Key Takeaways News in Brief ICE Is Hugely Overspending Its Detention Budget—Again Immigration advocates argue that ICE detention has exploded because the Trump administration is targeting more immigrants than ever before. Jack Herrera
News in Brief Assessing the Vulnerable State of America’s Voting Machines Local election administrators across the country face new problems and threats. But their budgets for new voting equipment remain inadequate. Kate Rabinowitz
Economics A Better Measure of the Return on Investment America Gets From Funding Research Follow the people, not the papers. Francie Diep
Economics The Cost of Juvenile Incarceration States pay hundreds of thousands of dollars every year to keep each juvenile offender behind bars. A new report calculates that long-term costs of incarceration could add up to $21 billion annually. Lauren Kirchner