ICE backs off exclusive voter fraud contract with Thomson Reuters after public outcry
Critics alleged ICE could use Thomson Reuters’ CLEAR database in an attempt to verify false allegations of voter fraud by noncitizens.
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Even after 23 straight losses, Trump DOJ keeps appealing its voter roll cases
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice appealed yet another round of defeats in its nationwide campaign to obtain states’ unredacted voter rolls, as its district court record now stands at 0 for 23.
Trump admin begs Supreme Court to quickly unblock anti-mail voting executive order
In a supplemental brief Wednesday, the Department of Justice urged the Court to not only shelve the permanent injunction that U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani issued in June — which barred the United States Postal Service (USPS) from implementing the order Trump’s March 2026 decree in the 23 states (and Washington, D.C.) that had sued to block it — but also the preliminary, nationwide injunction Talwani handed down Tuesday in a separate case brought by voting groups led by the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts.
Sen. Cassidy’s ‘existential anxiety’ about whether Blanche will uphold the constitution on elections
Decisions about confirming Blanche for attorney general and whether he’ll abide by the Constitution are “not black-or-white,” said Cassidy.
Voters spared as Senate recesses without passing SAVE America Act’s voter ID measure
The failed bill, which required a narrow set of photo IDs for voter eligibility, could have prevented millions of people from voting in November’s midterms.
Kamala Harris tells Urban League the Voting Rights Act won’t be revived ‘any time soon’
To overcome Trump’s attempts to cheat the elections, Kamala Harris told the Urban League that voter turnout has to be so large that it’s “too big to rig.”
Election denier Cleta Mitchell granted DHS elections official Heather Honey a lot of money
Heather Honey, a Dept. of Homeland Security elections official, received nearly $200,00 from an election denier fund for consulting services.
Appeals court backs Trump bid to block some mail ballots, for now, as Supreme Court mulls issue
A federal appeals court is letting the Trump administration continue implementing President Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order. The ruling Tuesday comes a day after the administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a block on implementing the order in 23 Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C. upheld in a separate case.
Energy Department admits canceling federal clean energy grants in blue states, in yet another Trump blow to democracy
The Energy Dept. cancelled clean energy grants in states that didn’t vote for Trump–another case of Trump weaponizing funds against non-supporters.
Trump’s anti-mail voting order gets blocked again, this time by federal appeals court
Trump’s plan to wrest control of elections from states was thwarted as a federal appeals court declined to lift a block on his anti-mail voting executive order.