The partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security showed no signs of ending as House Republican leaders moved to reject a compromise funding deal that had passed the Senate overnight. The standoff, which affects the TSA and most DHS operations, is playing out against an increasingly chaotic political backdrop.
Adding to the sense of democratic unease, The Guardian reported that Peter Ticktin, an 80-year-old Florida lawyer with ties to Donald Trump, has become an outspoken advocate for an emergency executive order that would overhaul American voting rules by ending machine and mail-in voting. Election experts described the push as “worrying” and part of a broader campaign by election conspiracists.