Roberto Zapatero is an independent forensic investigative journalist at ‘Is America Better Yet?’ focusing on truth-driven reporting and public accountability.
By Roberto Zapatero Is America Better Yet? Updated August 16, 2026 You can stop eating out. You can cancel a streaming service. You can put off buying clothes. Electricity is different. Most of us need it every day. It keeps food cold, lights rooms, charges phones, runs appliances, powers computers,
Thousands of workers left FEMA. Its strategic plan was canceled. Staffing cuts were made without first determining how many people the agency needs. Now federal auditors warn that a major disaster could expose what has been lost. By Roberto Zapatero Is America Better Yet? Updated August 16, 2026 When a
By Roberto Zapatero Is America Better Yet? To our fellow journalists, reporters, editors, producers, photographers, photojournalists, correspondents, commentators, documentary makers, and other media professionals: Many people who spent years reporting the news are no longer working where the public first came to know them. Some were laid off. Some left
By Roberto Zapatero Is America Better Yet? Updated August 15, 2026 Donald Trump returned to the White House with one of the simplest promises in politics: life would become more affordable. On January 20, 2025, his first day back in office, Trump ordered federal agencies to pursue what the White
If you have eggs in your refrigerator, check the carton before you use them. More than 1.5 million dozen eggs, roughly 19 million individual eggs, have been recalled because they may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis. The recall involves eggs produced by Midwest Poultry Services, L.P. at farms
cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, water systems, utilities, operational technology, power grid, energy sector, communications outages, emergency preparedness, FBI, EPA, CISA
Cyberattacks have disrupted U.S. water operations in multiple states. Here is what is confirmed, what is not, and how households can prepare for longer utility and communications outages.
Paramount bought Bari Weiss's media company and put her in charge of CBS News. Since then, veteran journalists have been removed, 60 Minutes has been remade and one of broadcasting's oldest news institutions has disappeared. For viewers trying to find news they can trust, the question
People held at a privately operated ICE detention center say they were exposed to an unexplained gas smell, extreme heat and inadequate medical care. The company running the facility disputes key parts of their account. By Roberto Zapatero Is America Better Yet? A man detained at an immigration facility in
ICE, Carolina Molina, Virginia, Fairfax County, Falls Church, immigration enforcement, police use of force, First Amendment, DHS, Don Beyer, civil rights, federal law enforcement
An ICE agent pointed a gun at Carolina Molina after agents accused her of trying to hit them with her car. Public video does not show the alleged vehicle attack. A Virginia prosecutor is reviewing the incident, and Molina says more footage exists.
Trump Media Is Selling Faster Access to the Preside By Roberto Zapatero Independent Forensic Investigative Journalist Is America Better Yet? President Donald Trump regularly uses Truth Social to announce government decisions. Now the company behind Truth Social is selling businesses a faster way to receive posts from Trump and other
Epstein, judge, Department of Justice, DOJ
At one point, the judge asked whether the Justice Department wanted another order simply emphasizing that his earlier order really meant what it said.
By Roberto Zapatero Independent Forensic Investigative Journalist, Is America Better Yet? August 13, 2026 About 1,400 children in New York are among thousands nationwide whose legal representation was put at risk when a federal contract supporting lawyers for unaccompanied immigrant children expired July 31. Many of these children are
