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  "path": "/2026/06/18/repub/trump-couldnt-send-troops-to-the-polls-without-approval-of-congress-under-dem-bill/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T20:39:38.000Z",
  "site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
  "tags": [
    "DC Bureau",
    "DHS",
    "DOJ",
    "Donald trump",
    "election security",
    "Elissa Slotkin",
    "National Defense Authorization Act",
    "Pete Hegseth",
    "Protect Our Polls Act"
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  "textContent": "U.S. Senate Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to require Congress to sign off on any deployment of federal troops to the polls, as President Donald Trump and his administration refuse to rule out the idea. Fears of troops or other federal agents at voting sites have long loomed over the approaching midterm elections in November. […]",
  "title": "Trump couldn’t send troops to the polls without approval of Congress under Dem bill"
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