“The AAU is failing on nearly every level to adequately protect the hundreds of thousands of children in its care from sexual abuse, the investigation found, misleading the public about its prevention measures and suppressing allegations of sexual misconduct.” www.propublica.org/article/aau-...

This National Youth Sports Organization Is Failing to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse

More than a decade after the Amateur Athletic Union promised to implement “historic child protection measures,” it still hasn’t done so, leaving hundreds of thousands of kids at risk. Some AAU athlete...

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just sitting alone in my office (which is also my bedroom) screaming “six million dollars” again and again

Forbes Fired Top Editor After Discovering He Received Secret $6 Million Payment

Randall Lane, the magazine’s chief content officer, received the money from the founder of Shook Research, which has worked with Forbes on content about wealth advisers.

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“It got to the point where I was not surprised by anything that happened there.” New banger from @jessecoburn.bsky.social: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing www.propublica.org/article/gene...

Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing

General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...

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1/ I first heard the name Jason Crews in 2024. A bill to add outside oversight to the juvenile justice system failed. A lawmaker said Crews’ lobbying was a factor. “I can’t think of a reason for not wanting oversight unless there’s something to hide,” an advocate said. 🧵

Great story by @thiccreese.bsky.social !

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I requested a copy of my data from McDonald’s loyalty program and received an extensive, personalized report that algorithmically predicts my next purchase. www.wired.com/story/mcdona...

Latest episode of Paper Trail is about one of my own investigations — along with reporters Andy Mannix and @jeremykohler.bsky.social — into the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church. At its heart, I’d say this episode is really about how sunshine is the best disinfectant: www.propublica.org/podcast/old-...

The Church That Told Sexually Abused Children to “Forgive and Forget”

A man was convicted of abusing young girls in his church. Preachers had known the allegations for years. So why didn’t they report him to the police?

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Two security researchers shipped me a pink plastic kid's smartwatch from Amazon. When I wore it, they tracked my movements, surreptitiously took photos of me, even listened to my conversations. The same backend they hacked is used by 30+ watch brands for kids. 🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/hacker...

Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids

Security researchers tracked and eavesdropped on a WIRED reporter using vulnerabilities in a pink plastic smartwatch. It’s just one piece of a deeply insecure supply chain of GPS-enabled gadgets.

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1/ This is Nick Adams. He’s a big deal in MAGA world. He’s got 638K followers on X and 2.1M on Facebook. President Trump even appointed him to a role at the State Dept. But when I started digging into Adams' nonprofit for "civics" education, something didn't look right ... 🧵

fantastic. no notes

NEW: Reporter Annie Waldman toured Mark McAfee’s Raw Farm for a story about raw milk’s foothold in America despite its health dangers. Here’s what he told her about recalls, outbreaks and his relationship with the federal government.

5 Raw Quotes From America’s Largest Raw-Milk Dairy Owner

I toured Mark McAfee’s Raw Farm for a story about raw milk’s foothold in America despite its health dangers. Here’s what he told me about recalls, outbreaks and his relationship with the federal government.

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I’ve reported at length about abuses of foreign farmworkers who come to the U.S. on H-2A visas: stolen wages, guns pointed in their faces. One woman I met was kidnapped, raped and nearly killed. I wanted to know: How do I tell if the produce I buy is part of the problem? 👇

THREAD: The boy is called a liar. He’s told not to defend himself. Then the private school owner encourages all of his peers to attack him, one by one. She hits him, repeatedly, with a plastic pipe-like object. How does this school still exist — and receive state funds? 🧵

As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are taking a hands-off approach to regulating them. School founders — in one case, a woman prosecuted for sexual abuse — often aren’t screened. Some states can't even say how many of these schools exist.

Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars

As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter

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Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.

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Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

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...

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.

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Not only do we stand by our reporting. Madison Square Garden’s ridiculous lawsuit actually confirms it, noting the company did, in fact, track the sexual orientation of LGBTQIA celebrities in its talent database.

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A statement from WIRED leadership.

