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After President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that experts said could potentially disenfranchise millions, Democratic election officials and voting rights advocates swiftly vowed to fight it.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order commanding wide-ranging changes to how U.S. elections are conducted.
A federal judge denied the city of Baltimore’s request to temporarily halt the Trump administration’s effort to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
State and local election officials are already feeling the impact of CISA cuts.
Litigation is ongoing, with a coalition of pro-voting groups continuing their legal efforts for fair maps in Texas.
With local elections scheduled this year, some state and local officials are already seeing the impact of CISA cuts to their work.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said Monday that the more than $2 billion in federal funding for his state has been unfrozen after he filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said Thursday that legal barriers making it harder for a president to remove administrative law judges are unconstitutional.
The Senate voted Thursday to confirm election denier Kash Patel to be the director of the FBI. During a confirmation hearing, Patel repeatedly refused to say that President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
Democracy Forward filed a motion Wednesday to seek limited, expedited discovery in its lawsuit to block Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) access to sensitive Department of Labor (DOL) information.