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Year's End 2025

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  Year's End 2025 A year of resistance Joyce Vance Dec 31 To mark the final day of 2025, I wanted to share some of my favorite columns from the last year, in hopes that you’ll have time to peruse them here and there over the holiday and the weekend. They are favorites in the sense that they remind me of where we’ve been this past year, the ups and the downs. They are favorites because many of them represent events I’d forgotten in the utter deluge that we endured in 2025, and those reminders are important. They are also favorites because they help me understand how incredibly strong and capable of action we—people who believe in democracy—are. We made it through the devastation of the early days following Trump’s election and inauguration. Early on, there was dawning awareness that it was, in fact, a coup. And now, we’re seriously into the fight to save democracy. One of my favorite protest photos this year Last year, at this point in time, I wrote to you, “I can’t offer the messag...

2025 — as I drew it AND the year’s top 10 big victories

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2025 — as I drew it AND the year’s top 10 big victories What was your favorite cartoon?* Robert Reich Dec 31     *Many thanks to Emmett Tjen for compiling these. Here’s our video about the year’s 10 big victories Notwithstanding the bleakness and cruelties of Washington, D.C., real victories occurred in our cities and states. Here are the top 10:  

Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work

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  Nonprofit, investigative journalism on a mission to hold the powerful to account. Donate December 31, 2025 ·  Trump Signs Defense Bill Prohibiting China-Based Engineers in Pentagon IT Work The measure, which emerged in response to a ProPublica investigation, bars Microsoft engineers in China and other adversarial countries from servicing sensitive Pentagon cloud computing systems. Read story   More From Our Newsroom   Oregon Faced a Huge Obstacle in Adding Green Energy. Here’s What Changed This Year. 25 Investigations You May Have Missed This Year The Most-Read ProPublica Stories of 2025 Medical Examiners Warn That Controversial Lung Float Test Could Be Dangerous How GOP Lawmakers’ Power Transfers Are Reshaping Everything From Utilities to Environmental Regulation in North Carolina     Threads Instagram TikTok (Twitter) Mastodon Was this email forwarded to you from a friend?  Subscribe.       ProPublica 155 Ave of the Americas, 13th Floor New York, NY 10013

Final News Update of 2025!

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    Watch now   Final News Update of 2025! Lot's of important news to cover tonight before we ring in the new year. Aaron Parnas Dec 31   Good evening, everyone. Here is your final news update of 2025. I am about to head out to grab dinner with my wife and cousin, then it is home to watch the ball drop, ring in the new year, and start putting together my 2026 bingo card. But before I step out, I wanted to make sure you have everything you need to know to close out the year informed. This year has been incredible, and I am truly honored to have each and every one of you here with me. Your support, trust, and engagement made 2025 something special. Tomorrow morning, we will kick off 2026 with a good news only update to start the year on the right note. To everyone who helped make my dreams a reality this year, thank you sincerely from the bottom of my heart.  And if you have not subscribed yet, there is still time tonight. Subscribe today and let us continue build...