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Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care

Gender-affirming care bansLGBTQ rights
Updated September 20, 2024

Conservative Efforts to Sabotage Ballot Initiatives

Civil rights
Updated September 12, 2024

Conservative Attorneys General Group’s Involvement in the Jan. 6 March to the Capitol

January 6Trump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated September 11, 2024

Trump’s Pressure Campaign on the Justice Department to Overturn 2020 Election Results

2020 election interferenceElection denialTrump administration accountability
Updated September 11, 2024

Efforts to Audit and Undermine the 2020 Election in Pennsylvania

2020 election interferenceElection denial
Updated September 11, 2024

The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Its Threat to Democracy

Constitutional sheriffs movement
Updated September 11, 2024

Right-Wing Attacks on Education and Student Expression

Updated September 11, 2024

State ‘Election Integrity’ Units and the Threat of Voter Intimidation

Voting rights
Updated September 11, 2024

Attacks on LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ rights
Updated September 11, 2024

The Conspiracy-Driven Push for States to Abandon ERIC Voter List Program

2020 election interferenceVoting rights
Updated September 11, 2024

The Election Denial Movement’s Misguided Push to Hand-Count Ballots

Updated September 10, 2024

The ‘Alternate Electors’ Plot to Overturn the 2020 Election

2020 election interferenceElection denialTrump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated September 10, 2024

Wisconsin’s Baseless Investigation of the 2020 Election

2020 election interferenceElection denialVoting rights
Updated September 10, 2024

Texas’s ‘Forensic Audit’ of the 2020 Election

2020 election interferenceElection denialVoting rights
Updated September 10, 2024

Investigating State Support for Anti-Abortion Centers

American Oversight is investigating the proliferation of “crisis pregnancy centers,” which have received increased support from state governments s…

Reproductive rights
Updated September 10, 2024

Pushing For Transparency in Georgia Election Administration

Election administrationVoting rights
Updated September 9, 2024

The Radical Legal Theory Threatening Fair Election Administration

Election administrationVoting rights
Updated September 9, 2024

The Arizona Senate’s Partisan Audit of Maricopa County Election Results

Election denialVoting rights
Updated September 9, 2024

Voter-ID Proposals in States Across the Country

Voting rights
Updated September 9, 2024

Conditions in Migrant Detention Centers

Detention center conditionsImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated September 9, 2024

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s Anti-Critical Race Theory Tip Line

Attacks on education
Updated September 9, 2024

The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Election Denial

Constitutional sheriffs movement
Updated September 9, 2024
Background: Racial justice prostesters with signs. Foreground: riot police with shields and Donald Trump, William Barr, and a police car all stacked.

The Trump Administration’s Controversial ‘Operation Legend’ Program

Criminal justice and incarceration
Updated September 8, 2024

Conservative States’ Migrant Transportation Programs

Immigration
Updated March 6, 2024

Efforts to Restrict Abortion Rights

Reproductive rights
Updated March 6, 2024

The Trump Administration’s Compliance with Document Preservation Laws

Government transparencyTrump administration accountability
Updated February 27, 2024

The Activist Network Eroding Trust in Democratic Elections

Voting rights
Updated September 26, 2023

The January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Trump administration accountability
Updated September 26, 2023

Conservative Attacks on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing

Updated August 17, 2023

‘Remain in Mexico’ and Barriers to Seeking Asylum

ImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated May 23, 2023

Anti-Immigration Opportunism in the Coronavirus Response

Covid-19ImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated May 18, 2023

Threats to Democracy in the States

Voting rights
Updated April 6, 2023

State-Led Immigration Enforcement Operations at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Immigration
Updated November 1, 2022

Top Texas Officials’ Failures of Transparency

Government transparency
Updated October 21, 2022

Gun Lobby Influence On Responses to Mass Shootings

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 8, 2022

Maryland Gov. Hogan’s Use of Self-Destructing Messaging App

Government transparency
Updated June 15, 2022

Trump White House Control of Information During the Pandemic

Covid-19Government transparencyTrump administration accountability
Updated May 18, 2022

Industry Influence at the Department of Agriculture During Pandemic

Covid-19Government transparency
Updated March 11, 2022

Trump’s Use of Presidential Clemency Powers

Trump administration accountability
Updated October 14, 2021

The Trump Administration’s Contacts with Ukraine

Trump administration accountability
Updated September 16, 2021

Arizona’s Anti-Democracy Legislation

Voting rights
Updated August 6, 2021

Early Pandemic Confusion at Federal and State Health Agencies

Updated July 28, 2021

Limiting Access to the Polls

Voting rights
Updated May 28, 2021

Attacks on Voting Rights in Arizona

Voting rights
Updated May 27, 2021

Outside Interference in New Hampshire Redistricting Reform

Voting rights
Updated May 26, 2021

The ‘Burrowing In’ of Political Appointees

Trump administration accountability
Updated May 13, 2021

Law Enforcement’s Response to Nationwide Racial Justice Protests

Trump administration accountability
Updated May 13, 2021

State Proposals to Restrict Protests

Updated May 12, 2021

The February 2021 Texas Power Outage

Government transparency
Updated May 12, 2021

Mike Pompeo’s Political Ambitions and Influences

Trump administration accountability
Updated May 4, 2021

New York’s Nursing Home Data Discrepancies

Covid-19
Updated May 4, 2021

As Variants Spread, States Reopen

Covid-19
Updated May 3, 2021

Stephen Miller’s Influence on Immigration Policy — and Throughout the Administration

ImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated September 12, 2019