An overburdened, underresourced, and gridlocked Congress has contributed to executive abuse, Supreme Court overreach, and ...

This article first appeared in Time. As Elon Musk, the world’s richest person and President Donald Trump’s top campaign donor, rampages through the federal government shutting down agencies and firing ...

The Pentagon has been spending tens of billions of dollars to adopt new technologies at breakneck speed. Without oversight and safeguards, military applications of artificial intelligence could ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. There’s something scary online involving Kari Lake — and it’s not what you ...

You’re read­ing Major Questions, Jesse Wegman’s news­­­­­­­­­let­ter on the Supreme Court — click here to receive it in your inbox twice a month. This coming weekend marks the 61st anniversary of ...

Trump and Speaker Johnson mislead again about election integrity. You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The Brennan ...

While states and cities can choose to help enforce federal law, the 10th Amendment means that the U.S. government can’t force them to do so. Only weeks after federal immigration raids set off chaos in ...

With a strong bipartisan vote, lawmakers have agreed to a create a fairer process for drawing the state’s election maps. Virginia lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a proposal on Saturday to create a ...

An immediate way the next mayor can influence public safety is by appointing reform-minded leaders to key positions, including the police commissioner, the corrections commissioner, the deputy mayor ...

Election officials and the U.S. Postal Service have a range of systems to secure mail voting and ensure election mail is delivered on time. Fact: Election officials and the U.S. Postal Service have a ...

A one-pager from the Brennan Center for Justice refuting the claim that Section 702 surveillance will “go dark” if the statute expires on June 12.

Afghanistan, Iraq, maybe Libya. If you asked the average American where the United States has been at war in the past two decades, you would likely get this short list. But this list is wrong — off by ...