Freedom IndexPolitics
Politics investigates how governments, parties, and policymakers shape the landscape of free speech and censorship. From campaign regulations to state restrictions, this category examines the role of politics in defining the boundaries of expression and democratic debate.
From a Report and Recommendations today by Magistrate Judge Jill McCook (E.D. Tenn.) in Ross v. Lambert: According to the…
On July 17, the Third Circuit declared New Jersey’s ban on semiautomatic rifles and magazines holding over ten rounds to…
During a discussion of data centers’ environmental and public health impacts at yesterday’s meeting of the House Committee on Energy…
This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed expanding a ban on drones from other countries—including products it had previously…
In February, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a regulation rescinding the so-called “endangerment finding”–the finding that the emission of greenhouse…
Amidst the global push to crack down on kids’ internet usage, France this week became the first member of the…
Every Friday, the Russian Ministry of Justice adds new names to its dreaded Register of Foreign Agents, which identifies people…
Global hunger declined for the third consecutive year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) The State of Food…
Members of the Federal Trade Commission are no longer protected from presidential removal without cause. Humphrey’s Executor–or whatever was left of…
Heather St. Amand remembers exactly the day her daughter, Isabelle, came into the world. It was 10:15 p.m. when her…
Just when I thought that Biden-era antitrust antagonism against tech companies was starting to fade, President Donald Trump has nominated…
New York City government isn’t known for cutting red tape. But this week, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (yes, the…