Anna Maria Barry-Jester

NEW: The Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over oil fields had remained unclear — until now.

Immigrants with harrowing accounts of domestic abuse were detained after contact with local police, sometimes after calling them for help. "I had suffered from domestic violence,” said one woman, whose daughter was still nursing when she was detained. “But the one who ended up in trouble was me.”

1/ If you’re in D.C. for AUSA’s conference, we want to hear from you. We’ve been reporting on the $1 trillion dollar black hole of the U.S. military budget, and we’re looking for insiders to help us find out: Is all of that money really making our country safer?

For almost 2 years now, DHS has repeatedly told me they're not detaining U.S. citizens It's simply not true So @propublica.org published the receipts: a searchable database of the 500+ citizens detained by immigration agents during this Trump administration projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

Sen. Collins faced Troy Jackson last night in their Maine Senate debate. On stage, Collins inaccurately described ProPublica’s story about an FBI anticorruption investigation that probed the conduct of her & her staff until Trump’s DOJ shut it down. Let’s get into the facts…

I've been a reporter for a long time and this might be the strangest thing I've ever done. We've been reporting on privatization of schools this year and found that just about anyone can open a private school in most states. So we asked, Could reporters do it?

Breaking news: The Trump administration is airing campaign-style TV ads using money Congress approved for border security upgrades, efforts to combat drug trafficking and memorials for officers killed in the line of duty, according to records.

12/ Here’s a crazy part: Kao told the FBI that the company’s government work was of no real value. Its research under his stewardship resulted in products Navatek knew the military would never buy, former employees said. One example: This 3D-printed boat Collins is posing with 👇

“This should be unthinkable for the son of the president. End of story.” A Russian oligarch close to Putin bankrolled Don Jr.’s wedding. www.propublica.org/article/dona...

We’re excited to announce that our editor in chief and founding managing editor, @sengelberg.bsky.social, is receiving the 2026 Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award! Under his leadership, we’ve won 9 Pulitzers and grown into the largest investigative newsroom in the country: bit.ly/4d5l1EG

It's not clear who ordered the withholding of $1 billion. Some hundreds of millions, as I've reported before, is going to OSTP's Grand Research Challenges. $110 million is from EDU, which just had three of its diversity programs ruled unconstitutional.

NEW: Congress appropriated $1 trillion for defense this year, more than twice as much as the combined budget for agencies overseeing health, veterans affairs, education, housing, agriculture and justice. We’re setting out to report on how this public money is being spent.

Ever since @anthropic.com's Mythos debuted in April, a key question has persisted: Does it live up to the hype? Well, as far as @microsoft.com is concerned, the answer is an unequivocal 'yes,' according to this @propublica.org scoop, via @reneedudley.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/anth...

These two cities with the same name are among the oldest settlements in North America (est. 1668). And they sit across an increasingly fraught US/Canada border. I wrote about it:

The #Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak in NE DRC was likely underway for months before it was formally detected in mid-May. That's often the way with Ebola outbreaks, but the scale of the missed cases seems ... extraordinary. Terrific reporting by @kakape.bsky.social. www.science.org/content/arti...

A new twice-yearly injectable form of HIV prevention has been the star of this year’s International AIDS Conference, but as I write for Devex, Latin America is still waiting for access.

Pregnant women who resorted to eating mud. A man who had to bury his own mother after she died of cholera. Listen to ProPublica reporters Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social discuss the fallout of Trump destroying USAID on “Paper Trail.” (Originally aired on @revealnews.org)

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

If you found @propublica.org's reporting on the children profoundly changed by this administration's immigration crackdown—through detention, family separation, and exposure chemical agents—meaningful, I encourage you to sign up for this virtual discussion with the reporters behind it today:

NEW: For decades, the State Dept. has given $ to groups protecting human rights in poor and authoritarian countries. Now the Trump administration is in the process of directing some of that $ to advocate for white South Africans and right-wing causes in Europe www.propublica.org/article/huma...

NEW: Trump Officials Want to Use Human Rights Aid to Advocate for White South Africans and Right-Wing Causes in Europe Proposed grant recipients have included a free-speech organization that has fought against bans on “gay conversion therapy” and an Afrikaner group that promotes self-governance.

The latest from me and @annamaria.bsky.social on the proposed grants from the State Department to advocates for white South Africans and groups aligned with conservative and anti-immigration movements in Europe www.propublica.org/article/huma...

