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Smartmatic says Trump’s ‘campaign of retribution’ is driving criminal prosecution

By JOSHUA GOODMAN
Updated 7:45 PM CDT, March 10, 2026

MIAMI (AP) — Voting technology firm Smartmatic is seeking to dismiss a criminal indictment for money laundering, blaming President Donald Trump and his allies for seeking its prosecution as part of a “campaign of retribution” against those they blame for his 2020 election loss.

Smartmatic’s parent company, UK-based SGO Corporation, was added to a criminal indictment last fall previously charging several executives with paying $1 million in bribes to election officials in the Philippines.

In a motion to dismiss the indictment filed Tuesday, attorneys for Smartmatic said the company had been cooperating with the Justice Department since it first learned of its investigation in 2021, including by producing millions of pages of documents and making presentations to federal agents. A trial date for the executives, including co-founder Roger Pinate, had been set and the company believed that it was in the clear.

But when Trump returned to the White House, the Justice Department reversed course and decided to press charges against Smartmatic. Attorneys for the company said the decision was prompted by Trump’s demands to prosecute his perceived enemies and his “mantra” that Smartmatic helped rig the 2020 U.S. presidential election won by Joe Biden — allegations that are at the heart of a $2.7 billion lawsuit filed by Smartmatic against the president’s allies in the media. ...

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Reporter's Notebook: Trump's SAVE Act ultimatum runs into Senate reality

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Passage of the SAVE America Act is of paramount importance to President Donald Trump and many congressional Republicans.

In his State of the Union speech, the president implored lawmakers "to approve the SAVE America Act to stop illegal aliens and other unpermitted persons from voting in our sacred American elections."

The House approved the plan to require proof of citizenship to vote last month, 218-213. There’s now a different version of the legislation that’s in play. And, as is often the case, the hurdle is the Senate. Specifically, the
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House GOP leader launches Senate bid as Trump taps Markwayne Mullin for DHS

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A member of House GOP leadership is jumping into the open race for a Senate seat likely being vacated by Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., after he was tapped to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

House GOP Policy Committee Chairman Kevin Hern, R-Okla., is officially launching his campaign for the Senate on Wednesday with support from at least four Republicans in the upper chamber.

"The American dream is under threat by the radical left and RINO Republicans who oppose President Trump’s America First agenda and want to turn the United...
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Bowen: Trump has called for an Iran uprising but the lessons from Iraq in 1991 loom large

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The US president might learn that starting wars is much easier than ending them, writes the BBC's international editor.
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No evidence Swiss bus fire was terrorism, officials say

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Initial reports suggest a man with "psychological problems" set himself on fire on the bus, according to police.
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Trump ally Clay Fuller advances in Georgia fight for MTG’s former seat

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Republican House candidate Clay Fuller says his playbook for the runoff election for a vacant congressional district in solidly red northwest Georgia that was once held by Marjorie Taylor Greene is simple.

"We're just going to continue to get that message out about President Trump supporting us, and my experience, being a military officer, an elected district attorney and an America First fighter too," Fuller told Fox News Digital.

Fuller was interviewed soon after he advanced to the runoff after coming in the top two in the special election in...
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DOJ leader swats back DNC election security suit, mocks demands as kid’s ‘tooth fairy’ wish list

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A top Department of Justice official brushed off a lawsuit brought Tuesday by the Democratic National Committee over the administration’s work on election security, describing the suit as frivolous.

Civil Rights Division head Harmeet Dhillon mocked the legal challenge in an X post in response to Marc Elias, a prolific Democratic election lawyer, promoting it.

"Maybe we should all just file lawsuits demanding things we used to ask the tooth fairy for, shall we?" Dhillon said. "This is not how executive power works."

Dhillon’s remarks came as her...
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Former Freedom Caucus chair Bob Good blasts Trump’s endorsement record: ‘Trump IS the problem’

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In a scathing rebuke of President Donald Trump's endorsement track record, former Rep. Bob Good suggested that the president's picks would be better used to know which candidates not to support in election contests.

