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The full record has 274+ entries. These are curated paths through it, each one a connected story told entirely through primary sources.
The full record has 274+ entries. These are curated paths through it, each one a connected story told entirely through primary sources.
Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, Republican-controlled legislatures have enacted some of the strictest abortion laws in the developed world. This is the record, from the first federal restriction in 2019 to the ballot fight still unresolved in Missouri.
14 entriesFrom the first travel ban in 2017 to a peacetime invocation of the Alien Enemies Act in 2025, Republican administrations have steadily expanded who can be detained, deported, or barred at the border, and cut the legal protections standing in the way.
14 entriesSince 2021, Republican-controlled states have passed a wave of laws restricting how people register and cast a ballot, then followed it with a second wave of mid-decade redistricting to redraw the maps voters use.
12 entriesBeginning with a single Idaho sports law in 2020, Republican-controlled states built a template that spread nationwide within three years, and the second Trump administration then applied the same approach across the entire federal government.
10 entriesNew work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP arrived at the same time as deep staffing cuts across the federal agencies that administer them, a combination that shows up as longer waits and lost benefits regardless of which piece anyone blames.