12 days out, a judge pulls DHS agents off voters’ doorsteps
What’s new
A federal judge ruled that a Homeland Security sweep sending armed agents to voters’ doors in 9 states likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
She barred the door-knocking until polls close. The order is on hold until 5 p.m. Friday for an appeal.
Why it matters
Agents asked residents about their immigration status and whether they had voted, CBS News reported. One held a document headed “Target List.”
- The judge cited a “high likelihood of error” in how DHS built its lists.
- DHS says it is “rooting out and investigating election fraud wherever it can be found.”
Also on the record
- Poll police: FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warned TV stations that airing “fake polls” could break FCC rules. He named no poll. The same week, Reuters/Ipsos put Trump’s approval at 31%, the lowest of either term.
- Prosecutors at the polls: DOJ has started telling counties in 5 states it will monitor them on Election Day. Its roughly 1,000 monitors will include prosecutors who won’t say they are prosecutors, DOJ told MS NOW. The NAACP has sued.
- A donor’s Russia waiver: Days after Konstantin Sokolov was listed as a ballroom donor, his company asked Treasury for a license to deal with a sanctioned Russian bank. It got one and bought an Armenian mine from that bank. Then the State Department put him in charge of a $201 million public fund in the region. His spokesperson denies any link to his donations.
- Australia’s tallest tower: The Trump Organization’s first Australian deal puts the family name on a 91-storey tower. The fee is secret. Foreign deals paid the family $59.5 million in 2025.
By the numbers
Trump family: $2.5 billion and counting. His wider circle: a $193 billion pool.
What to watch
5 p.m. Friday, when the judge’s order takes effect unless an appeals court steps in.