Miles Parks

And earlier this month, his former strategist Steve Bannon said this on his War Room podcast.

We're not gonna sit here and allow you to steal the country again.

The top Trump-appointed election official at the Department of Homeland Security, however, says that's not true.

The official, Heather Honey, told the country's top state voting officials that, quote, any suggestion that ICE is going to be present at polling places is simply disinformation.

She followed up by saying, quote, there will be no ICE presence at polling locations.

Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.

For a consumer, it doesn't really matter, you know, what authority the president calls on to impose the tariff.

Federal law prohibits troops or law enforcement from interfering with voting.

But President Trump has spent his entire second term pushing the boundaries on federal involvement in elections.

And earlier this month, his former strategist Steve Bannon said this on his War Room podcast.

The top Trump-appointed election official at the Department of Homeland Security, however, says that's not true.

The official, Heather Honey, told the country's top state voting officials that, quote, any suggestion that ICE is going to be present at polling places is simply disinformation.

She followed up by saying, quote, there will be no ICE presence at polling locations.

Miles Parks, NPR News, Washington.

Section 1, Article 4 of the Constitution is clear.

States are in charge of administering the, quote, times, places, and manner of holding elections, with the only exception being if Congress steps in to make a nationwide law.

But for his entire presidency, Trump has been trying to push that boundary in different ways.

He's already had one executive order on voting blocked by the courts.

Now he's promising another one.

to force states to add new document requirements for people to cast ballots.