Our government has entered a new and dangerous era of corruption. This is a reason it so often fails to work, a cause of the ...

Another outrageous statement by a cabinet official has not gotten enough attention.

The Trump administration’s misuse of the term reached new levels after an ICE officer killed Good in her car. Let’s start with the obvious. Federal agents are not allowed to execute a woman in cold ...

Eileen O’Connor is a senior counsel and manager in the Brennan Center’s Voting Rights and Elections Program. Before joining the Brennan Center, O’Connor served for eight years as a trial attorney in ...

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s bombing and regime-change operation in Venezuela, administration officials and lawmakers supporting the action have defended its legality. Some have analogized ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. At his press conference on the U.S. military operation in Venezuela to ...

A handful of wealthy donors dominate electoral giving and spending in the United States. We need limits on campaign finance, transparency, and effective enforcement of these rules — along with public ...