Despite Meta's stated commitment to crack down on harmful content, it failed to catch tens of thousands of ads that used false claims and deepfakes of political figures to collect users' sensitive personal data or bait them into monthly charges.
A state law makes threats of mass violence at school a felony, even if they're not credible. Judges and school officials say the law unnecessarily traumatizes kids.
The ads, which have been placed in swing states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, come from a new group with deep ties to activists who have challenged the legitimacy of recent elections.
Josseli Barnica is one of at least two pregnant Texas women who died after doctors delayed emergency care. She'd told her husband that the medical team said it couldn't act until the fetal heartbeat stopped.
For a lawmaker's political career and his farm, a federal visa program was a lifeline. For a young father trying to meet his son's mounting medical needs, that same lifeline failed him.
Mary Howard-Elley is the 10th U.S. citizen identified by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Votebeat whose registration was canceled after her citizenship was questioned. Her saga shows how tough it can be for eligible voters to get reinstated.
by Ruth Talbot, Asia Fields, Nicole Santa Cruz and Maya Miller, design by Zisiga Mukulu and Ruth Talbot, illustrations by Matt Rota for ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest ...
For all the talk about big-city Democrats and rural Republicans, it's the voters in overlooked places like Sandusky, Ohio, and Racine, Wisconsin, who could decide everything from key congressional races to the presidency.