• Combating corruption is a key pillar of defending American democracy, as highlighted in the Brookings Democracy Playbook 2025. If unchecked, corruption threatens the U.S. economy, security, and democracy.
• The new administration has moved quickly to undermine key U.S. anti-corruption protections and guardrails across government.
• Businesses, policymakers, civil society, media, and citizens have tools to defend against a potentially devastating wave of corruption and other threats to democratic governance.