The decision is a major victory for citizen-led democracy in Montana, where the state constitution expressly reserves the powers of initiative and referendum to the people. It also delivers a…

The problem? No federal official can seize control of election administration from the states and counties, who hold the power run elections under the U.S. Constitution.

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th

The decision not to invite observers from the OSCE puts the U.S. alongside Russia and Belarus, while the Justice Department prepares to deploy its own poll monitors.