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

Updated September 10, 2024

Conservative Efforts to Sabotage Ballot Initiatives

Civil rights
Updated August 28, 2024

Investigating State Support for Anti-Abortion Centers

Reproductive rights
Updated April 19, 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

Attacks on Gender-Affirming Care

Gender-affirming care bansLGBTQ rights
Updated January 18, 2024

Right-Wing Attacks on Education and Student Expression

Updated September 29, 2023

Wisconsin’s Baseless Investigation of the 2020 Election

2020 election interferenceElection denialVoting rights
Updated September 26, 2023

The January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol

Trump administration accountability
Updated September 26, 2023

Texas’s ‘Forensic Audit’ of the 2020 Election

2020 election interferenceElection denialVoting rights
Updated September 26, 2023

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

Attacks on education
Updated September 26, 2023

The Activist Network Eroding Trust in Democratic Elections

Voting rights
Updated September 26, 2023

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

Updated August 17, 2023

The Radical Legal Theory Threatening Fair Election Administration

Election administrationVoting rights
Updated June 30, 2023

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

2020 election interferenceVoting rights
Updated June 15, 2023

Attacks on LGBTQ Rights

LGBTQ rights
Updated June 1, 2023

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

Election denialVoting rights
Updated May 23, 2023

‘Remain in Mexico’ and Barriers to Seeking Asylum

ImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated May 23, 2023

Conditions in Migrant Detention Centers

Detention center conditionsImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated May 23, 2023

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

Voting rights
Updated May 22, 2023

Anti-Immigration Opportunism in the Coronavirus Response

Covid-19ImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated May 18, 2023

Efforts to Audit and Undermine the 2020 Election in Pennsylvania

2020 election interferenceElection denial
Updated April 11, 2023

Threats to Democracy in the States

Voting rights
Updated April 6, 2023

The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Its Threat to Democracy

Constitutional sheriffs movement
Updated March 17, 2023

Pushing For Transparency in Georgia Election Administration

Election administrationVoting rights
Updated March 7, 2023

The Constitutional Sheriffs Movement and Election Denial

Constitutional sheriffs movement
Updated February 10, 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 5, 2022

The ‘Alternate Electors’ Plot to Overturn the 2020 Election

2020 election interferenceElection denialTrump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated May 20, 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
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 November 23, 2021

Elaine Chao’s Family Business and Kentucky Favoritism

Trump administration accountability
Updated November 12, 2021

Georgia’s Voting Machines and Election Security

Voting rights
Updated November 12, 2021

Political Interference at the U.S. Postal Service

Covid-19Trump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated November 12, 2021

Sonny Perdue’s Ties to His Family Business

Trump administration accountability
Updated November 12, 2021
A truck at the US border

Trump’s Mismanagement of North American Trade Negotiations

2020 election interferenceTrump administration accountability
Updated November 12, 2021

Wilbur Ross’s Web of Financial Conflicts

Trump administration accountability
Updated November 12, 2021

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

2020 election interferenceElection denialTrump administration accountability
Updated November 11, 2021

Trump’s Use of Presidential Clemency Powers

Trump administration accountability
Updated October 14, 2021
Trump Hotel at the Old Post Office

Defund Trump

Trump administration accountability
Updated October 14, 2021

Trump’s Interference in the FBI Headquarters Relocation Plan

Trump administration accountabilityTrump businesses
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

Law Enforcement’s Response to Nationwide Racial Justice Protests

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 13, 2021

Voter-ID Proposals in States Across the Country

Voting rights
Updated May 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

State Proposals to Restrict Protests

Updated May 12, 2021

The February 2021 Texas Power Outage

Government transparency
Updated May 12, 2021

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

January 6Trump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated May 7, 2021

New York’s Nursing Home Data Discrepancies

Covid-19
Updated May 4, 2021

Mike Pompeo’s Political Ambitions and Influences

Trump administration accountability
Updated May 4, 2021

As Variants Spread, States Reopen

Covid-19
Updated May 3, 2021

The Spread of Coronavirus in Migrant Detention Facilities

Covid-19ImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated April 5, 2021

Covid Relief Funds and Loans: Where Has The Money Gone?

Covid-19Trump administration accountability
Updated March 26, 2021

The Pandemic’s Spread in Florida

Covid-19
Updated March 23, 2021

Florida’s Inequitable Vaccine Rollout

Covid-19
Updated March 18, 2021

Attacks on Absentee Voting During the 2020 Campaign

Voting rights
Updated February 17, 2021

The Federal Government’s Pandemic Information-Sharing Systems

Covid-19Government transparencyTrump administration accountability
Updated February 12, 2021

Combating Domestic Terrorism and Right-Wing Violent Extremism

Trump administration accountability
Updated February 11, 2021

Efforts to Undermine the 2020 Election Results

Trump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated February 11, 2021

State and Local Officials’ Involvement in Jan. 6 Trump Rally and Capitol Attack

Government transparencyJanuary 6Trump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated February 11, 2021

