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Government & Politics

Do you know your state's senators?

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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What Americans think about election policy and how the 2026 elections will go

People heading to a polling place South Oldham Middle School in Crestwood, Kentucky, USA.

The controversies surrounding the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

An architectural rendering of the museum's breezeway.

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2025 farm bill: Advocates prioritize anti-hunger policies while Republicans push budget cuts

A man shops at a grocery store in downtown Clarksburg, West Virginia.

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'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.

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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.

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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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Beyond the COVID dashboard: How local governments are continuing to invest in public data initiatives

A woman wearing a mask while on a computer.

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Illinois has put an end to the injustice of cash bail

A closeup on a judge's gavel, money and handcuffs on a wooden table.

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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.