Trump’s DOJ sued over campaign to amass data on millions of voters Voting rights groups launched a legal challenge Tuesday against the Trump administration’s effort to sweep up sensitive data on millions of Americans with the aim of identifying noncitizen voters, arg...

NEW: Trump’s DOJ sued over campaign to amass data on millions of voters

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Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces U.S. DOJ criminal probe | Alabama Reflector The head of the Montgomery-based group said they believe the probe is tied to SPLC's prior use of paid informants inside extremist groups.

Southern Poverty Law Center says it faces U.S. DOJ criminal probe alabamareflector.com/2026/04/21/s...

'Absurd' and 'baseless': Michigan officials push back on DOJ demand for 2024 election records • Michigan Advance Michigan officials push back against DOJ attempt to nab 2024 election records

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson each called foul on the U.S. Department of Justice’s demand for 2024 voter data from Wayne County.

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Senate Republicans budget resolution will allow the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to spend up to $70B and will give Judiciary the same ceiling as the party looks to fund immigration activities for the rest of Trump's term.

DOJ hasn’t won any state voter roll lawsuits on its Civil Rights Act theory — but this letter seems drafted to anticipate the issues it’s faced in the voter rolls litigation, particularly the failure to offer specific allegations when it demanded the voter data

But no 2024 allegations here, tho

The Department of Justice is demanding access to Wayne County, Michigan, (Detroit) ballots from the 2024 election.

DOJ cites the Civil Rights Act, the same law it’s citing in pursuit of state voter rolls

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WA GOP leader says he has box of ballots found by a Renton dumpster • Washington State Standard Washington election officials want to know how a box of old ballots was left next to a dumpster and ended up with a Republican Party leader.

King County election officials want to know how a box of ballots wound up next to a dumpster behind a strip mall in Renton, then in the hands of the Washington State Republican Party leader this week. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/04/17/w...

A headline reads: "Times Exclusive: The Inside Story of 5 Days That Remade the Supreme Court. Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine 'shadow docket' rulings on presidential power."

Confidential memos by Supreme Court justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how they decided to bypass time-tested procedures and create the modern “shadow docket,” a rushed and secretive new way of doing business. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Pennsylvania's motor-voter system effectively screens non-citizens from voter registration • Pennsylvania Capital-Star The audit also revealed problems with PennDOT’s data security protocols and recommended tighter internal controls.

An audit of more than 200,000 transactions in Pennsylvania’s motor-voter registration process found only one instance when officials allowed a non-U.S. citizen to apply, state Auditor General Timothy DeFoor said Friday.

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Federal judge rejects DOJ lawsuit against Rhode Island over voter rolls • Rhode Island Current Rhode Island is now the fifth state to reel in what a federal judge in Providence on Friday morning called a “fishing expedition” by President Donald Trump administration’s to obtain sensitive voter r...

U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy granted a motion by Rhode Island Secretary of State Gregg Amore and voting rights intervenors to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit to obtain Rhode Islanders’ sensitive voter data. By @ohnocastro.bsky.social rhodeislandcurrent.com/2026/04/17/f...

National Guard 'follows the Constitution,' general says of troops possibly deployed to polls The National Guard’s top general told Congress on Friday that it would follow the Constitution and the law when he was asked about the possibility President Donald Trump would order troops to polling ...

NEW: National Guard 'follows the Constitution,' general says of troops possibly deployed to polls

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Limits on speech rights for military retirees at issue in Sen. Kelly case against DOD WASHINGTON — Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s legal team is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that allows the former Navy captain to keep his retirement rank and pay while his Firs...

Limits on speech rights for military retirees at issue in Sen. Kelly case against DOD

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My instinct is that Callais is most likely to trigger a new round of gerrymandering in 2027 and 2028, rather than ahead of this year's midterms.

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With no Callais today, here's what the primary and candidate filing landscape looks like.

