Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW)

06/23/2026

The Trump admin is reportedly threatening to withhold millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states unless they adopt election changes, including phasing out certain electronic voting systems and moving to hand-marked paper ballots.

The Trump administration is threatening to withhold tens of millions of dollars in federal homeland security funds from states unless they adopt a sweeping set of election changes, according to multiple sources and internal documents obtained by CNN.

06/23/2026

06/23/2026

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump admin shut down its massive database of millions of Americans' data that was enabling baseless investigations and voter roll purges.

This is a huge win in protecting Americans' privacy rights and the right to vote!

Administration’s plan to unlawfully aggregate personal data to enable voter purges ended by court order in significant voting issues victory.

06/22/2026

Don't let this huge win against the Trump administration's lawlessness fly under the radar:

We forced them to comply with the Presidential Records Act after they tried to claim it was unconstitutional.

Press Releases May 20, 2026 Judge rules Trump White House must comply with Presidential Records Act A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction today requiring Trump administration officials to follow the Presidential Records Act and preserve text messages, including Signal messages, pertaining...

06/22/2026

Senate Republicans killed an effort to bar the DOD from investing in companies tied to President Donald Trump, his Cabinet or their families, rejecting an amendment targeting conflict-of-interest concerns.

“It just seemed like a shot at the president,” said Sen. Mike Rounds.

06/21/2026

Unfortunately, the court allowed the National Park Service's removal of Philadelphia's Freedom and Slavery Exhibit.

Let's be very clear: The erasure of this country's history of slavery poses a threat to democracy itself.

Residents and city leaders are voicing frustration and concern after a federal appeals court ruling cleared the way for changes to the President’s House site, a key location documenting slavery

06/20/2026

The Office of Government Ethics must ban prediction market betting by all senior executive branch officials and prohibit all career employees from placing bets related to political or military events.

We sent a letter laying out our recommendations.

06/20/2026

Is President Trump using Secret Service funding to pay for his White House ballroom?

Secretly moving money around to pursue presidential pet projects is not how things are supposed to work in this country.

“It’s a big problem,” says Sen. Thom Tillis of the $352 million moved from personnel and training.