Jennifer Berry Hawes

🧵 As hurricane season approaches, I want to tell you why I spent the past 4 months reporting this new story about Hurricane Helene. In 1999, I spent 13 hours in a car on a gridlocked interstate with my 3-week-old baby during the disastrous mass evacuation from Hurricane Floyd.

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 propublica.org/article/trump-…

Rather than turn former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández over to immigration officials when he was released from prison less than four years into a 45-year sentence, the Trump administration paid to transport him to a posh NYC hotel. propublica.org/article/trump-…

Breaking News: The Pentagon’s restrictions on news outlets violated the First Amendment, a federal judge ruled, in a victory for The New York Times. nyti.ms/4smNxY1

The Pentagon shuts out the oldest military newspaper in America—one funded by American taxpayers—from covering a press conference about what the U.S. military, also funded by taxpayers, is doing.

This is horrifying. How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Vaccine Agenda Risks a Resurgence of Deadly Childhood Plagues propublica.org/article/rfk-jr… by @SheInvestigates

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The success of the U.S. vaccination system depends on two fundamental pillars: parents trusting in vaccines and children having access to them. Under RFK Jr., both are in peril. propublica.org/article/rfk-jr…

From the @PC_EdLab’s @IanGrenier1 … SC lawmakers threatened to yank SC lottery $ for scholarships if @presbycollege failed to drop this prof — who wrote an opinion piece on sabbatical. Ultimately, she resigned. Is this how government chills speech at private institutions?

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Two Florida women argued that forcing them to have C-sections violated their rights. Hospital staff said their medical decisions threatened the health of the fetus. Courts would decide which one mattered more. propublica.org/article/florid…

Breaking news: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s dismantling of Voice of America was unlawful and ordered more than 1,000 employees, who have spent a full year on paid administrative leave, back to work. wapo.st/4cNurFM

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The Trump administration’s immigration enforcers are requesting unfettered access to the government’s “most powerful people-finder system,” which contains sensitive information on children and victims of domestic violence. propublica.org/article/dhs-tr…

Veteran George Retes was pepper-sprayed and detained by ICE in July, exacerbating his Iraq War PTSD. Afterward, he sought support from his local VA clinic. 7+ months later, Retes said he has never heard back, even after he called to follow up. propublica.org/article/vetera…

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, threatened on Saturday to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over their coverage of the war with Iran. nytimes.com/2026/03/14/wor…

Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when she had to attend a virtual court hearing to decide how she'd give birth. Doyley had no lawyer or advocate — no one to explain to her what, exactly, was going on. propublica.org/article/florid…

Don't look away: This @DHSgov Official Oversees the Security of Federal Elections. He Wants to Ban Voting Machines. propublica.org/article/david-… @DougBockClark

Youngest US soldier killed by Iranian strike was an Eagle Scout who helped homeless youth trib.al/VnI7EJ2

Major Alex Klinner has been named by his family as the 2nd of 6 US service members killed in Thursday’s refueling operation to support the US war against Iran. He leaves behind a wife and three children. (Photos from GoFundMe set up to support the family gofundme.com/f/major-alex-k…)

One of the 6 servicemembers killed in the refueling accident Thursday has been identified by his family: Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons, 28, 121st Air Refueling Wing at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. His family spoke to WSYX in Ohio: abc6onyourside.com/news/local/fam…