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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. Reporting Highlights One Year After Helene: People who lost their homes turned to FEMA for aid. Some are still slogging through red tape. Wealthier Getting More: We found that in some North Carolina counties, homeowners with the highest incomes received two to three times as much FEMA housing assistance as lower-income ones. FEMA Cuts: Under the Trump administration, FEMA has lost hundreds of workers, including much of a team…
Drones have been seen near military facilities including Denmark’s largest, following a series of incidents that caused air disruption earlier this week.The devices were observed above Karup airbase, among others, forcing it to briefly close its airspace to commercial traffic. Possible sightings were also reported in Germany, Norway and Lithuania.It is the latest in a string of suspicious drone activity in Denmark, raising concerns about the nation’s vulnerability to aerial attack and sparking fears of potential Russian involvement.Danish authorities said Thursday’s incursions appeared to be a “hybrid attack”, but cautioned that they had no evidence to suggest Moscow was behind…
The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to withhold nearly $4 billion in foreign-aid funding. Over a dissent by the court’s three Democratic appointees, the justices paused a ruling by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., that would have required the government to commit to spending the funds by Sept. 30, the end of the government’s fiscal year. It was the third time that the Trump administration had come to the Supreme Court seeking temporary relief in the challenge to the funding freeze. Chief Justice John Roberts had issued an interim order, known as an…
If you’ve ticked off every immersive indoor spot in the city, brace yourself as Dopamine Land is (yep) landing in DubaiIn Dubai, we’re spoiled for choice when it comes to immersive experiences that light up our Instagram feeds. And just when you thought your camera roll had seen it all, there’s a new experience coming soon that’s ready to steal the spotlight: Dopamine Land.Dopamine Land is a multi-sensory experience that has toured the globe from Washington DC to London, Madrid and beyond, and it will make its exciting debut in Dubai at Oasis Mall in November. 3 of 12 Expect…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has taken one of its agents off the streets after he was caught on video throwing a distraught mother to the floor of a New York City courthouse in front of her two children on Thursday. It wasn’t the first time videos have captured scenes of immigration agents using violent force to carry out the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. But the videos of this incident — one of which I filmed for…
Billionaire Elon Musk and Prince Andrew are named in new files released by Congressional Democrats that relate to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. The files turned over to the House Oversight Committee by the Jeffrey Epstein Estate appear to show that Musk had been invited to Epstein’s island in December 2014.Separately a manifest for a flight from New Jersey to Florida in May 2000 names Prince Andrew among the passengers.Musk and Prince Andrew have been approached for comment.Prince Andrew has previously strenuously denied any wrongdoing. Musk has previously been quoted as saying that Epstein had invited…
The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end the guarantee of citizenship to virtually everyone born in the United States. In a pair of nearly identical filings, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged the justices to review a ruling by a federal appeals court holding that the order violates the Constitution, as well as a similar decision by a federal judge in New Hampshire. Sauer told the court that “the mistaken view that birth on U.S. territory confers citizenship on anyone subject to…
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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Reporting Highlights Warnings Ignored: Utah’s dentistry board urged the state to revoke Nicholas LaFeber’s license after reports of failed root canals and poor dental work. Instead, regulators reinstated it. New Harm Alleged: Since LaFeber’s license was reinstated, two patients have said routine fillings left them in prolonged pain and they needed to have the work redone by other dentists. Opting for Lighter Discipline: Regulators say they prefer probation and rehabilitation over…
The Department of Homeland Security has placed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on leave after he was filmed shoving a woman to the ground at a New York immigration court.He has been relieved of his current duties while DHS conducts a full investigation into the incident, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement on Friday.”The officer’s conduct in this video is unacceptable and beneath the men and women of ICE,” McLaughlin added. “Our ICE law enforcement are held to the highest professional standards.”Video of the incident, which was widely shared on social media on Thursday, shows…