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Government

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.

Government

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.

Government

How one state sent residents' personal health data to LinkedIn

History

Americans might love Cinco de Mayo, but few know what they're celebrating

Cinco de Mayo festivities take place in Ciudad Juarez marking the victory of the Mexican Army over the French at the Battle of Puebla.

Politics

Arizona officials struggle to straighten out voter rolls after proof-of-citizenship mixup

Adrian Fontes speaks at the Burton Barr Central Library in Phoenix, Arizona.

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'A direct attack on science': Trump's return is rattling gun violence researchers

White House illuminated to mark Gun Violence Awareness in June 2024

Politics

These states already restrict abortion. Their legislatures could push it even further.

Abortion rights demonstrators gather near the State Capitol in Austin, Texas.

Politics

'Perverse' incentives: How local governments might cash in on Trump's migrant detention

Caroline Detention Facility in Bowling Green, Virginia, a former regional jail, has been contracted by the US Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house undocumented adult immigrant detainees for violations of immigration laws.

Politics

How one city scrambled to resolve a tied election vote

Close up of three wooden dice on a desktop, one in sharp focus, with a gray background.

Politics

Yes, politics is worsening people's mental health—Here's what the data shows

A custom illustration showing concepts of anxiety and panic stemming from reading news online.

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How Meagan Wolfe navigates intense scrutiny to make elections and her peers stronger

Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe, left, during a Elections Commissions meeting.

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Summary of Trump's first-term executive orders on the administrative state that Biden repealed in 2021

Donald Trump signing an executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC back in January 23, 2017.

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Texas lawmakers are mostly silent on addressing threats to ballot secrecy

Poll workers return voting equipment to central county station workers.

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Lending program for natural disaster relief is on a Project 2025 chopping block

Workers at the Small Business Administration’s Business Recovery Center in Maryland talking to Governor Wes Moore.