Trump administration's eligibility checks on millions of voters stoke fear of purges

The Trump administration has run the names of at least 67 million voters through government databases as it looks for noncitizens and people who've died. The effort is fueling a push for more aggressive purges of state voter rolls before the November elections. But thousands of hits using a federal program known as SAVE include mistakes. In Texas, Anthony Nel's registration lapsed last fall while he obtained a new passport to document his citizenship as an immigrant from South Africa. At least 25 states, most controlled by Republicans, have used SAVE to check their voter rolls. Critics say outdated and incomplete data will lead to eligible voters being wrongly disenfranchised.

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Exclusive: A Kansas woman was detained at the airport by Customs for voting as a noncitizen, marking an escalation of Trump’s attempts to find election fraud. CBP typically plays no part in these investigations. 🧵https://www.propublica.org/article/noncitizen-voter-detained-airport-customs

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Tracker of Justice Department Requests for Voter Information

The Trump administration is pressing state officials to provide sensitive information about voters.

How the unfolding war is affecting countries in the Middle East

The unfolding war in the Middle East has ricocheted across the region. Nearly every country has sustained damage from missile hits or shrapnel. Many have reported casualties, and key economic engines and passageways have been closing down. Airspace is closed in many places. Even in countries where airspace is at least partially open, airlines have canceled flights. The U.S. State Department has advised Americans in 14 countries in the region to leave, even as commercial flights are hard to come by.