Since May, the Coast Guard has deployed six surveillance drones across the Great Lakes to stop the flow of drugs and illegal border crossings from Canada. But there is little illegal activity on the northern border, and the sailing drones are raising privacy concerns.

Independent voters in Maine could decide the future of the Senate. We spoke with the voters in the swing county of Kennebec, which is critical to the election and possibly the control of Congress.

U.S. support for Israel is dividing Jewish voters — and reshaping the Democratic Party — ahead of Michigan’s primary on Aug. 4. We traveled to Detroit to meet campaigners on both sides of the issue, and find out how the war in Gaza has shaped their politics, and tested their community.

This year, Maine nearly became the first state to pass a statewide moratorium on new data centers. But before the law could take effect, supporters of an A.I. data center project in the small town of Jay rallied to fight the ban — and won. So why do residents there want one? We traveled to Jay to find out.