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Democracy Forward

American non-profit organization

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Nov 19, 2025
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How many lawsuits has Donald Trump won compared to losses?

Available reporting shows multiple, inconsistent tallies of Donald Trump’s litigation outcomes depending on scope (administration regulatory cases, state suits, private civil suits, settlements). For ...

Jan 15, 2026
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What is the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 and which of its proposals have been adopted by the federal government?

Project 2025 is a nearly 1,000‑page policy blueprint produced by The Heritage Foundation and more than 100 allied conservative groups that lays out a wide-ranging plan to reshape the federal governmen...

Nov 22, 2025
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How many legal cases has the Trump administration lost

Available trackers and reporting show hundreds of lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration in 2025 — estimates range from roughly 186 adjudicated-or-pending suits in some snapshots to...

Dec 13, 2025

How many lawsuits were filed against the Trump administration during its presidency?

Reporting trackers and outlets show a wide range: specialized trackers list between roughly 186 and 530 separate legal actions or suits connected to the Trump administration in 2025, while major news ...

Jan 27, 2026

Are the DOJ/FBI recordings of Tom Homan’s alleged $50,000 handoff publicly available and what legal barriers exist to their release?

The recordings allegedly showing accepting $50,000 from undercover agents are not publicly available; and at least one nonprofit have formally demanded or sued for their release after federal agencies...

Dec 1, 2025

Does Project 25 include plans for racial remigration or population resettlement?

Available sources show Project 2025 proposes sweeping, day‑one immigration rollbacks, mass deportations, expanded expedited removal and rescission of many immigration protections — but none of the pro...

Nov 22, 2025

How many cases brought by the Trump administration were decided in its favor vs. against it?

Available trackers and news summaries disagree on both scope and counting rules, so there is no single, definitive tally in the provided sources: Forbes reports the administration “won” about 31% of 1...

Jan 13, 2026

What FOIA requests or court records mention Sascha Riley or related Epstein-era investigations?

The documents and reporting provided show multiple FOIA initiatives and court actions seeking “Epstein files” and related records, but none of the cited FOIA requests or court dockets in these sources...

Dec 19, 2025

is trump admin corrupt

Evidence compiled by multiple watchdog groups, scholars and news organizations portrays the Trump administrations — both 2017–2021 and the second term beginning in 2025 — as marked by repeated ethics ...

Oct 28, 2025

Can federal employees refuse to sign a loyalty pledge on constitutional grounds?

Federal employees face competing claims about whether they can refuse to sign a new presidential loyalty pledge on constitutional grounds: critics argue such pledges politicize the civil service and v...

Dec 14, 2025

How does the volume of lawsuits filed against the Trump administration compare to previous administrations (Obama, Bush)?

Legal filings against the Trump administration in 2025 number in the hundreds by multiple trackers — Bloomberg and The Fulcrum reported 328+ lawsuits by May 1, 2025 , other outlets and trackers list f...

Nov 28, 2025

The Trump administration has a 95% win rate against these lower court rulings??? The other 5% are EO’s they knew would be overturned!!

Claims that the Trump administration enjoys a 95% win rate in lower courts are inconsistent with multiple public trackers and analyses: some outlets report loss rates in the 90% range in federal distr...

Nov 9, 2025

What are the potential consequences for those implicated in the Epstein files?

The available analyses converge on three central claims: the unsealed Epstein-related documents name a wide array of associates and could prompt for those implicated; inclusion in records does not equ...

Jan 28, 2026

is Peace corps still active? did Trump touches it?

remains an operating federal agency as of the latest reporting: it continued to recruit and deploy volunteers and had an active leadership nomination in the Trump era () , even as the agency faced pro...

Oct 24, 2025

How can the public access information on ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations through the Freedom of Information Act?

Accessing records on ICE arrests, detentions, and deportations is possible through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), and multiple civic groups and journalists have used FOIA requests and lawsuits...

Jan 24, 2026

How have congressional oversight rules and court orders affected lawmakers’ access to ICE detention facilities since 2024?

Since 2024, the statutory right of Members of to conduct of and detention facilities has been explicitly reaffirmed in appropriations law, but that legal entitlement has collided with new DHS/ICE guid...

Jan 12, 2026

tell me about project 25 goals and what has and will be implemented

The phrase "Project 25" can refer to two very different initiatives: the Heritage Foundation’s political blueprint called Project 2025 (commonly miswritten as "Project 25" in some coverage) that seeks...

Nov 15, 2025

What executive actions did Trump take to undermine the ACA between 2017 and 2019?

President Trump used a mix of executive orders, agency rule changes, funding cuts and legal positions between 2017 and 2019 that critics say “sabotaged” the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — including a Jan...

Dec 21, 2025

What legal constraints govern renaming federally created memorial institutions like the Kennedy Center, and have any lawsuits been filed challenging the board’s decisions?

Congress wrote the Kennedy Center’s name and memorial status into federal law when it created the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and that statutory text — plus a 1983 prohibition on a...

Dec 4, 2025

How to reform Supreme Court

Debate over Supreme Court reform in 2024–2025 centers on three recurring proposals: expand the Court’s size (“court‑packing”), impose term limits, and adopt a binding ethics code; advocacy groups and ...