Democracy

Vermont officials are pushing back on a threat from President Donald Trump to do away with mail-in ballots and “voting machines.” On Monday, Trump, a Republican, posted to his Truth Social account, “I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,…

A group of 10 Democratic senators are urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to save the State Department’s human rights arm amid his sweeping reorganization effort. The State Department notified Congress last month that most offices in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) would be shuttered under…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and a member of the Rules Committee, released the following reaction to President Trump’s Executive Order, signed this week seeking to deny the right to vote to eligible…