A federal court today declared unconstitutional key portions of President Trump’s executive order restricting mail voting. The executive order, issued in March 2026, unlawfully attempted to seize ...

Congress surrendered its most powerful check over the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month when it added $70 billion for immigration enforcement to the agency’s already massive budget.

The Supreme Court is set to decide a case that could overturn laws in 30 states that provide grace periods, which allow counting mail ballots received after Election Day but sent on time. Meanwhile, ...

Transparency about the sources of political spending is a key tool in the fight against corruption. Transparency about the sources of election funding is a pillar of campaign finance regulation. The ...

A new Brennan Center survey finds that large majorities of Republicans, Democrats, and independents share deep-seated concerns about government corruption, which most voters define broadly and blame ...

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. I’ve written that corruption is the sleeper issue of 2026. Well, it’s awake. And the issue may ...

In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court dealt the Voting Rights Act, the crowning achievement of the civil rights movement, its third and gravest blow. The Roberts Court has made it practically ...

Police quotas don’t make communities safer — they prevent officers from focusing on larger public safety issues. As some local police leadership says, “get your numbers up,” and you’ll be rewarded ...

Voters in Virginia on Tuesday approved a state constitutional amendment to enact new congressional maps that favor Democratic candidates in the 2026 midterms. The result has led to a predictably wide ...

Last week, President Trump issued a new executive order that aims to illegally rewrite the rules for federal elections. The principal thrust of the order is to charge the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ...

The U.S. incarceration system is broken. Prisons are largely unable to address the underlying circumstances that can lead to crime, such as mental illness and lack of housing or education. They are ...

From Iran to Venezuela, the U.S. military is rolling out an “AI-first” approach to warfare. But the recent dispute between the Defense Department and artificial intelligence company Anthropic raises ...