"For the past 158 years, the 14th Amendment has guaranteed if you were born here, you are American. But it also calls for as a constitutional right equal protection, and that's the backbone of every major civil rights victory in American history," www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Activists to rally about 14th Amendment at Supreme Court www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Trump honors Theodore Roosevelt at new library site www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

An internal National Association of Secretaries of State memo obtained exclusively by @usatoday.com says "federal agencies are not seen by states as reliable or sufficient options for being the national hub for election threat information sharing." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Supreme Court agrees to hear gun rights challenge to AR-15 bans www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

ICE releases a Texas nun intercepted walking to church dressed in her habit apnews.com/article/nun-...

Supreme Court rejects Trump's birthright citizenship order in major blow www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

GOP lawmaker says depression diagnosis, hospitalization caused 4-month absence www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

Supreme Court OKs late-arriving mailed ballots in loss for Trump www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

States don't expect feds to reliably share election threats: Exclusive www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

Supreme Court won't revisit landmark press freedom ruling www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

Supreme Court to weigh Arizona voter registration rules www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

States don't expect feds to reliably share election threats: Exclusive www.usatoday.com/news/politics/

ICE protester convicted in attack in Texas gets 100-year sentence www.usatoday.com/story/news/c... via @usatoday.com

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show apnews.com/article/dea-...

Judge halts Trump voter database over privacy, accuracy fears www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

Obama Presidential Center debut: Live updates on star-studded ceremony www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

Why some states count late ballots – and what could change www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

For three years, Alberto Ramos had a three-inch binder filled with all the important voting-related dates and rules for every state — party registration and absentee ballot request deadlines, election dates, and available grace periods for military voters www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

A pending ruling on mail ballot deadlines could limit grace periods, raising concerns that overseas troops and military voters may struggle to have ballots counted on time. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

4 states, DC head to polls in key primary races, runoffs: Live updates www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

Driving up to the community center for swim class my kid asked about all the campaign signs outside the polling area. Me: well, somes when people go to vote... Kid interrupts: it spreads? I laughed so hard that I almost hit a parked car

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In a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters. n.pr/4vGiqbn

Exclusive: Patriot Front, one of the largest white supremacist organizations in the country, has roughly doubled in size every year since its founding in 2018 and has plans to keep growing — fast. bit.ly/4o2QOue 📸: Jim Urquhart, Kylie Cooper/Reuters; Danielle Gehr/USA TODAY Network

They make American flags. Here's what it means to them www.usatoday.com/story/news/u... via @usatoday.com

Redistricting efforts across the South could mean about a third fewer Black members of Congress, the Congressional Black Caucus has warned, and a correspondingly large drop in Black power in Washington www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... via @usatoday.com

Southern redistricting may curb Black power in Congress www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Social Security tried to assign fake death dates to 2.7M people: Whistleblower www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... via @usatoday.com

Astronauts reenter ISS after sheltering due to leak repairs, NASA says www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... via @usatoday.com

My husband, John, and I used to brag about measuring time in miles. One Christmas, when the kids were sick, we drove 17 hours straight from Washington, DC, to Kansas. Route 66 demands a different mindset. www.usatoday.com/story/news/u...

Great weather to fit in a bit of fishing before the workday starts. Caught a little 8 inch rainbow trout

USCIS green card announcement spurs confusion. What to know www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... via @usatoday.com

Texas runoff election live updates: Trump reminds voters pick Paxton www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Texas runoff election live updates: Trump reminds voters pick Paxton www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... via @usatoday.com

After years of digging, a New York collector uncovers a Lincoln painting's White House past — from Teddy Roosevelt to J.P. Morgan —and sends it to public view at a new presidential library www.usatoday.com/story/news/u... via @usatoday.com

A painting's journey from the White House to North Dakota www.usatoday.com/story/news/u...

On Route 66’s 100th anniversary, a cross‑country road trip with my kids and parents became less about distance — and more about love, loss and time together. From me via @usatoday.com

The six of us had never been together this long. At two weeks out, my excitement competed with my anxiety. At night, I'd stare into the darkness; was it smart to put all of us through this trip?

Multiple election officials told USA TODAY they are preparing in case the federal government interferes in the midterm elections. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Colorado records first hantavirus death since 2024. It’s not from the cruise ship.

Election officials prepare for possible midterm election interference

On Route 66’s 100th anniversary, a cross‑country road trip with my kids and parents became less about distance — and more about time together.

It started as a story about America's journey. It became a story about us too. American road trip: Three generations, two cars, 2,000 miles on Route 66

Protesters gathered in Selma, Alabama, among other locations, to push back as Republican-led southern states redraw congressional boundaries. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

‘Sermonizing’ Easter email prompts USDA employees to sue agency www.govexec.com/workforce/20... via @govexec.bsky.social

First weekend of the year on the Chesapeake Bay