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Government & Politics

Do you know your state's senators?

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America’s babies get a tiny slice of the federal budget

A baby holding an image of a pie chart with categories in different colors.

How immigration scams affect thousands of foreign nationals

A legal professional accepting cash from a client over a contract agreement.

What's behind the rising demand for crime scene cleanup services?

A forensic team removing a barrier tape from a crime scene.

The global rate pivot

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda speaks during a press conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo on March 19, 2026.

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Why Trump wants to ban barcodes on ballots, and what it means for voters and election officials

Election workers scan ballots at the scanning stations of the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office and Election Warehouse on Election Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 5, 2024.

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How people with disabilities navigate voting hurdles

People vote at an election polling site on November 05, 2024, in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

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Domestic violence services are in jeopardy, providers say

Hands of someone who is staying at a homeless shelter for domestic violence survivors, where funding cuts will impact services.

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This public college was taken over by the far-right—a warning for the future of higher ed

North Idaho College entrance sign in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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How one state sent residents' personal health data to LinkedIn

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What happens to health research when 'women' is a banned word?

People gather on the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) campus holding signs to protest the potential loss of federal funding for medical research.

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More states are filling a federal gap by helping police track stolen guns

Confiscated guns on display at a press conference.

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GOP cuts to Medicaid could threaten rural hospitals

Kody Kinsley, Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, giving a testimony during a House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee meeting on Medicaid in Washington, D.C..

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2025 state government trifecta vulnerability ratings show New Jersey somewhat vulnerable, Virginia trifecta possible

The New Jersey State House capitol in Trenton.

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Michigan is short of clerks to oversee elections, but harassment and workload turn people away

Election clerk working in a dark office on a computer.