Two senior advisers to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage resigned after an undercover Channel 4 investigation alleged the party broke electoral law by arranging for a foreign company to fund polling. The party denies wrongdoing.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2624 into law, expanding privacy protections for immigration-service workers. Critics warn the law could affect investigative journalism and free-speech rights, with the measure nicknamed after journalist Nick Shirley.
Federal prosecutors issued subpoenas to four New York Times journalists compelling them to reveal sources for stories about security shortcomings on the Qatari-gifted presidential jet being used as Air Force One. The unusually aggressive move has drawn criticism from press freedom advocates and even Fox News journalists.
The government agency that collects property taxes in Puerto Rico inadvertently exposed the Social Security numbers of approximately 1 million people in a major data breach, according to an investigation by Centro de Periodismo Investigativo and ProPublica.
Italian authorities arrested four people suspected of carrying out a bomb attack in October targeting Sigfrido Ranucci, an investigative journalist for the program Report who has faced threats from the Italian mafia. The attack occurred at his home.
An investigation found that India's Ambani family secured major policy concessions from the Trump administration while secretly funneling at least $100 million to a Texas firm connected to Donald Trump Jr.
STAT published 'The Deadliest Drug,' a major investigative series documenting how alcohol represents America's most enduring and overlooked drug crisis, with failures across medical, public health, industry, and government systems.
