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As investigative journalists, we focus on the substance of issues, the process of elections and the behind-the-scenes forces that stand to benefit from particular outcomes.

Julie Adams quickly ascended from a little-known conservative activist to a surprise appointee on the Fulton County board of elections. She has used her new perch to carry out the efforts of players seeking to tilt the election in Trump's favor.

When Mike Johnston became the mayor of Denver, he was determined to do right by the migrants arriving in his city. But it wasn't long before he felt the full weight of that commitment.

Sheriff Joe Frank Martinez's run for reelection provides a glimpse at how new patterns of immigration along the U.S.-Mexico border have coincided with, if not driven, changing attitudes among voters who live there.

Immigration is not part of Joe Frank Martinez's job. But in Del Rio, Texas, like in other majority Latino communities across the country, the issue is high on voters' minds and is disrupting long-standing political allegiances.

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump threatened businesses that send jobs south of the border, while his own company that runs the Truth Social platform outsourced coding jobs to workers in Mexico, outraging some staff members.

After recent practice runs showed significant problems in transferring data accurately, the battleground state's new centralized voter registration system will get its first real-world test in a major presidential election.

ProPublica avoids horse race coverage of the election, instead deeply exploring issues that voters care about, like immigration, abortion, health care, the economy, extremism and education.

From cutting children's disability benefits to allowing employers to pocket workers' tips, Trump tried to slash protections for the working poor in ways that have been forgotten by many.

Cartel-affiliated gangs have created an industrial-scale extortion racket that involves kidnapping large numbers of migrants in southern Mexico as the U.S. pressures Mexican authorities to stop people from reaching the U.S. border.