Some conservative PACs have backed off from running anti-trans ads. Is this a sign of what's to come for trans people?

On Monday we wrote about Donald Trump's direct attack on the First Amendment and the free press by banning reporters from the White House. As we expected, a judge on Thursday morning issued a Temporary Restraining Order, blocking the White House from continuing this unconstitutional action, though (as happened the last time Trump tried this)...

The superficial similarities between the U.S. and its closest friend are likely driving much of the president’s vitriol.

We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.

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He once bragged about building “the platform for the alt-right.” Now he’s heading to the White House.

As part of our Give Back NH series, NHPR highlights nonprofits working in New Hampshire communities.

The health secretary is spreading doubts about vaccine safety and considering changes that could prompt manufacturers to flee the U.S. market. History has shown how plagues from the past can roar back...

The annual "anything goes" performing arts festival featured more than 4,200 performances this year. These are the ones we're still talking about.

A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

Jen Psaki peels through the layers of a scheme described by a Florida grand jury in which millions of dollars were laundered through charities and ultimately ended up funding political activities. And...

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

WASHINGTON—Assuring the American people he would not let the legal system sway his judgment in any decision he makes, recently sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche vowed at a press conference Monday...

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · August 6 · 46m

Gun-friendly Wyoming has a “stand your ground” statute that allows people to use force to defend themselves. So why is a trans woman being prosecuted after being shoved to the ground?

The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.

DOGE has ignored urgently needed reforms and upgrades at the Social Security Administration, according to dozens of insiders and 15 hours of candid interviews with the former acting chief of the agenc...

Two curious students at Eastman-Baldwin Junior High learn fun and important lessons about civics and the power of our rights and freedoms from their knowledg...

Todo despliegue de agentes federales armados para intimidar a los votantes o interferir en las elecciones sería ilegal. Si ocurren, los funcionarios y la sociedad civil están preparados para disputar ...

It’s no coincidence that the Supreme Court’s decision allowing trans sports bans echoes the work of Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls.

It can be really hard to get transparent, comprehensive information about private schools. Our investigative reporters share some suggestions for parents and guardians who want to collect it themselve...