Then there are the transactions that all seem to end up with the first family being paid — starting with the $28 million paid ...

The hundreds of legal challenges to executive actions expose the administration’s efforts to seize legislative authority.

Today the Brennan Center published a study by the journalist Anna Massoglia. She found that dark money groups spent almost $2 ...

The 2024 federal election cycle was the most secretive since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision in 2010. Dark money groups, nonprofits and shell companies that spend on elections without ...

Tonight Governor of Maryland Wes Moore gave the following keynote address upon receiving a 2025 Legacy Award at an annual dinner held in New York City by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law. The ...

Wendy Weiser, VP for Democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, had the following comment on the death of Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter: “Justice Souter was humble and fiercely ...

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency last week to address what he described as harmful foreign trade and economic practices. Invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, ...

DHS Social Media Monitoring Pilot Programs: A 2017 DHS Inspector General report disclosed three DHS pilot programs that used automated search tools for social media screening of refugee and ...

Two weeks after the November 2024 election, Jefferson Griffin, a Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court, filed challenges seeking to invalidate more than 60,000 votes. Included ...

In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice has canceled more than $810 million in grants already awarded in recent ...

Since Thursday, the bipartisan Federal Election Commission hasn’t been able do its job. That’s because the independent agency, which oversees money in campaigns for federal office, no longer has the ...