The FBI’s raid on free and fair elections

What we are witnessing now, however, is a second and more insidious track of that same weaponization — one aimed not at famous individuals who can fight back, but at the unglamorous, under-the-radar groups doing the…

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Court upholds map targeting Mississippi Black voters, in latest sign of Callais’ impact

A federal judge upheld DeSoto County, Mississippi’s local election map, which Black voters argued was drawn to suppress their political power.

Trump DOJ suffers first appeals court loss — after nine lower court failures — in floundering voter roll crusade

A federal appeals court panel dealt the Trump administration its first appellate defeat in its nationwide crusade to obtain unredacted state voter rolls — after nine straight district court losses and no wins.

In big win for voters, court permanently blocks key parts of Trump’s first anti-voting executive order

A federal judge permanently blocked several key parts of President Donald Trump’s 2025 anti-voting executive order.