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Trump’s Education Department has not made public all its civil rights investigations at schools and colleges.
So @propublica sued and obtained all the complaints and investigations. And now we are publishing them so you can search the cases too.
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A stunning story! “The River Can’t Be Trusted” propublica.org/article/wildf… by @abestreep with photos by @CengizYar
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We’re back with our second story about how Trump’s purge of the FBI killed a sweeping bribery probe in D.C.
This time, we take you to South Carolina, where two powerful politicians escaped scrutiny:
Sen. Lindsey Graham and Rep. James Clyburn.
THREAD 👇
ALT Close-up of Sen. Lindsey Graham wearing a dark suit
ALT Close-up of Rep. James Clyburn wearing black square frames, a dark blue suit, and a red patterned tie
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New: An FBI anti-corruption team launched an investigation into whether South Carolina’s most powerful members of Congress were involved in a bribery scheme, ProPublica found. After Trump gutted the FBI and DOJ, the investigation went dark. propub.li/4yYJV1P
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Reporter Jake Pearson had an idea: Ask ProPublica editors for $$$, mimic the patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings and see if the app would encourage his recklessness.
What he didn’t expect was how little pushback he’d get as he spiraled.
youtube.com/watch?v=l8IyGjdY…
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New: What happens when you bet like a problem gambler on DraftKings and FanDuel? Our reporter Jake Pearson spent 10 weeks and more than $20,000 on the apps to find out. propub.li/4AXObQH
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Ahead of the 2024 election, reporter Andy Kroll got his hands on some secret tapes of Trump’s budget director, Russell Vought.
One thing Vought said hit Kroll like a ton of bricks: that he wanted to put government workers “in trauma.” Listen: propub.li/4i7ZRIY
ALT “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. … When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.” —Russell Vought, Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget
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NEW: President Trump directly told Russ Vought to find the funds to finance the ads glorifying him. The agency’s general counsel and WH counsel both signed off on the move as legal. The president and WH chief of staff spoke to the DHS secretary. nytimes.com/2026/10/02/us/po…
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NEW: I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards.
Spoiler Alert: They invited me into the VIP program after just one week. Here’s how I yeeted $20K+ ripping riskier and risker bets 🧵
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“The day after I lost $1,800 on basketball in one night … an email popped into my inbox. ‘Welcome to the DraftKings VIP Showcase,’ the subject line read. I couldn’t believe it. My night of loss chasing was being rewarded.”
propublica.org/article/draft…
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If you are seeing Muse and just starting to ponder the societal impacts of everyone deploying AI agents to represent them in the world, I have the perfect podcast for you: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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There’s an open secret in Major League Baseball: MLB teams routinely make handshake deals with young Dominican players, an informal system that has created perfect market conditions for predatory moneylenders.
More: propub.li/4z1vyti
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DraftKings has argued that its ‘responsible gaming’ system provides adequate safeguards to protect customers from spiraling out of control.
So I decided to find out: If I bet like a compulsive gambler, would DraftKings stop me?
by @JakePearsonProP
propublica.org/article/draft…
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Do you use apps like DraftKings or FanDuel to place sports bets?
If you've used them or work in the gambling industry, we’d like to hear from you.
projects.propublica.org/spor…
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The University of Maine is contradicting claims made by Susan Collins’ campaign manager.
Let’s break down why this is important. 🧵
Agree with a lot of this.
HOWEVER: "The Americans" appearing outside of the top 10 is absolute malpractice nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
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Of all the politicians the CEO courted, Sen. Susan Collins was his most important patron.
The senator’s office steered federal contracts worth millions toward the company while her campaign was pumping its CEO and his network for donations, emails reveal.
propublica.org/article/fbi-s…
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Two months after the CEO of defense contractor Navatek used a shell company to send $150,000 to the Susan Collins super PAC, the senator committed to getting Navatek $32 million in naval contracts, according to company emails.
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ALT Graphic titled "Bankrolled: How a Russian Oligarch Funded Donald Trump Jr.'s Wedding Weekend." Text below reads: Wednesday, Sept. 23. 4 p.m. Eastern time. An image on the right shows dozens of people in a group wedding photo on a beach, including Donald Trump Jr.; his wife, Bettina; and Tiffany Trump. An arrow points to Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, labeled as "Don Jr.'s secret benefactor," in the back row.