Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.

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“The most important purposes of the Constitution (are) to protect our rights and to create a structure of government that ...

Under pressure from President Trump, the House and the far right, Senate Republicans opened debate on Tuesday on legislation they call the SAVE America Act, which would require voters to show approved ...

Several Republican-led states are passing their own versions of the SAVE America Act, Trump-backed legislation that would introduce new proof-of-citizenship requirements to register to vote.

The Cleveland Arcade decorated with American flags for the U.S. Bicentennial in October 1976 in Cleveland. (Howard Ruffner/Getty Images) Table of Contents In July, the United States will celebrate ...

Today, we celebrate the birthday of President James Madison—the Father of our Constitution and intellectual architect of the American Founding, whose ...

Donald Trump and the Republican Party are dismantling American democracy at a record-breaking pace, according to the latest ...

President Trump says tightening voter-eligibility rules is a priority, but Democrats argue the bill would deter citizens from casting ballots.

While encouraging that the Save America Act is unlikely to become law, it’s troubling that Washington’s urge to nationalize elections hasn’t subsided. The Senate opened a marathon debate this week on ...

Presidents come and go from the White House every four year or eight years. But descendants of John Strother Ficklin, a ...

The first general election debate of the 2024 season was defined by personal attacks after U.S. President Joe Biden delivered ...