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Nicholas Riccardi.

FILE - Voters wait in line to cast there ballot at a polling place at Rowan College in Mt Laurel, N.J., Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Trump ramps up involvement in this year’s elections in possible preview of midterms pressure

October 29, 2025

President Donald Trump is turning his attention to the voting process for next week’s elections. That’s alarming some prominent Democrats who believe Trump will make unsubstantiated claims of fraud similar to what he did in 2020 before he tried to overturn his election loss. Trump’s Department of Justice also is sending monitors to counties in California and New Jersey, states with elections that have caught the president’s interest. That announcement was followed with an attack by Trump on the legitimacy of California’s elections, which he called “totally dishonest.” The combination has prompted responses from several Democrats who warn that Trump might use his presidential powers to tilt next year’s midterms to his side.

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FILE - Dominion Voting ballot counting machines are lined up at a Torrance County warehouse during a testing of election equipment in Estancia, N.M., Sept. 29, 2022.(AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Former Republican election official buys Dominion Voting — a target of 2020 conspiracy theories

October 9, 2025

Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems, a target of false conspiracy theories since the 2020 election, has been bought by a firm run by a former Republican elections official. KNOWiNK, a St. Louis-based provider of electronic poll books, announced the deal Thursday and said it was changing its name to Liberty Vote. Dominion’s former CEO confirmed the sale. In a statement, the new company vowed to follow the executive order Trump signed last spring seeking sweeping changes to election policies. While that might raise concerns in Democratic-leaning states, some election officials said that KNOWiNK had steered clear of 2020 conspiracy theories and acted like a typical, nonpartisan firm.

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The casket containing the body of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA who was shot and killed on Wednesday is removed from Air Force Two at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Blame game after acts of political violence can lead to further attacks, experts warn

September 14, 2025

From the moment conservative icon Charlie Kirk was felled by an assassin’s bullet, partisans have fought over who’s to blame for his death. But experts on political violence say many of those who commit such crimes don’t fit neatly into a particular bucket. Instead, they seem to act on beliefs that don’t map clearly onto partisan lines. They say what’s more important than the attackers’ state of mind is the broader political environment: The more heated the atmosphere, the more likely it will lead unstable people to commit acts of violence.

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