It’s epic corruption in plain sight. History shows that after scandal comes reform — often, but not always. In January, the ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter — receive it in your inbox. “In America,” Thomas Paine wrote at the founding, “the law is king.” Amid today’s ...

Last week, President Trump issued a new executive order that aims to illegally rewrite the rules for federal elections. The principal thrust of the order is to charge the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ...

During the 2021 redistricting cycle, self-interested politicians continuously gerrymandered voting districts despite attempts by the Ohio Supreme Court to help implement fair maps. The current ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. As the war in the Middle East launched by President Trump continues to unfold, the president ...

The 2024 election was much safer than feared. But threats of violence were also far greater than many realize. The Brennan Center has confirmed that at least 227 bomb threats targeted polling ...

Since May, the Trump administration has been on a quest to collect complete voter files from almost every state. Most states have refused the Justice Department’s unprecedented demands for the data, ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The late 19th century was a dismal time in American politics. Corruption ran rampant. Congress ...

This article first appeared in Just Security. In the 1970s, congressional investigators revealed that the FBI, NSA, and CIA had spent decades illegally surveilling and harassing the civil rights and ...

New research shows that a restrictive voting law in Texas made people less likely to vote for at least two years after having a mail ballot application or ballot rejected. As we showed in 2022, the ...

The Brennan Center’s 2026 survey of local election officials finds ongoing concerns about government support, personal safety, and political interference. Federal cuts to election security support, ...

Three federal courts have ruled this year that the Department of Justice has no right to obtain states’ complete voter registration lists, which contain confidential personal information such as ...