Trump Action Archive

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• Complaint filed: League of United Latin American Citizens v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security — LULAC, Common Cause, UnidosUS, and the City and County of Denver filed a complaint in D.D.C. challenging the Trump administration's policy authorizing ICE agents at polling places during the 2026 general election. Plaintiffs allege the policy violates the Administrative Procedure Act as arbitrary and capricious and exceeds DHS statutory authority under 18 U.S.C. § 592, which bars armed federal personnel at polling places except to repel armed enemies. Plaintiffs seek declaratory judgment and an injunction barring armed officers from polling places, drop boxes, and curbside voting locations.

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• DOJ sends letters to 30 election officials ordering retention of 2024 records and indicating investigation — Trump's Justice Department sent letters to at least 30 senior state election officials ordering retention of all 2024 election-related records, despite state laws permitting destruction of voting records 22 months after an election. The letters indicated that chief election officials "are currently under investigation" and subject to "ongoing litigation," though the nature, scope, and whether the probe is criminal or civil remain unclear. The action appears designed to create legal jeopardy for election administrators.

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• Nobel Prize scientist warns DOGE actions resemble election corruption scheme — Nobel Prize-winning scientist Geoffrey Hinton, known as "the godfather of AI," commented in the Musk documentary that "It's fairly clear to me that Trump is hell-bent on corrupting the midterm elections." Hinton stated that if one wanted to corrupt midterm elections using AI, "all you needed to do was get detailed information on U.S. citizens. And what DOGE did looked like just what you would do."

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• Trump delivers lengthy speech at Republican midterm convention in Dallas — President Trump spoke for 1 hour 44 minutes at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on September 10, 2026, making numerous false claims including that he won three presidential elections, that Democrats are "admitting" he won, and that he had equal crowds outside the arena. He promised $5,000 to every adult US citizen if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress, proposed renaming geographic features (Gulf of America, Lake America, New Mexico to New America, Strait of Hormuz to Trump Strait), and made disparaging remarks about Democratic candidates and Iran.
• White House correspondent fact-checks Trump's convention attendance claims — Nandita Bose, White House correspondent for Reuters, fact-checked Trump's claims about the convention arena being full. She reported that the upper decks were empty, large stretches of side sections remained sparsely filled, and even with Trump onstage the arena was clearly not at capacity, contradicting Trump's repeated statements about the crowd size.

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• Missouri state supreme court rules Trump-backed congressional maps must go to voter referendum — The Missouri state supreme court ruled that the newly redrawn congressional maps, backed by President Trump and designed to favor Republicans, cannot be used in the November election without voter approval via referendum. The court's decision triggered fierce opposition from Trump, state Republicans, and the state attorney general, who claimed it would disenfranchise voters and create a constitutional crisis. This ruling preceded the conflicting federal court orders issued the same day.

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• Missouri federal judge issues temporary restraining order requiring use of Trump-backed congressional maps in November elections — US District Judge Stephen Clark issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on September 8, 2026, ordering Missouri to use newly drawn congressional districts favoring Republicans in the November general election, overriding the state supreme court's ruling that the maps must go to voters for approval. The TRO cited voter confusion and fairness concerns from using different maps in the primary versus general election. The order was immediately appealed to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, creating conflicting legal directives days before the election.
• Missouri federal judge orders use of Trump-backed congressional map despite state supreme court block — On September 9, 2026, federal district judge Stephen Clark (Eastern District of Missouri) issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) requiring Missouri to use newly drawn congressional districts favoring Republicans in the November midterm elections, overriding a unanimous Missouri Supreme Court ruling that had blocked the same maps. The TRO cited potential voter confusion if different maps were used for the general election versus the August primary. The decision triggered immediate appeals to the Eighth Circuit and US Supreme Court, leaving state election officials without legal clarity weeks before the election.

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• Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh denies emergency request to use Trump-backed Missouri congressional maps — Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied an emergency request from Missouri officials to use the newly redrawn congressional map favoring Republicans in the November elections. This denial occurred hours before the federal judge's contradictory TRO ordering use of those same maps. The conflicting rulings created immediate legal chaos regarding which map would govern Missouri's congressional elections.
• Justice Brett Kavanaugh denies Missouri officials' request to use Republican-favored House map — On September 9, 2026, US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied an emergency request from Missouri officials to use the House map favored by Republicans, leaving in place a unanimous Missouri Supreme Court ruling that had blocked the newer maps drawn to create an additional Republican-friendly seat. Kavanaugh's denial occurred hours before a federal district judge issued a contradictory TRO ordering use of the same Republican-backed map, creating legal chaos.

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• Sentinel Action Fund uses Musk's votesafe.org infrastructure to operate white-labeled voter registration site — Sentinel Action Fund, the super PAC affiliated with the Heritage Foundation, created register.sentinelactionfund.com using votesafe.org's white-labeled platform, which transmits collected voter data to America PAC's servers. Sentinel Action Fund then spent $650,000 advertising the site during Fox News' State of the Union coverage. The organization claimed the site made registration "easier" and prevented voter information from going to "extremist Democrat organizations," but the connection to Musk's surveillance infrastructure had not been previously disclosed to the public.