Trump Administration Proposes More Drastic Election Security Cuts
Lawmakers blasted the White House’s proposal to cut nearly half a billion dollars from CISA’s budget next year.
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Trump Orders DOJ to ‘Secure the Release’ of Convicted Election Denier Tina Peters
The former GOP local election clerk in Colorado was sentenced to nine years in prison for her role in a voting system data breach.
Group Founded by Trump Ally Stephen Miller Sues John Roberts in Bid to Control Courts
A legal group founded by White House aide Stephen Miller sued Chief Justice John Roberts in a brazen but unlikely attempt to seize control of the federal court system.
Trump’s DOJ to Focus on Voter Fraud, Not Voting Rights
The DOJ is expected to drop its involvement in all active voting rights cases.
Trump Orders Probe Against Democratic Fundraising Platform ActBlue
President Donald Trump targeted the financial backbone of the Democratic Party as part of a major escalation in his ongoing authoritarian effort to use the government to hamstring his political opponents.
Trump Orders Probe Against Officials Who Opposed His Election Lies
President Donald Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top officials Thursday to investigate two of his former first-term officials who publicly refuted his baseless claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent and criticized his chaotic administration from within.
Fox in the Henhouse: Senate Confirms Anti-Voting Lawyer Harmeet Dhillon to Top Voting Rights Post
The Senate also confirmed attorney Dean Sauer as U.S. solicitor general.
To Serve a Third Term, Trump Would Have to Defy the Constitution
“We’re at a political moment where all sorts of legal limits and constitutional limits are just being flatly ignored.”
With New Order, Trump Tries to Kill Off Vote By Mail
Vote by mail has long been a thorn in Trump’s side and his new order seeks to kneecap it altogether.
Trump Anti-Voting Order Draws Furious Pushback
After President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that experts said could potentially disenfranchise millions, Democratic election officials and voting rights advocates swiftly vowed to fight it.