The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration’s bid to halt a judge’s order that blocked the federal government from implementing mail-in ballot restrictions for the midterm elections. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports and is joined by Andrew Weissmann, former FBI general counsel. (The Beat's YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)
President Trump on Tuesday slammed the Supreme Court ruling that blocked his mail-in voting plan, singling out the conservative justices who ruled with the majority. Trump referred to the ruling, which upheld a judge’s block finding the plan unlawful, as “a bad decision” in a lengthy Truth Social post. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6090174-trump-slams-supreme-court-mail-in-voting/ #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS #MailInVoting #MailInBallots #Trump #Voting
The first general election mail-in ballots ahead of November's midterms go out on Friday, as new reporting confirms they're being rejected for late arrival in roughly a dozen states. Marc Elias, Founder of Democracy Docket, joins The Weeknight to explain what’s at stake ahead of the crucial election.
President Trump is taking his election agenda to the Supreme Court. Despite calling mail-in voting fraudulent, Trump voted in Florida's Republican primary by mail. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin, New York Times White House Correspondent Maggie Haberman, Creator of The Circus Mark McKinnon and ProPublica Reporter Jen Fifield join Katy Tur to weigh in.
President Trump signed an executive order he says aims to restore “voter integrity” in mail-in voting. “The cheating on mail-in voting is legendary,” Trump said. “I think this will help a lot with elections.” #mailinvoting #elections #trump NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans. Find us online: https://www.newsnationnow.com/
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R), a GOP candidate for California’s governorship, seized more than a half million ballots from a November special election to approve redrawing congressional districts in a way that favored Democrats. Bianco said his probe was sparked by a local elections group that claims the results were off by 45,800 votes. This group was looking at the difference between handwritten ballot intake logs, and the total number of votes reporter to the state. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5796370-ballot-discrepancy-investigation/ #california #prop50 #election #gop #sheriff
President Trump in an exclusive call with NewsNation said he is prepared to have ICE officers help at airports “for as long as it takes.” Trump told NewsNation’s Hannah Brandt that Democrats do want to make a deal on DHS funding, but he doesn’t think “any deal should be made on this until they approve ‘SAVE America,'" a voting-security measure. #Trump #SAVEAmericaAct #DHS Get a fast-paced look at the latest from the border to Main Street to the White House on "NewsNation Live." Weekends starting at 10a/9C Saturdays and 11a/10C Sundays. #NewsNationLive NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.