"Truth…face it… Trump IS the problem…not his advisors (that he picks because they say nice things about him on TV)… Trump himself… you would literally do better by using Trump’s endorsement to know who NOT to vote for," the former lawmaker wrote on X on Tuesday.

Good has personal experience running against a Trump-backed opponent. In...
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'Even under missiles we carry on living' - how young Iranians are coping with war

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Iranians say they are sheltering at home and rarely venturing out on near-empty streets as the US-Israeli bombing campaign continues.
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Jeffrey Epstein had two key aides - why do they still control his money and secrets?

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Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke administer Epstein’s estate - court filings allege complicity in his crimes.
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Illegal immigrant’s two decades of unlawful votes expose the real 'threat' to democracy: Experts

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After an illegal immigrant was discovered to have been voting for more than a decade in Philadelphia, immigration experts are warning that the "system can fail" and that loss of voter confidence represents the true "serious threat" to American democracy.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Simon Hankinson, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, said that "the most important thing is perception."

"People have to believe that their vote counts. And so that's, I think, a much more serious long-term threat," said Hankinson.

"We have...
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171 million travelers face airport delays as Democrats' DHS shutdown hits TSA staffing, Scalise warns

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EXCLUSIVE: House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., is hammering Democrats over the partial government shutdown as its effects begin to hit millions of travelers at airports across the country.

"This is expected to be one of the busiest spring travel seasons on record. Over 171 million travelers are estimated to fly in the coming weeks, and they expect the agencies responsible for keeping them safe to be fully operational," Scalise told Fox News Digital.

"The longer Democrats hold the Department of Homeland Security hostage, the longer they’re forcing [Transportation Security Administration (TSA)] agents to work without pay and the worse the pain will be that Democrats inflict on regular Americans."

It comes as TSA agents, whose agency operates under DHS, are set to miss their first full paychecks next week. And with Democrats continuing to withhold the department's funding in protest of President
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Trump posts support for Massie primary challenger ahead of Kentucky visit

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President Donald Trump, who is backing challenger Ed Gallrein over incumbent GOP Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District Republican primary, highlighted his endorsement again on Tuesday ahead of his planned Wednesday visit to the Bluegrass State.

Trump then followed that up by targeting Massie again in a Wednesday morning Truth Social post.

"I predict that 'Representative'Thomas Massie will go down as the WORST Republican Congressman in the long and fabled history of the United States Congress, even worse than Crazy Liz Chaney...
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FDA launches new AI-powered system to track drug and vaccine side effects nationwide

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FIRST ON FOX: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rolled out a new platform, backed by artificial intelligence, that will streamline publicly accessible reporting of negative or unexpected health effects linked to medicines, vaccines, cosmetics, animal food and other consumer products.

The FDA Adverse Event Monitoring System (AEMS) began operation Tuesday and will consolidate outdated systems used to process millions of adverse event reports and produce results in real time for consumers to access online.

"The FDA’s fragmented adverse event...
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U.S. service members in Kuwait suffered brain trauma, burns, shrapnel wounds

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An Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that killed six U.S. service members in the early hours of the war with Iran was more severe than has previously been revealed, with dozens suffering injuries including brain trauma, shrapnel wounds and burns, multiple sources told CBS News. At least one required the amputation of a limb.

Sources described a grim and chaotic scene in the aftermath of the strike on a tactical operations center at the Shuaiba port outside Kuwait City on March 1. Smoke quickly filled the building, making it difficult to rescue those...
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Cornyn reverses on filibuster stance to push Trump's SAVE Act in Senate

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In a sharp break from his long-standing defense of the Senate filibuster, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, urged Republicans Wednesday to enact "whatever changes" necessary to send a Trump-backed voter ID bill to President Donald Trump’s desk before November’s midterm elections.

Cornyn, who is locked in a fierce runoff against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, is pressing Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE (Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility) America Act — even if it means scrapping the chamber’s 60-vote legislative filibuster.

