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“Devoid of Any Factual Basis”: Again and Again, Judges Have Dismissed Trump’s Voter Data Lawsuits
Since September 2025, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has sued 30 states and the District of Columbia to demand their unredacted voter rolls. The rolls contain confidential information on millions of Americans and have historically been managed by states. Now these lists are a major focus of President Donald Trump’s push to take federal control over elections and prosecute alleged noncitizen voters. To date, there have been final rulings in 26 of the DOJ lawsuits.
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
Elections Legal national news News podcasts politics Top Stories The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting A Decrease font size. A Reset font size. A Increase font size. ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for nearly a year. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.
The untold origins of Trump’s plan to sharply restrict mail-in voting
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump restricting voting by mail in ways that could have thrown the upcoming midterms into chaos. But the White House originally had far more disruptive plans, ProPublica has learned.
The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump restricting voting by mail in ways that could have thrown the upcoming midterms into chaos. But the White House originally had far more disruptive plans, ProPublica has learned.
Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters Published September 4, 2026 It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump’s claims that illegal voting by noncitizens was tipping the scales in American elections.
Inside Trump’s failed hunt for noncitizen voters Original
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6:00 News Story Reprinted with permission from ProPublica. It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump’s claims that illegal voting by noncitizens was tipping the scales in American elections.
By Peter Elkind Verified, Jen Fifield Verified, Doug Bock Clark Verified, Ken B. Morales, Andy Mannix Verified
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Inside Trump’s failed hunt for noncitizen voters This story first appeared in ProPublica. It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump’s claims that illegal voting by noncitizens was tipping the scales in American elections. Agents […]
Ken B. Morales
President Trump is taking unprecedented action to catch so-called illegal voters—but the effort has produced meager results.
Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Read the story here. by Peter Elkind, Jen Fifield, Doug Bock Clark, Ken B. Morales and Andy Mannix IT WAS LATE MARCH when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump’s claims that illegal voting by noncitizens was tipping the scales in American elections.
ProPublica | Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump’s claims that illegal voting by noncitizens was tipping the scales in American elections. Agents from Homeland Security Investigations, a massive federal law enforcement agency, had been dispatched to work leads across the country, including hundreds in Minnesota.
Elections, election security, non-citizen voting, DHS's HSI
DEMOCRACY WATCHHow Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart Published 15 August 2026 Since Trump regained the White House, his administration has launched a series of unprecedented initiatives to find and prosecute voting by noncitizens, which he’s long claimed, without evidence, is rampant.
How Trump’s unprecedented effort to prosecute noncitizen voters fell apart
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It was late March when Joe Teirab, the second-in-command at Minnesota’s U.S. attorney’s office, received an urgent email from Washington. The federal government was scrambling to find criminal cases to back up President Donald Trump’s claims that illegal voting by noncitizens was tipping the scales in American elections. Agents from Homeland Security Investigations, a massive federal law enforcement agency, had been dispatched to work leads across the country, including hundreds in Minnesota.
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Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
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How Trump’s Unprecedented Effort to Prosecute Noncitizen Voters Fell Apart
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Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
Reporting Highlights Inflated Claims: HSI deployed its tech platform to find noncitizens on voter rolls, despite warnings from agency insiders that it would lead to an “ungodly” number of false positives. Privacy Concerns: DOJ leaders ignored internal concerns that transferring voter lists to HSI for criminal investigation might not be legal.
Prospect Medical Never Put Aside Money for Malpractice Insurance
FILE PHOTO: Connecticut’s Waterbury Hospital, where Bob Dorn died, was among the Prospect Medical hospitals where the for-profit company had promised to fund its own malpractice costs. The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes.
For-profit Prospect Medical never put aside money for malpractice insurance
The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes. Amid a debt-fueled acquisition spree that saw the small California company grow to 17 hospitals in six states, Prospect was repeatedly cited for dangerous medical care, poor infection control and unsanitary facilities.
