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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Ramped-Up U.S. Pressure: U.S. officials pushed the Mexican government to stop migrants from arriving at the southwest border. Mexico responded by busing tens of thousands of migrants south. A Volume Business:
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The headlines say that as of October 30th’s polls, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are running neck and neck.  But is that true? In FiveThirtyEight’s Recent Polling Average Update, which pulls together roughly a hundred national and state polls, Harris leads Trump, even though her edge is a slender 1.8%. In the Cook Political Report average of
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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 A Close Relationship: Since the beginning of his political career, Gov. Tim Walz has maintained close ties to the world-famous Mayo Clinic
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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 Facing Felony Charges: Starting this academic year, making a threat of mass violence at schools in Tennessee is a felony, for adults
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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. Rick Roth is a staunch Republican and a conservative member of the Florida Legislature, but he’s quick to point out that he’s first and
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Effective Partners: For decades, the business lobby helped shape immigration legislation and moderated the immigration debate, working alongside advocates for immigrants. Trump Effect: In the Trump era, businesses now see more
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For years, America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives. Those operatives, in turn, secretly employed the details to rally firearm owners to elect pro-gun politicians running for Congress and the White House, a ProPublica investigation has found. The clandestine sharing of gun buyers’ identities
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