Democracy Wire

Senators left Washington late Thursday with a hopeful sign that they will not tolerate any effort by President Trump to derail Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russia’s meddling in last year’s election and the Trump campaign’s possible involvement in it.

Faces of Common Cause: Miranda Viscoli and Steve Lipscomb

Donald Trump ran for president as an anti-politician, someone who would adhere to the Constitution and stand his ground on principles no matter how hard he was pushed or who was pushing him. Turns out that was a lie.

There’s news today about an interesting – and promising – experiment in democracy in the Pacific Northwest.

Major investments in congressional campaigns by health professionals, hospital companies, and health insurers are producing big returns in Congress.

The swamp that candidate Donald Trump promised to drain is getting deeper six months into President Trump’s administration.