A majority of Americans and both parties say there should be more restrictions on members of Congress trading stocks.

Two appeals courts in the past few days have issued resounding rulings that many of President Trump’s high-profile moves on ...

Last Monday, President Trump posted on social media that he would sign an executive order aimed at eliminating mail voting.

Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul can play pivotal roles. States and cities can go to court — an epic legal battle.

The administration’s attempts to collect sensitive voter information on a massive scale pose risks to voters and election ...

In 2004, high-ranking staffers in the George W. Bush administration spearheaded a holistic review of the president’s emergency powers. Their goal was to refresh a set of secret plans known as ...

New research shows how racist beliefs enable lies about voter fraud to spread. Throughout American history, politicians have leveraged lies about the criminality of Black Americans to undermine their ...

This year, state lawmakers have focused on enacting election interference legislation, with six states already passing nine laws that threaten to undermine voters' confidence in the security of ...

2024 was another extremely active year for voting legislation, and early indicators suggest little signs of a slowdown in 2025. In 2024, legislatures across the country once again pushed a significant ...

The United States is one of the only countries in the world with a cash bail system that is dominated by commercial bail bondsmen. This system discriminates against people of color and the poor, and ...

Challenges to democracy intensified over the summer. The National Guard deployed in California. The Supreme Court ruled on presidential power using the shadow docket. In Texas, an egregious ...

View the entire Gerrymandering and the 2024 Election series Four takeaways on how voting maps made the difference in a tight fight for the House in 2024 >> This November, Americans will vote in ...