For-Profit Hospital Chain Never Put Aside Money for Malpractice Insurance to Compensate Injured Patients
The collapse of Prospect Medical, a for-profit hospital chain plundered by private equity and the company’s management, has generated a painful litany of woes. Amid a debt-fueled acquisition spree that saw the small California company grow to 17 hospitals in six states, Prospect was repeatedly cited for dangerous medical care, poor infection control and unsanitary facilities.
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Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
On the morning of Thursday, July 31, James B. Milliken was enjoying a round of golf at the remote Sand Hills club in Western Nebraska when his cellphone buzzed. Milliken was still days away from taking the helm of the sprawling University of California system, but his new office was on the line with disturbing news: The Trump administration was freezing hundreds of millions of dollars of research funding at the University of California, Los Angeles, UC’s biggest campus.
Three Chicago Schools Get Expensive STEAM Makeovers. Can the Effort Reverse Declining Enrollment?
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news. This summer, worried parents called the principal at Chalmers Elementary on Chicago’s West Side to ask if the district had shuttered the school. They had noticed second-floor windows boarded up.
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Local Officials Have a Powerful Tool to Warn Residents of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Local officials can tap a federal warning system to send targeted alerts with evacuation orders and other actions. Many don’t use it. To use the system, local governments must purchase software from vendors that can cost tens of thousands of dollars. Many communities lack the money to pay for that.
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Trump’s Pick to Help Run the FBI Has a History of Prosecuting Influential Democrats
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. In late July, Missouri state troopers walked into St. Louis County government headquarters and seized the cellphone of one of the most prominent Democratic officials in this solidly red state. Two days later, a grand jury indicted Sam Page, the St. Louis County executive.
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The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell, who leads Trump’s antisemitism task force, has had a legal career marred by client disputes and scathing judicial rebukes. Before his sudden MAGA conversion, Terrell was beset with financial problems.
The Leader of Trump’s Assault on Higher Education Has a Troubled Legal and Financial History
4 Army soldiers charged in connection with on-base sexual assault of college student who's now an officer The incident at the center of the charges took place in October at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, an Army official said. Legal proceedings for four Army soldiers charged in connection with the sexual assault of a college student in an Army barracks began this month, a spokesperson for the …
Energy Information Agency Data Scrapped as DOGE, Trump Hobble Agency — ProPublica - Business And America
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration has eliminated or stifled critical data at dozens of federal agencies. Now the administration’s actions are hitting a new realm: the energy industry.
The latest Trump and DOGE casualty: Energy data
The Trump administration has eliminated or stifled critical data at dozens of federal agencies. Now the administration’s actions are hitting a new realm: the energy industry. For decades, the Energy Information Administration, an independent agency housed inside the Department of Energy, has provided crucial reports on everything from oil and gas to the future of alternative energy.
Energy Information Agency Data Scrapped as DOGE, Trump Hobble Agency
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration has eliminated or stifled critical data at dozens of federal agencies. Now the administration’s actions are hitting a new realm: the energy industry.
Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos
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Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos Original
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Donald Trump makes no secret of his loathing for regulations that limit water and energy use by home appliances. For years, he has regaled supporters at his campaign rallies with fanciful stories about their impact.
Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos
This story first appeared at ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Donald Trump makes no secret of his loathing for regulations that limit water and energy use by home appliances. For years, he has regaled supporters at his campaign rallies with fanciful stories about their impact.
Federal Investigators Were Preparing Two Texas Housing Discrimination Cases — Until Trump Took Over
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The findings were stark. In one investigation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development concluded that a Texas state agency had steered $1 billion in disaster mitigation money away from Houston and nearby communities of color after Hurricane Harvey inundated the region in 2017.
The FDA Finally Visited an Indian Drug Factory Linked to U.S. Deaths. It Found Problems. Original
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Food and Drug Administration has found problems at an Indian factory that makes generic drugs for American patients, including one medication that was manufactured there and has been linked to at least eight deaths, federal records show.
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What a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reveals About America’s Largest Oxygen Provider
Lincare, a giant respiratory-device supplier with a long history of fraud settlements and complaints about dismal service, is facing its latest legal challenge: a lawsuit that claims its failures caused the death of a 27-year-old man with Down syndrome.