Another week without Callais, another week that further limits likelihood that states will rush to gerrymander if SCOTUS guts Section 2

The court rejects DOJ's Civil Rights Act claim

Memorandum and Order – #51 in United States v. Amore (D.R.I., 1:25-cv-00639) – CourtListener.com Memorandum and Order

Decision here - storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW - Trump’s DOJ loses lawsuit seeking to force disclosure of Rhode Island’s private voter data.

This is Justice’s 5th district court loss in its campaign to obtain voter info

Homeland Security’s SAVE program divides election officials as November nears As the midterms approach, Republican and Democratic election officials are split over a powerful federal computer program at the center of President Donald Trump’s quest to expose noncitizen voters an...

Our @jonshorman.bsky.social followed a hearing on a powerful computer program at the center of President Donald Trump’s quest to expose noncitizen voters and compile lists of voting-age Americans
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Homeland Security’s SAVE program divides election officials as November nears As the midterms approach, Republican and Democratic election officials are split over a powerful federal computer program at the center of President Donald Trump’s quest to expose noncitizen voters an...

NEW: A congressional hearing Thursday underscored the partisan divide over Homeland Security's SAVE program, a tool to verify citizenship that underpins Trump's efforts to assert control over elections

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US House narrowly defeats resolution limiting Trump war powers WASHINGTON — The approval gap on President Donald Trump’s war in Iran narrowed slightly Thursday in the U.S. House, when a War Powers Resolution gained a handful of votes, though still falling just sh...

WAR POWERS VOTE TODAY--CLICK ON THE STORY TO SEE THE ROLL CALL: US House narrowly defeats resolution limiting Trump war powers - by @ashleymurray.bsky.social @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/us-h...

First ICE officer charged with assault for threatening people with a gun in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Thursday filed criminal charges against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer for allegedly brandishing his service weapon at two people during Opera...

First ICE officer charged with assault for threatening people with a gun in Minnesota

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And the delay in Florida redistricting is now official.

DeSantis Delays Redistricting Special Session and Adds a Vaccine Bill The Florida governor is expected to propose a congressional map that could result in up to five new Republican-leaning seats. Some in the party fear it could backfire.

Florida Republicans are delaying their redistricting plans once more. Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday that a special session scheduled for next week would be delayed until the following week, giving his team more time to propose a new congressional map.

US Senate again rejects attempt to limit Trump action in Iran WASHINGTON — An effort to force President Donald Trump to seek congressional approval for further war actions in Iran failed in the U.S. Senate for the fourth time Wednesday, with all but one Republic...

TAKE FOUR: U.S. Senate again rejects attempt to limit Trump action in Iran. Story by @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com:

Trump’s budget director defends ‘out of whack’ defense spending boost to skeptical Dems WASHINGTON — The White House budget director on Wednesday defended the administration’s latest request for Congress, testifying before the House Budget Committee that a 43% increase in defense spendin...

Trump’s budget director defends ‘out of whack’ defense spending boost to skeptical Dems

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Some Utah voters weigh unregistering because of new law lifting certain privacy protections • Utah News Dispatch Some Utah voters are weighing whether to unregister to vote because of SB153, a new law lifting some privacy protections except for "at-risk" voters.

“I don’t want my name and address publicly available to anyone,” a Utah voter says of new rules that make it harder to hide personal details on the state voter rolls, report @utahnewsdispatch.com and @statesnewsroom.com

Judge Stearns orders a bond hearing for a high school senior in Massachusetts whose parents served as translators for the US military in Afghanistan. He was detained last week, despite having valid parole status through Oct. 2026, and has no criminal record, Stearns indicates.

Bills requiring Tennessee sheriffs to cooperate with ICE advance • Tennessee Lookout Tennessee Republicans have advanced a pair of bills requiring county sheriffs to closely cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Bills requiring Tennessee sheriffs to cooperate with ICE advance tennesseelookout.com/2026/04/15/b... @tennesseelookout.com

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