Donald Trump Jr. teases about a political future. But what do we really know about him? In Charleston County, South Carolina, they know more than most.

Donald Trump wanted to put a road through one of the most remote parts of North America. His successor could finish the job.

The West Virginia senator reaps big financial rewards from a network of coal companies with grim records of pollution, safety violations, and death.

More than 100 students in seven years have signed “gang contracts” for a suspected gang affiliation.

Over the span of four years, federal investigators estimated millions of dollars stolen from Mexican taxpayers passed through one South Texas bank. When they followed the trail, it led to real estate, cars, and airplanes. But in 2018, those investigations suddenly stopped.

Our analysis finds that many states are not meeting their legal obligations to make information accessible.

In New York, the Mayor and N.Y.P.D. have repeatedly vowed to “create a bond” between cops and communities of color. The problem, according to high-level officials, is that they chose the wrong people for the right job.

After decades of discriminating against Black farmers and ignoring their complaints, the USDA is promising to do better. Again.

Predatory deals from the financial crisis are back in time for the climate crisis.

In Kabul, one of the world’s most dangerous cities, one man works to help Afghan migrants return to a place they never knew.

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt ordered his agency to make novel use of a law to evade conservation restrictions that have blocked development of the Alaskan road to a remote village.

The Christian crowdfunding platform has been a friendly resource for Trumpworld.

Internal whistleblowers say a branch of the state Department of Health was reluctant to penalize accused physicians.

Widespread voter fraud is a fake problem, but some conservative donors say they’re getting scammed out of real money.

Money and politics could doom the Florida panther — and the Endangered Species Act.

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, states could set abortion rules. Some already push the boundaries of patient privacy and shift civil rights to fetuses.

Most officers get training to respond
to injuries, but are often
not required to use it.

The Interior Department won’t release geologic information, raising questions about petroleum potential.

Dozens of protesters who took part in the uprisings after George Floyd’s murder have faced prolonged detention despite COVID-19 outbreaks.

Votebeat and Type Investigations analyzed the number of sites, hours, and votes for the nation’s 10 most populous counties.