- More than two dozen states sued the Trump administration, saying FEMA and DHS are conditioning billions in disaster funding on states changing election and immigration policies.
- The requirements being challenged include switching to paper ballots, conducting manual audits, reconciling voter rolls and verifying citizenship — with states risking at least 20% of Homeland Security grant money if they don’t comply.
- Plaintiffs call the move unlawful coercion that violates federal law and the Constitution; similar funding conditions have been blocked by courts before, and governors such as Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro joined the suit.
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