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Aileen Cannon (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/US District Court for the Southern District of Florida)

Judge Aileen Cannon failed to disclose a right-wing junket

Marilyn W. Thompson, Alex Mierjeski
Jessica Denson on Tuesday, August 4, 2020 after the Trump campaign's former Hispanic outreach director filed effort in a class-action suit to void campaign's NDA contracts. (Allison Zaucha for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

“Unbearable”: Women who accused Trump campaign of harassment face more harassment

Marilyn W. Thompson
Demonstrators protest against gerrymandering at a rally at the Supreme Court. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Congressional maps challenged as discriminatory will remain in place for 2024 elections

Marilyn W. Thompson
Voter voting in a polling place (Getty Images/Hill Street Studios)

Republicans hatched a secret assault on the Voting Rights Act in Washington state

Marilyn W. Thompson
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) ( Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Clyburn’s role in map that allegedly discriminates against Black voters becomes key in SCOTUS case

Marilyn W. Thompson
United States Supreme Court (Getty Images/joe daniel price)

Voting maps throughout the Deep South may be redrawn after surprise Supreme Court ruling

Marilyn W. Thompson
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) ( Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

How Rep. James Clyburn worked with GOP to protect his own district at a cost to Black Democrats

Marilyn W. Thompson
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

“Democrats now have virtually no shot of winning”: James Clyburn saves only his South Carolina seat

Marilyn W. Thompson
Former U.S. President Donald Trump appears on a video screen above members of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol during the seventh hearing on the January 6th investigation in the Cannon House Office Building on July 12, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The Democratic insider who fought the Trump administration

Marilyn W. Thompson
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Tom Fox-Pool/Getty Images)

Greg Abbott’s power grab: Republican overrides officials — and judges — to push Texas further right

Perla Trevizo, Marilyn W. Thompson
Greg Gianforte (R-MT) joins Donald Trump at a "Make America Great Again" rally at the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport on November 3, 2018 in Belgrade, Montana. (William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images)

How Montana GOP hijacked public health amid COVID pandemic and brought a hospital to the brink

Jenny Deam, Marilyn W. Thompson