Democracy Wire

As welcome news about the appointment of a special counsel arrived on Wednesday night, Americans got another reminder of the how much work is still needed before we can be confident that the truth ultimately will emerge.

Uneasy for months about a president who courts chaos while hopeful he could help them achieve long-held conservative goals, congressional Republicans are beginning to send a new message: Sorry, Mr. President, I don’t think we can let this go.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republicans accused Hillary Clinton of mishandling classified information and even demanded her indictment. Today, as President Trump has admitted sharing classified information with Russia, GOP leaders are more forgiving.

Greater access to voting in North Carolina has been restored! The U.S. Supreme Court declined today to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that a North Carolina voting law passed in 2013 is unconstitutional and discriminates against African-Americans.

A disturbing report in this morning’s Washington Post details what appears to be a Trump administration effort to shroud tens of thousands of government records that had been readily available to Americans online.

Redistricting reform advocates stopped an attempt to place severe limits on the ability of Floridians to use the state’s Fair Districts Amendments to hold legislators accountable for gerrymandering.