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Ashlee and Erik Dahlberg hold a photo of their late son, Liam, in their home in Lowell, Ind., on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

How AP tracked and analyzed anti-science legislation in US statehouses

For its investigation on anti-science legislation, The Associated Press examined more than 1,000 bills that had been introduced in states across the nation.

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington, as President Donald Trump looks on. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Takeaways from AP’s investigation on anti-science legislation in US statehouses

Veterinarian Patrick Smith, left, discusses raw milk with dairyman and producer Mark McAfee at the Farmer's Market in Fresno, Calif., on Dec. 22, 2007. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian, File)

Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?

Ashlee and Erik Dahlberg hold a photo of their late son, Liam, in their home in Lowell, Ind., on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows an airstrip built on Zuqar Island, Yemen, in the Red Sea on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

A mysterious airstrip built on a Yemeni island comes as Houthi rebels are increasingly squeezed

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This photo provided by Safe Restraints Inc., in October 2025, shows a custom version of the WRAP restraining equipment made for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (Safe Restraints via AP)

Takeaways from the AP investigation into ICE’s use of a full-body restraint device known as the WRAP

This photo provided by Safe Restraints Inc., in October 2025, shows a custom version of the WRAP restraining equipment made for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. (Safe Restraints via AP)

ICE’s use of full-body restraints during deportations raises concerns over inhumane treatment

Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte speaks with reporters at the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

How Bill Pulte learned the art of the attack, from his own family to Letitia James

Ian Roberts, superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools, speaks to students at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Oct. 21, 2024. (Jon Lemons/Des Moines Public Schools via AP)

The superintendent arrested by ICE had a consulting gig. His districts repeatedly hired the firm

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

Paola Freites, who asked to be identified by her middle name and second last name to protect her family's safety, stands inside the two-bedroom mobile home where she lives with her husband and three children after fleeing persecution in their native Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, in Apopka, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Florida was a top destination for immigrants who came to the US under Biden

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Women in Gaza say they were promised food, money or work in exchange for sexual interactions

Microsoft reduces Israel’s access to cloud and AI products over reports of mass surveillance in Gaza

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a scorched launch pad at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Semnan province, Iran, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Iran has likely carried out an undeclared missile test, satellite photos analyzed by the AP show

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Senate Judiciary, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Lawmakers and activists call for action after AP reveals US tech role in China’s surveillance state

This satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows reconstruction efforts at Iran's Parchin solid propellant plant outside of Tehran, Iran, Aug. 28, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Fearing another war with Israel, Iran begins rebuilding missile sites, but key component is missing

In this image from body camera video from the DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office, Jarius Brown is interviewed following a jailhouse beating that left him with a bruised face, fractured eye socket and broken nose at the DeSoto Parish Detention Center in Mansfield, La., on Sept. 27, 2019. (DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office via AP)

A brutal beating by deputies was caught on tape. They were cleared by state police anyway

A collapsed beach cottage sits in waves on the shore Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, Buxton, NC. (Cape Hatteras National Seashore via AP)

Another beachfront stilt house collapses into the surf on the Outer Banks

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC taken on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025 shows damage after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Israeli fighter jets launched ballistic missiles from the Red Sea in Qatar strike, official says

Felipe de Jesus Hernandez Marcelo is shown in this undated photograph provided by his attorney, Emily Rebelskey. (Emily Rebelskey via AP)

After rescinding protections, ICE is moving to deport more immigrants who were victims of crime

Maria Pires holds a picture of herself at age 11 as she gives an interview at the shelter where she is staying in eastern Brazil, Sunday, June 15, 2025, after her deportation from the U.S. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

She was adopted into an abusive home in the US. Decades later, ICE deported her back to Brazil

Petitioner Yang Guoliang, whose family has been trapped in an increasingly tight noose of surveillance for the past 16 years, rests in his bedroom at his home in Changzhou, in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Takeaways from AP’s investigation into how US tech companies enabled China’s digital police state

Petitioner Yang Guoliang looks through documents at his home in Changzhou in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Detailed findings from AP investigation into how US tech firms enabled China’s digital police state

Security cameras are seen by a portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong near Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

How the AP uncovered US big tech’s role in China’s digital police state

Silicon Valley enabled brutal mass detention and surveillance in China, internal documents show

This satellite photo provided by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran paving over Lot 41, where some of those executed in the chaos after Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution were buried, at Behesht-e Zahra cemetery outside of Tehran, Iran, Aug. 18, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Iran paves over mass grave of 1979 revolution victims, turning it into a parking lot

This satellite photo provided by Planet Labs PBC shows the Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center near the city of Dimona, Israel, July 5, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Construction intensifies at site linked to Israel’s suspected nuclear program, satellite photos show

Heather Colley, right, poses with her son, Michah, outside their home Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Talbott, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Trump wants to axe an affordable housing grant that’s a lifeline for many rural communities

This combination of booking photos provided by the Iowa Department of Corrections and the Polk County, Iowa, Sheriff’s Office shows Sean Gardner, left, after he was arrested for a second drunken driving offense in 2021 and again on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, right, after he was arrested on a federal child pornography charge. (Iowa Department of Corrections and Polk County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on concerns about gymnastics coach before arrest in sex abuse case

The Chow's Gymnastics & Dance Institute is seen Aug. 4, 2025, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge)

Gym owner says she reported grooming concerns about coach years before arrest in sex abuse case

Prominent Miami defense attorney David Macey and his wife leave the Manhattan federal court Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)

Prosecutors suddenly drop case against Miami attorney accused of bribing DEA agents

Famara Ndure, a fisherman for more than 40 years, inspects what is left of his fishing nets which were damaged at sea by trawlers, in Gunjur, Gambia, on March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)

Takeaways: Gambia’s fishermen are caught in a ‘sea war’ with foreign vessels

Artisanal fishermen cast their nets in the waters off the coast of Gambia, on March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Grace Ekpu)

A ‘sea war’ brews off Gambia as desperate local fishermen attack foreign vessels, and each other

This Aug. 7, 2025, satellite image shows construction of large white tents for a new immigrant detention center at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army base outside El Paso, Texas. When completed, the $1.2 billion facility is expected to hold up to 5,000 migrants awaiting deportation and will be the largest such facility in the United States. (Planet Labs via AP)

Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

A firefighter battles the Canyon Fire on Aug. 7, 2025, in Hasley Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding