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Government & Politics

Do you know your state's senators?

Is this the solution to your city's broken sidewalks?

Construction crew doing a sidewalk repair work at day.

Everywhere on Earth, women outlive men. Except in one corner of Sardinia

A village of Seulo in the Barbagia region on the Italian island of Sardinia.

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Pete Hegseth’s spiritual adviser longs for a day when Latter-day Saints can’t hold office or possibly even vote

Pete Hegseth and Douglas Wilson stand at a podium during a Pentagon prayer service in February 2026.

The Pentagon will test troops for low testosterone. It’s not as strange as it might seem

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaking at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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Pete Hegseth’s spiritual adviser longs for a day when Latter-day Saints can’t hold office or possibly even vote

Pete Hegseth and Douglas Wilson stand at a podium during a Pentagon prayer service in February 2026.

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Behind ideological attacks on higher ed, surprising bipartisan reforms are happening

Students passing through an entrance to Yale University's old campus in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

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Platner’s exit from Maine’s Senate race leaves Democrats in a deep financial hole

U.S. Senate candidate and Democratic Party's Graham Platner speaking at his Primary Election event in Blue Hill, Maine.

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Among the millions of Americans affected after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, 100,000 Tennesseans lost SNAP food aid

Cassandra Doyle, one of about 100,000 Tennesseans who lost SNAP food benefits since the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill, posing for a photo from Nashville women's shelter in Tennessee, USA.

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Here’s how the Texas secretary of state’s resignation could complicate the midterm elections

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference after casting his vote during early voting of the primary runoff at the Austin Recreation Center on May 18, 2026 in Austin, Texas.

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How government fines of over $1M are increasingly targeting immigrants

A pregnant woman standing in the backyard of her rental home in Denver, USA while using a smartphone to call her husband in Venezuela.

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SNAP is how millions of Americans afford food. Cuts to the program have thrown it into chaos.

A store with signage indicating that it accepts SNAP benefits.

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The Trump administration’s multiple investigations of the 2020 election may have more to do with 2026

Vehicles pass by the sign for the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operations Center on November 4, 2024, in Union City, Georgia.

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What, exactly, is happening with coal mining in Alberta?

Local activists rally during the 'Protect Our Water' protest against coal mining in the Eastern Slopes, held outside the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on January 25, 2025.

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The PACs for public lands

A view of the Idaho state capitol building downtown with overlooking mountains at the back.