On July 17, 2026, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told top election officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia that they could face criminal charges if they do not run their voter rolls through...
Reuters reported on July 17, 2026, citing documents it reviewed and two people familiar with the discussions, that the administration spent more than a year scrutinizing the Election Assistance Commission — questioning...
In a primetime address from the White House on July 16, 2026, President Trump said his administration was declassifying intelligence documents that he described as brand new and irrefutable evidence of election...
A federal judge invalidated provisions of an executive order that had directed federal agencies to build a new voter-eligibility list and to restrict the delivery or counting of mail ballots. The court found the...
A federal judge blocked the administration's attempt to require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration through a presidential directive, ruling that the president lacked authority to rewrite...
In December 2025, Trump repeatedly attacked Colorado Governor Jared Polis over the imprisonment of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted in 2024 and sentenced to nine years for granting unauthorized access...
On December 9, 2025, Eileen Higgins won a runoff to become Miami's mayor, defeating Republican Emilio Gonzalez, who had been endorsed by Trump. Higgins took 59 percent of the vote, becoming the first Democrat elected to...
On April 24, 2025, Trump signed a memorandum directing the Attorney General to investigate ActBlue, the Democratic Party's primary small-dollar fundraising platform, over allegations of unlawful "straw donor" and foreign...
In April 2025, Donald Trump Jr. traveled to Romania and other Eastern European countries as part of a business speaking tour, with a Bucharest stop announced just before Romania's rerun presidential election. Romania's...
Trump directed federal agencies to require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration, alter the treatment of mail ballots, and use federal funding as leverage over states' election administration...