More than 30 nuclear experts inhale uranium after radiation alarms at a...
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View ArticleRepeated radiation warnings go unheeded at sensitive Idaho nuclear plant
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View ArticleCenter's alarming findings on safety issues at nuclear labs drawing wide...
In the summer of 2011, Los Alamos National Laboratory presented a happy self-portrait to the public. The lab’s news releases bragged of promotions, awards, pacts with neighboring Native American tribes...
View ArticleFlorida lobbyist turning Trump ties into mega-millions
Lobbyist Brian Ballard has for years been a power player in Florida, plying the corridors of the state capitol in Tallahassee on behalf of A-list clients such as Google, Uber, Honda — even the New York...
View ArticleBecome a #CitizenSleuth and uncover Trump administration mysteries
Since Donald Trump became president in January, he and more than 400 of his appointees have together filed thousands of pages worth of information concerning their assets, income, business ties — and...
View ArticleVirginia Supreme Court decision keeps title lenders' financials private
The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled against an appeal by the Center for Public Integrity asking that state regulators be required to release financial documents filed by title-loan companies.Rather...
View ArticleRefugee screeners criticize bill to narrow eligibility
Homeland Security employees who screen refugee applicants are objecting to proposed legislation that could narrow refugee eligibility and empower state or local officials to bar refugees from their...
View ArticleSteve Bannon misreports $2 million debt in financial disclosure
White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon failed to properly disclose more than $2 million in mortgage debt on his required financial disclosure form — an error that was compounded when top White...
View ArticleNatural gas building boom fuels climate worries, enrages landowners
They landed, one after another, in 2015: plans for nearly a dozen interstate pipelines to move natural gas beneath rivers, mountains and people’s yards. Like spokes on a wheel, they’d spread from...
View ArticleFraud and billing mistakes cost Medicare — and taxpayers — tens of billions...
Federal health officials made more than $16 billion in improper payments to private Medicare Advantage health plans last year and need to crack down on billing errors by the insurers, a top...
View ArticleSteve Bannon has a shadow press office. It may violate federal law.
In an arrangement prominent ethics experts say is without precedent and potentially illegal, the White House is referring questions for senior presidential adviser Stephen K. Bannon to an outside...
View ArticleWho is killing the CFPB’s arbitration rule?
The financial industry’s hefty investment in the campaigns of House members appeared to pay off this week when that chamber voted to kill a new rule that allows consumers to file class-action lawsuits...
View ArticleWhistleblowers: United Healthcare hid complaints about Medicare Advantage
This story is a collaboration between Kaiser Health News and the Center for Public Integrity.United Healthcare Services Inc., which runs the nation’s largest private Medicare Advantage insurance plan,...
View ArticleSaving face: Facebook wants access without limits
When Chicago resident Carlo Licata joined Facebook in 2009, he did what the 390 million other users of the world’s largest social network had already done: He posted photos of himself and friends,...
View ArticleSuper PACs already racing toward 2018 — and 2020
With their gazes already trained toward 2018 midterm elections — and even the 2020 presidential race — conservative super PACs are this year pummeling their liberal counterparts in fundraising,...
View ArticleNuclear weapons contractors repeatedly violate shipping rules for dangerous...
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View ArticlePakistani PM disqualified by court over Panama Papers links
This article first appeared at ICIJ.org.The Supreme Court of Pakistan has voted unanimously to disqualify Nawaz Sharif from the prime ministership and has referred his case to the country's top...
View ArticleHouse Ethics Committee scolds, doesn't punish Roger Williams
The House Ethics Committee has decided not to reprimand Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, in regard to questions raised over whether his automobile dealership would benefit financially from an amendment he...
View ArticleThree Donald Trump appointees owe IRS back taxes
At least three of President Donald Trump’s political appointees are drawing taxpayer-funded paychecks while owing the Internal Revenue Service tens of thousands of dollars, a Center for Public...
View ArticleSenator cites Center for Public Integrity probe in questioning safety...
A senior member of the Senate’s government oversight committee is demanding that the National Nuclear Security Administration explain and account for safety lapses at nuclear weapons facilities that...
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