Desmond Butler

• Post Reports

How a tip at a funeral became a year-long investigation into the sport of bodybuilding.

• Investigations

Jim Manion subverted the National Physique Committee’s nonprofit mission by establishing a parallel for-profit company, The Post found.

• Built & Broken

The Manions deny claims. Meanwhile, organizations that sponsor or host events with the IFBB Pro and NPC say they are taking their own steps to protect athletes.

• Investigations

Leaders of U.S. bodybuilding’s two premier federations oversaw decades of sexual exploitation of female athletes, The Post found.

• Investigations

Immersed in the world of bodybuilding at a young age, Post reporter Desmond Butler investigates how the sport in America has changed.

• Climate and Environment

ExxonMobil says it backs the scientific consensus on climate change. But one executive cast doubt about global warming’s impact while speaking to state regulators earlier this month, according to a recording obtained by The Washington Post.

• Climate and Environment

An examination of 196 country reports to the United Nations reveals a giant gap between what nations declare their emissions to be versus the greenhouse gases they are sending into the atmosphere. The gap ranges from at least 8.5 billion to as high as 13.3 billion tons a year -- surpassing the annual emissions of China.

• Climate and Environment

Undercover investigators illuminate dark side of the palm oil industry that is clearcutting virgin rainforests. Loss of tree cover and peatlands that help absorb greenhouse gases alarms climate scientists.

An investigation by The Washington Post has found that agricultural company Archer-Daniels-Midland sold a grain storage plant worth millions for a fraction of its value to Sonny Perdue shortly before he became secretary of agriculture.