Liz O'Connell is a Newsweek Reporter based in North Carolina. Her focus is on pet news and videos. Liz joined Newsweek in 2023 and had previously worked at PetHelpful.com, the Charlotte Business ...

Jasmine Laws is a US News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, but she also writes about U.S. politics, crime and ...

The major parties' redistricting battle escalated this week, with lawmakers in the country's two most populous states each taking a notable step toward a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California's new redistricting plan that could slash five Republican-held House seats to counter Texas' mid-decade redraw of its congressional map. Lawmakers in the state ...

The NAACP and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging that a new congressional map passed in Texas violates the Voting Rights Act. The lawsuit alleges ...

The most dangerous states in the U.S. to start a family, according to new research. When it comes to settling down and starting a family, people take all kinds of factors into consideration-and now, a ...

More than 7 million Americans are at risk of losing some of their SNAP benefits under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill, which was passed by the House of Representatives in May and is now being ...

A chorus of Democratic governors are lining up to resist President Trump‘s policies, putting potential future party leaders squarely at the center of some of the biggest battles of Trump’s second term ...

When it comes to unborn life, only 19 states in the U.S. protect unborn children from abortion during the first trimester of their lives. As far as assisted suicide goes, in 10 states as well as the ...

Laura Fralich is a high school teacher living in New Gloucester, Maine. We stow all our gear in fanny packs and day bags and head into the woods. I am 8 years old and my brother is 11. It is summer ...

The Texas Legislature has passed a plan for redrawing the state's congressional districts that could help Republicans win five more seats in the U.S. House, as called for last month by President Trump ...