Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson responds to the DOJ’s “bone-chilling” efforts to intimidate state election officials. The Justice Department sent letters Tuesday to top election officials nationwide, including Secretary Benson, threatening them with criminal prosecution if noncitizens cast ballots that are counted in elections, according to one of the letters sent to a state and reviewed by MS NOW.

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In summer of 2025, Trump frequently expressed frustration over Kash Patel’s leadership of the FBI, according to New York Times White House reporter and co-author of “Regime Change” Jonathan Swan. Plus, in the aftermath of the shooting of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, Swan describes the live debate within the White House over when the Insurrection Act could be invoked to quell protests. 

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Did Texas’s chief law enforcement officer violate the very election laws he’s supposed to enforce?

Earlier this year, Texas AG and Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton launched a tip line for the public to report suspected voter fraud. But a new report from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune finds Paxton himself may have violated election law — voting in six elections over the past two years using an address “where he did not live.” Jacob Soboroff dives into the report on “Connect with Jacob Soboroff.”

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Graham Platner has yet to drop out of the U.S. Senate race in Maine despite growing calls for him to do so from fellow Democrats. Reporter for The Maine Morning Star Emma Davis shares more on what she is hearing from inside Platner’s campaign. Democratic strategist Basil Smile and Host of the “Fast Politics” podcast Molly Jong-Fast and New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker join Katy Tur to discuss the fallout.

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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump mistakenly referred to Iran as the “Islamic Republic of Japan” while speaking to reporters at the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey. In response, Joe points to repeated criticism of former President Joe Biden, saying there’s a “double standard” in Trump’s favor.

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