White House counsel Don McGahn has assembled a team of elite lawyers with the state goal of leading Trump Administration efforts to roll back regulatory powers across the U.S. government.Source: President Trump's Lawyers Plan a White House Legal Attack on Federal Agency Power...
Last spring, as he laid the groundwork for his gubernatorial run, Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa announced the formation of a super PAC he said would “harness the compassion and power” of Californians to fight back against anti-immigrant policies and then-Republican presidential candidate DonaldSource: Super PAC didn’t derail Trump, but it did boost Villaraigosa’s governor bid...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee brought in more money this February than they have in any other previous February, continuing a record-breaking fundraising pace that is keeping up with Republicans and their own unprecedented totals.Source: House Democrats On Record-Breaking Fundraising Pace...
President Trump’s vow to “destroy” the 1954 Johnson Amendment, which restricts nonprofits like churches or charities from engaging in any political speech, is a good idea. Despite some hysterical reactions, the truth is that, as it stands, the Johnson Amendment is horribly written.Source: Trump is Right: Destroy The Johnson Amendment...
One of the major threats to free speech today is not censorship. It’s harassment. Here’s how it works. People join or give money to groups that support causes they believe in. Those groups attract the ire of government officials when they criticize them or take a position they oppose.Source: Gorsuch Understands How Bureaucratic Bullies Harm First Amendment Rights...
WASHINGTON • As President Donald Trump raged in an Oval Office filled with tense senior aides, he trained his eyes on one in particular: White House Counsel Don McGahn.Source: Trump's in-house guardrail: White House Counsel Don McGahn...
Congress, the Office of Government Ethics, and the White House have been lobbing views back and forth on whether the White House is subject to executive branch-wide ethics standards.Source: Ethics Issues and Resolutions: The Conway Case...
Carson City, NV – Voting rights advocates and Nevada officials announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding in order to streamline and modernize voter registration opportunities through the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).Source: Voting Rights Advocates Announce Agreement with State of Nevada to Modernize Voter Registration Opportunities...
MADISON, Wis. — Dozens of 17-year-olds voted illegally across Wisconsin during last spring's intense presidential primary, apparently wrongly believing they could cast ballots if they turned 18 ahead of the November general election, according to a new state report.Source: Report: 17-year-olds voted illegally in Wisconsin primary...
Care about freedom of the press? Support independent investigative journalism.Source: FEC earning congressional attention — for the wrong reasons...
