Data show a big gap in student support post-pandemic, voter registration rates are the highest in 20 years, and progress is reported in the debt ceiling talks between President Biden and Speaker McCarthy.

McConnell warns government shutdowns are "a loser for Republicans," Schumer takes action to sidestep Sen. Tuberville's opposition to military appointments, and advocates call on Connecticut governor to upgrade election infrastructure.

Some GOP state election officials are pushing back against disinformation, President Biden urges the U.N. General Assembly to continue supporting Ukraine, and Pennsylvania celebrates National Voter Registration Day by enacting automatic motor-voter registration.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer rejects a short term House plan to fund the government and Democrats move to suspend Senate rules to speed their funding bills. Meanwhile, California Democrats want to take Trump off the ballot.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says the House GOP is in a "civil war," Trump questions the validity of American democracy, and the Texas Senate acquits AG Ken Paxton.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomes hardline Republicans' threats to oust him, the Wisconsin Senate votes to fire the state's top election official, and advocates call for more humane treatment of migrants.

Colorado's small towns are caught between a rock and a river to build more affordable housing, mental health services expand in Illinois for rural residents, including farmers and Big Sky Country pitches its tent as a recreational mecca.

New report explores ways to end mass incarceration in Alabama; EPA's last call on comments about rules for blast furnaces (Today); Romney declares he will not run for re-election for Utah in the U.S. Senate.

Experts say young voters crucial for upcoming elections; NM young people protest over climate-change accountability; Speaker McCarthy orders a Biden impeachment inquiry.

Rural report: steer the 'Big Box' train away from small towns; Hurricane Lee forecast to get larger with the upper east coast at risk; vanishing Indiana wetlands threaten water quality and hike flood risk.

Local and state politics grow increasingly 'nationalized' - President Biden to mark 9 11 anniversary in Alaska and VP Harris in NYC; Colorado targets apartment, commercial, industrial building climate pollution.

Lawsuit seeks removal of Donald Trump from Colorado primary ballot; Trump loyalist Peter Navarro convicted of Contempt of Congress; grassroots advocates hopeful in the fight for fair Alabama Congressional maps.

A lawsuit aims to remove Donald Trump from the Colorado ballot, Alabama abortion advocates fight for out-of-state abortion rights, and organizers seek a commission to study reparations.

US lawmakers ramp up, with days to keep the government from shutting down. Senator Whitehouse files an ethics complaint over an interview Justice Alito gave. And a federal court rejects Alabama's congressional map for gerrymandering black voters.

Young voters are being courted and thwarted by lawmakers nationwide, Gen Z shows unprecedented support for unions and striking workers, and tech platforms scale back efforts to fight election disinformation.

Union leaders celebrate Labor Day, though Kaiser-Permanente workers are looking to strike. An impeachment inquiry into President Biden could have budget implications. And people are calling for aging elected officials to step down.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp rejects calls from GOP lawmakers for a special session to examine Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Justice Clarence Thomas discloses trips paid for by a right-wing billionaire. Texas Supreme Court allows a ban on gender-affirming care for youth.

Millions of Americans are navigating a post-pandemic Medicaid purge, rural "news deserts" turn to nonprofits for local coverage in response to hedge-fund buyouts, and the Cornhusker State is preserving the stories of Nebraskans who trekked to one-room school houses in days gone by.

Oregon will soon implement state-required nurse-patient ratios, Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds and severe flooding, and thousands of Maryland households qualify for internet subsidies.

Poll accessibility could mean 60 million more votes, Hurricane Idalia could intensify before hitting Florida's Gulf Coast, and Mississippi's capital deals with lingering effects of its water crisis.

Election officials urge Congress to provide tools to protect poll workers, Tropical Storm Idalia closes Tampa airport, and after 6 years, the EPA decides to table tougher livestock confinement regulations.

The Feds open a civil rights investigation into the Jacksonville shooting, thousands commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington, and "green amendments" seek to hold governments accountable for worsening climate change.

Starting the school rear right: relief options for ND kids in low income settings; Former President Donald Trump released on bond; consumer interest and sales of electric vehicles in Arizona and across the country aren't slowing down.

Rudy Giuliani surrenders at the Fulton County jail, Republican presidential hopefuls debate with Trump notably absent, and protest signs are allowed in the Tennessee statehouse after a judge blocked a new GOP rule.