After threatening on Sunday not to sign any bills until Congress approves the legislation, Donald Trump on Monday again stepped up his push for the Save America Act, which would cut voting access.
“All voters will be required to show proof of citizenship to vote,” Trump said during remarks at a Republican event in Miami on Monday. “No mail-in ballots except for illness, disability, military or travel.”
He claimed that, if the bill passed, Democrats “probably won’t win an election for 50 years or maybe longer”.
Voting rights advocates have said the bill would actually prevent millions of Americans from voting — only half have a valid U.S. passport, and other documents such as birth certificates may not match people’s names. They have drawn attention to the effects on married women who change their names whose documents cannot be updated, saying the act could create additional barriers for them to vote.
The White House previously confirmed that Trump was pushing for measures to be added to the voting bill on trans issues. White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said last week that Trump had “added some priorities” to the bill, including a ban on “transgender transition surgeries for minors.”
Trump threatened not to sign any bill unless Congress approves stricter Voter ID Act
The president is hitting out at unproven claims that non-citizens are stealing US elections ahead of the midterm elections, in a move that is expected to be damaging for Republicans. said on truth social Sunday said the Save America Act “must be done immediately” and “supersedes everything else.”
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Pete Hegseth says ‘there will be more casualties’ in US war with Iran
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the Trump administration’s war in Iran will “result in further casualties” in the US military, with officials confirming on Sunday that the number of US service members killed was higher. climbed to seven.
During this time Hegseth gave this statement appearance on CBS’s 60 Minutes Sunday night, during which he described Donald Trump’s decision to join Israeli attacks on the Middle East country as necessary “to advance American interests and protect American lives.”
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Golf club firm owned by Trump’s sons merges with drone maker
A golf club company backed by Donald Trump’s sons is merging with drone maker Powerus in a deal designed to take the drone technology company public.
The merger with Aureus Greenway Holdings is the latest in Eric and Donald Trump Jr.’s growing investments in the drone sector, following a $1.5 billion deal last month between Israeli drone maker XTEND and Florida-based JFB Construction Holdings.
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Small business owners doubt they’ll get refunds after Supreme Court invalidates Trump’s tariffs
The US Supreme Court recently struck down Donald Trump’s tariffs, opening the way for refunds of up to $175 billion to businesses that paid import taxes. However, the process for claiming that money is by no means certain. Trump himself said the issue could be entangled in the courts “for the next five years.”
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AI firm Anthropic sues US Defense Department over blacklisting
Anthropic filed two lawsuits against the Defense Department on Monday, alleging that the government’s decision to label the artificial intelligence firm a “supply chain risk” was unlawful and a violation of its First Amendment rights. The two sides have been locked in a months-long heated feud over the company’s effort to implement safeguards against the potential use of its AI models by the military for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous lethal weapons.
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Trump applauds FBI subpoena of Arizona 2020 election records
a federal grand jury subpoenaed to arizona For the record the legislature is dealing with the state Senate’s widely criticized review of the 2020 election, the state Senate president said Monday, in what appears to be the latest part of the Trump administration’s efforts to spread false claims about the 2020 election and voting in the United States.
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