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More states are going all in on offering free tuition. How far will the move go to help with the difficulties higher education has faced in recent years – and a predicted pending enrollment cliff?

Despite some pushback, Florida is deputizing local law enforcement with immigration powers in one of the most muscular policing movements in modern times. 

As water management problems arise – and in some cases go unaddressed – in places such as Alabama, Michigan, and Mississippi, our columnist wondered, Is there a link between civil rights protests of the past and the environmental injustices of the present?

Much is at stake as the U.S. Supreme Court considers a birthright citizenship case May 15, including whether an executive order is applied uniformly across the country. 

After a frenzied start, cost-cutting and efficiency efforts by the Department of Government Efficiency have run up against public opinion and the courts. 

Top investors in the meme coin $TRUMP will get to dine with President Donald Trump. Some Democrats call his family cryptocurrency ventures “profoundly corrupt,” while his press secretary says he is abiding by all laws regarding conflicts of interest.

As Donald Trump fights the courts over Kilmar Abrego Garcia, targets law firms, and tests the rule of law, democracy experts warn they’ve seen this before.

Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court case that found a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, turns 10 in June. More than two-thirds of Americans consistently support marriage equality. But one attorney who argued the case likens the right to a “split screen” in the Trump era.

National security officials are using commercial apps over secure communications systems that feel burdensome. New apps offer privacy, but are easier to hack.

Proposed budget cuts at NOAA reflect the Trump administration’s frustration with climate research, but also threaten the quality of National Weather Service forecasting.