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The Brennan Center, August 5, 2025 via YouTube – The executive branch has amassed increasing power in recent years, challenging the constitutional balance among branches of government. This year alone, the president has unlawfully attempted to eliminate birthright citizenship, unilaterally frozen funds, and deployed the military as a domestic police force. And all of it …
Statement of Alan Butler, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Hearing on “Protecting the Virtual You: Safeguarding Americans’ Online Data Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, July 30, 2025. “Chair Blackburn, Ranking Member Klobuchar, and members of the Subcommittee, thank you for holding this hearing …
USAFacts: “The One Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law on July 4, is set to introduce a host of changes to everything from tax reform to government assistance programs to immigration and border policy. It introduces some brand-new policies and expands, restricts, or ends others. A number of these changes took effect the moment President …
Via LLRX – The Trump Administration’s Continued War Against Science, Research and Public Health – Sabrina I. Pacifici’s overview of selected articles highlights the devastating impact of the Trump administration’s dismantling of agencies across the federal government, with a focus on cancelling critical scientific and health related research grants, as reported in July, 2025. The total …
“U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) released a Minority staff report today unveiling that Elon Musk’s brainchild, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has generated at least $21.7 billion in waste across the federal government between January 20, 2025, and July 18, 2025. The report, “The $21.7 …
“The United States of America (USA) remains on the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist following sustained attacks on civic freedoms. In the first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term, authorities have escalated suppression of protesters through military deployments, targeted journalists, criminalised dissent, and undermined civil society through legislative and financial restrictions. Freedoms guaranteed in the …
USA Today – no paywall: “…States’ libraries to lose as much as half their funding – The Institute for Museum and Library Services, a tiny, little known federal agency, provides grants to states, accounting for between 30% and 50% of state library budgets, according to the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies. For decades it …
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL for Tax Administration – Snapshot Report: IRS Workforce Reductions as of May 2025, July 18, 2025. Report Number: 2025-IE-R027. Snapshot Report: IRS Workforce Reductions as of May 2025 – “According to the IRS, 25,386 employees have separated or taken a DRP incentive, while 294 employees have been sent termination notices due to …
TMP Morning Memo: “Under a memo issued by the Office of Personnel Management yesterday, federal workers are permitted to talk to their co-workers about their religion, including engaging a colleague “in polite discussion of why his faith is correct and why the non-adherent should re-think his religious beliefs.” They are also allowed to engage in …
Campaign View: Dive into the records, learn about candidates, and explore their policies. Data to help facilitate a more informed public and advance social science research. Explore Data Our Methodology Download Data Candidate Bios – Read how candidates describe their backgrounds and qualifications in their own words. Read how candidates describe their backgrounds and qualifications …
Semafor – [reg. required to read all articles] “Trump on Wednesday [July 23, 2025] unveiled his long-awaited AI Action Plan, a national strategy accompanied by a trio of executive orders meant to replace his predecessor’s safety-first directives. The new roadmap focuses on deregulation and industry growth to better compete against China. In response, left-center policy …
Internet Archive Blogs – July 24, 2025. “Announced today, the Internet Archive has been designated as a federal depository library by Senator Alex Padilla. The designation was made via letter to Scott Matheson, Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Publishing Office. Senator Padilla explained the designation in a statement to KQED: “The Archive’s digital-first …
