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395 stories published since 2016

How North Carolina’s Early Voting Changes Affect Voters

Last-Minute Tips for Figuring Out Your Ballot and Making Sure You Can Vote

The Informed Voter’s Guide to Making Sure Your Vote Counts

Democratic Mailer in Texas Referred to Attorney General’s Office

How to “Follow the Money” When It Comes to Political Campaigns

In Illinois Governor’s Race, Rauner and Pritzker See a Clear Need to Promise Transparency

Pump and Trump

Arrest Throws Texas Voter Registration Dispute Into Further Confusion

Citizens Count on the Illinois Freedom of Information Act but Keep Getting Shut Out

Let Us Know About Voting Problems During the Midterm Elections

Election Experts: We Need You

4 Questions to Ask When Comparing Midterm Candidates

The Cost of the Office? Trump’s Billion-Dollar Loss — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast Extra

How Much Money Is Being Spent in the Illinois Governor’s Race?

How Effective Is Your Representative?

Elliott Broidy’s All-Access Pass — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast

Bipartisan Furor as North Carolina Election Law Shrinks Early Voting Locations by Almost 20 Percent

What’s in a Resume? A Lot, When It Comes to Trump Staffers

New in Trump Town: Staffer Resumes

Voting in America Is WILD. Here’s How to Plan Ahead.

Congress Passes Measure to Protect Board that Monitors Nuclear Safety

The Election DataBot: Now Even Easier

Agency Takes Back Instructions to Residents in Brooklyn Housing Project to Stay Home on Primary Day

ProPublica’s User’s Guide to Democracy: Political Advertising

Shedding Some Light on Dark Money Political Donors

Note to the Next Mayor: Chicago Is a City of the World, But We Want the Neighborhoods Fixed, Too

New Mexico Senators Speak Out Over Order They Say Would Hamper Nuclear Safety Board

Why Manafort and Cohen Thought They’d Get Away With It

Looking at the Archives From the Time of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Seeing Familiar Themes

Louisiana Senate President Sank Ride-Sharing Bill. His Close Pal Sells Insurance to Cabs.

Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort: Two Cases That Shook the Trump World — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast Extra

Tax Case Flips the Script for Democrats and the GOP. But What About for Jurists?

Fund Meant to Protect Elections May Be Too Little, Too Late

When Sarah Sanders and the ACLU Teamed Up for Voting Rights

Did You Go to a Washington Nationals Game With Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh?

Election 2016 Gets a Report Card

Democrats Vow Investigation of VA’s Shadow Rulers After ProPublica Story

Illinois House Candidate Will Walk for Votes — And Has To

Our Rebuttal to Kris Kobach’s Critique

Why Paul Manafort’s $15,000 Ostrich Jacket Wasn’t the Biggest Revelation as His Trial Begins — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast Extra

Kris Kobach’s Lucrative Trail of Courtroom Defeats

We Found a New Batch of Trump Administration Appointees

How Mitch McConnell Made Donald Trump

How Voting Laws Have Changed Since 2016

What You Need to Know About Wilbur Ross’ Many Conflicts — “Trump, Inc.” Podcast

How the Case for Voter Fraud Was Tested — and Utterly Failed

West Virginia Paid for a CEO to Go on a Trade Delegation to China. Turns Out, He Was Promoting His Company’s Interests, Too.

Facebook’s Screening for Political Ads Nabs News Sites Instead of Politicians

The Administration of Mayor Rahm Emanuel Keeps Monitoring Protesters

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