Indiana’s Senate president announced today the chamber will not reconvene in December to redraw the state’s already GOP-friendly congressional map, despite pressure from Trump.
Missouri Republicans are in a "bare-knuckle brawl" to create legal delays in hopes of sabotaging a citizen-led ballot measure aimed at blocking the state's new Trump-backed gerrymander ahead of a major Dec. 11 deadline.
The Department of Justice reached a new low today after Attorney General Pam Bondi publicly thanked President Donald Trump for ordering the department to investigate ties between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — a longtime friend and former confidant of Trump’s — and prominent Democrats and institutions. The order — and Bondi’s immediate response — represent a further erosion of the DOJ’s longstanding tradition of independence and political neutrality.
Trump’s order and Bondi’s acquiescence come days after Congress released a trove of documents from Epstein’s estate. The documents included emails in which Epstein alleged that Trump “knew about the girls” and “spent hours” with one of Epstein’s victims.
Indiana’s Senate leader announced today the chamber will not reconvene in December to redraw the state’s already GOP-friendly congressional map, despite pressure from Trump to gerrymander. According to Senate president Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R), too many Republican senators refused to support a mid-cycle redraw of a map that already gives the party a 7–2 edge.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) again asked a federal court to block Trump’s “unlawful” and “never-ending” National Guard deployment in Los Angeles. Though the ICE protests Trump used to justify the military presence have subsided, the state said about 101 soldiers remain in LA.
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a major GOP-backed case challenging mail-in ballot grace periods. But Republicans are also using the case to lay the groundwork to go after their next target: in-person, early voting.
Trump has repeatedly tried to keep the Epstein Files out of the spotlight — but could his fear of their release be influencing far more than we realize? Marc breaks down the strange behavior of House Speaker Mike Johnson and Congress, what the recently released emails bring to light, and how the political gridlock may have all been a distraction from the Epstein Files.
In a challenge to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Illinois, reply briefs are due in SCOTUS on the key question of whether the term "regular forces” refers to the regular forces of the United States military.
Across the country, politicians are making it harder to vote — particularly for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other marginalized communities. Voting is our constitutional right, and foundational to a functioning democracy. Join the ACLU in the fight to protect our right to vote.
A Utah judge delivered a major win for voters by striking down the GOP’s congressional gerrymander and a law designed to enshrine it, ruling both measures violated the state’s voter-approved ban on partisan gerrymandering. The judge also selected a fairer map for 2026 — one that finally gives Democratic Utahns a real chance at representation. In a year when Republicans nationwide are scrambling to entrench power through mid-decade redraws, Utah’s ruling stands out as a rare and decisive check on GOP map manipulation.
A Wisconsin judge withdrew his previous ruling that would have forced election officials to run mass citizenship checks on voters using DMV records. The reversal means Wisconsin’s registration system remains intact and free from a sweeping, untested verification mandate pushed by election denial rhetoric. While the underlying court case continues, Wisconsin voters will not face even more burdens ahead of 2026.
Georgia’s State Election Board agreed to stop conducting its work behind closed doors after settling a lawsuit that revealed members had been using private emails and messaging apps to discuss election rules. The deal requires the board to follow the state’s transparency laws, preserve all records and abandon the shady communication methods that election deniers on the board had used while pushing anti-voting policies.
After a seven-week delay — the longest in U.S. history — following her election victory, Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn into the U.S. House, ending a stall that left over 800,000 residents without representation. Her seating also unlocked the final signature needed to force a floor vote on releasing the Epstein Files.
In California, a federal court granted a Democratic motion to intervene in a GOP lawsuit against the state’s new congressional map — ensuring Democrats can help defend the voter-approved plan.
Meanwhile in Kansas, a state court denied the RNC’s attempt to intervene in a suit challenging the state’s strict new mail-ballot deadline, keeping the case focused on protecting voters rather than advancing GOP restrictions.
The Nevada Supreme Court unanimously reinstated the criminal case against six Trump-aligned Republicans who falsely claimed to be presidential electors in 2020, overturning an earlier dismissal on venue grounds and allowing the prosecution to proceed in Clark County. The decision marks a rare win, albeit a procedural one, in state efforts to hold election subversion actors accountable.
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