The White House defended the freeze. “There is no uncertainty in this building,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. But ...

The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

As the Trump administration’s attempt to pause trillions of dollars in federal grants is being challenged in the courts, ...

The two states with gubernatorial races this year are on track for historically high spending driven by six- and seven-figure ...

From cybersecurity assessments and training to coordination with law enforcement agencies, state governments need to provide ...

The Brennan Center and co-counsel filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of civil rights and voting organizations challenging President Trump’s March 2025 executive order on elections.

At the same time, Trump continues to blare that crime is rampant and immigrants are to blame. As he defunds violence ...

States must step up to help election officials protect their staff, facilities, and voting systems. Election resiliency is about making sure that attacks and other disruptive incidents do not impede ...

On July 1, Congress passed a budget bill that gives an unprecedented $45 billion for building new immigration detention ...

Instead, the justices found another path — a sneakier one. Repeatedly, they have let Trump amass vast new power, and they ...

The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or “SAVE,” program was designed to help states verify the citizenship and immigration status of people applying for government benefits. Some state ...

For over a century, the Enforcement Acts have protected the civil rights guaranteed by the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments from infringement by extremist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. Project 2025, ...