Trump sets Thursday 9 p.m. speech on elections before midterms
Why it matters: He has pushed tighter federal voting rules and repeated false fraud claims tied to recent California voting.
President Donald Trump is set to deliver a 9 p.m. Thursday address centered on elections, a high-profile speech that comes as he presses Republicans to tighten federal voting rules before November's midterm elections. Trump has offered few details, calling it "really big news," but he has recently revived false claims of voter fraud, including in the Los Angeles mayoral primary. In a Monday interview with Newsmax, he claimed Republican Spencer Pratt lost because of fraud and California's slow count. Federal prosecutors opened fraud investigations in the state last month after Trump highlighted the allegations. Trump has repeatedly challenged election results dating to 2016 and, after his 2020 loss, pressured Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's win.