Mike Lindell’s firm told to pay $5 million in ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ election-fraud challenge
The MyPillow founder and election denier offered the money to anyone who could disprove his claim about data he said showed China manipulated the 2020 U.S. election.
By Chris Dehghanpoor, Emma Brown and Jon SwaineClarence Thomas has for years claimed income from a defunct real estate firm
The misstatements are part of a pattern that has raised questions about how the justice views his obligation to report details about his finances to the public.
By Shawn Boburg and Emma BrownChina’s struggles with lab safety carry danger of another pandemic
Investigations show China is vulnerable to serious lab accidents, exposing problems that allowed deadly pathogens to escape in the past, and could well do so again.
By Joby Warrick and David WillmanThe virus hunters
A journey into the wild world of high-risk virus hunting, a coming reckoning, and The Post’s year-long investigation into the U.S. role in pushing such research to the edge.
By Reena Flores, David Fallis, Elana Gordon and Sean CarterWhy is fentanyl so dangerous?
The powerful painkiller is the leading cause of overdose deaths in America.
By Julie Vitkovskaya and Courtney KanResearch with exotic viruses risks a deadly outbreak, scientists warn
The covid-19 epidemic has challenged conventional thinking about biosafety, leading a growing number of scientists to reconsider the danger of prospecting for unknown viruses and other research with pathogens.
By David Willman and Joby WarrickClarence Thomas has reported receiving only two gifts since 2004
Eighteen years ago, the Los Angeles Times detailed how Thomas had reported receiving thousands of dollars’ worth of gifts — far more than other justices on the Supreme Court at the time. That story appears to have marked a turning point for Thomas’s public disclosure of gifts.
By Emma Brown and Shawn BoburgSupreme Court justices under new ethics disclosures on trips, other gifts
Supreme Court justices and all federal judges must provide a fuller public accounting of free trips, meals and other gifts they accept from corporations or organizations, according to revised regulations quietly adopted this month.
By Jonathan O'Connell and Ann E. MarimowActivist group led by Ginni Thomas received nearly $600,000 in anonymous donations
Funding for the group led by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife was channeled through a right-wing think tank, an arrangement that effectively shielded key operational details from public view, a Post investigation found.
By Shawn Boburg and Emma Brown3D analysis shows how Israeli troops fired into group of civilians
In an incident last month that left two Palestinians dead, troops shot at least 14 times in four seconds while civilians would have been visible.
By Miriam Berger, Evan Hill, Imogen Piper and Meg KellyFormer top U.S. admiral cashes in on nuclear sub deal with Australia
The Australian government has hired a dozen retired U.S. Navy officers as high-dollar consultants while it negotiates a nuclear sub deal with Washington
By Craig Whitlock and Nate JonesFatal police shootings are still going up, and nobody knows why
The number rose again last year, with police killing 1,096 people, including a 2-year-old, the youngest to die since The Post began tracking fatal shootings.
By Steven Rich, Andrew Ba Tran and Jennifer JenkinsLeaked files reveal reputation-management firm’s deceptive tactics
Forbidden Stories consortium: Bogus copyright claims, search engine manipulation among disinformation tactics used by the Spain based reputation-management firm
By Shawn BoburgD.C. overpays landlords millions to house the city’s poorest
The D.C. Housing Authority overpays landlords by millions of dollars every year, a Washington Post investigation found.
By Steve Thompson and Dalton BennettThese women journalists were doing their jobs. That made them targets.
A Forbidden Stories consortium: Female reporters are often pushed out of their jobs as global news organizations struggle to respond to disinformation campaigns
By Taylor LorenzAmish country farmers say George Santos took puppies, left bad checks
One breeder recounted how the future member of Congress made off with four golden retrievers, leading to a criminal charge in 2017.
By Jonathan O'Connell, Emma Brown and Shayna JacobsFollow The Post’s investigation of the opioid epidemic
The Post has reported extensively on the opioid crisis' key figures: manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies, doctors and the DEA itself.
By Washington Post StaffBrazil’s military police initially stood by as Bolsonaro supporters rioted
A review of over 150 videos and images reveals that rank-and-file officers tasked with securing the streets around government buildings did little at first to stop the assault.
By Meg Kelly and Imogen PiperJustice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos
The request is the clearest sign to date of an active criminal investigation examining the congressman’s campaign finances.
By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Jonathan O'Connell and Emma BrownSantos campaign briefly reported $254,000 in payments to ‘anonymous’
The payments stunned experts, who said they called into question the accuracy of the congressman’s broader financial filings.
By Emma Brown and Isaac Stanley-Becker