President Trump postponed Jay Clayton's confirmation as DNI, keeping Bill Pulte as acting DNI. Trump linked Clayton's approval to passage of surveillance and voter ID legislation.
President Trump threatened to keep housing executive Bill Pulte as acting Director of National Intelligence indefinitely unless senators pass his voter ID bill and confirm James McDonald as a top federal prosecutor. Trump's demands have jeopardized the reauthorization of FISA and the confirmation of Jay Clayton for DNI.
President Trump unexpectedly delayed Jay Clayton's nomination for U.S. intelligence chief, linking it to a voter-identification bill and James McDonald's approval as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Trump also tied FISA renewal to his 'Save America Act'.
Donald Trump demanded the Save America voter ID bill be attached to the FISA Section 702 renewal, but Senate Majority Leader John Thune indicated the Senate GOP would proceed without it, highlighting a rift between the President and Senate Republicans.
Benji, a 50-year-old man born in Kerala into loss and raised in an orphanage, found a home with the Baral family in Kolkata's Beleghata in 1999. After years of persuasion, he obtained a voter ID and voted in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, during the Election Commission's Special Intervention Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, officials rejected his claim that octogenarian Padmarani Baral is his guardian, citing lack of documentary proof of their relationship. With no records of his biological parents, his name was deleted from the rolls, leaving him stranded between identity and proof.
California voters will decide in November on a measure requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration and identification at polling places. The Republican-backed proposal, which gathered enough petition signatures to qualify, aims to strengthen election confidence in the nation's most populous state with over 23 million registered voters. California is currently among 14 states and D.C. that do not require voter ID. Opponents argue the requirements would make voting more difficult for elderly, disabled, and those without driver's licenses.
