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SEDALIA, CO – JUNE 28: Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters reacts to early election returns during a primary night watch party at the Wide Open Saloon on June 28, 2022 in Sedalia, Colorado. Peters lost to former Jefferson County Clerk Pam Anderson, who will move on to face Democratic incumbent Jena Griswold. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Trump calls on Colorado to release election-denying clerk from jail

The state’s AG vowed to defend the prosecution of Tina Peters, an election clerk behind one of the most serious breaches of voting systems in U.S. history.
An official election ballot sits on a table as residents vote using an absentee or mail-in ballot on October 15, 2024 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Registered voters in Pennsylvania can vote “On Demand” by requesting, a mail-in or absentee ballot filing it out and dropping it off all in one visit to their county election office or other designated location. (Photo by Hannah Beier/Getty Images)

Trump issues executive order seeking greater federal control of elections 

The order seeks to withhold federal funding from states that don’t comply, sparking a heated backlash from legal and election experts.
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Sean Plankey speaks at a Department of Energy event in 2018, while he was a cyber adviser at BP. (Argonne National Laboratory / Flickr)

Sean Plankey picked by Trump to be CISA director 

Plankey’s nomination fills the biggest remaining gap among cyber leaders in the second Trump administration.
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WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 5: U.S. President Donald Trump and newly sworn-in U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi pose with a document in the Oval Office at the White House on February 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate confirmed Bondi as Attorney General with a 54-46 vote on Tuesday. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

DOJ disbands foreign influence task force, limits scope of FARA prosecutions 

Both the task force and FARA were used by the bureau to investigate, charge and disrupt foreign and domestic actors accused of working to influence American policy…
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