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 ...

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

As of Thursday, the FEC Can’t Enforce Campaign Finance Laws — and That’s Only One of Its Problems The Federal Election Commission needs its ability to function restored, without sacrificing its ...

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 ...

Just three months into Donald Trump’s second term, his administration has revealed how it will carry out the anti-voter agenda laid out in Project 2025. Before the 2024 election, the Brennan Center ...

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 ...

A federal court ruled that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission must halt implementation of the voting and elections executive order’s mandate to require documentary proof of citizenship in federal ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Receive it in your inbox. The first hundred days of Donald Trump’s presidency have been marked by power grabs, ...