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Once America had become a country, a new government needed to be designed. Nazlisart/iStock Getty Images

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After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’

Staff Writer - July 18, 2026

Piping plovers lay their eggs on the ground. They became an endangered species as development encroached on their habitat and made it harder for their chicks to survive. Under the Same Moon/Flickr, CC BY

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Why Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won’t hold up in court

A statue of Francisco de Miranda stands in Cuba. Riccardo Lombardo/REDA/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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For nearly 250 years, the US has had eyes on Latin America – but interventions then looked rather different

In John Magee’s print, Preston Brooks wields a cane against Charles Sumner, who is clutching a pen and a rolled-up speech. John L. Magee, The New York Public Library

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When a congressman beat a senator unconscious, America confronted the limits of free speech

Grads who work for the government or nonprofits can get their debt canceled after they make payments on their loans for a decade. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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Judges block Trump administration’s attempts to deny access to public service loan forgiveness to its perceived foes

U.S. Border Patrol agents stand guard at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 8, 2026. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

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I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how...

Staff Writer - February 1, 2026

In Detroit, Mich., volunteers with the Detroit People’s Assembly put together whistle kits designed to alert the community when immigration agents are nearby. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in...

Staff Writer - January 30, 2026

Reclassifying marijuana to a Schedule III drug would put it in a category with prescription drugs like ketamine. LPETTET/iStock via Getty Images

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Should medical marijuana be less stringently regulated? A drug policy expert...

Staff Writer - January 29, 2026

Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a fire in a house after it was hit by a Russian drone on Jan. 15, 2026. Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Russia’s drone pipeline: How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet

Staff Writer - January 28, 2026

As part of the Artemis II mission, humans will fly around the Moon for the first time in decades. Roberto Moiola/Sysaworld via Getty Images

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NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US...

Staff Writer - January 27, 2026

Soon to be a blast from the past. E+/Getty Images

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Ending tax refunds by check will speed payments, but risks sidelining...

Staff Writer - January 26, 2026

Teyana Gibson Brown, wife of Liberian immigrant Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer arrested her husband in a warrantless raid in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 2026, in what a judge later ruled was a violation of Gibson’s Fourth Amendment rights. AP Photo/John Locher

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‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s...

Staff Writer - January 23, 2026

American farmers face a changing future for their businesses. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

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American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global...

Staff Writer - January 18, 2026

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