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News Articles: Investigations

Los Angeles County firefighters pull a hose in front of a burning home as the Eaton Fire moved through the area on Jan. 8 in Altadena, Calif.

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  • Investigations

Power lines sparked new fires in LA after the Eaton Fire began, radio traffic shows

First responder communications show the power company in Altadena was slow to respond to Eaton firefighters — and that live power lines sparked new fires days after flames first broke out.

February 20, 2025
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By:
  • Chiara Eisner,
  • Nick McMillan,
  • and 1 more
The Department of Homeland Security released photos of migrants as they boarded planes for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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  • Investigations

ACLU and other advocates sue for access to migrants moved to Guantánamo Bay

The lawsuit alleges that the migrants have been "disappeared into a black box" and are unable to communicate with attorneys.

February 15, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks as President Trump signed an executive order about limiting the size of the federal workforce. Musk is leading the Department of Government Efficiency team that claims to have uncovered billions of dollars of savings, though the data underlying those claims is murky.

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  • Investigations

Musk claims DOGE is saving taxpayers "billions," but the data is unclear

President Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have touted billions in terminated contracts deemed wasteful, but there's little transparency about how savings are tracked.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A screenshot showing Glen Simon (highlighted in the red rectangle) entering the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021. Prosecutors cited this photo in the case against Glen Simon. A coalition of media organizations said Tuesday that video evidence from Simon's case had "disappeared" from a government platform.

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  • Investigations

Jan. 6 video evidence has 'disappeared' from public access, media coalition says

A coalition of news organizations said in a court filing that video exhibits from a Jan. 6 riot case had "disappeared" from a government platform that provided access to evidence used in court.

February 12, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Former Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone, who helped defend the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack.  Fanone is filing for protective orders against the men who assaulted him that day.

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  • Investigations

FBI agents, prosecutors fear retribution from Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump

Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.

February 06, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
The Department of Homeland Security released photos of migrants as they boarded planes for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

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  • News

The first group of migrants has been sent to Guantánamo, but legal challenges loom

President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.

February 05, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
A long Norfolk Southern freight train passes through the town of East Palestine, Ohio on Jan. 17.

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  • Investigations

Two years after derailment, toxic chemicals still roll through East Palestine

Two years after derailment, toxic chemicals still roll through East Palestine.

February 03, 2025
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By:
  • Cat Murphy,
  • Liam Bowman,
  • and 1 more
President Trump takes questions from reporters at the White House on Thursday about the collision of an American Airlines flight with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

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  • News

People with intellectual disabilities do lots of jobs — but they don't direct air traffic

After the fatal crash over the Potomac River, President Trump blamed diversity hiring. But that's not how disability hiring works.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Joseph Shapiro
Protesters hold flags as they are pushed back by police on Jan. 6, 2021, after President Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Trump pardoned almost every person who participated in the riot.

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  • Investigations

Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence

Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
The control tower at the Reagan National Airport after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River on approach to the airport on Jan. 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.

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  • National

FAA data shows 30 near-misses at Reagan Airport

A commercial flight hit a military helicopter at Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. The airport has a history of crashes and near-misses going back decades.

January 31, 2025
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By:
  • Robert Benincasa
On Jan. 6, 2021, a pro-Trump mob attacked police officers and stormed the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Politics

Trump gave pardons to hundreds of violent Jan. 6 rioters. Here's what they did

On his first day in the White House, President Donald Trump gave commutations and pardons to every defendant charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Many assaulted police.

January 21, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Johnson,
  • Tom Dreisbach,
  • and 2 more
A Super Scooper plane drops water on the Palisades fire on Jan. 7 in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

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  • Investigations

'The hydrants up here are dead.' Radio traffic shows how LA firefighters lost water

NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. The analysis shows hydrants going dry and first responders fighting fires despite scarce resources.

January 19, 2025
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By:
  • Nick McMillan and
  • Chiara Eisner
President Biden will leave office with a mixed legacy on Guantánamo. The prison, down to now down to just 15 prisoners, remains open.

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  • Politics

Biden's Guantánamo legacy 'one step forward, several steps backwards'

After some initial momentum and a few successes, Biden leaves office like his predecessors, with the prison at Guantánamo Bay open, and the 9/11 case unresolved.

January 18, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Wang Jingyu speaks during an interview in Ukraine on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Wang told reporters that the Chinese government constantly harassed and threatened him. But an NPR investigation linked Wang to an elaborate con involving false claims of Chinese Communist Party repression. Wang insists he is a genuine victim and had no involvement in the scheme.

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  • News

Bomb threats shadowed international reporters who covered Chinese celebrity dissident

Reporters covering a Chinese dissident in Europe were accused of making bomb threats. An NPR investigation now has them wondering if it was the work of the Chinese government or someone else.

January 14, 2025
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By:
  • Frank Langfitt
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Investigations

As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'

A police officer defended the Capitol from violent rioters on Jan. 6. With President-elect Donald Trump poised to pardon the rioters, he now asks, "what did I risk my life for?"

January 07, 2025
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  • Tom Dreisbach
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