A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This article is a partnership between ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine. This story is exempt from our Creative Commons license until Nov. 2. Reporting Highlights Statehouse Influence: Oil tycoons Tim … Read more

In a hospital, a brain-injured patient was kept on life support to improve statistics. His sister is now suing for malpractice.

In a hospital, a brain-injured patient was kept on life support to improve statistics. His sister is now suing for malpractice.

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Subscribe to get our biggest stories as they come out. In 2018, Darryl Young was hoping for a new life when he underwent a heart transplant at a New Jersey hospital after years of congestive heart failure. But he suffered a brain injury during … Read more

Walz defended reality — even as Vance took full advantage of CBS’ failure to fact-check

Walz defended reality — even as Vance took full advantage of CBS’ failure to fact-check

[ad_1] Policy / October 2, 2024 In a debate where JD Vance lied and lied and lied, Tim Walz did double duty. In addition to making his own case, Walz had to defend the truth. Advertising Guidelines Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz participate in … Read more

Jimmy Carter, 100, was credited with listening to his advice on the Middle East

Jimmy Carter, 100, was credited with listening to his advice on the Middle East

[ad_1] Policy / Questions and answers / October 1, 2024 In the interviews with him The Nation Over the years, the former president has outlined a foreign policy approach that respects Palestinian rights and points the way toward peace. Advertising Guidelines Jimmy Carter in Washington on November 28, 2006. (Michael Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty … Read more

Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does?

Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does?

[ad_1] Economy / October 1, 2024 Not only are abortion bans actively harmful to women and their families—they also don’t work to recreate the past as conservatives want them to. Ad Policy Republican vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance speaks at a campaign event at the Northwestern Michigan Fair grounds in Traverse City.(Scott Olson / … Read more

Heritage Foundation staff are inundating federal agencies with thousands of requests for information

Heritage Foundation staff are inundating federal agencies with thousands of requests for information

[ad_1] ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Subscribe to get our biggest stories as they come out. Three Heritage Foundation investigators have deluged federal agencies with thousands of Freedom of Information Act requests over the past year, seeking a wide variety of information about government employees, including communications that conservatives see … Read more

Insiders hint that Kamala Harris would continue to be one of Biden’s biggest fights

Insiders hint that Kamala Harris would continue to be one of Biden’s biggest fights

[ad_1] Antitrust officials in Washington and their supporters across the political spectrum are questioning whether Kamala Harris is fully committed to President Joe Biden’s crusade against America’s biggest corporations. Antitrust has generally taken a back seat in national politics, becoming one of the White House’s top legacy issues — and growing in urgency as Biden’s … Read more