Mississippi voters express desire for change as Trump visits red state
President Trump is visiting Mississippi on Monday, a historically bright-red state that he won in 2024, when he gained more than 60% of the vote. Ashton Pittman, a news editor for the Mississippi Free Press, joins "The Daily Report" to discuss the midterm elections there.
The Trump administration's legal strategy to contest Alaska's Senate election has drawn criticism from legal experts, who argue that the administration's efforts to control federal elections are unconstitutional. The administration's lawsuit against Alaska, which seeks to block certification of the U.S. Senate results if the GOP candidate, Dan Sullivan, does not win, is based on the claim that voter confusion may have occurred due to the presence of another candidate with a similar name.
However, legal scholars emphasize that the Constitution grants the power to conduct elections solely to the states, with limited authority delegated to Congress. The Trump administration's lawsuit is seen as a pre-emptive strike on democratic elections, with opponents labeling it as "wholly baseless" and "an unprecedented pre-emptive strike on democratic elections."
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