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President Donald Trump may declare a national emergency over the midterm elections, which could bring in more federal control. This takes place as Congress is still debating the SAVE America Act on election security, and comes on the heels of Trump’s release of previously undisclosed documents showing that the CCP had worked to undermine America’s elections.

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