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When ICE shows up, these businesses will be ready

A store worker showing a "No warrant, No entry" / "Private area" signs behind the counter.

‘They want to keep denying us our rights’: Workers in the dairy industry fight for basic labor protections

Hilario, a dairy worker, who is seen guiding cows onto the milking area in a dairy farm in Vermont, USA.

What the US can teach other countries about home-based child care

A young boy playing with block toys in the corner of a room.

Portugal cleared hundreds of thousands of immigration files. What the backlog means for expats now

Person holding a Portuguese passport.

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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.

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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.

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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"

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Inside the movement to professionalize election administration

A photograph of Lydia McComas, 28, the new city clerk in Madison, Wisconsin, decided in college that she wanted to be in the election administration field.

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Wisconsin candidates have a path off the ballot besides death under new law

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal with Pfizer to lower Medicaid drug prices in the Oval Office of the White House on September 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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Voting by mail faces uncertain moment ahead of midterm elections

Election workers sorting mail-in ballots at the Santa Clara County registrar of voters office on October 21, 2024 in San Jose, California.