Trump removes entire election commission months before midterms
The bipartisan agency responsible for voting-system certification and federal election guidance has been left without a single commissioner as the November elections approach.
These Local Jails Were Supposed to Detain Immigrants for Only 72 Hours. One Woman...
Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusually high numbers of rebookings.
Millions of people depend on the Great Lakes’ water supply. Trump decimated the lab...
Cutbacks have gutted the staff at the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Deaths in Minnesota drive rebellion against ICE funding as Sanders demands leadership purge
After U.S. citizens were killed by federal agents, lawmakers tie DHS money to accountability and warn of authoritarian enforcement.
Federal judge blocks Trump administration rule restricting mail ballots
The order covers the November election, months after Trump signed an executive order targeting how ballots move through the mail
When did societal elites emerge?
The late Stone Age is not commonly associated with socially stratified societies, yet archaeologist Mehmet Özdoğan argues social and political elites were already shaping communities when humans began farming.
3D-printed homes, an abandoned $590,000 deposit, the FBI: What really happened in this small...
Two men promised a $1.1 million 3D printer could fix Cairo, Illinois’ housing crisis. More than a year later, the one duplex it printed still isn’t finished.
Democratic attorneys general say Education Department is hiding 1,300 documents on its layoffs
A privilege log lists nearly 1,300 records the agency says are too sensitive to hand over.
Wildfire mitigation work drops by 35% in 2025
The steepest drops occurred across the West and Southeast in controlled burns, which plummeted by nearly 44 percent.
Nine months into ceasefire, Israel expands control to nearly 70% of Gaza
Israeli forces have pushed west along a shifting 'yellow line' and a new 'orange zone,' squeezing 2 million Palestinians into a shrinking sliver of the territory.