The Failed Texas Lawsuit Challenging 2020 Election Results

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated February 11, 2021

Trump’s Pressure on Georgia Officials to Overturn 2020 Election Results

Government transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated February 11, 2021

Challenges in U.S. Vaccine Distribution

Covid-19Government transparencyTrump administration accountability
Updated February 10, 2021

The Trump Administration’s Transgender Military Ban

LGBTQ rightsTrump administration accountability
Updated January 25, 2021

Election Fraud Task Forces and the Threat of Voter Intimidation

Election denialVoting rights
Updated January 22, 2021

Preserving Voting Rights in Kentucky

Voting rights
Updated January 22, 2021

The Rush for a Covid-19 Vaccine

Covid-19Trump administration accountability
Updated January 22, 2021

Trump’s Post-Impeachment Authoritarian Purges

Trump administration accountability
Updated January 21, 2021

Trump’s Potential Supreme Court Nominees

Trump administration accountability
Updated January 21, 2021

Jared Kushner’s Role in the Coronavirus Response

Covid-19Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

John Durham’s Politicized Investigation — And William Barr’s Role in It

Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

Political Interference in the 2020 Census

ImmigrationTrump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated January 20, 2021
Trump and White House

Presidential Transition Transparency

Trump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated January 20, 2021

Promotion of Covid-19 Treatments and Communications with Drug Companies

Covid-19Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

Rick Perry’s Energy Industry Connections — in the U.S. and Abroad

Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

Testing Supply Failures

Covid-19Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

The Trump Administration’s Escalating Tension with Iran

Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

The Trump Administration’s Poor Coordination with States on Pandemic Response

Covid-19Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

The Trump Administration’s Questionable Email Practices

Government transparencyTrump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

The Trump Administration’s Response to Coronavirus

Covid-19Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

The White House’s Covid-19 Outbreak

Covid-19Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

The White House’s Disregard of Early Warnings

Covid-19Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

Trump Administration Efforts on Behalf of Turkish Bank

Trump administration accountability
Updated January 20, 2021

Voting-Restriction Group’s Attempt to Purge Hundreds of Thousands from Georgia Voter Rolls

Voting rights
Updated January 15, 2021

Efforts to Undermine Sanctuary Cities

ImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated December 16, 2020
Border Fence

Family Separation and the Detention of Immigrant Children

Family separationImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated December 16, 2020

Parallel Investigations Initiative: Amplifying Congressional Oversight

Trump administration accountability
Updated December 9, 2020

The Pandemic in Prisons

Covid-19Criminal justice and incarcerationTrump administration accountability
Updated October 22, 2020

Ben Carson’s Family Involvement at the Department of Housing and Urban Development

Trump administration accountability
Updated October 16, 2020
Robert Mueller

Russian Interference & Trump Administration Actions

Trump administration accountability
Updated September 29, 2020

Audit the Wall

ImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020

Donald Trump’s Obstruction of Congressional Oversight

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020

EPA’s Chemical Industry Agenda

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020

Health Care: Repeal, Replace, and Sabotage

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020

Insider Access at the Department of Education

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020

Politicization of the Justice Department

Government transparencyTrump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020

Restoration of Voting Rights in Florida

Voting rights
Updated July 31, 2020

State Government Contacts with Voting-Restriction Activists

Voting rights
Updated July 31, 2020

Tax Reform: Uncovering the Backroom Deals

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020

The Trump Administration’s Attempts to Weaken Affirmative Action

Attacks on educationTrump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020

The Trump Administration’s Response to the Opioid Epidemic

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 31, 2020

Wisconsin’s Voter-Roll Purge

Voting rights
Updated July 31, 2020

Uncovering the Truth About Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh

Government transparencyTrump administration accountability
Updated July 27, 2020

Former Acting Attorney General Whitaker’s Financial and Political Conflicts of Interest

Government transparencyTrump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020

Ivanka Trump’s and Jared Kushner’s Roles in the Administration

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020

Loyalty Tests and Retaliation

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020

Questionable $300 Million Puerto Rico Contract for Zinke-Linked Company

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020

Scott Pruitt’s Mismanagement of the EPA

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020

Swamp Airlines: Chartered Jets at Taxpayer Expense

Government transparencyTrump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020
Scott Pruitt at his desk

Trump Cabinet Officials’ Office Renovations

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020

Trump’s Political Appointees

Trump administration accountability
Updated July 24, 2020

Campaign Promises & Manufacturing Jobs

Updated June 29, 2020

Defending the Public’s Right to Hold Government Accountable

Government transparency
Updated June 29, 2020

Dunlap v. PACEI: Investigating the Voter Fraud Commission

Election denialGovernment transparencyTrump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated June 29, 2020

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

ImmigrationTrump administration accountability
Updated September 12, 2019
Former DOI Sec. Ryan Zinke

Ryan Zinke’s Unethical Leadership at Interior

Trump administration accountability
Updated
voter registration

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric and Election Denialism

The specter of votes being illegally cast by noncitizens has become a new conservative talking point intended to further doubts in election results…

Trump administration accountabilityVoting rights
Updated