Kirsten Berg
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research reporter @ProPublica @kirstenberg.bsky.social elsewhere
Joined March 2009
EXCLUSIVE: New details on Trump's quid pro quo to use El Salvador's mega prison -El Salvador's president Bukele demanded the US hand over 9 MS-13 leaders in exchange for access to the prison -During a March phone call with Bukele, Marco Rubio noted a problem: some of these men
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Read @AidaAlami on the last Columbia protester in ICE detention. A judge recommended her release in June: “No convincing evidence linking her to terrorist activity had been brought up. In response, the government contended that she posed a flight risk” https://t.co/Oz3xExuF9p
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Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman who has lived in the U.S. since 2016, has been detained in Texas for the past eight months.
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Hugely important story by my colleague Nicole Foy who found more than 170 cases US citizens being arrested by immigration agents. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned but read about these cases and judge for yourself...
New: The government does not track how often immigration agents hold Americans. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 such incidents since the start of the second Trump administration.
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🚨NEW I spent nearly a year investigating Russ Vought, the Trump adviser and Project 2025 architect who wants to put civil servants "in trauma." I obtained new audio recordings & videos. This is the most definitive profile yet. @propublica + @NewYorker
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From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that...
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We stand by our reporting. Here is the full story that DHS is dismissing: https://t.co/yPvwxIbOo2 It relies on footage that anyone can watch for themselves. We also explain exactly how we did it ⤵️
.@ProPublica is wasting more ink with disgusting smears against our brave @ICEgov law enforcement, as they are facing more than a 1000% increase in assaults against them. We have said it a million times: DHS enforcement operations are HIGHLY TARGETED and are not resulting in the
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Almost all news outlets - including @AP colleagues - leave the Pentagon after not agreeing to new reporting rules.
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Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
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1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
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NEW: Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA's response to natural disasters. But she fast-tracked $11 million+ to fix a Florida tourist attraction — after one of her big donors reached out. https://t.co/YkZi3SuHEX
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The DHS chief has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of...
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🚨 Peak migration is here! 🚨 Many more high traffic nights, and sadly window strikes, are on the horizon. Migrants face perilous journeys due to threats like: 🌃 Window/building collisions 💡 Light pollution 🐱 Domestic animals 🌱 Habitat loss & food scarcity How to help 🧵👇
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In a friend-of-the-court brief, a coalition of press freedom groups led by @rcfp is supporting Rümeysa Öztürk’s right to challenge her detention. The high-profile case could have widespread consequences for non-citizen journalists in the U.S.
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RCFP argues that the government’s arguments opposing Öztürk’s habeas petition threaten to chill news reporting by noncitizen journalists.
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Violence has no place in our democracy. PEN America condemns the shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. Our campuses must be safe spaces for dialogue, and all Americans must reject violence as a response to speech. Ideas must be met with debate and not bullets.
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We ❤️ @IRE_NICAR! @ProPublica employees flyered at the IRE gala to rally support for our fight for a fair contract. The future of investigative journalism depends on protecting the workers who make it possible. You can help by signing our petition: https://t.co/tN24poWOVA
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We can’t produce fearless investigative journalism without job security and a fair contract. After almost two years of bargaining, we need your help. Show your support for @ProPublica’s workers by adding your name to our petition:
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We, the workers of ProPublica, provide our readers with deeply researched, unbiased news that holds power to account. This work is more important now than ever, but our staff can’t properly contrib...
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Statement from the leadership @PostGuild
Some news: I've been fired from the Washington Post. But my work will continue anyway. https://t.co/bGcYOsQvlI
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Though he was only 10, Saddam Hussein Iyad Rajab was the man of the house. He worked on the streets of Tulkarm, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, selling bottles of water, lighters, and other small items to passing cars. Whatever he earned he gave to his family, save the money
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New: Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them. https://t.co/YNn0wGfG3Q
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The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got...
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My latest: The White House says hundreds have been arrested amid Trump’s D.C. police takeover. But there's black hole instead of the usually readily accessible info surrounding arrests. Basic questions are going unanswered. More here, with @emmauber7: https://t.co/clxsNtdQzE
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Some great reporting from colleagues @kyletalking @faruq_kiefer @Marissa_Jae on how Trump's crackdown on homeless encampments is starting to play out:
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As the Trump administration begins to clear encampments, many homeless individuals told The Post they had few options for places to go.
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My latest At least 63 people, mostly women and children, starved to death in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher this past week. That number only includes those who arrived at medical facilities. The intractable nature of the war and the ubiquity of suffering is an
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