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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.

How budget cuts are affecting National Park Service rangers

Three park rangers behind their car on duty at Curry Village in the Yosemite Valley at Yosemite National Park, California.

Racial health disparities could widen as states grapple with Trump cuts, experts warn

Emergency Room nurses fill a hallway as they tend to patients at the Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital in Texas.

Time is running out for government websites to fix accessibility issues

A sample illustration of a government portal website's landing page.

The end of the climate hawk era

Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island, with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation, in Middletown, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2019, forty years after the three mile island meltdown.

Rural health transformation program won’t make up for federal budget cuts, experts agree

US President Donald Trump signs the 'Big Beautiful Bill Act' at the White House in Washington, DC on July 4, 2025.

ERIC data-sharing alliance helps uncover alleged double voting case in Pennsylvania

A long line of voters waits to vote during the 2024 U.S. Election at the Harrisburg First Assembly of God polling place in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

A migrant dilemma in Denver

People in Denver protesting the federal government's stance on immigration; one holds a white posterboard that reads "Aurora loves immigrants"

A guide to understanding the debate over keeping voter rolls ‘clean’

A voter receives a thumbs up from a poll worker after a successful check in at Biltmore Forest Town Hall during the 2024 U.S. election in Asheville, North Carolina.

Why a trans teen fled his Texas home to find safety: 'Daily danger zone'

Supporters for trans rights rally at the Texas Capitol on March 20, 2023.

US rolls toward a 'terrible' government shutdown, no exit ramp in sight

A US government employee talks on the phone as she looks out of a closed Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC on January 18, 2019, where the government has been shut down for four weeks.