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President Trump’s former campaign chairman and former lawyer worked with, between them, a deposed authoritarian president, a bevy of oligarchs, Russia-oriented politicians and alleged Russian spies. Ilya Marritz reports for US non-profit newsroom ProPublica.

Paths left unsecured by US military sped the evacuation of American citizens and Afghan allies. The attack killed 13 US service members and scores of civilians. This joint investigation by ProPublica and Alive in Afghanistan news agency reveals some of the background to the bombing.

A lacerating report this week was the 11th in a clear-eyed series that revealed the US failure to reconstruct Afghanistan over two decades. Why didn’t anyone heed the inspector general’s warnings?

China sends covert teams abroad to bring back people accused — justifiably or not — of financial crimes. One New Jersey family was stalked as part of a global campaign that takes families hostage and pressures immigrants to serve as spies.

After ignoring signs that shelters were filling quickly, agencies are scrambling to get thousands of kids out of Border Patrol jails. But new “emergency” facilities skirt safety standards, while facilities accused of abuse are still getting grants. US investigative newsroom ProPublica reports.

Almost a year into the pandemic, supply shortages remain so severe that nurse Kristen Cline reuses her mask for several shifts while her hospital buckles, patients suffer and folks nearby socialize maskless as if the pandemic were already over, reports US investigative newsroom ProPublica.

California may be a global leader on combating climate change, but state regulators have allowed companies like Chevron to make millions from inland oil spills that can endanger workers and damage the environment, reports online US investigative magazine ProPublica.

New York and New England have the most COVID-19 cases but received the second-lowest funding of any region. As nonprofit investigative newsroom ProPublica reports here, Maine can’t get any shipments because none of the selected contractors serve the state.

The consulting giant, which likes to compare itself to the Marines and the Catholic Church, has a habit of disregarding rules and norms in its government work, writes Ian MacDougall of US nonprofit newsroom ProPublica.