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A mail ballot drop box is seen at a polling station on November 4, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia.

Campaigns & Elections Trump’s new elections executive order and what it would mean for voters

Samara Angel, Jonathan Katz

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Pro-government supporters attend a rally a day after the capture of Nicolas Maduro by US forces on January 4, 2026 in Caracas, Venezuela.

Venezuela The global implications of the US military operation in Venezuela

Scott R. Anderson, Sarah A. Binder, Richard C. Bush, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Daniel S. Hamilton, Kari Heerman, Jonathan Katz, Patricia M. Kim, Suzanne Maloney, Steven Pifer, Dafna H. Rand, Douglas A. Rediker, Melanie W. Sisson, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Andrew Yeo +10 more

January 7, 2026

U.S. Government & Politics Inside the next Democracy Playbook: Strategies for global democratic U-turns

Norman Eisen, Fred Dews

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Campaigns & Elections Mail voting in the US: Data points to very low fraud and significant benefits to voters

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