Signs of Hope

Detained people at an immigration facility in New Jersey are protesting against inhumane conditions alongside individuals held in other states.

Built by members of the team behind NOAA’s Climate.gov, the new nonprofit resource is supported in part by more than 2,500 small donations from people who want reliable climate science information to remain accessible. Climate.us today launched the full version of its new independent, nonprofit climate information website, creating a public-backed home for trusted climate science at a time when access to federal climate resources has become increasingly vulnerable to disruption.

“The federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” the judge wrote.

“The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” the judge wrote.

In total, the DOJ has brought 31 voter roll lawsuits against states and Washington, D.C.

The justices ruled that a Mississippi law that allows ballots to be counted as long as they were sent by Election Day isn’t prohibited under federal law.

Governor Hochul held a press conference with Attorney General James and a coalition of law enforcement, immigration and community leaders to highlight a recent lawsuit against the Trump Administration.

Fifty years of data from the US suggests that consumer confidence is reflected in an administration’s performance in elections.

President Trump’s net approval rating is down to its lowest point ever amid the Iran war and stubbornly high prices, according to a polling analysis. The Economist has tracked public opinion …

A broad majority of California voters are worried about threats to democracy and the erosion of voting rights, according to a new Berkeley IGS Poll.

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