Trump: ‘I WILL NEVER (EVER!) ENDORSE’ any senator who votes against SAVE
Republicans will bring the bill — deemed the most restrictive election legislation in U.S. history — to the Senate floor for debate today.
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Trump DOJ’s own goals could stymie its efforts to undermine midterms
Among other steps that President Donald Trump will take to undermine a fair election this fall, he’ll likely use the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to bring a flood of litigation aiming to challenge Democratic wins and shape the rules in the GOP’s favor.
‘We want to take over’: All the (recent) times Trump has talked about controlling elections
Over the past month, President Trump has gone on the attack against democratic elections, again denying that he lost the 2020 presidential race and expressing his desire to seize ballots, cancel votes and strip the states of control over elections.
After Minneapolis, Trump ushers in death of independent federal law enforcement
Through his response to the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, President Trump is tearing down the longstanding firewall between the White House and Justice Department and compromising independent federal law enforcement.
These Are The Trump Power Grabs We’re Watching in the New Year
From trying to unilaterally reinterpret the Constitution to attempting to usurp states’ authority over elections, President Trump’s relentless, extreme attacks on our democracy have generated an avalanche of legal challenges. Here are the crucial legal challenges to Trump we’re watching closely in the new year.
Despite Disqualifications, Trump Appointees Still Claim to Be Top Federal Prosecutors
Days after federal judges disqualified Alina Habba and Lindsey Halligan from acting U.S. attorney positions, the Justice Department continues to claim they are the top federal prosecutors in New Jersey and Virginia.
This Thanksgiving, Trump Has Little to Be Thankful For
As Donald Trump sat down for Thanksgiving dinner at Mar-a-Lago, he had few reasons to give thanks. After less than a year spent destroying the federal government, sending troops into Democratic-led cities, violating the rights of immigrants and trying to rig the 2026 elections, momentum is no longer on his side.
Deep Dive: Trump’s Political Prosecutions Are Faltering, but Not Over
Just two months after Trump publicly ordered Attorney General Bondi to target a slew of his perceived enemies, the Justice Department’s efforts to go after them may be crumbling.
Trump’s Administration Is Full of Election Deniers — They’re Already Working to Rig the Vote
Trump has installed election deniers and conspiracy theorists all over his administration — from the DOJ and DHS to Voice of America.
Where the Legal Fight Over Trump’s Military Deployments Stands
President Trump has attempted to deploy soldiers into at least five major Democratic-led U.S. cities. Stemming from his long desire to deploy the military internally, his snap mobilizations blatantly violate the country’s longstanding democratic practice of constraining the use of soldiers to enforce federal law.
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