Overview

• Trump said he will issue a presidential directive mandating voter ID for every ballot and largely ending mail voting, with exceptions for the severely ill and some deployed service members.
• It remains uncertain whether the White House can impose nationwide voting rules because states administer elections, and a federal judge recently blocked a similar attempt.
• Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an order instructing city agencies not to cooperate with any potential deployment of the National Guard or federal agents ordered by the president.
• Judicial pushback widened as Judge Jia Cobb temporarily halted the administration’s expedited deportations and a U.S. appeals court ruled most of the president’s tariffs unlawful.
• The administration also moved on foreign policy by seeking to rescind about $4.9 billion in approved aid and by revoking visas for members of the PLO and the Palestinian Authority.