Overview
- Speaking to Reuters, President Trump lamented expected midterm losses and said his accomplishments were so extensive that “we shouldn’t even have an election,” while also dismissing a Reuters/Ipsos Greenland poll as “fake.”
- Trump defended ongoing deployments of armed federal agents in U.S. cities after the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis and claimed the effort removed “thousands of murderers,” a statement Reuters noted lacks evidence.
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president was speaking facetiously during the closed-door interview and rebuked reporters who questioned the remarks.
- Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats have teams of senators and lawyers preparing to protect the vote count, and DNC chair Ken Martin warned that federal deployments in Democratic-led cities could suppress turnout.
- Multiple federal courts have struck down parts of Trump’s March executive order on proof of citizenship for federal voter registration and limits on mail-ballot counting, including a recent ruling in Oregon, even as the White House calls interference claims fear-mongering.