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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 9, 2026) — Today, a federal court sided with Common Cause and voters in their lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ),  ruling the DOJ’s campaign to consolidate sensitive voter data violates voter privacy and illegally intrudes on states’ authority over elections.

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New York – A coalition including a nationwide watchdog group, a public employee union and a candidate for State House in Alabama has filed a legal challenge to the Trump-Vance administration’s unlawful use of public funds for partisan political ads.

WASHINGTON – Today, the national nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) against President Trump, his Super PAC MAGA Inc., and its treasurer over Trump’s plan to use Super PAC funds to pay for political propaganda originally funded by taxpayers. This is the first complaint asking the FEC to investigate and potentially sanction President Trump and MAGA Inc.

After weeks of the Trump administration airing campaign-style ads using taxpayer funds, Common Cause, SEIU 32BJ, and Robert Hunter, a candidate from Alabama, are suing to stop the ads immediately. Democracy Forward, Public Integrity Project, and Campaign Legal Center represents all three plaintiffs. The ads are campaign-style, and at least one of the ads appears to be a near-copy of a 2024 ad that President Donald Trump ran during his campaign.

Trump knows his agenda isn’t working for everyday Americans, and he doesn’t care. So instead of changing course, he's trying to take away your right to fire him. Common Cause isn’t going to allow it. Our team stands ready to protect free and fair elections: in the courts, at the legislatures, and at polling sites. This is critical work and we can’t do it alone. Will you chip in and join our fight today? Continue to site

The FCC has opened a public comment period on a petition seeking a waiver that would let political campaigns place prerecorded and AI-generated voice calls to cellphones without a recipient’s prior consent. If granted, the waiver would expose voters to a surge of unwanted automated calls and open a direct channel for deepfaked audio, mimicking recognizable voices in the weeks before the midterms.

Between January 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026, members of Congress traded more than $1.2 billion in stock. But new disclosures show President Donald Trump has traded nearly 3 times that amount — $3.2 billion! — since he took office in 2025. While everyday people stress over how they’ll afford groceries, housing, healthcare and more, some of our elected representatives are more focused on lining their own pockets than providing Americans relief.

Washington, D.C. — Plaintiffs in League of United Latin American Citizens v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security filed an amended complaint expanding their challenge to the Trump-Vance administration’s plans for armed federal law enforcement activity at polling places.

Read the complete Framework to Ban Presidential Profiteering here. Are spouses and children covered? The simplicity of the income ban comes from restricting the president and vice president to only earning their official salaries, and that’s it. Members of the president’s family do not receive government salaries so they can’t be directly covered by the ban.