His appeal marks a...
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US destroys 16 Iranian mine boats as Strait of Hormuz oil showdown escalates

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U.S. forces destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday, U.S. Central Command said, in what officials described as a move to prevent Tehran, Iran, from disrupting one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints.

The strikes come as oil traffic through the strait remains at a near standstill, threatening a corridor that carries roughly 20 million barrels per day — about one-fifth of global consumption — and squeezing Gulf exporters like Iraq and Kuwait that rely on the narrow passage to ship their primary source...
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Trump touts 5-0 sweep by endorsed candidates in Tuesday primary elections

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President Donald Trump took a bow Tuesday night for his 5-0 record for his endorsed candidates in the Republican elections held in Mississippi and Georgia.

"March 10th election update: 5 wins, 0 losses," an election night image posted to Truth Social blared. "President Trump endorsements 100%."

The image hailed a 4-0 record in Mississippi (Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss.; Reps. Mike Ezell, R-Miss.; Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss.; Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Miss.) and 1-0 in Georgia, albeit with a bullet.

In one of the marquee matchups, an all-party special...
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House GOP urges Trump to choke off Iran ally's oil profits as Middle East turmoil spikes US gas prices

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FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans is urging the Trump administration to choke off Russia's profits from one of its largest energy companies as global oil prices spike.

It comes as the U.S. and Israel's conflict with Iran, one of Russia's closest allies on the world stage and another major energy producer, is threatening to spiral the market out of control both overseas and here at home.

Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, who chairs the Republican Study Committee, is leading five fellow GOP lawmakers in a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott...
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Sparks fly as GOP senator reacts to Biden advisor's ‘I don’t know’ answer on illegal immigration law

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A tense exchange unfolded during a Senate Budget Committee hearing Tuesday when Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno pressed a former Biden adviser on whether illegal immigration into the United States should be considered a crime.

"I don't know anything about this law," Senior Director for Federal Budget Policy at the Center for American Progress Brendan Duke, a former senior policy advisor in the Biden White House, told Moreno when asked if the 1952 Immigration and Naturalization Act "made a mistake" prohibiting people from entering the country...
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EU and UK demand Israel stop surge in West Bank settler violence since Iran war

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Six Palestinians have been killed during attacks by settlers in the West Bank since the start of Israel's war, the UN says.
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French aid worker among three killed in drone strikes in rebel-held DR Congo city

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Witnesses say drone strikes hit a residential building frequently occupied by expatriates and aid workers in Goma.
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Member of Iranian football delegation granted Australian asylum changes her mind

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One of the seven women who received visas has reversed her decision after speaking to teammates, minister says
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Global Entry program restored as DHS shutdown continues

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The Global Entry travel program has been restored, the Trump administration said Wednesday, after it was paused in February amid the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

A DHS spokesperson said that Global Entry was reactivated as of 5 a.m. EDT Wednesday.

Geoff Freeman, the president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, said the organization welcomed the decision to resume the program.

"Over the last two weeks, the travel industry has been clear about the role programs like Global Entry and TSA PreCheck play in both security and...
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Texas conservatives tout record-breaking school choice signups after long battle with teachers unions

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After a decades-long battle with Democrats, teacher unions, and even a few Republicans, Texas conservatives are celebrating the successful launch of what is likely to become the largest school-choice program in the country.

The Lone Star State’s school choice program, called the Texas Education Freedom Accounts, saw record-setting registrations in its first days. Within one hour of the program opening, it had already garnered 8,000 registrations. By the end of the day, it had notched 42,000 signups and three days in, it was sitting at around 62,000...
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Scott moves to bypass teachers unions, send federal school funds straight to parents if classrooms close

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FIRST ON FOX: Republican Sen. Tim Scott unveiled new legislation Wednesday that he says is aimed at protecting students from learning loss caused by health emergency lockdowns and teachers union strikes.

Under the legislation, known as the Kids in Classes Act, local school districts receiving Title I funds would be required to establish a "failure to open" direct payment plan. If a school does not provide in-person instruction for more than three days, parents would receive a per-day amount based on the school’s Title I funding allocation per...
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