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Polls show most Americans view climate change as a threat, but they put pocketbook concerns first. A test for the clean energy transition is to succeed by tying it to economic benefits. 

Working-class voters abandoned Kamala Harris in droves. Democrats are fighting about what went wrong – and where to go from here.

Processing fees for cashless payments for school lunches disproportionately affected low-income families across the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said those fees will be waived starting in 2027.

Newly elected president Donald Trump has a bucket of legal problems – and a Justice Department soon at his disposal. He may reshape American justice.

Donald Trump received a boost in the election by Latino voters, especially men, according to exit polls. It appears that the economy and inflation are two key reasons driving their support.

Former President Donald Trump’s win reflected many voters’ frustration with issues from border security to the cost of living to America’s role in the world, and is part of a larger anti-incumbent backlash seen in other Western democracies.

Ukrainians followed the U.S. presidential contest almost as if it were their own, nervously expressing the sense that their country’s future hung in the balance of an election in which they had no say.

As election results came in, one North Carolina county opened its doors to show democracy in action. The election showed how healthy the process is. 

Measures across dozens of states covered topics ranging from immigration and drug usage to sports betting and minimum wage increases. Voters accepted and rejected a host of changes initiated by citizen petitions. 

With abortion rights on the ballot in 10 states, broader protections prevailed in seven but lost in three – Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota.