The cuts come as a consequence of President Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel's focus on violent crime and immigration, leaving other priorities understaffed.

A new rule from the Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives. It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restr...

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

The government-funded ads show just how much President Trump has been able to use federal money for his own aims.

“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.

Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...

ProPublica’s reporting reveals for the first time the extent of the White House’s role in trying to dictate how mail-in ballots are processed, spurring behind-the-scenes drama that played out for near...

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

The hosts blew off their Fox News shows for some Xi time.

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The improperly labeled raw meat was sold nationwide and is 'unsafe to eat,' according to the USDA.

The Trump administration is planning to welcome up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

South Dakota’s top elections official, a Republican, couldn’t bring herself to support her party’s nominee.

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

A traveling bookmobile with printed copies of the Epstein files looks to keep the alleged sex trafficker's crimes and association with Trump in the public consciousness.

Boebert also allegedly paid off one of those aides to keep quiet about their relationship.

Trump held a White House event Monday without the usual television pool, leaving his remarks inaudible after major networks suspended pooled coverage in response to his ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico...

President Donald Trump says that communism is the greatest threat the U.S. has ever faced. But he's hosting the leader of the world's most powerful communist country this week — Chinese President Xi J...

The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to fight inflation that hurts Americans’ pocketbooks, but the move may also make voters feel the pinch in other ways heading into the November election.

The US decision to remove limits on coal and gas plant emissions is rooted in a perception of manliness in these industries

The Trump administration has been pursuing a quiet immigration crackdown strategy: limiting access to health care and public services. The American Academy of Pediatrics is sounding the alarm about the impact on children.

Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.

Could the hunt for the universe’s missing matter be the biggest wild goose chase in scientific history?

USPS is violating open records laws by refusing to provide documents on its plan to screen mail ballots as part of Trump’s anti-voting executive order, a nonpartisan government watchdog alleged in a n...