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How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

Weeks before the midterm elections, the cost crisis is hammering food pantries in red and blue states

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A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue...

A report from House Judiciary Democrats reveals the true scope of Trump’s corrupt pardons.

Treasury isn’t merely shutting down an anti-corruption database. It’s deleting the data so future investigators can’t use it.

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The percentage of high-ranking officer nominations going to women is currently at its lowest level in over two decades.

For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power.

The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.

The U.S. is facing a food-borne illness outbreak, and food safety experts say Trump cuts have made it harder to respond.

SNAP participation nationwide fell by more than 4.5 million people (nearly 11 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and April 2026, based on the latest month of data.

The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs.

Advocates say temperatures became unbearable inside one housing unit as the region's heat wave intensified.

Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...

In January 2025, the Trump administration began shutting down projects within the EPA’s independent science division that touched on climate change and environmental justice. Air quality researcher Th...

Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...

Department staffers investigating the Warner acquisition were leaning toward recommending a challenge to the merger, people familiar with the matter say.

The constant noise of traffic is so ubiquitous, it is barely noticeable to our ears – until we step into a roadless forest and experience true quiet.

Millions of WIC recipients would have less money for fruits and vegetables under the legislation, which funds the Agriculture Department and other agencies.

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.