Yunior is a breaking news reporter from Brooklyn, New York. He earned his master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where he specialized in local news and data reporting. He is passionate about civic education and engagement.
A new lawsuit is challenging Louisiana’s extraordinary decision to suspend congressional primaries already underway — arguing the state is illegally nullifying votes and plunging an active election into chaos following the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act.
The Trump administration signaled it’s already moving to use the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act to dismantle protections for Black and Latino voters ahead of the 2026 midterms.
A federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to turn over key details behind its seizure of 2020 election records in Fulton County, Georgia — rejecting the government’s effort to keep that information secret.
Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement.
Voting rights advocates, Democrats and legal experts expressed horror and outrage over the Supreme Court’s decision to weaken a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, warning the ruling could make it almost impossible to challenge racial discrimination in redistricting and voting.
As Florida Republicans rush to enact a new congressional gerrymander, the map’s architect admitted to relying on partisan data — raising concerns that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan defies a voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering.
A Wisconsin court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional map, effectively shutting down any legal path to fairer maps before the 2026 midterms.
Harmeet Dhillon’s media habits may, again, be undermining the Department of Justice’s effort to defend the FBI’s seizure of 2020 election ballots from Fulton County, Georgia.
A sweeping proposal to impose new ID requirements and restrict voting access in California has officially qualified for the November 2026 ballot.
A Michigan court handed voters a major win — rejecting a Republican lawsuit that sought to disenfranchise U.S. citizens living abroad.