US aid workers quarantined in Kenya as CDC expands Ebola travel restrictions The first Americans affected by the policy are 7 aid workers who had been responding to the DRC outbreak. Read more: https://bit.ly/4yxxVok

Thousands of Americans are getting sick from a foodborne parasite, and federal regulators have still not publicly identified the source. So what's been happening in the federal government over the past year that might be a factor in this outbreak? 🧵⬇️

The @texastribune.org is investigating this ICE shooting, along with that of Ruben Martinez last year in South Padre Island. We are seeking any cell phone footage of either events and you can share anonymously to me at 832-729-3421 or on Signal or WhatsApp.

“We have disparities across teams, across regions. No one who works at ProPublica — where we say we hire the best — should be living paycheck to paycheck.” This is why we’re fighting for fair wages: www.propublicaguild.org

When the NYT published a story questioning Sec. Kennedy's engagement - including the time he spends at #HHS - he angrily retorted that anyone curious about how much time he spends in the office could consult his online calendar. STAT has tried. It is not available. www.statnews.com/2026/06/11/r...

oh i mean well in that case

NEW: Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”

I went to Utah to see what life is like in America's new reality, where vaccine-preventable diseases are common again. Utah's measles outbreak has lasted 10 months. Pediatricians teared up in interviews. Mothers were stressed. 🧵My latest @wired.com @kffhealthnews.org www.wired.com/story/anguis...

Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday u.afp.com/SDH9

We stand in solidarity with the Star Tribune Guild and join them in their call for the newspaper’s management to reverse this deeply harmful decision.

Statement from the Star Tribune Guild in response to management’s plans to lay off 15% of staff, including union members in the newsroom:

Many of the babies’ autopsy reports were clear: Vitamin K deficiency was the immediate cause of death, or contributed to it. The reports also included details about parents refusing the vitamin K shot, a long-standard injection, for their newborns.

Trump destroyed USAID. Now people are dying. On this week’s “More To The Story,” @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy explain how the slashing of America’s foreign aid threatens the survival of the world’s most vulnerable populations. 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/4ugr3sO

We’re in our third year of fighting for a fair contract. After we held a one-day walkout in April, ProPublica’s Board Chairman Paul Sagan said management has “the Board’s full and undivided support.” But is that true? We think board members should speak for themselves… 🧵

1. #WHO has declared the #Ebola #Bundibugyo outbreak in NE DRC a public health emergency of international concern, aka a PHEIC. Yet another sign this is likely to be a very challenging outbreak. So far there've been 8 confirmed cases, 246 suspected cases & 80 suspected deaths.

ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com.politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.

NEW: ProPublica identified at least 79 children who’ve been left screaming, unable to breathe, or otherwise hurt by tear gas and pepper spray during Trump’s historic immigration crackdown.

Let’s pay it forward. I’ll do a free pacer online training to the first 25 journalists who email me — Seamus at CourtWatch dot news

The first known ICE death wasn't Renée Good. It was Ruben Martinez in March 2025 & ICE's involvement remained unknown until this year. This is a story of how an unreported ICE killing shattered two American families and changed their politics. www.texastribune.org/2026/05/04/r...

"Increasingly, journalists are pushing back against attacks on our credibility by 'showing the work'... "In that spirit, I wanted to take this opportunity to show how basic beat reporting — fact-checking the assertions of a powerful figure — led to a broader story..." by @hannahallam.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to all our current and former members who won or were finalists for Pulitzer Prizes today! All journalists deserve a fair contract that provides the job security necessary to do this work. www.pulitzer.org/prize-winner...

NEW: I Reached Out to the White House Counterterrorism Czar for Comment. He Lashed Out on X. Sebastian Gorka accused our reporter of writing a “putrid piece of hackery.” Here’s how basic beat reporting led to a broader story about the state of the US counterterrorism mission at a critical moment.

NEW: Environmental scientists said a new EPA directive could lead to weakened chemical protections, such as revised limits on how much arsenic is allowed in drinking water or the amount of lead considered acceptable in paint or soil. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

NEW: Last year we published a story about how Trump’s Department of Education halted thousands of civil rights investigations. But there is no publicly accessible way to track the status of those cases. We are suing to get info that belongs to the public. By @charlesornstein.bsky.social

Outrageous.

Today we're taking a collective lunch break in solidarity with @propublicaguild.org's strike for a fair contract. You can support ProPublica Guild by not clicking on or sharing PP stories today, and telling management why you're honoring the digital picket line: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

We love our jobs and are proud of our work. But we need a fair contract — just cause, fair wages and basic AI guardrails — to do this work well. So we’re striking today. Don’t cross the picket line.