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Shame is a powerful feeling that can keep behavior in check. So what happens when political leaders feel no shame at all?

What happened to shame in politics?

In the 2025 budget bill, Congress created the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program to help struggling hospitals, doctors, and patients in rural America. But rural hospitals are expected to lose three times that through Medicaid cuts in that same budget bill. So, what will it take to keep rural healthcare afloat?

The promise and reality of the rural health fund In the 2025 budget bill, Congress created the $50 billion Rural Health Fund to help struggling hospitals, doctors, and patients in rural America. But rural hospitals are expected to lose three times that through Medicaid cuts in that same budget bill. So, what will it take to keep rural healthcare a...

In Minneapolis, grassroots groups have sprung into action against ICE. They’re protesting, running workshops on constitutional rights, and delivering groceries to people afraid of leaving their homes.

How Minneapolis is standing up to ICE

The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has doubled over the past year — driven by a massive recruitments campaign. Who the new recruits are and how they’re being trained.

'Poorly trained, overwhelmed and inexperienced': Who are the newest ICE agents? The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has doubled over the past year -- driven by a massive recruitments campaign. Who the new recruits are and how they’re being trained.

Is American architecture destined to be boring?

Is American architecture destined to be boring? Frank Gehry’s legacy can be seen around the world in the curvaceous and dramatic buildings he designed. How Frank Gehry put awe in American architecture and what we lose without him.

How can Americans trust an agency that disputes what we see with our own eyes?

A pattern of denial at the Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti planned to “inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.” But that’s not what eyewitnesses say and videos show. How can Americans trust an agency that disputes what we see with our own eyes?

The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has doubled over the past year, driven by a massive recruitments campaign. Who are the new recruits?

'Poorly trained, overwhelmed and inexperienced': Who are the newest ICE agents? The number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents has doubled over the past year -- driven by a massive recruitments campaign. Who the new recruits are and how they’re being trained.

President Donald Trump's fixation on Greenland is alienating some Congressional Republicans and American allies. Has Trump's erratic behavior crossed a line?

Has Trump's erratic behavior gone too far?

President Trump says he wants to cap credit card interest at 10%. What it could mean for Americans' credit card debt.

Trump wants to cap credit card interest. Can he?

According to recent reporting, DOGE fell short of its goals to save taxpayers $1 trillion and streamline government processes. So what did we get from the agency?

DOGE didn't save taxpayers $1 trillion, after all

Polarization pushes people apart. Writer Chloé Valdary says we can heal deepening divisions by treating each other like human beings, not political abstractions.

America is polarized. Could this writer's new approach fix it?