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Hundreds marched across the Arlington Memorial Bridge to the No Kings day rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)

D.C. Bureau

No Kings day brings millions into US streets in anti-Trump protests

The line of people seeking assistance at Together food pantry last November in Omaha spilled out the door. Pantries and emergency food providers across the state are bracing for additional stress and demand as changes to the SNAP public food assistance set in and nudge some recipients out. (Cindy Gonzalez/Nebraska Examiner)

Nebraska Examiner

Afghan refugee, father of 10 in Nebraska, faces hunger under ‘big beautiful’ law

Dairy cows huddle at sunset on a farm in Manitowoc County. Advocates and farmers say an ICE raid that took 24 migrants into custody Sept. 25 poses a threat to the state’s dairy farms and the immigrant workers that keep the industry afloat. (Photo by Andrew Kennard/Wisconsin Examiner)

Wisconsin Examiner

Manitowoc ICE raid strikes at heart of Wisconsin dairy country

(Photo by Erica Shires/Getty Images)

Florida Phoenix

Meet the state’s first public school chaplain, a politically active pastor

Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson, with his sidearm visible, announces that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor during a rally in Flint, Mich., on Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance)

Michigan Advance

Cameras, dogs and lights: Michigan Democrats take precautions amid uptick in political violence

Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William Crain, who President Donald Trump has nominated for a federal judgeship, kept his divorce records sealed for nearly a year using a new Louisiana judicial privacy law. (Photo by Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)

Louisiana Illuminator

Trump federal court nominee cited new Louisiana law to keep his divorce records private