It’s Been a Heck of a Ride
In recent weeks – well, let’s be honest, in the last almost-six months since President Trump reassumed office, we’ve been drinking from the fire hose. Never has an administration moved so far so fast, and for those of us in the news media, keeping track of all this has been a lot like firing a shotgun and then trying to follow each individual shot pellet.
There’s been the One Big Beautiful Bill, now signed into law; there are the ongoing efforts by Homeland Security and ICE to detain and deport people who are in the country illegally, along with all of the inexplicable resistance to that effort. The Trump administration has managed to get NATO nations to step up their defense budgets and has brokered several key peace deals.
With doubts about the 2020 election still hanging over people’s heads, there is one other big agenda item that the Trump administration has been focused on, and it may be the most important one of all: election integrity. The Trump administration has made some significant progress there, too; let’s take a look at just what’s been done so far.
Cleaning Up Biden-Era Actions
These efforts began almost the moment that President Trump reassumed office in January. Some highlights:
January 28th: The DOJ voluntarily dismissed a Biden-era lawsuit challenging Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s voter roll cleanup efforts. Virginia NVRA 90-day Quiet Period – United States v. Virginia (E.D. Va.)
March 6th: The court issued an order dismissing the Biden-era claims in the Texas redistricting case LULAC v. Texas (Case No.: 3:21-cv-00259) (W.D. Tex.). The Biden administration originally challenged the 2021 redistricting plans for the congressional delegation and state house in Texas for vote dilution under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA).