
ACLU says Trump’s comments on ending the mail vote are part of a “mobilization” strategy.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)-one of the largest civil rights organizations in the country-issued a statement criticizing the president’s publications to social media that threatens to end the vote on the mail and end the use of voting machines. They consider its attacks “Part of his strategy to cultivate the lack of confidence in our elections and prevent voters from holding it accountable.”
Here is the full statement issued by Sofia Lynn Lenkin, director of the voting rights project of the American Civil Liberties Union:
“The vote is still mail Biblical protection from our democracy. It guarantees that voters with disabilities, those who do not have access to transportation, and others who depend on its elasticity and access can exercise their right to vote. President Trump’s attempts to undermine a safe, proven and reliable way to vote – which he himself uses – besides his attacks on voting technology, is just another part of his strategy to increase the lack of confidence in our elections and prevent voters from holding it accountable. We are ready to protect the vote on the court in court against unfounded and unconstitutional attacks, as we did in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and other states. Access to voting via mail is necessary for a fair and comprehensive electoral process. “
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Zelenskyy returns to the White House for decisive conversations with Trump alongside European allies
Lucy Campbell
Volodymyr Zelenskyy He arrived at the White House for high conversations Donald Trump And European allies. He was received by the American President, both men stopped the photos by the press before moving quickly to the inside.
Ziliseniki seems to wear a suit, thus removing at least one point of dispute from his last visit in February.
Tate ReevesMississippi Governor, announced that he He agreed to publish about 200 National Guard in Mississippi The forces to Washington, DC.
He said that statement today. “The crime is out of control there, and it is clear that something must be done to fight it. The Americans deserve a safe capital that we can be proud of all. I know that brave men and women in the National Guard will do an excellent job that enhances public safety and support the law.
Publishing is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to reform the police in the capital through a federal campaign against crime and displacement.
The move comes at a time when the demonstrators retreated with the implementation of federal law enforcement and the city’s National Guard forces after Trump’s executive order, a border from the local police forces and the activation of about 800 members of the National Guard in Colombia.
Texas House achieves the quorum with the return of Democrats to the state
Texas has achieved the legal quorum today for the first time in two weeks since the state’s Democrats withdrew in protest against the Congress map drew by the Republicans.
“Let me be clear about where we go from here. We have finished waiting. We have a quorum. It is time to work. We’ll move quickly, and will demand the schedule until our work is complete,” he said, he said, he said, he said. The head of the house, Dustin JahourRepublic. Al -Jahour added that the members who left the state, who were issued civil detention orders, will only be granted permission to leave the legislative body if they agreed to appoint a soldier from the state to them to ensure their return.
The house started a second special session, after the first ended early, on Friday. The quorum today is now The road paved the way for the new map to pass the Legislative Commission in Texas – The battle may divide the circles throughout the country to continue. The state lawmakers are scheduled to return to California today To get to work in thinking about special elections in November, and agreeing to a new map of Congress.
This is part of the reintegration of the total circles California Governor Gavin New Zoom He was paid to compensate for the Texas map, which can see the Republican Party picking up five seats at the American home.
Richard Loskomb
A federal judge in Miami listened to arguments on Monday that the detainees in the Remote Immigration Prison in Florida Evergels known as “”Classical crocodileThey are routinely exposed to human rights violations and depriving the legal procedures before they are deported.
The lawsuit, which I filed American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)It is one of my separate operations before the courts that can lead to the closure of the controversial facility that Trump celebrates for its harsh conditions.
Local court judge Kathleen Williams This week is expected to be ruled in the other issue, which was presented by an alliance of environmental groups and an original American tribe, claiming that the immigration prison has caused irreversible damage to the fragile wetlands.
Earlier this month, Williams issued a temporary order for restriction against Florida, which stopped building and expanding the new camp, although his operations in the ICE and Customs Enforcement Agency were allowed.
The prison currently holds an estimated 700 detainees.
European leaders began to reach the White House. Mark RootHe was the Secretary General of NATO, the first to arrive, followed Ursula von der LinThe head of the European Commission, and Care StarmerUK Prime Minister.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy It is expected to arrive last time.
Democrats in Texas returned to the stateEnd the exit that broke the quorum and prohibited republican efforts to redraw Congress maps at the request of Trump.
The leader of the minority of the House of Representatives in Texas Wu genesIn a statement, the head of the Democratic Parliament in Texas said in a statement that the Democrats had returned and “mobilizing democrats worldwide to join this existential battle for fair representation.”
But the governor of Texas Greg Abbott On Friday, a second special legislative session has already called for another attempt to reformulate Congress maps in the state in an attempt to give Republicans five other seats in Congress.
Democrats in Texas in the House of Representatives left the country earlier this month to deprive the Republicans of the quorum necessary to vote on the legislation of the re -division of circles, a tactic captured several times but it is usually unsuccessful.
Gavin New No.California’s democratic ruler, his plan to re -divide the circles on Thursday, which he said would be given the Democrats there are five other seats in Congress.
NewsMax to pay $ 67 million to Dominion to settle the election defamation lawsuit for 2020
Sam Levin
NewsMax Governorate port He agreed to pay $ 67 million The sovereignty of voting systems to settle the defamation lawsuit for lies about voting in the 2020 elections.
The settlement came as the case was directed to the trial. Earlier this year, Judge Dilayer High Court Eric Davis I ruled that newsmax The voting technology was distorted by broadcasting false claims about its equipment after the 2020 elections. The jury was considering whether newsmax was responsible for damage. Dominion filed a lawsuit against the exit for $ 1.6 billion.
Dominion said in CNN statement.
in Long statement On its own, Newsmax was a challenge, saying that she chose the settlement not because she admitted not to commit any violations, but because she believed that Davis would not give the company a fair experience.
“Newsmax believed it is very important for the American people to hear the two electoral conflicts that originated in 2020,” the company said in a statement. “We are standing alongside our coverage as fair and balanced and we are running within the professional standards of the press.”
Dominion received a $ 787.5 million defamation settlement from Fox in 2023 on the eve of the Delawir defamation experience.
NewsMax agreed to pay $ 40 million to settle the defamation case against Smartmatic, another voting company, last year. One of the American news, the far -right port, has settled a defamation case with Smartmatic last year.
Fox He is currently defending It itself is in a defaming suit against the smart.
ACLU says Trump’s comments on ending the mail vote are part of a “mobilization” strategy.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)-one of the largest civil rights organizations in the country-issued a statement criticizing the president’s publications to social media that threatens to end the vote on the mail and end the use of voting machines. They consider its attacks “Part of his strategy to cultivate the lack of confidence in our elections and prevent voters from holding it accountable.”
Here is the full statement issued by Sofia Lynn Lenkin, director of the voting rights project of the American Civil Liberties Union:
“The vote is still mail Biblical protection from our democracy. It guarantees that voters with disabilities, those who do not have access to transportation, and others who depend on its elasticity and access can exercise their right to vote. President Trump’s attempts to undermine a safe, proven and reliable way to vote – which he himself uses – besides his attacks on voting technology, is just another part of his strategy to increase the lack of confidence in our elections and prevent voters from holding it accountable. We are ready to protect the vote on the court in court against unfounded and unconstitutional attacks, as we did in Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and other states. Access to voting via mail is necessary for a fair and comprehensive electoral process. “
Before a crowded afternoon at the White House, here is a list of European leaders who arrive soon. They will also participate in a larger meeting with Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Lin
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Italian Prime Minister Georgia Miloni
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French President Emmanuel Macron
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UK Prime Minister Care Starmer
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German advisor Friedrich Mirz
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Finnish President Alexander Stop
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NATO Secretary -General NATO Mark Roti
The mayor of the capital shows signs of decline since the federal seizure
In recent days, Mayor of the capital, Morel Boser Small but exhausted signs against the Trump administration were shown after the Federal seizure of the Metropolitan Police Administration (MPD), and the deployment of the National Guard forces.
During the weekend, Bowser Posted on X: “American soldiers and pilots who link American citizens to American soil #Unamerican“.
This came only one day after the prosecutor in the capital, Brian Shawwalb, filed a lawsuit against the White House Trump, claiming a “hostile acquisition” of the city’s police when medicine Enforcement Officer Terry Cole The Emergency Police Commissioner has been named. The Ministry of Justice eventually agreed to keep the Capital Police Commander Pamela Smith responsible, after a federal judge threatened to prevent this matter.
At a press conference on Friday, Busir said she had “encouraged” the administration’s decision to re -manage the MPD. It also described the federal acquisition last week as “worrying and unprecedented” in A. A message to the population Posted on social media. BowSer also described the administration’s actions as a “authoritarian batch”, after it followed a tangible approach to the president’s summons to Article 740 of the House of Home Base.