Category: Politics
Trump takes action to secure elections against voter fraud — Democrats already plan to shut it down
President Donald Trump has taken action to implement new policies to shut down mail-in voting fraud, and Democrats have wasted no time in announcing efforts to oppose it.
Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that directs the secretary of Homeland Security, with the aid of the Social Security Administration, to compile a list of U.S. citizens in each state who are eligible to vote.
‘The American people sent him back to the White House because they overwhelmingly supported his commonsense election integrity agenda.’
The order further asks the U.S. Postal Service to adjust its rules and send ballots only to people on the voter list for each state and that all mail-in ballots be sent in secure envelopes that include a unique tracking barcode.
Each state will receive a list of the eligible voters no fewer than 60 days prior to each regularly scheduled federal election. The order also directs the U.S. attorney general to prioritize investigating and possibly prosecuting anyone — including state and local officials, public and private entities, and individuals — involved in sending ballots to ineligible voters.
Democrats immediately accused the president of infringing on Americans’ right to vote with the order as well as the right of states to run their elections.
“This is another desperate, illegal power grab that shows a total lack of respect for the American people and our Constitution,” read a statement from Oregon State Secretary Tobias Read.
“The Constitution is clear: states run elections. Oregon’s gold standard vote-by-mail elections are secure, fair, and accurate,” he added. “We don’t need decrees from Washington, D.C. My message to the president: We’ll see you in court.”
“This Executive Order is a disgusting overreach from the federal government and shows how little the Trump administration understands about election administration,” said Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D). Fontes likewise pledged to take Trump to court over the EO.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson released a statement to the Daily Caller about the order.
“Election integrity has always been a top priority for President Trump, and the American people sent him back to the White House because they overwhelmingly supported his commonsense election integrity agenda,” she said.
Congress is currently debating the SAVE Act, also called the SAVE America Act, which would require voters to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. Democrats have promised to vehemently oppose the bill’s passage.
“The president will do everything in his power to defend the safety and security of American elections and to ensure that only American citizens are voting in them,” Jackson added. “Congress should also expeditiously pass President Trump’s SAVE America Act to protect elections for generations to come.”
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The president has threatened to veto any other bill the Congress passes until the SAVE Act is passed.
“It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else,” he wrote on social media earlier this month.
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‘We’re gonna hang him from the Statue of Liberty’: ANOTHER man arrested for alleged threats to kill Trump
A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly making threats to kill President Donald Trump and “hang him” from the Statue of Liberty.
The alleged messages from May 2025 to July 2025 were posted to the Facebook account of Andrew D. Emerald of Great Barrington, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Massachusetts.
‘We’re gonna hang him from the Statue of Liberty until his pathetic bloated corpse rots off falls in the ocean.’
Emerald was arrested Wednesday morning and is scheduled to appear in court later in the day.
The press release included the eight posts that he allegedly made.
“When I see to it that Trump is put to death. It will be the the day the purpose creation put me here for beyond creating. My daughter is fulfilled. (because what she is destined to do for the world is far greater than mine, taking out the orange menace!)” read an alleged post on May 3.
“Cause and effect. Trump being a monster to humanity caused this family suffering, and they might never choose to have children because of him Affect we’re going to f****** kill Trump on public television so the world sees what we do to f****** monsters and then we’re gonna hang him from the Statue of Liberty until his pathetic bloated corpse rots off falls in the ocean,” read an alleged post from May 15.
In other alleged posts, he threatened to burn down Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and claimed to have burned down a home previously.
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Emerald was charged with eight counts of interstate transmission of threatening communications, which carries a sentence of up to five years in prison, if convicted.
The charge also carries a possible sentence of three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000.
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VIDEO: Trump berates CNN’s Kaitlan Collins over questions on Epstein files: ‘You are the worst reporter’
President Donald Trump lambasted CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins when she challenged him on his allies referenced in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein files.
Collins also questioned the president on whether the release had been fumbled by officials, after Epstein victims complained about redactions in the releases.
‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile. I’ve known you for 10 years. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smile on your face.’
“On the Epstein files, you talk about Democrats who were there,” she said. “Elon Musk was also in there, and so was your commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, and correspondence that he had with him.”
She asked him if he read the new files.
“I didn’t. I have a lot of things that I’m doing,” Trump responded. “And I don’t know. You mentioned two names. I’m sure they’re fine.”
“A lot of the women who are survivors of Epstein were unhappy with those redactions that came out,” Collins continued. “Some of them, entire witness interviews are totally blacked out.”
“I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else, now that nothing came out about me,” he responded.
“But what would you say to people who feel like they haven’t gotten justice, Mr. President?” she asked.
“You are so bad. You are the worst reporter. No wonder CNN has no ratings, because of people like you,” the president said.
“You know, she’s a young woman. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you smile. I’ve known you for 10 years. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a smile on your face,” he added. “You know why you’re not smiling? Because you know you’re not telling the truth, and you’re a very dishonest organization, and they should be ashamed of you.”
“These are survivors of sexual abuse,” Collins persisted.
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Collins posted video of the interaction on her social media account.
“President Trump argues the country should move on from the Epstein files and lashes out when asked about the survivors’ response to the latest release from the Justice Department,” she wrote.
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