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Do you know your state's senators?

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Are local officials duty-bound to certify elections? Arizona ruling creates new doubt

Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd, center, bows her head in prayer during the inauguration of the Southern Arizona Regional Border Operations Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona.

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Texas lawmakers hear concerns about bill to require proof of citizenship for voting

A voting site is seen within the SpaceX projects area in Brownsville, Texas, on May 3, 2025.

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Trump is targeting sanctuary cities. But what is a sanctuary city, anyway?

People hold signs in support of sanctuary city mayors outside the U.S. capitol, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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Latinas hold more state legislature seats than ever before

Sade Elhawary, left, cheers during her campaign kickoff for 2024 for California Assembly District 57

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Trump’s fixation on urban crime ignores worsening rural violence, experts say

Pictures of loved ones lost to gun violence are displayed during a vigil in honor of victims of gun related deaths at Public Square Park in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Can labor organizers transform a moment into a movement?

Boeing defense plant workers holding up "Strike Against Boeing" signs outside of a Boeing facility in Berkeley, Missouri.

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What Trump's national housing emergency would mean for new homebuyers

An affordable housing building under construction in Hell's Kitchen, New York.

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How Texas’ mid-decade redistricting could affect voters in one Houston community

Representative-elect Sylvester Turner (D-TX) poses for a photograph on the steps of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC.

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As Republicans spar over IVF, some turn to obscure MAHA-backed alternative

Elizabeth Goldman, an in-vitro fertilization patient at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, holds up a photo of her daughter who was born via the procedure.

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Trump flaunts pardon rules — and costs victims and taxpayers more than $1 billion

Members of the far-right group the Proud Boys, including their former leader Enrique Tarrio, Stewart Rhodes, Joe Biggs, Ethan Nordean and Zach Rehl speak to journalists on the east side of the U.S. Capitol, Feb. 2025.

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Pharma industry and Ballard Partners dominate the lobbying space in second quarter of 2025

Cutout of U.S. capitol with 100 dollar banknotes layered over the blue sky.

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Most gun violence victims are enrolled in Medicaid. Trump’s cuts are putting them at risk.

Demonstrators calling for preservation of Medicaid funding, are removed from the House Energy and Commerce markup of the FY2025 budget resolution.

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One state's innovative approach to protecting domestic violence survivors

Silhouette of a person with a short ponytail and crossbars of a window on the against a wooden wall.

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‘We stand on the brink of system failure’: Feds up pressure for states to reach deal on the future of the Colorado River

Rafts on the Colorado River as seen from Navajo Bridge in Ariz. on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.