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By the time 15-yr-old Jázmin Pellegrini was found dead in an SF driveway last April, Chronicle reporters Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino had spent months investigating for-profit psychiatric hospitals. They soon found her story epitomized the crisis inside these facilities.

Last January, CFPB sued Capital One, alleging the bank cheated consumers out of $2 billion in interest payments. Today, the agency dismissed the case in a one-sentence court filing. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Sen. Ted Cruz claimed thousands of government-funded grants have gone to "woke" science. So ProPublica analyzed them. Agnel Philip 🌵🔎 Lisa Song is @lisalsong.bsky.social found it included studies of mint plants, devices to stop bleeding and technology to treat concussions. propublica.org/article/ted-cr…

Many thanks to The Sunday Long Read for highlighting this important and haunting deep-dive by Cynthia Dizikes and Joaquin Palomino. myemail.constantcontact.com/A-measles-trac…

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My team's new FRONTLINE / ProPublica doc airs tonight, will also be streaming on YT and other platforms. pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…

New: Companies may avoid consequences for alleged wrongdoing as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau drops lawsuits against Capital One and Rocket Homes and pauses investigations into Meta and others -- including providers of medical credit cards. propub.li/425abs6

Great scoop from Jake Pearson: The Trump admin’s new hands-off approach to enforcement at the CFPB extends far beyond all the dismissed cases the public knows about: propublica.org/article/trump-…

What happens when America's consumer watchdog walks away from cases it was pursuing? My ProPublica colleagues want to hear from people on the ground. propublica.org/getinvolved/cf…

NEW/EXCLU: An investigatory freeze has set in at the CFPB, with dozens of pending probes stalled as the Trump Admin seeks to unwind the agency. Advocates fear the pullback tells industry that all bets are off — and to consumers that they’re on their own. propublica.org/article/trump-…

New: Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump's immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and to keep them safe. propub.li/4iPyxNB

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A DOGE MYSTERY! I'm trying to find OPM request for proposal #47QFEA24K0008. Elon Musk's group says they saved $318,310,328 by cancelling it. I want to verify they're right. But OPM won't release this doc, and it's not listed in govt databases. Free The New York Times coffee mug to

Everyone says they’d pay more for “Made in the USA.” I tested it. We make a $129 filtered showerhead manufactured in China. With tariffs surging to 170%, we explored reshoring. We found a U.S. supplier. Our costs nearly tripled. I ran a clean A/B test: 👇

Today, we issued a letter — signed by 70% of our unit — to Stephen Engelberg and Robin Sparkman asking them to uphold ProPublica’s values of fairness, transparency and accountability at the bargaining table.

Gun owners group calls for federal inquiry into firearms industry’s secret sharing of customer data. The move follows Corey Johnson's ProPublica investigation into the industry's voter program targeting gun owners. propublica.org/article/gun-ow…

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The junk fees rule we finalized FTC last year goes into effect today. That means businesses selling live-event tickets or short-term lodging can no longer surprise you with mystery charges that inflate your bill when you check out. theverge.com/news/665087/ti…

A “We Buy Ugly Houses” former franchise owner is accused of orchestrating a yearslong Ponzi scheme, bilking tens of millions of dollars from investors. “It’s incalculable the amount of damage this guy did. He’s ruined some lives,” said one investor. propublica.org/article/homeve…