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Days after President Trump called for Sen. Mark Kelly’s execution, the Defense Department said it would open a “review” of “serious allegations of misconduct” against the Arizona Democrat.
This was a week when President Donald Trump’s authoritarian power grab — from his bid to rig the 2026 midterms to his corrupt, revenge-driven prosecutions — suffered some major setbacks.
Texas filed a request Friday asking the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to pause a court order blocking the state from using its new gerrymandered congressional map in 2026.
In a stunning escalation over the Missouri GOP’s gerrymander, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway (R) publicly announced she has referred the state’s grassroots referendum campaign to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Pro-democracy organizers filed a new lawsuit Friday accusing Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) of using wildly deceptive ballot language to tilt a referendum in favor of the GOP’s mid-decade gerrymander.
Officials are facing threats and intimidation for resisting Trump’s plan. The situation is particularly alarming in Indiana, where four Republican lawmakers have been targeted in so-called “swatting” incidents after voting against a partisan redistricting session.
A federal court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops in Washington D.C. was likely unlawful and inflicted serious harm on the District’s right to govern itself.
In a feverish flurry of social media posts and reposts Thursday morning, President Donald Trump expressed support for imprisoning and executing a group of Democratic lawmakers for what he termed “seditious behavior.” The behavior in question? Urging U.S. military service members to defend the U.S. Constitution and disobey orders that violate the law. In a […]
Republicans lawmakers in Ohio approved a sweeping anti-voting law Wednesday that includes disenfranchising voters whose ballots are delayed in the mail.
In a major win for Arkansas voters, a federal court blocked state officials from enforcing a set of laws that threatened to shut down citizen-led ballot initiatives altogether.