Trump administration targeting states' DHS grants to force voting changes, House Dems say

By: Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 573

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago


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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s guidelines to states on how to request funding under counterterrorism grant programs include potentially illegal demands related to election administration, Democrats on the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee said Thursday.

The Department of Homeland Security, which includes FEMA, sent states last month notices of available federal funding for non-disaster grants under the Homeland Security Grant Program, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program and the Transit Security Grant Program.

Those notices included “blatant attempts …

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