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The last eight members of Congress who died in office were Democrats. A younger generation of office seekers has raised their opponent's age as a significant issue in their campaigns.

Donald Trump aims to rewrite America's official history, including at one of the nation's key sites of public history-making: the Smithsonian. George Orwell would recognize Trump's impulse.

Donald Trump isn't the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take actions that make unions weaker.

Juvenile incarceration creates worse outcomes for young people and costs more than community-based treatment. So why does Philadelphia spend so much on it?

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Donald Trump in the aftermath of an inconclusive summit just days before. A veteran diplomat helps untangle what happened and what's next.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Donald Trump in the aftermath of an inconclusive summit just days before. A veteran diplomat helps untangle what happened and what's next.

The Sanctuary Movement emerged amid a restrictive US asylum process and as the Reagan administration refused to acknowledge the extent of human rights violations in the region.

Afghans who have lost US work permits and protections from deportation fear persecution by the Taliban if they return to Afghanistan.

Colorado's governor declared a no-eating-meat day that sparked outrage in the state's rural communities.

How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the political spectrum grappling with what being white means.