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Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and analyzed the outcomes before and after the ban.

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Repeat: Resignation of Acting US Attorney for SDNY is very big. But resignations of both acting head of entire crim division and acting head of Public Integrity huge in their own right. It's now a historic crisis, & not clear how it's going to end, given admission that dismissal unrelated to merits

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CISA cybersecurity agency skips conferences of state election officials, who uneasily worried about what that meant for them. Then, the Trump administration put CISA employees who worked on election security on leave. @carterwalker.bsky.social www.votebeat.org/2025/02/10/n...

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The US Capitol and the Eisenhower Memorial early this morning. Best time of day to enjoy the gems of the city.

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Exclusive: President Trump's nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk's SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract reut.rs/4b7MUKt

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BREAKING Unanimous decision by Wisconsin Supreme Court lets the state's chief elections administrator, Meagan Wolfe, stay in her job. @AlexanderShur 🧵

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Commissioner Weintraub’s term expired in 2007. FEC commissioners have frequently served past the expiration of their terms. I refer you to this fun piece by @davelevinthal.bsky.social from….2018. publicintegrity.org/politics/a-d...

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Big news out of the FEC tonight.

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Read @levinecarrie.bsky.social's piece here on the converations among election officials on the SAVE Act www.votebeat.org/2025/02/03/s...

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At this point, DOJ is so widely expected to shift its approach to voting rights cases, it's getting lobbied to do it faster. Examples below. 1/4

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AG Bondi issued a directive today which dilutes enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act. She disbanded an FBI Task Force to combat malign foreign influence in the U.S. and deemphasized criminal enforcement of FARA in favor of civil enforcement. Whoa. www.justice.gov/ag/media/138...

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NEW: The interim U.S. attorney in Washington put his name to a motion dismissing Jan. 6 charges against a person he represented as a defense lawyer, likely violating a swath of conflict rules. "You can't do that," one ethics expert told us. www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

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Photo doesn’t do it justice, but lovely sunrise spotted from the grounds of the US Capitol early this morning. Grateful for it.

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Election season never ends. Thanks to Alexander Schur from Votebeat Wisconsin for joining me on the 8 O'Clock Buzz. www.wortfm.org/monbuzz25012...

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My team at @electionsvoting.bsky.social will be releasing findings from our 2024 Local Election Official Survey next week. In advance some key findings are shared today in this Votebeat story. Despite a rapid and clear recent election, many stresses remain. www.votebeat.org/2025/01/30/e...

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BREAKING: Gov. Katie Hobbs has released findings from an audit showing the extent of Arizona’s problems tracking voters’ citizenship. The issues didn’t stem simply from a glitch in system coding, as initially announced. FULL STORY, w/ report: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...

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Polls show that Americans now have more confidence in elections. But election administrators are still despondent. @jessicahuseman.bsky.social got a preview of a new survey with startling findings for @votebeat.org .

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For those of you who are accusing Menendez of angling for a pardon, how dare you! He would take a commutation too!

submitted 25 days ago • 16 comments

Back in 2016 …

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The new admin is already making some significant (concerning) policy changes - pulling out of ongoing voting rights cases. My colleague @danilang-votes.bsky.social spoke to @votebeat.org's @levinecarrie.bsky.social about what this means for a case in Virginia and voting rights cases overall.

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U.S. to withdraw from case against Virginia over voter-roll cleanup, perhaps signaling shift on voting rights. Scoop from last night ⁦‪@Votebeat.org www.votebeat.org/2025/01/29/u...

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NEW: Trump's DOJ withdrawing from a Virginia voting rights case, per new filing today. What does that tell us?

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An answer from Trump OMB nominee Russell Vought's Q&A as submitted to the Senate Budget Committee:

submitted 26 days ago • 28 comments

Amidst all the confusion over the freeze on federal $$$ today, just noting that Congress allocated $55 million in election grants last year and that money has long been disbursed, US EAC Chair Ben Hovland confirmed when I checked today. @votebeat.org

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NEW: Trump's foreign policy threats (acquisitions, tariffs, aide decreases, etc.) have been good for business for the lobbyists who supported his campaigns. Denmark, Panama, Somalia & South Korea have all been shopping for lobbyists with Trump ties. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...

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I'm excited to tell you that I'm now the interim editor-in-chief @votebeat.org, working with our extraordinary team to bring you important, distinctive stories about our elections and the forces that influence American democracy.

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NEW: Cochise County's recorder resigned Friday, just 10 days after beginning his new term. This gives the all-Republican county supervisors more power to decide how elections are run going into the 2026 election. Here's what they told me to expect: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...

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The “full, complete and unconditional” pardons extend to people who were convicted of some of the worst crimes on January 6th. That group includes individuals who assaulted police officers with weapons including batons, poles, and fire extinguishers. www.cnn.com/2025/01/20/p...

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Trump has now issued a very comprehensive set of pardons and commutations for the J6 defendants. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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JUST IN: President Trump has revoked former President Joe Biden’s 2021 executive order that affirmed the longstanding practice of including the total number of persons residing in each state in the census numbers used to redistribute U.S. House seats and Electoral College votes

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Among the Biden executive orders Trump revoked today is one ordering federal agencies to promote voting, which conservatives have long objected to.

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Trump has promised to pardon Jan. 6 defendants, part of his effort to rewrite the history of that day. But states continue to pursue false elector cases related to the attempt to overturn the 2020 election that are out of his hands. @VotebeatUS checks in on them.

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In Corpus Christi, a local election required a runoff. The runoff ended in a tie. The recount upheld the tie. City officials didn't know what to do. 🧵

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NEW: In prepared farewell remarks to the DOJ, outgoing Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said, "As we prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we must all continue push for something that should be beyond dispute — that we all deserve to have a voice in our democracy."

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