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.
Shed no tears: The Senate returns today, with a shutdown expected by the end of tomorrow if no plan for…
Patrick G. Eddington In my book The Triumph of Fear, one of the Cold War-era political repression programs I spend…
9/29/2005: Chief Justice Roberts takes oath. Chief Justice John Roberts The post Today in Supreme Court History: September 29, 2005…
Two things can be simultaneously true. One is that President Donald Trump and his aides are petty, vindictive people who,…
In June, 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won New York City’s Democratic Party mayoral primary and is likely to…
Wyandotte County, Kansas, deputy Richard Fatherley has been charged second degree murder and involuntarily manslaughter after inmate Charles Adair died…
Lindsey Halligan seemed out of her depth on Thursday evening, when she presented a two-count indictment of former FBI Director…
Drive about 40 minutes from the Giza Pyramids to the ancient step pyramid of Saqqara and you’ll pass rows of…
9/28/1787: Confederation Congress adopts Constitution and sends it to the states. The ConstitutionThe post Today in Supreme Court History: September…
On September 26, 2025, the Supreme Court of Texas issued a momentous order. The Justices likely signaled that the ABA…
President Donald Trump justifies his enthusiasm for prohibitively high tariffs by insisting the U.S. is being “ripped off” by other…
Before Amazon’s multi-billion-dollar settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday, it was anyone’s guess how Americans were supposed…