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Government & Politics

Do you know your state's senators?

Portugal's golden visa moved from property to private capital. Here's what changed.

An aerial view of the Luís I Bridge in Porto, Portugal.

Survey finds 3 in 5 women have felt unsafe in a rideshare, with most using fake phone calls as a safety tactic

A young businesswoman in the backseat of a car late at night and talking on the phone.

Portugal put golden visa renewals online. The paper trail still matters.

Aerial view from Miradouro da Graca viewing point in Lisbon, Portugal.

North America's emergency plans were built for seniors who don't exist anymore

An elderly woman using a smartphone at home.

Government & Politics

Worried about surveillance, states enact privacy laws and restrict license plate readers

Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) placed at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard in Culver City, California.

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With deadline for healthcare premium tax credits expiration looming, farmers brace for rate hikes

Close up of a farmer's hands.

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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.

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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.

Government & Politics

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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Regulations can create the monopolies they’re meant to prevent

OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, arrives to testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 08, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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SNAP reliance and benefits by state

A 'SNAP welcomed here' sign at the entrance of a Big Lots store in Portland, Oregon.

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The Supreme Court is more interested in Second Amendment cases than ever before

U.S. Supreme Court Police direct visitors from behind security barriers in front of court building, which is obscured in construction scaffolding, on the first day of the Court’s new term on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC.

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States hope to use rural health money to keep doctors, combat chronic disease

A high school student getting his blood pressure checked at a mobile medical clinic in Terre Haute South High School, Indiana.