Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Gerrymandering, Elizabeth Holmes and more, in readers' eyes. Regarding the Oct. 19 editorial…
The Washington Post I’m a researcher at a nonpartisan think tank at Vanderbilt University, where I study free speech policy. With the U.S. midterms approaching, about 1 in 5 voters has asked AI chatbots about elections and politics, a recent survey found.
The Washington Post The liberal justice took aim at the conservative majority’s rulings on the Voting Rights Act, campaign finance and partisan gerrymandering. With pivotal midterm elections two weeks away, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said Tuesday the high court’s…
The Washington Post The Supreme Court’s dismantling of the last vestiges of the 1965 Voting Rights Act this spring in Louisiana v. Callais marked the end of an era—a retreat from the core civil rights commitment to draw electoral-district lines…
Conversations with Walter Riley Eighty years of lessons from the Black freedom struggle, labor movements, and internationalism. Angel Alley 84b Whitechapel High St London E1 7QX Opening hours: 12pm to 6pm Leaderless and online-born revolt is spreading to Europe, outpacing the unions and the left…
The Washington Post Voting rights groups had challenged the effort, noting federal data includes errors that have led to citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls. A federal judge on Friday blocked the Justice Department’s policy of gathering voter registration…
October 10, 2026 — 5:00am The NSW Electoral Commission has warned the Minns government’s refusal to fund an overhaul of its antiquated IT systems has led to “an intolerable level of risk of election failure” at future polls, including the upcoming state election in…
The Washington Post The civil rights organization is stepping up efforts in response to President Donald Trump’s push to change voting rules. The NAACP is setting up a hub to safeguard voting rights amid worries that the Trump administration could…
The Washington Post In Shasta County, California, the election chief lost his job — then locked up the ballots and called the FBI. REDDING, Calif. — Clint Curtis thinks something doesn’t smell right in Shasta County. Literally. As the registrar of voters…
Eleven alleged unlawful voters and a lazy mailman. That’s the arrest haul that the U.S. Justice Department is patting itself on the back for in its latest press release on its enforcement of election laws. It’s a dozen people, from…
Access to the ballot, audits, security, and rule-of-law protections.
An article joins this feed when it matches these terms. Each one is also a search of its own.