Amid growing concerns about technological advances and stagnant worker pay, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-California) introduced a bill earlier this month to reduce the workweek to 32 hours. “The 40-hour workweek was established in law nearly 90 years ago. Since then, cell phones, the internet, and now AI have increased worker productivity, but the profits have been…
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On August 25, 2026, NED President and CEO Damon Wilson delivered remarks at the Endowment’s “Beyond the Taliban: Five Years of Afghan Resilience and Resistance” event, highlighting the courage and determination of Afghanistan’s pro-democracy movement to shape a freer future for their country five years after the Taliban’s return to power. **** Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the…
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Nearly five years ago, Chase Johnson was cured of breast cancer — but not of the profound anxiety that it would return. When Johnson was originally diagnosed in 2021, the resident of Cary, North Carolina, was only 31 — nearly a decade away from the age at which regular mammograms are recommended — and she had no history of breast cancer in her family. She only got screened because her dog…
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Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig is sounding the alarm ahead of November’s midterm elections, warning that the country might be “sleepwalking” into another insurrection.
“That’s exactly what I envision, which is the next Jan. 6, 2021,” the conservative legal scholar told MS NOW. “This time, however, it will be Donald Trump and Mike Johnson refusing to peacefully transfer power to the next Congress of the United States.”
Luttig said that since retaking the White House, the president has been planning a “final battle in his war against America’s democracy” by seeking to “seize control” of the country’s electoral process despite having “no power or authority whatsoever” under the Constitution.
Lutting warned that even if Democrats overcome Trump’s attacks and win in November, it will not guarantee the party will be seated as the majority in the 120th Congress on Jan. 3.
“The House Republicans could still refuse to seat even a large Democratic majority-elect under the Constitution of the United States,” he said.
While the conservative legal scholar said high turnout and an overwhelming victory for Democrats would make it “much more difficult” for Trump and Johnson to essentially pull off a “coup,” he admitted that “it would not render their effort impossible at all.”
Luttig told MS NOW that his warning should hardly come as a shock to those who have been paying attention. He said Trump has been “as transparent as one could possibly be” about his intention not to accept defeat.
“A lot of historians and commentators said back in January of 2021 that America had been sleepwalking up to that point,” he added. “Well, if America’s sleepwalking up to this January 2027,
Washington, D.C. — The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) congratulates Bo Kyi, co-founder of NED partner the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) and a former Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the Endowment, on receiving the 2026 Ramon Magsaysay Award. His selection is in recognition of extraordinary moral courage and personal sacrifice on behalf of human rights in Burma.
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Elon Musk’s America PAC has dropped $100 million to support the GOP in critical races that could control the future of the Senate. It includes TV commercials, digital ads, and a social media blitz across platforms Musk owns and platforms he doesn’t. The eleventh-hour push is a brazen attempt to stoke the anti-trans moral panic and turn equal rights for transgender people into a make-or-break…
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