Step 1: Quietly put face recognition code on millions of phones Step 2: Insist that you could not possibly answer any questions about that face recognition feature because it "doesn't exist" Step 3: Have your CTO describe the face recognition in great detail on a podcast. from @couts.bsky.social

Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’

Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.

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NEW: The FBI has explored using AI to assess the validity of signatures on tens of thousands of mail-in ballots seized from Fulton County, Georgia, another push in the Trump administration’s continued reinvestigation of the 2020 vote.

FBI Has Looked at Using Questionable AI Tech to Review Signatures on Seized Mail-In Ballots

As part of President Trump’s continued push to discredit the results of the 2020 election, his administration has considered using AI technology to scrutinize tens of thousands of ballots seized in Fu...

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Immigrants detained at Camp East Montana in Texas didn’t have adequate space to read, pray, write or get legal services. Many detainees said they only got a couple hours of outdoor time a week — despite federal guidelines requiring one hour per day.

“He Didn’t Need to Die.” How an Immigration Detention Center Repeatedly Failed to Address a Mental Health Crisis.

Geraldo Lunas Campos repeatedly raised concerns about his mental health before he died at Camp East Montana. Records paint a portrait of how the Texas facility’s staff failed to adequately respond.

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Elon Musk's xAI has installed more than double the number of gas turbines than it has publicly acknowledged to power its Colossus 2 data center project, without federal permits, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest reut.rs/4bIghEm

Another giant of comics has left us. From 1965 to 1990, Oliphant was THE dominant political cartoonist in the US (even though he was an Aussie). A generational talent. A complicated guy. Often problematic, often brilliant, always scathing and funny.

Pat Oliphant, Cartoonist Who Skewered the Powerful, Dies at 90 (Gift Article)

The winner of countless awards, including a Pulitzer Prize, he was described in 1990 as “the most influential political cartoonist now working.”

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Trump has said: “We love our veterans. We are going to take good care of them.” Help me dig into the reality I'm particularly interested in hearing from current or recently former VA staffers, or, of course, vets getting care there. My Signal, cell, and email 👇🏻 www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Have You Been Affected by Changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? Tell Us About It.

Have you experienced setbacks in your care or benefits amid the changes at the Department of Veterans Affairs? ProPublica wants to hear from you.

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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? 🧵⬇️

WATCH: When her son Chris was 7, Mary McGonigle-Martin gave him raw milk, as it promised to treat allergies and digestive problems. A month later, he fell gravely ill. Now 27, he’s still dealing with the effects of kidney damage and other health issues. This is their story.

"The appearance of federal law enforcement agents on the doorstep of news reporters should shock the conscience of any American who believes in the Constitution and the press freedom it protects." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...

Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media

The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”

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I wrote about Patty, the last elephant at the Bronx Zoo, and her uncertain future defector.com/the-other-el...

The Other Elephant | Defector

There was always an irony to Happy’s name. The elephant’s misfortune stamped her a celebrity. In their home in the wild, female Asian elephants roam for hundreds of miles and form lifelong attachments...

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401K plans often route you on the DL to high-cost, low-return funds that are good mainly for the firms pushing them. So ya know what we're gonna go: Expose 'em. And we're gonna do it *with you.* Join along: www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...

Have a 401(k)? Help ProPublica Investigate What’s Really Happening to Your Money.

Some retirement plans are stuck in investments with bloated fees and costly add-ons. Help ProPublica investigate the financial products companies are pushing and what they’re charging workers.

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Download this week's episode of Paper Trail if you want to hear: 1. A wild investigation at the nexus of espionage and corporate accountability from cybersecurity reporter @reneedudley.bsky.social 2. Me doing my best Ron Howard from Arrested Development impression www.propublica.org/podcast/micr...

How Microsoft’s “Little Workaround” Created a Major Pentagon Threat

A little-known Microsoft program allowed China-based engineers to service the U.S. government’s sensitive computer systems — until reporter Renee Dudley found out about it.

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absolutely insane story, and yeah, just looking at this chart... with the exception of maybe two people, this entire class was cheating like motherfuckers

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NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org

Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.

The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...

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