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12 AGs Petition Court to Defend Trump’s Executive Order on Citizenship Verification in Elections
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Attorneys general from a dozen states on April 20 asked to intervene in two lawsuits that oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order on citizenship verification and other election integrity efforts in elections. The coalition of attorneys general filed motions in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, expressing support for the president’s March 31 executive order,…
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Trump Drafting Executive Order on Election Integrity After Alleging Ballot Fraud in California
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said an executive order is being drafted to strengthen U.S. elections and curb mail-in ballot fraud, after President Donald Trump alleged that California’s mail voting system “is rigged” and parts of it are under “legal and criminal review.” “The White House is working on an executive order to strengthen…
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Trump Can’t Require Proof of Citizenship for Voters: Judge
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President Donald Trump can’t require voters to provide proof of citizenship, a federal judge ruled on Oct. 31. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said in an order that U.S. Election Assistance Commission officials are prohibited from updating the federal voter registration form to require proof of U.S. citizenship. Trump, in a March executive order, directed…
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DOJ Sues Maine, Oregon Over Voter Registration Lists
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The Department of Justice (DOJ ) said on Sept. 16 that it is suing Oregon and Maine for failing to provide information on how their election offices maintain valid voter registration rolls. The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said in a statement that both states had declined to cooperate with the department’s requests for unredacted access…
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Trump Announces He’ll Sign Executive Orders Targeting Mail-In Ballots
President Donald Trump on Aug. 18 said that he will sign executive orders targeting mail-in voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, adding that such a move is needed to make U.S. elections more honest. In a statement on his Truth Social platform, Trump signaled that he will take action against voting by mail in…
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DOJ Forms Strike Force to Assess DNI Findings on Russia Collusion Allegations
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on July 23 announced that it was forming a task force following the declassification of documents by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) that shed light on the origins of false claims that then-candidate Donald Trump won the 2016 election with Russia’s help. In a statement, the DOJ said that…
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Gabbard Says She Made Criminal Referrals to DOJ of Obama-Era Officials Over 2016 Election Documents
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Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said in a Sunday interview that she has made criminal referrals to the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) based on findings from declassified documents released last week related to an investigation into alleged Russia collusion involving President Donald Trump. “The implications of this are frankly nothing short of…
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Trump Refiles Iowa Lawsuit Accusing Pollster and Des Moines Register of Election Interference
President Donald Trump on June 30 dropped his federal lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, pollster Ann Selzer, and related defendants and refiled it in Iowa state court. The new complaint renews his claims that a poll conducted and published shortly before the 2024 presidential election was intentionally misleading and designed to sway voters against…
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FBI Renews Scrutiny Over Handling of 2020 Election Interference Allegation Against China
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WASHINGTON—The FBI has stepped up scrutiny over how it handled previously undisclosed documents containing source claims over alleged Chinese interference in the 2020 elections. The documents, which the agency’s director declassified on June 16 and shared with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), were dated months before the 2020 presidential election. They show the FBI alerting federal…
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Grassley Probing Withheld FBI Records on Alleged Chinese Election Interference
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WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is asking the FBI for additional records regarding alleged Chinese election interference files after finding the agency had sought to destroy relevant information. FBI Director Kash Patel has shared a file with Grassley in response to the senator’s request for an intelligence information report from its Albany Field Office dated Sept.…
