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Do you know your state's senators?

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What, exactly, is happening with coal mining in Alberta?

Local activists rally during the 'Protect Our Water' protest against coal mining in the Eastern Slopes, held outside the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on January 25, 2025.

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The PACs for public lands

A view of the Idaho state capitol building downtown with overlooking mountains at the back.

America’s safest midsize cities in 2026

Flatirons and mountain ranges seen behind the Stearns Lake in an autumn landscape in Broomfield, Colorado, USA.

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Border wall plans threaten rural infrastructure and cross-border life in Big Bend

The banks of the Rio Grande near Presidio, Texas.

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Ranking presidents over the past 8 decades by their final approval rating

Former US Presidents George W. Bush (C), Barack Obama (2nd L), George H.W. Bush (L), Bill Clinton (2nd R) and Jimmy Carter (R) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 7, 2009.

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Experts rank the best US presidents of all time

Former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter pose together in the Oval Office on Jan. 7, 2009 at the White House.

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States with the most firearms traced to them by the federal government

Man with an automatic rifle at the store.

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Presidential scandals in pictures

Tourists reading newspapers with Nixon resignation headline in front of the White House.

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From gun laws to climate change: How liability drives policy discussions on controversial issues

A joint session of Congress meeting to count the Electoral College vote from the 2008 presidential election.

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Influential Supreme Court decisions decided by 1 vote

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US presidents who were elected for a second term, ranked

Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7, 2009.

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The most common complaints filed to your local government

Trash begins to accumulate along the National Mall near the Washington Monument.

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Richest current Democratic politicians in Congress

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) listen during a hearing before Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee March 7, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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Richest current Republican politicians in Congress

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is seen outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 3, 2023.