The World Is on Fire. Gas Prices Are Rising. Republicans Are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote.

Senate Republicans began debating the Save America Act on Tuesday, legislation that would require proof of citizenship such as a passport or birth certificate to register to vote—a centerpiece Trump calls his "No. 1 priority." Voting rights advocates say it's the worst voter suppression bill Congress has seriously considered, predicated on the false claim that non-citizens are systematically voting in U.S. elections. The bill would effectively end online, mail, and in-person voter registration drives, which accounted for one in three registrations during the 2018–2022 cycles, and could block roughly 11 million Americans from registering every election cycle based on a comparable Kansas law's impact. Republicans plan to add amendments outlawing mail-in voting and banning transgender women from women's sports, signaling the debate is largely a political maneuver. Speaker Mike Johnson could not cite a single example of election fraud to justify the legislation at a news conference Tuesday.