Courtney is a staff writer who writes about voting rights, redistricting and election litigation and produces the Daily Docket. She received bachelor’s degrees in journalism and government and politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. Previously, she covered local news at MoCo360.
The White House said Monday that Elon Musk is not an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and doesn’t lead the agency, instead solely serving as a senior advisor to President Donald Trump.
Texas Supreme Court dismisses the State Bar of Texas’ lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) over attempts to overturn the 2020 elections. The bar requested to dismiss the lawsuit after an unfavorable ruling in a similar case.
Dozens of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employees sued Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for unconstitutionally wielding extreme power in destroying agencies and accessing sensitive information, constituting a “government takeover.”
Many voters are understandably fatigued from the lead-up to and aftermath of the consequential 2024 election, but Wisconsin voters have another influential election on the horizon — with national implications.
Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates, who defended the city’s local voter ID law from a challenge by California Democratic officials, was appointed to be the deputy assistant attorney general of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division.
A Vermont judge dismissed a lawsuit last week from a right-wing group challenging a Burlington law allowing noncitizen voting in local elections.
Ed Martin was part of the mob at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, he’s one of the top attorneys in the country, running the agency that successfully prosecuted over 1,500 insurrectionists.
Ellen Weintraub, the chair of the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), said Thursday in a social media post that President Donald Trump tried to illegally remove her from her job.
The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday the federal government will not release the names of FBI agents who worked on President Donald Trump-related cases in an agreement reached Friday.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state’s top election official can remain in her role as a holdover after her term, rejecting state Senate Republicans’ attempts to oust her.