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Exeter Finance, one of the nation's biggest auto lenders, can make more money when its borrowers fall behind and fail than when they make every payment on time. How?! New investigation from me and Byard Duncan propublica.org/article/exeter…

A Bank Was Hit With “Predatory Lending” Charges. Its Executives Set Up Shop Across Town. Regulators Did Little to Stop Them. Via @ProPublica's Ryan Gabrielson Byard Duncan: propublica.org/article/exeter…

NEW: The U.S. government is largely reliant on Microsoft for cybersecurity. ProPublica investigation reveals how the company capitalized on a national security crisis to engineer that dominance, potentially skirting or breaking federal law in the process propublica.org/article/micros…

As NYC Mayor Eric Adams faces calls to resign over federal corruption charges, a ProPublica investigation provides a new window into how the mayor has wielded power — and whom he’s entrusted to carry out his vision for public safety: propublica.org/article/eric-a…

NYC Mayor Eric Adams chose NYPD official Kaz Daughtry to be his deputy mayor for public safety. A new ProPublica investigation found that for years Daughtry led a problematic unit of "cowboys" who engaged in high-risk tactics that endangered New Yorkers: propublica.org/article/eric-a…

Remember the Michigan plant at the heart of the national baby formula shortage in 2022? Workers there tell ProPublica they're still seeing "persistent leaks" and "unaddressed contamination." In speaking out, one said, “I can’t have this on my conscience." propublica.org/article/baby-f…

NEW: A Department of Government Efficiency aide who helped oversee the mass firings at the Consumer Protection Bureau owns stock in companies that could benefit from the agency’s dismantling. propublica.org/article/doge-c…

Elon Musk has said he wants to "delete" the CFPB. One of his employees is working to do just that -- pulling double duty as a DOGE employee involved in efforts to unwind the consumer watchdog. Jake Pearson has the scoop: propublica.org/article/doge-e…

BREAKING: U.K. officials are voicing safety concerns about SpaceX’s plans to fly its Starship rocket over British territories in the Caribbean, where debris fell after two of the company’s rockets exploded, according to documents reviewed by ProPublica: propublica.org/article/spacex…

In '22, @ProPublica found landlords were using RealPage software to raise rents — potentially in violation of laws against collusion. Cities moved to ban such pricing algorithms. But now, The Wall Street Journal reports that House Republicans are seeking to “muzzle” those local efforts. THREAD

Citing ProPublica reporting, Elizabeth Warren, Ron Wyden & Senator Jack Reed are calling on DOJ to investigate DOGE actions at the CFPB that “underscore what appears to be a pervasive problem with Elon Musk and DOGE employees trampling ethics rules and laws.” propublica.org/article/doge-a…