In the Peach State, Black turnout increased dramatically from the 2022 midterms; as the graph above shows, this was reflected ...

A longterm shift in defense policy has ceded power over national security technologies — including AI — to private companies.

But it was more than that. In its unexpected scale and sweep, it resembled earlier elections, such as the 1974 Watergate ...

The federal government keeps abusing its authority to undermine the midterms, but a string of defeats reaffirms that its ...

Under a term-limit structure, justices rotating off the high court could become senior justices available to fill in when ...

Corruption is resonating with voters and dominating campaign rhetoric. The question is whether candidates will turn promises ...

As the 2026 election enters its final stretch, super PAC and dark money spending is breaking records, with hundreds of millions of dollars coming from big donors connected to the AI, crypto, finance, ...

Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket, which allow bets on election outcomes, have gained significant traction in recent years. More than $220 million has been wagered on the 2026 midterms ...

The Brennan Center’s Artificial Intelligence Legislation Tracker monitors bills introduced in Congress to govern how the technology is developed and deployed. As pressure for federal regulation mounts ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. A recent Fox News poll found the top issue concerning voters. No, not ...

Since taking office, the Trump administration has tried to meddle in the voting and elections process in unprecedented ways, such as trying to change rules for mail voting and voter registration.

As the midterm elections approach, a small cohort of far-right commentators continues to wishcast that President Trump will invoke emergency powers to seize voting machines, deploy federal agents and ...