To crack down on the use of electronic voting systems, he may attempt to order decertifications over alleged vulnerabilities.

New letters show ICE shifting its rhetoric—and Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Max Frost demanding answers.

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Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.

About 5 million kids in K-12 schools will be reading from Bible passages within a few years.

A trust fund that helps to finance Social Security benefits is expected to run out of money in less than seven years — unless Congress acts to patch the system before that.

Jenna Norton had filed a whistle-blower complaint claiming that the agency leadership had retaliated against her.

The Trump administration is cutting the budget in ways that put the lives of pregnant women and babies at risk, write Stephanie Psaki, Dara Kass, and Liz Tobin-Tyler.

The "God Squad" voted unanimously to remove protections for Gulf animals, for "security." It's not the first time federal agencies cited the "energy emergency" to avoid rules meant to protect animals.

Congress holds the power to further narrow who can participate in our democracy.

"The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office."

People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.

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The bill would undermine the right to vote in the U.S. ahead of the 2026 midterms.

The reasons to worry about election integrity are becoming more urgent.

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A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.