The Trump Administration Wants Your Voter Registration Data. Why?
Some worry the trove of voter data could offer a goldmine of misleading evidence to allow the Trump administration to super-charge its false narrative about rampant illegal voting.
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Does Trump Have the Power to Take Control of American Cities?
Over the last two weeks, President Donald Trump has barely managed to go a day without threatening to send the National Guard to Chicago — or New York, Baltimore, Seattle, New Orleans or any other American city. After ordering thousands of troops to Los Angeles in June and more to Washington, D.C. in August, Trump […]
GOP War on Voting Leaves Voters with Disabilities as Collateral Damage
A wave of court rulings and legislative efforts, largely driven by the GOP, has eroded vital protections that voters with disabilities have long relied on.
Trump’s Urban Power Grab Raises Fear of Troops at the Polls
The president’s unfolding urban power grab — along with his ongoing attacks on mail voting, which he recently pledged to “get rid of” — have some observers fearing an even more worrying scenario: that the administration is laying the groundwork to deploy troops or law enforcement to the polls in key cities next year and in 2028.
The States Sending Troops to DC Have Way Worse Crime Problems. Most Didn’t Want to Talk About It.
How would those governors feel if National Guard troops from other states were ordered onto their streets, perhaps to patrol one of the 53 cities in those states with a higher murder rate than Washington’s? After all, if D.C. is in the throes of a crime emergency worthy of a militarized response — and you have no concerns that response might backfire — then why aren’t the good people of Jackson, Mississippi or North Charleston, South Carolina?
We asked them.
All Smoke, No Fire: Trump’s Politically-Motivated Investigations Usually Turn Up Bupkis
Less than a year into his second term, President Donald Trump and his appointees in the Department of Justice have already filed charges or launched investigations against a dozen of his political opponents, including New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and former President Barack Obama (D).
Texas GOP Redistricting Plan Courts Latino Voters While Cutting Their Growing Political Power
The Texas GOP’s latest gerrymander explicitly targets key districts represented by Latino-elected Democrats, underscoring a strategy to court Latino voters while cutting off their electoral power.
More States Consider Joining Redistricting Fight Launched by Trump
Facing increasingly dire polls, President Donald Trump recently launched a gerrymandering war in the hopes of staving off Democratic control of the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections.
Why The Voting Rights Act’s 60th Birthday Might Be Its Last
The Voting Rights Act, the watershed Civil Rights era law that has prevented attempts to dilute minority votes through racially gerrymandered electoral maps hundreds of times, turns 60 Wednesday.
States Investigated Noncitizen Voting. Big Surprise — The Results Don’t Match the Right’s Rhetoric.
A wave of investigations sought to uncover evidence of widespread noncitizen voting. They found noncitizen voting was nearly nonexistent.
