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EPA must use the best available science − by law − but what does that mean?
Science is essential as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency carries out its mission to protect…
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What history tells us about Cory Booker’s 25-hour oration
Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey made history on April 1, 2025, when…
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Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily…
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Florida is home to about 341,000 immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti who may soon lose residency, work permits
Florida leads the nation in the number of immigrants with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS.…
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The Trump administration says Tren de Aragua is a terrorist group – but it’s really a transnational criminal organization. Here’s why the label matters.
The U.S. State Department declared on Feb. 20, 2025, that the Venezuelan gang Tren de…
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From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do
Layoffs of federal employees and cutbacks to federal agencies have direct consequences for the Philadelphia…
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How a lone judge can block a Trump order nationwide – and why, from DACA to DOGE, this judicial check on presidents’ power is shaping how the government works
When presidents try to make big changes through executive orders, they often hit a roadblock:…
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Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose
Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the…
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Why tattoos are such an unreliable marker of gang membership
The United States deported 238 Venezuelan men on three flights to El Salvador on March…
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Why a presidential term limit got written into the Constitution – the story of the 22nd Amendment
Only one person, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, has ever served more than two terms as president…