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A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart.

The new patrol officer parked his black Dodge Charger outside a house off Main Street and approached on foot. A Mexican ballad was playing. Someone had called in a noise complaint, claiming it sounded as if people were fighting. But as the officer, Jaron Alexander, got closer, he found nothing of the sort. A…

By Francesca D’Annunzio · 4h ago

A Texas Cop Signed on to Help ICE Deport His Neighbors. It Tore the Town Apart.

Georgia draws high-profile boosters to the campaign trail as candidates enter the homestretch

Obama on attacks against El-Sayed: ‘We have seen this movie before. I starred in it.’

Crowley campaigns with Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock

Gubernatorial candidates make their pitch at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention

West Susitna’s tab won’t leave office with the governor

Candidatos a fiscal general de Kansas debaten sobre acuerdos de culpa y delitos contra inmigrantes

Omaha among 14 U.S. cities tapped for Bloomberg housing program; a goal is more ‘granny flats’

Enrollment increases at South Dakota technical colleges, despite drops in some programs

Getting beyond the ideological force behind Michigan’s political and economic woes

Online sports betting supporters, opponents clash before Nebraskans get final say Nov. 3

Maryland members of Congress, elections officials targeted by suspicious letters

Offering cash for votes is quite common throughout history — but here’s why it doesn’t work

Judge orders Harford school board to put banned book back on library shelves

Maricopa County recorder restores 25 voters wrongly flagged as noncitizens, ending lawsuit

Judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Utah lieutenant governor demanding private voter information

Boo! Feeling scared on Halloween can be fun for children but can sometimes push their limits

Idaho lawmakers weigh $3M in drug prevention and treatment proposals

2 former students say boys at their Utah high school harassed them, but faced no discipline

ICE affirms in court documents there are no plans to build detention center in Newport

Every election indicator points to a big Democratic win. Here’s why I believe the polls.

PSC hearing questions fire protection for Cass County battery site

Former Kansas employee sues Republican legislators who wanted her fired over Charlie Kirk post

Democrat Sam Forstag outraises Republican Aaron Flint in western US House district

Candidates for Iowa governor discuss their top priorities: cancer, cost of living

U.S. labor secretary praises Kansas manufacturing industry in visit to Topeka business

Trump comes to Fort Myers to fire up the GOP base

Republican candidate Michael Alfonso supports voucher style system for healthcare

Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway announced she is dropping reelection bid

Some Measure 1 backers see it as a roadblock to potential abortion rights initiatives in ND

Come together: Jolly and Nixon stump on FAMU campus as election draws near

Gov. Lujan Grisham calls for 2027 to be the ‘year of New Mexico senior citizens’

Alaska’s ingenuity is a national asset

First influenza-related death of 2026-27 season reported in Idaho

SpaceX to lease UL Lafayette property on Pecan Island before buying it

‘We don’t want it’: Voter backlash against data centers consumes midterm elections

Oregon Gov. Kotek, advocates push for more childcare access ahead of 2027 session

More than 600,000 WA state voters have cast ballots

Department of Justice brings additional noncitizen voting charges ahead of 2026 election

USC touts financial strength as construction debt climbs to $1.7B

Jackson changes course after initially saying he would skip second Trump rally

DOJ sending election monitors to WA’s King County

Drake University students say civility comes from open-minded conversations

National groups power spending against higher bar for constitutional amendments

‘Cause for celebration’: SC opens 7th state forest

Arizona Supreme Court limits Clean Elections’ power but lets fraud probe continue

Colorado must approve federal election observers in Adams County, state law says

Kentucky Court of Appeals hears latest arguments in Kinship Care dispute

Ethics complaint filed over Van Orden’s use of AI

Oklahoma AG opinion prevents extra vote on Jewish charter school

‘A terrible crisis’: San Juan County officials describe widespread flooding impacts

Judge weighing whether Election Commission must take up complaints before Election Day

Housing expert: Affordability crisis, declining immigration are slowing demand for housing

Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship voting law heads to the Supreme Court in December

New Mexico House Speaker Martínez won’t fill vacant seat on Epstein ‘Truth Commission’

Ancestors all around – millions of dead people linger in Americans’ memories

ICE agents arrested U.S. citizen at gunpoint in Charlotte, NC immigration advocates say

Court upholds Kentucky’s ban on child sex dolls after constitutional challenge

Public Service Commission to take up NorthWestern, Black Hills merger

BP, Louisiana leaders agree on Deepwater Horizon settlement payout to ‘resolve’ coastal lawsuits