
Ginger Thompson
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Managing Editor at @propublica. Former Mexico City Bureau Chief at @nytimes. Raised in El Paso. At home on both sides of the border.
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NEW: The DEA Once Touted Body Cameras for Their “Enhanced Transparency.” Now the Agency Is Abandoning Them. propublica.org/article/drug-e… Mario Ariza

My first for ProPublica

STUNNING story: 25-year-old DOGE aide was warned about his conflicts of interest at CFPB but participated in mass layoffs at the agency anyway, including the firings of the ethics lawyers who had warned him. propublica.org/article/cfpb-g… Jake Pearson

What is the price of cancer remission? Basically, the cost of a Nissan Versa every single month. Such a powerful read by David Armstrong propublica.org/article/revlim…



“There are real-life dangerous impacts for veterans,” said Congressman Chris Deluzio. NEW: Democratic Lawmakers Blast Trump Administration’s VA Cuts After ProPublica Investigation propublica.org/article/vetera… Vernal Eric Umansky




Important piece by lomikriel and Mica Rosenberg about the evolution of a federal entity, tasked with protecting immigrant children, that is becoming an enforcement arm, according to current and former staffers texastribune.org/2025/05/14/off… via Texas Tribune

SCOOP: U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs propublica.org/article/pam-bo… Robert Faturechi Brandon Roberts


NEW: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, we made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck. So Josh Kaplan and I got on a plane to Banjul. 1/

NEW: After SpaceX Explosions, U.K. Asks FAA to Change Starship 9 Flight Plans propublica.org/article/spacex… Heather Vogell


Migrants may have been deported to South Sudan despite court orders, lawyers say. Via Maegan Vazquez and Maria Sacchetti washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…


Trump says the migrants he deported to prison in El Salvador are “rapists” and “savages.” ProPublica and reporting partners obtained government data showing that administration officials were aware that was not true. propublica.org/article/trump-…