In March 2025, two members of the DOGE team communicated with a political advocacy group that was seeking to “find evidence ...

A newspaper reports on challenges of Black voters in Wake County, North Carolina. The Daily State Journal (Alexandria, VA), July 29, 1872 (Library of Congress). The first laws allowing private ...

Privacy laws in this country are badly outdated, creating gaps that data brokers and government agencies can exploit. For instance, the Electronic Communications ...

Many checks exist before, during, and after voting takes place to ensure that all votes are included in the total and counted accurately. Fact: Many checks exist before, during, and after voting takes ...

As the debate over family separation and reunification at the border continues, some are calling for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Here’s what you need to know about ...

This article first appeared in the Los Angeles Times. On April 6, ProPublica revealed that a right-wing billionaire has secretly funded a lavish lifestyle for Justice Clarence Thomas. Then on Friday, ...

This was originally published by the Washington Post. For the past 30 years, the Democratic presidential candidate who received the most primary support from black voters won the party’s nomination.

This was originally published by CQ Researcher. The ruling in Trump v. United States is an affront to democracy and the rule of law, forfeiting critical checks on executive power. It undermines ...

The president has no constitutional authority over federal election administration. Rather, state and local officials are charged with administering elections, serving voters, and counting ballots to ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Receive it in your inbox. Over President’s Day weekend, Donald Trump posted, “He who saves his Country does not ...

With its latest gerrymandering decision, the Court is creating a political system primed for distortion and deeper division. You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly ...

The following is adapted from a Brennan Center resource on social media monitoring by the U.S. government. Social media has become a significant source of information for U.S. law enforcement and ...