A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. The Justice Department dropped a challenge, filed under President Joe Biden, to Idaho’s strict abortion ban. St. Luke’s Health System is continuing with its own lawsuit. St. Luke’s, which delivered 41% of Idaho babies last year, has taken other tough stands in the red state.
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What a Wrongful Death Lawsuit Reveals About Lincare, America’s Largest Oxygen Provider
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Trump Team Hired Man Who Pushed A Scam IRS Called The 'Worst Of The Worst'
Above photo: The General Services Administration building. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images. Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now he’s a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages the federal government’s property.
Trump Vowed To Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”
Trump Vowed To Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst” Published February 23, 2025 ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.
Trump wowed to clean up Washington, then his team hired a man who pushed a scam the IRS called the ‘worst of the worst’
Even as he has vowed to eliminate “every dollar of waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal budget and operations,” the new acting administrator of the General Services Administration, Stephen Ehikian, has appointed a senior adviser whose firm used to specialize in tax transactions that a bipartisan Senate committee excoriated and that the IRS branded as “abusive” and among “the worst of the worst tax scams.” The adviser has been battling the tax agency in court over $4 billion in...
These Soldiers Risked Their Lives Serving in Afghanistan. Now They Plead With Trump to Let Their Sister Into the U.S.
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 co-published with The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan local newsroom that informs and engages with Texans. Sign up for The Brief Weekly to get up to speed on their essential coverage of Texas issues.
Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Current. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Georgia’s experimental alternative to Medicaid expansion has cost taxpayers more than $86 million. Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in the first 18 months of the program — roughly 75% fewer than the state had estimated for year one.
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IRS Said He Led the “Worst of the Worst” Tax Scams. Now He’s a Trump Adviser.
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'Worst of the worst': Trump team just hired 'abusive' $4 billion IRS tax scammer
The GSA, the federal agency responsible for managing the government’s land and property, will now be taking advice from Frank Schuler IV, the 57-year-old co-founder and longtime president of Ornstein-Schuler, an Atlanta-based real estate investment company.
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Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the “Worst of the Worst”
Trump cabinet member whines about IRS audit. How much does he owe? Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is criticizing the former administration for allegedly rushing an audit into him by the Internal Revenue Service …
The Courts Blocked Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze. Agencies Are Withholding Money Anyway.
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When the federal courts first blocked the Trump administration’s funding freeze, Jessyca Leach was cautiously optimistic. For days, the pause had prevented her from accessing the money she needs for her Phoenix health clinic to serve thousands of at-risk people, most of them poor and many of them members of the LGBTQ+ community.
What I Learned Reporting in Cities That Take Belongings From Homeless People Original
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On a May afternoon, Teresa Stratton sat on her walker near a freeway in Portland, Oregon, talking about how much she wanted to live inside. She missed sleeping uninterrupted in a bed and having running water. When you live outside, “the dirt embeds in your skin,” the 61-year-old said.
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A Strange Alliance: Oxygen Companies and Their Medicare Patients Want Congress to Pay the Companies More
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. For years, the home-oxygen industry has failed in myriad ways the million-plus Americans who struggle to breathe. Lincare, the country’s largest distributor of breathing equipment, has a decadeslong history of bilking Medicare and the elderly, as ProPublica has revealed.
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Most working Americans have to pay Medicare taxes, but some of the richest figures on Wall Street have found a way to opt out, a ProPublica investigation found. Nearly 50 years ago, Congress tried to fix one financial abuse but unwittingly created an obscure loophole that these billionaires exploit to avoid Medicare taxes.
How Lincare Cashed In on the Disastrous Recall of Philips Breathing Machines - at the Expense of Patients
ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. For users of breathing machines made by Philips Respironics, recent years have been a nightmare in multiple acts. First came complaints of illnesses and injuries caused by the devices. Then came reports of deaths. Then came a large-scale recall that itself was beset by problems. Now ProPublica has learned of another episode.
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