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Death Penalty
Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree

Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree

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By Isaac Arnsdorf | – (ProPublica ) – In its hurry to use its final days in power to execute federal prisoners, the administration of President Donald Trump has trampled over an array of barriers, both legal and practical, according to court records that have not been previously reported. Officials gave public explanations for their […]

Donald Trump
From Salmonella to Workers' Injuries: Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections on Way Out

From Salmonella to Workers’ Injuries: Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections on Way Out

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By Isaac Arnsdorf ( ProPublica) – Six days after President Donald Trump lost his bid for reelection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture notified food safety groups that it was proposing a regulatory change to speed up chicken factory processing lines, a change that would allow companies to sell more birds. An earlier USDA effort had […]

Epidemics
How Your Brain Tricks You Into Taking Risks During the Pandemic

How Your Brain Tricks You Into Taking Risks During the Pandemic

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By Marshall Allen and Meg Marco | – ( ProPublica ) – It was mid-February and Maria Konnikova — a psychologist, writer and champion poker player — was on a multicity trip. From her hotel room in New Orleans, she called her sister, a doctor, to discuss the emerging COVID-19 pandemic. Konnikova saw there were […]

Epidemics
A Doctor Went to His Own Employer for a COVID-19 Antibody Test. It Cost $10,984

A Doctor Went to His Own Employer for a COVID-19 Antibody Test. It Cost $10,984

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This article is co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues. By Marshall Allen | – ( ProPublica) – When Dr. Zachary Sussman went to Physicians Premier ER in […]

Far Right
Fed Prosecutors Target Steve Bannon's Murky Non-Profit: Was his White Nationalism just a way to Get Rich off the Rubes?

Fed Prosecutors Target Steve Bannon’s Murky Non-Profit: Was his White Nationalism just a way to Get Rich off the Rubes?

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by Yeganeh Torbati | – ( ProPublica ) – Near the end of a lengthy indictment detailing fraud allegations against Stephen Bannon, former Donald Trump campaign CEO and chief strategist and his associates, federal prosecutors reveal that they intend to seize the assets of a murky nonprofit organization Bannon launched in 2017 to promote “economic […]

Bill of Rights
“Defendant Shall Not Attend Protests”: In Portland, Getting Out of Jail Requires Relinquishing Constitutional Rights

“Defendant Shall Not Attend Protests”: In Portland, Getting Out of Jail Requires Relinquishing Constitutional Rights

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By Dara Lind | – ( ProPublica ) – Federal authorities are using a new tactic in their battle against protesters in Portland, Oregon: arrest them on offenses as minor as “failing to obey” an order to get off a sidewalk on federal property — and then tell them they can’t protest anymore as a […]

Donald Trump
Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban

Hospitals Are Suddenly Short of Young Doctors — Because of Trump’s Visa Ban

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By Dara Lind | – ( ProPublica) – As hospitals across the United States brace for a difficult six months — with the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic still raging and concerns about a second wave in the fall — some are acutely short-staffed because of an ill-timed change to immigration policy and its […]

Donald Trump
Despite Trump, Testing Is Not Causing Case Counts to Rise. The Virus Is Just Spreading Faster

Despite Trump, Testing Is Not Causing Case Counts to Rise. The Virus Is Just Spreading Faster

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By Charles Ornstein and Ash Ngu | – ( ProPublica) – President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have repeatedly attributed the increase in the coronavirus case count in the United States to an increase in testing. “We’re doing so much testing, so much more than any other country,” Trump said in an interview […]

Donald Trump
Trump dumped the World Health Organization in the midst of a Global Pandemic.  Why?

Trump dumped the World Health Organization in the midst of a Global Pandemic. Why?

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By Sebastian Rotella, James Bandler and Patricia Callahan | – ( ProPublica ) – Right before President Donald Trump unveiled punitive measures against China on May 29, he inserted a surprise into his prepared text. “We will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization,” he announced during a press conference in the […]

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