Weekly Primers – Talking Points Memo

Voting Rights

Voting Rights Primer: Ross Declines To Answer Key Questions About Census Citizenship Question

By Tierney Sneed | March 19, 2019 4:25 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Manafort Faces More Prison Time, Indictment In New York

By Allegra Kirkland | March 15, 2019 3:50 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: What Could Go Wrong When A Private Club Means Presidential Access?

By Matt Shuham | March 14, 2019 4:59 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: House Dems To Seek Answers From Ross On Census Citizenship Question

By Tierney Sneed | March 11, 2019 12:32 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Manafort Gets Off Easy In VA Trial, But Faces Tougher Judge In DC

By Allegra Kirkland | March 8, 2019 1:13 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Did Trump Intervene To Ensure His Hotel Doesn’t Have A Competitor Next Door?

By Matt Shuham | March 7, 2019 4:31 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Dowless Arrested As NC-9 Prepares For New Election

By Tierney Sneed | March 4, 2019 4:03 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Cohen Testimony Implies Trump Committed A Crime While In Office

By Allegra Kirkland | March 1, 2019 2:58 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Trump Org’s Mysterious Check For Foreign Profits Grows $40k

By Matt Shuham | February 28, 2019 4:45 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Newly Announced Elections Administration Commission Chair Mocked Finding That Russia Meddled In 2016

By Tierney Sneed | February 25, 2019 1:00 pm

Russia Probe

THIS WEEK: Judge Issues Gag Order In Stone Case, Mueller Probe Winding Down

By Allegra Kirkland | February 22, 2019 4:01 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Wilbur Ross Gets Called Out By A Trump Appointee For Faulty Financial Report

By Matt Shuham | February 21, 2019 5:46 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: The Fate Of The Census Citizenship Question Now Likely Rests With SCOTUS

By Tierney Sneed | February 18, 2019 11:56 am

Russia Probe

This Week: A Judge Agrees With Mueller That Manafort Lied

By John Light | February 15, 2019 6:37 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: A Closer Look At CFPB’s Gift To Payday Lenders

By Matt Shuham | February 14, 2019 5:13 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Texas Officials Face Growing Scrutiny Over List Of Alleged Voter Fraudsters

By Tierney Sneed | February 11, 2019 1:03 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Trump Inaugural Committee Subpoenaed, Redo For House Russia Probe

By Allegra Kirkland | February 8, 2019 4:49 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Administration Squirms As Congressional Oversight Swings Into Gear

By John Light | February 7, 2019 4:36 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Trump DOJ Takes New Position On Oversight Of Texas’ Voting Rules

By Tierney Sneed | February 4, 2019 2:58 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Stone Takes A Post-Indictment Press Tour

By Allegra Kirkland | February 1, 2019 4:19 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: The US Slips Down A Step In Global Corruption Index

By Matt Shuham | January 31, 2019 5:09 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: The Trump Administration’s Extraordinary Step To Protect Its Census Citizenship Question

By Tierney Sneed | January 28, 2019 4:03 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: The Long-Awaited Roger Stone Indictment Arrives

By Allegra Kirkland | January 25, 2019 4:51 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Trump Administration Describes Unpaid Workers As Wall Leverage

By Matt Shuham | January 24, 2019 5:55 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Will Iowa Be The Next State To Let Felons Vote?

By Tierney Sneed | January 21, 2019 10:56 am

Russia Probe

This Week: Trump Allegedly Directed Cohen To Lie To Congress About Moscow Project

By Allegra Kirkland | January 18, 2019 5:31 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Trump Administration Picks And Chooses Which Employees Are Essential

By Matt Shuham | January 17, 2019 5:25 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Reformers Get Some Good News Out Of The Supreme Court On Campaign Finance

By Tierney Sneed | January 14, 2019 3:28 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Manafort Gave Trump Poll Data To Russian, Mueller Report Coming

By Allegra Kirkland | January 11, 2019 1:39 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Acting Defense Sec — A Former Boeing Exec — Trashed Lockheed In Meetings

By Matt Shuham | January 10, 2019 4:52 pm