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 ...
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 ...
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.
Interactive data visualizations analyzing changes in Supreme Court tenure, unequal numbers of presidential appointments, and ...
The California AI Transparency Act requires AI-generated images to include digital labels, but most chatbots aren’t looking ...
These gaps illuminate the challenge of regulating a growing field of AI activity I call “privileged deployment” — testing, research and other uses of AI models that are available only to their ...
For most of 2026, the Court has clearly and repeatedly signaled its hostility to democracy, on both its merits docket and its shadow docket. Those rulings, especially the 6–3 stake through the heart ...
A presidential order has activated the post-9/11 machinery of federal-state-local law enforcement cooperation to target the administration’s political opponents.
The results of gubernatorial races in dozens of states could lead to benefits for incarcerated people and the broader public.
You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. Will this be a “wave” election, sweeping new people into power? In some ways, ...
A one-pager from the Brennan Center for Justice debunking the claim that Congress must renew Section 702 by November 2026 to avoid a lapse in surveillance authority.