ProPublica

09/05/2026

Weeks after Trump budget chief Russell Vought told Congress that Bilt had fixed its problems without the need of CFPB enforcement, nearly 1,900 Bilt customers received mistaken debt collection notices saying they owed hundreds or even thousands of dollars on their cards.

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09/05/2026

More likely than not, there are ”forever chemicals” in your blood.

Here’s the thing: 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into people’s blood for decades — and continued making them. We found out how they kept this secret.

Listen to our podcast, "Paper Trail," for the full story: https://propub.li/4iO6pNN

09/05/2026

“As presently designed, if even one bar code on one single ballot in a bulk-mailing of 10,000 ballots fails to properly scan during the verification process, the entire batch is rejected and sent back to the state — effectively stopping the ballots from being mailed to voters,” the whistleblower wrote.

In case you missed it, read the full story: https://propub.li/469NyVW

09/04/2026

Vaccines were once so uncontroversial that McDonald’s restaurants put the childhood immunization schedule on their tray liners.

Now, as the U.S. government sows doubt, preventable diseases could come roaring back. Read our full investigation: https://propub.li/4yfHk2F

09/04/2026

Between 2015 and 2025, at least 15 children in an Idaho faith-healing sect died of treatable conditions.

State law allows that to happen: Parents who say their faith prohibits giving their children lifesaving medical care can’t be prosecuted.

Read more: https://propub.li/4gFG01S

09/04/2026

New: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing his most recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, ethics experts told ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. https://propub.li/4xbYj58

The Republican U.S. Senate nominee from Texas appears to have omitted rental income and multiple mortgages from his recent financial disclosures, making it difficult for voters to get the full picture of his wealth.

09/04/2026

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09/04/2026

New: Colorado’s Ma*****na Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about ma*****na products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found. https://propub.li/4qSVvsf

Colorado's Ma*****na Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about ma*****na products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people's health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.

09/04/2026

When ProPublica recently investigated a r**e crisis that surged through Syracuse University in the 1980s, we found evidence that the school had taken steps to suppress news coverage of the assaults. The university responded by portraying itself as a changed institution today, “committed to supporting the students who come forward and being there for them at every step of the process,” as a school spokesperson put it.

But the university’s recent actions in a lawsuit filed by a former student who was attacked on campus during that period appear at odds with that commitment. After the Syracuse Police Department agreed to provide old records to the victim, lawyers for Syracuse University intervened, seeking to block the victim’s access to many of the records. The school argued in legal papers that the subpoena sent to the police department was “overbroad” and suffered “from fatal geographic overreach” that rendered “it unreasonably burdensome and irrelevant.”

New York state court Judge Joseph Lamendola ruled in the university’s favor in February, dramatically limiting the records the victim could obtain. In June, her attorneys appealed that decision, sending the matter to a state appellate court.

“It smacks of the 1980s when SU quashed media coverage of sexual assault. It’s that all over again,” said Andrew Stengel, a former Manhattan prosecutor representing the victim.

Stengel and his client, referred to as Jane Doe in legal filings, are suing the university under the Adult Survivors Act, a New York law that opened a one-year exemption from the statute of limitations for survivors of long-ago sexual assaults to pursue legal claims against alleged abusers and negligent institutions.

Here’s the full story: https://propub.li/4xB67hV

Sarah Scalese, Syracuse University’s vice president of communications, said in an emailed statement that “we do not comment on active litigation.” In response to ProPublica’s earlier story, Scalese said the university “has a robust structure in place to support those affected by sexual and relationship violence.”

09/03/2026

The fees on investments in your 401(k) can have a huge impact on your retirement savings. We asked retirement benefit experts: How can someone tell if they're paying high fees?

Here's what you should watch out for: https://propub.li/4gNNgsC