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Four years after far-right Republicans helped elect Monae Johnson as South Dakota secretary of state, she’s backing a Democrat to replace her. The…

“It would go right about … there.” Joaquin Peña nods under a straw hat, motioning to a piece of pipe sticking out of his land roughly 100 feet…

As physicians continue to navigate care for patients with complex pregnancies in states with abortion bans, a group of maternal-fetal medicine…

The Trump administration is proposing major updates to the standards, monitoring and enforcement for the way animals are treated, touting a “new…

Voters in four states will decide housing-related ballot measures in November, providing testing grounds for different strategies to boost affordable…

As prediction markets have exploded in popularity over the past two years, they have also become increasingly controversial, setting off a…

In January, as the Trump administration launched an immigration crackdown in Maine, Juan Sebastián Carvajal-Muñoz was intercepted on his way to…

After federal immigration agents ended their aggressive enforcement blitzes in the streets of Minneapolis and Chicago, President Donald Trump…

Like many parents, Arielle Roth has concerns about her children’s screen time at school. But unlike her peers, she’s in a position to influence…

When two Oglala Lakota scouts heard drilling was expected to begin on Pe’ Sla, the sacred prairie in the Black Hills of South Dakota, they set out…

Most homeschoolers now piece together a variety of classes and outings for their kids. In the north Pittsburgh area, that often includes enrolling in…

The Trump administration in May quietly altered an obscure prison policy that could give the Department of Justice more power to punish the…

In mid-August, 2026, the Trump administration filed a proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to rescind the Roadless Rule — a…

In April 2025, the Election Truth Alliance was a three-month-old Nevada nonprofit with a growing audience in anti-Trump online spaces and a claim…

  Behind recent news stories about a controversial land swap are plans for a major new gateway resort on the western border of America’s most…

  According to AdImpact, the 2026 election spending will reach a record high of $11.6 billion. The money shows that political advertisers are…

  A privacy law written nearly 40 years ago, before anyone streamed video online, is now the subject of a case the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed…

  A U.S. Postal Service whistleblower is warning that the agency’s efforts to develop systems to restrict mail ballot delivery for the…

  Three years ago, a handful of Maine school districts struggling to meet students’ mental health needs applied for a federal grant to…

  “Freedom doesn’t ring, it revs!” That was the tagline of the first-ever IndyCar street race held in Washington, D.C., over the weekend…

  According to recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement data, the agency made more than 43,000 arrests in June, the highest number since…

  New York City’s public health system is bracing for possible funding cuts from a federal budget rule change the Trump administration is…

  Flock Safety has poured more than $2 million into federal and state lobbying since 2025 as the fast‑growing surveillance company faces…

  The sun was still rising as nearly 60 “mothers and others” boarded an Omaha bus recently and headed across the state to protest what goes…

  A hush has fallen over the Democratic Party — a “climate hush,” to be precise. The phrase captures the push within the party to focus…

  Campaign fundraising in the 2026 Senate battlegrounds has become overwhelmingly nationalized, leaving most high-stakes candidates far more…

  The movement to change voting laws in Pennsylvania is all but dead, Votebeat reports. Despite bipartisan support for changes in Harrisburg, no…

  We’re living through extraordinary times in American democracy, as President Trump presses for greater federal control over elections and…

  Andrea Pedro-Francisco feels like part of her is still trapped in a nightmare — back in the crowded, windowless cell block of the Texas…

  At 7 years old, JeanCarlos Fiallos Manzanares crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, hiding in the trunk of a taxi with his older sister.…

  The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 30 decision on transgender sports participation in some ways simply upheld the status quo. States that…

  Early on a Friday morning in June at the 76th annual Musky Fest in Hayward, Wisconsin, a sprawling conversation between state Rep. Francesca…

  More than 60 years ago, the rural South was the epicenter of voting rights organizing for Black Americans. Marches and government violence in…

  Last year, National Park Service rangers began hanging up signs on bathroom doors and in visitor centers at parks across the country. The…

  It’s rare in an era of partisan division to hear a veteran of the Clinton and Obama presidencies agreeing with a right-leaning economist who…

  Maine Democrats have plenty of questions about who will replace Senate nominee Graham Platner on the ballot. But one thing is clear — his…