As losses pile up, Trump administration tries new tactics to change election rules

As losses pile up, Trump administration tries new tactics to change election rules

The Trump administration is attempting to use federal funding to assert control over how elections are run at the state level, a new tactic that comes after a series of courtroom losses and the apparent death of an election-security bill in Congress. The Department of Homeland Security said officials are considering whether to use grant funding allocated to states — and the threat of withholding it — to “advance core national security priorities…