Former NYPD Commissioner Accuses Mayor Adams of Running “Criminal Enterprise” and Cites ProPublica Investigation

A lawsuit filed by former Commissioner Thomas Donlon alleges that the NYPD’s Community Response Team was a “rogue” unit that answered “only to City Hall.” The complaint draws extensively from ProPublica’s reporting.

https://www.propublica.org/article/lawsuit-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-community-response-team-thomas-donlon?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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UK Prime Minister Starmer and German Chancellor Merz signed a friendship treaty between the United Kingdom and Germany.

The treaty between the countries includes a commitment for the two nations to assist each other in case of armed attack. This is a reaction to an increasingly aggressive Russia.
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RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization

Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.

“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/rfk-childhood-vaccines-vicp?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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The FDA found that Sun Pharma, which produces generic drugs for U.S. consumers, failed to investigate the source of bacteria found in test vials or promptly deal with damaged equipment that had caused drugs to be contaminated with metal particles.

https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-inspection-sun-pharma?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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A ProPublica investigation revealed how a little-known Microsoft program could leave some of the U.S. government’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary.

Here are the biggest takeaways from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escort-china-government-data-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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When Clayton Strong drove his wife’s body to a hospital in Idaho, the coroner took his word that it was a natural death.

Five years later, Strong’s next wife turned up dead too: shot in the chest in Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-coroners-clayton-strong-wives-murder?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Texas Officials Say They Didn’t See the Flood Coming. Oral Histories Show Residents Have Long Warned of Risks.

After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what we learned following the devastating July 4 flooding in Texas.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-floods-oral-histories?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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A Little-Known Microsoft Program Could Expose the Defense Department to Chinese Hackers

The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China and elsewhere to remotely instruct American “escorts” who may lack expertise to identify malicious code.

https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.

The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-governor-greg-abbott-elon-musk-emails-foia?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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In California, Trump has cast doubt on whether he will approve the $40 billion Gov. Newsom has requested to help pay for recovery costs associated with the LA fires, including $16.8 billion from FEMA to rebuild property and remove debris.

https://www.propublica.org/article/california-disasters-fema-trump-funding-fires?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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