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The longtime science teacher and Rio District representative was sworn in last week.
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Andrea Sapone’s recently created oversight office is still hiring staff.
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At a federal prison in rural Virginia, more than 50 prisoners say they've been abused. But when they try to file a complaint — they're stopped, often by the same guards they say are abusing them.
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Partner company hopes to have the project up and running by the 2030s.
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The president-elect said the process would be "easy," but the path could be far murkier.
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State surplus above estimates would go toward education, disaster relief.
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ICE detentions have surged, but deportations have not. In the past month, NPR spoke to dozens of detainees, families and lawyers who spoke of overcrowded centers in Florida lacking food and medicine.
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Trump alleges the Biden administration used a machine to sign key documents, as many presidents do. Biden says he made policy decisions himself: "Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false."
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Since taking the helm more than 100 days ago, Patel has yet to shutter the FBI headquarters and reopen it as a museum as he once said he would, but he has begun trying to remake the bureau.
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The federal government is scaling back data collection used to calculate the inflation rate because of staff shortages. Economists warn that could make for less accurate cost-of-living measures.
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U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.