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An election worker processes mail-in ballots in June in Industry, Calif.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to lift block on USPS plan to restrict mail voting
Hansi Lo Wang
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to lift a temporary block on the U.S. Postal Service plan for President Trump's attempt to restrict mail-in voting for the midterm election.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — shown onstage with Gloria Steinem in 2017 — was one of many cultural figures to pay tribute after her death on Wednesday.
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Tributes to Gloria Steinem are flooding in, from Hollywood to Capitol Hill
Rachel Treisman
In a 2005 "This I Believe" essay, Gloria Steinem wrote: "I believe that a unique core self is born into every human being — the result of millennia of environment and heredity combined in an unpredictable way that could never happen before or again." Steinem died Wednesday at the age of 92. She's pictured above in 2022.
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Later in life, Gloria Steinem found herself free of the 'demands of gender'
Terry Gross
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Christian Castro gets into a car surrounded by news reporters moments after being released from a county detention center in Brownsville, Texas on Aug. 27, 2026.
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ICE officer faces federal charges for lying over shooting of Venezuelan immigrant
Ryan Lucas, Ximena Bustillo
Texas Standard
ICE agent arrested in Texas federally charged with lying about Minneapolis shooting, AP reports
Christian Castro was released from a Texas jail last week as Minnesota continues its effort to extradite him on separate state charges.
The Rio Grande river is pictured at Old Hidalgo pumphouse Museum in Hidalgo, Texas on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. Patricia Lim/KUT News
The Rio Grande is drying up. What does that mean for Texas?
A kidney disease is becoming a growing, cross-border crisis for young migrants in Texas
Millions of sea butterflies are washing up on Texas beaches
Trump’s support scrambles data center politics
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