Trump Holds Security Funding Hostage Until States Adopt His Election Reforms (opens in new tab)

Donald J. Trump's latest bit of inanity: The president is dangling billions in Homeland Security grants (you know, the anti-terrorism and disaster prep money) and threatening to slash 20% unless states ditch their voting machines. Then, to comply, the states must switch to hand-marked paper ballots and run voter rolls through his favorite citizenship database, according to documents obtained by Yeah, sure, he’s 'securing the homeland' by using hurricane money as a bargaining chip for his form...