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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.

How one state reduced its overdose death rate by 32% in a year

A Services for the UnderServed (S:US) worker holds a naloxone overdose kit.

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19 photos of Juneteenth celebrations over the years

Youngsters join in dance contest at a Juneteenth Celebration.

‘All public health is local’: Experts sound alarm on consequences of HHS shuttering regional offices

Signage for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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Documents show Republican-led states struggling to clean voter rolls after leaving ERIC

Secretaries of state such as Frank LaRose of Ohio (left), Wes Allen of Alabama (center right), and Paul Pate of Iowa (right) led their states to depart from the ERIC program for cross-state voter roll cleaning. Also pictured is U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana (center left) at a news conference in July in Washington, D.C.

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A government shutdown halts pay for 2.8 million federal workers. Here's where it would hit them hardest

The Capital Building with police tape around it reading 'shutdown'

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Rural communities still at a disadvantage when competing for government grants

Photo Illustration showing the US Capitol building superimposed alongside gold-colored dollar signs over a rural landscape

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Harris County election shows progress. But challenges remain ahead of 2024.

Voters cast their ballots at the West Gray Multiservice Center during Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Houston.

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Working the polls cleared up one Pennsylvanian's 2020 election suspicions. Now he's taking charge as a judge of elections.

John "Jay" Schneider, 76, in Downingtown, Pa., on Oct. 30. Schneider is serving as a judge of elections for the first time, overseeing the Caln Township polling place. “You don’t know how much responsibility is there, and you don’t want to screw it up.”

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Violent crime is up … and also down, according to new federal data

Crime scene tape, yellow

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Elegance vs. extravagance: What do Biden and Trump's car collections say about these very different leaders?

This combination of pictures created on October 22, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020.

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Elegance vs. extravagance: What do Biden and Trump's car collections say about these very different leaders?

This combination of pictures created on October 22, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020.

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Elegance vs. extravagance: What do Biden and Trump's car collections say about these very different leaders?

This combination of pictures created on October 22, 2020 shows US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020.

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Are self-driving cars a national security risk?

White Tesla driving on the road.