection bids after anti-abortion groups and key party allies backed their challengers instead. Two others — a state representative from North Dakota and a state senator f...
In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn't always so — sometimes you just need to kno...
A month after Benjamin Landa’s nomination, the Health and Human Services inspector general said a nursing home Landa co-owns received at least $31.2 million in Medicare overpayments. Now the facility ...
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Dozens of kids — many of them far from protest sites — have been harmed by tear gas and pepper spray deployed by federal immigration officers. Here is what you need to know about why these chemicals p...
Susquehanna founder and TikTok investor Jeff Yass has avoided $1 billion in taxes while largely escaping public scrutiny. He’s now pouring his money into campaigns to cut taxes and support election de...
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The church's culture of forgiving and forgetting sins has absolved abusers and silenced victims across the country.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
The U.S. eliminated measles a quarter century ago, but to keep its “measles-free” designation, officials will have to make a strong case that measles is not continuously spreading within its borders. ...
