Elections, Department of Justice, Voting Rights, 2026 Midterms, Executive Orders, Election Administration, Mail Voting
The Justice Department has sued states for voter rolls, asserted authority to share voter data with DHS, warned election officials about criminal liability and joined a wider federal push into election administration. Courts are still deciding where the limits are.
2026 Elections, Voter Guide, Voting Rights, Voter Registration, Voter ID, Early Voting, Mail Voting, Democracy
What you need to vote, when you need it, and what to do if something goes wrong across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Immigration; ICE; Biddeford; Maine; Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero; use of force; Maine Attorney General; government accountability
New evidence says neither Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero nor the roommate ICE was apparently pursuing had a final removal order. Maine’s attorney general says the deadly-force investigation remains active.
ICE inspectors found 49 deficiencies at Camp East Montana. The facility still passed. Behind those numbers are people depending on medical care, suicide safeguards, force reviews and a government system meant to protect them.
America’s debt has passed $40 trillion. You will not get a bill for your share, but rising interest costs can still shape what you pay and what Washington can afford.
Affordability, Medicaid, SNAP, Federal Budget, Pentagon, Department of Defense, Immigration, Congress, Trump Administration, Government Spending, Accountability
The question is not whether government can spend. It is what America chooses to pay for.
Donald Trump, Affordability, Cost of Living, Inflation, Grocery Prices, Healthcare, Tariffs, Gas Prices, AI Data Centers, Congress, 2026 Midterms, U.S. Economy
Nineteen months after Trump promised emergency price relief, IABY checks groceries, energy, healthcare, tariffs and household costs against the record.
A passing encounter with an older disabled man reveals the human life inside America’s food-insecurity statistics. His account is brief, anonymous, and unverified. The national failure is documented. By Roberto Zapatero Independent Forensic Investigative Journalist, Is America Better Yet? August 20, 2026 | Living Record | Verified through 2:38
Marc Elias, Democracy Docket, Elias Law Group, 2026 election, election law, voting rights, redistricting, Supreme Court, Trump, election integrity
Marc Elias is a Democratic election lawyer with a long record in recounts, voting-rights cases and Supreme Court litigation. His record includes major wins, losses and controversy. Here is why his warnings deserve scrutiny rather than automatic belief or dismissal.
The election lawyer says the danger is not one dramatic act. It is a series of changes involving voting rules, voter registration records and what could happen after ballots are cast. Some of what he warns about is prediction. But important parts of the machinery he describes already exist in
By Roberto Zapatero Independent Forensic Investigative Journalist Is America Better Yet? Living Record — August 18, 2026 A government does not always have to ban speech to make it disappear. Sometimes it only has to reach the company that controls whether people can see it, download it, publish it or distribute
Gaza, Israel, U. S
Gaza: The Unspoken Truth About What America Enables — Is America Better Yet? By Roberto Zapatero Independent Forensic Investigative Journalist Is America Better Yet? 9/11 cannot be erased. Neither can October 7. Some dates become more than dates. 9/11 is one of them. Americans do not need the year