On the 16th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision that unleashed unlimited election spending by big corporations, a Public Citizen analysis has found the Trump ...

In response to President Trump's speech at the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos, Nabil Ahmed, senior director of economic justice at Oxfam America, said: “President Trump brought ‘let them eat cake’ ...

Sixteen years ago, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Citizens United that allows corporations to flood our elections with unlimited amounts of money.Lisa Gilbert and Robert Weissman, co-presidents ...

Today marks one year since Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term as President of the United States.Public Citizen co-presidents Robert Weissman and Lisa Gilbert issued the following ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to put the US military on American streets, unless demonstrations against federal immigration ...

The Department of Justice is investigating Minnesota leaders including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, alleging that they are conspiring to impede federal immigration agents due to ...

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The Pennsylvania Working Families Party rolled out an online “hub” on Friday to support a primary challenger to the state’s US senator, John Fetterman. The WFP, an independent party that often ...

This evening, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell released a video statement revealing that Trump’s Department of Justice issued grand jury subpoenas to the Federal Reserve “threatening a criminal ...

President Trump is expected to meet with oil industry executives today to discuss their cooperation with his plans to take ...

Federal officers cannot retaliate against, detain, or attack people who are peacefully protesting and observing immigration enforcement operations in the Minneapolis area, a federal judge ruled on ...

A new report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service shows that 2025 was the third hottest year on record, marking the first time that a three-year period has exceeded the 1.5°C limit. Experts warn ...