The Trump administration issued two executive orders on elections, one in 2026 and one in 2025, both of which have been blocked by courts.
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The NPR Politics PodcastAug 28, 2026
Sources confirm two Trump election executive orders: a March 2025 order (EO 14248) and a March 2026 order, and courts have blocked key provisions of both. The claim matches the passage, where "another one last year" refers to 2025.
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… President Trump has made it clear he thinks that the presidency, and that he as president, should have a bigger hand in how elections are run. That has meant two different executive orders on elections, the one we mentioned a second ago and then another one last year. Both of those have been blocked so far at the courts, and then it's really kind of funneled out to a lot of different aspects of the federal government. Notably, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have both made efforts to try to investigate the 2020 election and investigate …
The NPR Politics Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Attorney General press releases report that on June 24, 2026 a federal court in Massachusetts granted a permanent injunction blocking key provisions of Executive Order 14248, which was issued March 25, 2025.[2][3]
Supports. Court rulings in June 2026 blocked key provisions of the second order, signed in March 2026: Judge Talwani granted summary judgment on June 25, and the AP reports that a further ruling in August again barred its implementation.[1][3][4][7]
Supports. Multiple outlets, including NPR and NYT, describe two executive orders on elections, the first from March 2025 and the second from March 2026, with both largely or mostly blocked by courts.[5][6][8][9]
Context. The administration has asked the Supreme Court to lift the lower-court injunctions, so the blocks remain under legal challenge. The claim describes status as of the post date, and the appeal does not make it false.[1]
Sources
9 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 primary, 2 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Judge halts Trump order to expand Postal Service role ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Attorney General Raúl Torrez Secures Major Victory, Court ...nmdoj.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Attorney General Tong Secures Another Major Court ...portal.ct.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4News Detail Pageillinoisattorneygeneral.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5How Trump's attacks on voting system integrity might affect ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6The Many Ways Trump Is Trying to Tip the Scales for the Midtermsnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 7U.S. district judges in Massachusetts block sections of two ...news.ballotpedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 8Two Boston Judges Strike Down Trump’s Executive Orders On 2026 Election Rulesyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 9Why emergency powers don't allow presidents to interfere ...protectdemocracy.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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