Today, Common Cause and other government accountability groups urged every member of the U.S. House of Representatives to strengthen the independent Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) and make the office permanent. Even if Congress does not codify the OCE into law at this time, the groups stress the importance of maintaining the office’s continued existence and the importance of not weakening it in the 119th Congress. The letter emphasizes overwhelming public support for increased ethics and accountability measures and touts the success of...

The company is challenging the constitutionality of AB 2655, which makes social media companies responsible for the election-related disinformation that proliferates on their platforms. 

Meta's decision to abandon fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram endangers truthful dialogue and paves the way for unchecked election disinformation.

Yesterday morning, a group of alumni of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP sent a letter to Executive Partner Jeremy London protesting the deal the firm made last week with President Donald Trump. Expressing “profound disappointment and deep outrage,” the letter points to indoctrination of every Skadden employee to the legacy Joe Flom, a founding partner who championed diversity, hired the firm’s first female associate, and created the Skadden Fellowship Foundation, to provide attorneys to advocate for marginalized...

The House of Representatives just passed Trump's budget reconciliation proposal that would gut key programs to support tax cuts for the rich.

As Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem has weakened FEMA’s ability to respond to disasters, choosing instead to focus the department’s energy and resources on ramping up ICE raids and deportations. Now, that decision has likely cost lives.

CBS just canceled Stephen Colbert’s top-rated show days after a $16 million payout to Trump – here’s why this should alarm all of us.