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Big Meat’s ties to USDA top official revealed

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Undersecretary for Food Safety Dr. Mindy Brashears attends her first sub-cabinet meeting with Secretary Sonny Perdue, Deputy Secretary Steve Censky and colleagues in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 2019.

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What 37 election experts say could disrupt the 2026 elections

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) speaks at a press conference on March 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Energy stocks: The effect of the Feb. 28 strikes on Iran on shares of popular energy companies

A custom collage showing graphics depicting the US and Iran energy and oil crisis stocks.

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Homes on the range: Is a federal affordable housing policy leading to a public lands selloff?

A view of Main Avenue in Durango, featuring the oldest bank building in Colorado.

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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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20 photos of reproductive rights protests from the age of Roe up until now

Triptych with reproductive rights demonstrations from 1970, 1989, 2023.

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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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Election deniers focus recruitment in 'out of the way places'

The interior of the Shasta County, California, elections office on August 16, 2023

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27 senators are up for reelection—which, if any, are 'progressive' relative to the political lean of their states?

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) at a meet-and-greet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2019.

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Are self-driving cars a national security risk?

White Tesla driving on the road.

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Landmark Supreme Court cases and Chief Justices of the time

A photo of the Supreme Court building with a blue sky in the background.