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A federal judge barred the Trump administration from pressuring Washington election officials to set aside ballots cast by voters the Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused of being noncitizens, delivering another blow to the administration’s efforts to intervene in the 2026 midterms.
As voters head to the polls Tuesday, one thing has become clear: President Donald Trump’s dangerous effort to use the power of the federal government to subvert the midterms has failed — for now.
“The constitutional rights of Washington voters hang in the balance. This Court must act immediately to protect Washington voters from this unlawful intrusion,” pro-voting groups said in a new filing for emergency relief.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin claimed his department is investigating 300,000 cases of potential noncitizens voting, with 1,600 active investigations. The Trump administration has made potential noncitizens voting its central message heading into the midterm elections Tuesday, repeatedly claiming without evidence that it is widespread. The administration has used those allegations to […]
Pro-voter groups sued President Trump and top federal agencies over their “flagrantly unlawful, chilling, eleventh-hour operation” demanding Washington set aside ballots 400 people the administration claims are noncitizens.
However, an anonymous Ninth Circuit judge made a request for the appeals court to vote on whether the case should be reheard by the full panel.
A top federal prosecutor in Washington state escalated a confrontation with Secretary of State Steve Hobbs (D) Thursday night after Hobbs described the Department of Justice’s DOJ) list of 405 alleged noncitizen voters on the state’s voter rolls as “garbage.”
Washington election officials announced a preliminary review of a federal list of more than 400 alleged noncitizen voters has already uncovered U.S. citizens, inactive voters and people who are not currently registered.
The letters the Department of Justice (DOJ) sent to states claiming to have identified thousands of alleged illegal voters on their rolls and threatening legal action have no real effect, the Trump administration argued in a bid to block an election interference lawsuit filed by Democrats*. Democrats are asking a federal judge in Washington, D.C., […]
Federal prosecutors ordered Washington state Monday to set aside ballots from over 400 people they alleged, without evidence, were noncitizens illegally registered to vote.
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