From unprecedented spending to public outrage over corruption, here’s how big money is shaping the 2026 election.

With the mid-term elections approaching, questions have arisen over whether the Trump administration might attempt to station ...

Let’s not overthink it. The grubby reality is he’s a big federal contractor. According to The Washington Post, “Over the ...

From declaring a national emergency to invoking the Insurrection Act, the president has no legal authority to seize voting machines or send troops to the polls — and he doesn’t have any power to ...

A majority of voters in the Deep South disagree with their states’ extreme restrictions, highlighting the disconnect between the public and the legislators who represent them.

Midterm elections often are waged as a rebuke to the party in control of the White House. Political scientists call this a thermostatic election. Voters adjust the temperature by turning the dial away ...

Thanks to Citizens United and other court decisions, states and localities cannot limit how much billionaires and wealthy ...

Interactive data visualizations analyzing changes in Supreme Court tenure, unequal numbers of presidential appointments, and ...

The results of gubernatorial races in dozens of states could lead to benefits for incarcerated people and the broader public.

A presidential order has activated the post-9/11 machinery of federal-state-local law enforcement cooperation to target the administration’s political opponents.

On January 3, 2018, President Donald Trump issued an executive order dissolving the controversial “Voter Fraud” Commission before it could issue a final report. The decision to disband the group ...

Voter participation in federal elections from 2012 to 2022 averaged 11 percentage points less on tribal lands than in other parts of the states we studied. Turnout is lowest on tribal lands with the ...