Experts have expressed deep concerns that the practice runs afoul of the fourth amendment’s right to privacy

Exclusive: Two congressmembers respond to revelations of government snooping on journalists, non-profits and unions

Even after judges rejected the same ploy, the Trump administration is going directly to social media and telecommunications companies

Republicans have latched on to the announcement after Trump’s lie-laden speech, but experts say DHS’s data is ‘designed to create a false argument’

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Section is responsible for enforcing laws designed to prevent voter discrimination, raised alarm about voting rights enforcement

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Changes at two dozen prestigious firms underscore Trump’s successful intimidation campaign against legal profession

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Administration’s ‘unprecedented degree of resistance’ to judiciary undercuts its authority and weakens democracy

Board turns away challenges to voters whose registrations Republicans targeted because they lacked social security or driver’s license number

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