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Can Trump Cancel the Midterms?
Legal and constitutional experts agree Trump has no authority to cancel or reschedule the 2026 midterms despite his executive actions and threats to influence election administration.
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Donald Trump has already started to stir up uncertainty about the fall elections. However, he is unable to cancel the midterm elections or decide their winner, writes US correspondent Ilmari Reunamäki.
Trump will 'not allow Democrats to take control' if they win midterms: conservative
Robert Kagan, a conservative historian who has written extensively about American foreign policy, warned CNN’s Christiane Amanpour that President Donald Trump is likely to meddle in the 2026 midterm elections and thereby take “one big step into dictatorship.”“The U.S. Congress — both parties — are unwilling to really fight Trump,” Kagan told Amanpour after noting that only ordinary people have been standing up to the president. “The Republicans …
Can Trump Cancel the Midterms?
Happy Friday, everyone! I’ve received a lot of questions lately about potential threats to the midterms, enough that it felt necessary to dedicate a whole mailbag column to walking through this specific issue. In today’s newsletter, we’ll cover:What President Trump can (and can’t) do to meddle with the midterms, including:Whether he can cancel the electionsHis executive order on elections, and how it’s fared in the courtsWhether he can send troo…
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