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DHS is deputizing local and state police forces to enforce immigration law

Sheriff Brad Coe of Kinney County, Texas, stands in front of his white truck, he is is one of hundreds of sheriffs who have signed on to collaborate with U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement (ICE) under the rapidly expanding Section 287(g) program.

Worried about surveillance, states enact privacy laws and restrict license plate readers

Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) placed at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard in Culver City, California.

A blueprint for reducing gun violence by 2040, according to experts

Members of a violence prevention team gather near a hookah lounge in New York City.

What would ‘concealed carry reciprocity’ mean for states with tighter gun laws?

A sign prohibiting firearms at Willie's Bar & Grill posted on the fence outside in St. Helena Island, South Carolina.

Wisconsin candidates have a path off the ballot besides death under new law

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Pfizer to lower Medicaid drug prices in the Oval Office of the White House on September 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Rural communities, tribes sue EPA over $2.8 billion in canceled funding for flood mitigation and resilience projects

Aerial view of Kipnuk and surrounding bodies of water.

Regulations can create the monopolies they’re meant to prevent

OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, arrives to testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC.

State of Medicare heading into 2026: Your complete guide to new laws and avoiding surprise bills

Customers picking up items at a pharmacy counter.

SNAP reliance and benefits by state

A 'SNAP welcomed here' sign at the entrance of a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon.

Limited hospital access disproportionately harms people incarcerated in rural areas

Close up of a single strand of barbed wire above a fence with a correctional facility in the background.

The Supreme Court is more interested in Second Amendment cases than ever before

U.S. Supreme Court Police direct visitors from behind security barriers in front of court building, which is obscured in construction scaffolding, on the first day of the Court’s new term on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC.

States hope to use rural health money to keep doctors, combat chronic disease

A high school student getting his blood pressure checked at a mobile medical clinic in Terre Haute South High School, Indiana.

Government shutdown, trade wars hit farmers’ bottom line hard

Travis Hutchison, a soybean farmer, drives his truck on a country road near his family's farm on a road behind an American Flag hanging, in Cordova, Maryland, on October 10, 2025.

What have Trump’s troops done for crime in D.C.?

Members of the National Guard walking among civilians as part of their patrolling near the US Capitol area in Washington, DC.