Democracy Wire

$17.5 million investment represents a 26 percent jump in five years.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell claims to control which legislation comes to the Senate floor. His colleagues may prove him wrong.

There are encouraging signs that congressional leaders finally are getting serious about protecting the special counsel and his work.

More than 300,000 people are ready to take to the streets for peaceful protests if President Trump fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller or acts to shut down his investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

CBS report highlights gaps in U.S. election security

Supreme Court appointments reverberate across the decades. But Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's choice for the Supreme Court, is likely to have a major impact even before he takes the bench.