{"id":203600,"date":"2026-03-10T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-issues-an-ultimatum-to-congress-to-get-voter-id-bill-passed-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:56:33","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-issues-an-ultimatum-to-congress-to-get-voter-id-bill-passed-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-issues-an-ultimatum-to-congress-to-get-voter-id-bill-passed-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president issues an ultimatum to Congress to get voter ID bill passed &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump is also pushing for the Save America Act to includes provisions to limit transgender youth\u2019s access to care and banning trans women athletes in women\u2019s sports \u2013 key US politics stories from Monday 9 March at a glance<br \/>Donald Trump renewed his push on Monday for the Save America Act, a curtailment of voting access, after threatening on Sunday not to sign any bills until Congress approves the legislation.<br \/>\u201cAll voters must show proof of citizenship in order to vote,\u201d Trump said during remarks on Monday at a Republican event in Miami. \u201cNo mail-in ballots, except for illness, disability, military or travel.\u201d<br \/>He claimed that, if the bill were to pass, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Democrats<\/a> \u201cprobably won\u2019t win an election for 50 years and maybe longer\u201d.<br \/>Voting rights advocates have said the bill would in effect prevent millions of Americans from voting \u2013 only about half of people have a valid US passport, and other documents, such as birth certificates, may not match up with people\u2019s names. They have called attention to impacts on married women who changed their names whose documents may not be updated, saying the act could cause additional hurdles to voting for them.<br \/>The White House previously confirmed that Trump was pushing for measures to be added to the voting bill on trans issues. The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said last week that Trump \u201cadded on some priorities\u201d for the bill, including a ban on \u201ctransgender transition surgeries for minors\u201d.<br \/>The president, fixated on unsubstantiated claims that noncitizens are stealing US elections ahead of midterm elections that are expected to be bruising for Republicans, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116193527873859174\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said on Truth Social<\/a> on Sunday that the Save America Act \u201cmust be done immediately\u201d and \u201csupersedes everything else\u201d.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/09\/trump-threat-congress-save-america-act\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, has said \u201cthere will be more casualties\u201d in the US military from the Trump administration\u2019s war in Iran after officials confirmed on Sunday that the number of US service members killed had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2030727586226360485?s=20\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">climbed to seven<\/a>.<br \/>Hegseth made the statement during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hegseth-us-strikes-iran-trump-plans-60-minutes-transcript\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">an appearance<\/a> Sunday night on CBS\u2019s 60 Minutes, during which he portrayed Donald Trump\u2019s decision for the US to join Israeli attacks on the Middle East country as essential \u201cto advance American interests, and protect American lives\u201d.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/09\/pete-hegseth-us-war-with-iran-casualties\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>A golf club company backed by the sons of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> is merging with drone manufacturer Powerus in a deal designed to take the drone technology company public.<br \/>The merger with Aureus Greenway Holdings is the latest in Eric and Donald Trump Jr\u2019s growing investments in the drone sector, following last month\u2019s $1.5bn tie-up between Israeli drone maker XTEND and Florida-based JFB Construction Holdings.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/09\/trump-family-business-drones-merger\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/claudia-sheinbaum\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a> has responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> description of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/mexico\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Mexico<\/a> as the \u201cepicenter of violence\u201d by calling on the US government to step up efforts to combat gun trafficking.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/09\/mexican-cartels-guns-come-from-us-sheinbaum-trump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>The US supreme court recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/20\/trump-supreme-court-tariffs-ruling\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">struck down<\/a> Donald Trump\u2019s tariffs, opening the door to up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/28\/trump-tariffs-refunds-law-firms\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">$175bn<\/a> in refunds for businesses that paid the import taxes. However, the process for claiming that money is by no means certain. Trump himself said that the issue could be tied up in courts \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/feb\/21\/retailers-trump-tariffs-refunds\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">for the next five years<\/a>\u201d.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/09\/small-businesses-trump-tariffs\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Anthropic filed two lawsuits against the Department of Defense on Monday, alleging that the government\u2019s decision to label the artificial intelligence firm a \u201csupply chain risk\u201d was unlawful and violated its first amendment rights. The two sides have been locked in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/09\/anthropic-artificial-intelligence-pentagon\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">monthslong heated feud<\/a> over the company\u2019s attempt to implement safeguards against the military\u2019s potential use of its AI models for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous lethal weapons.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/09\/anthropic-defense-department-lawsuit-ai\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>A federal grand jury <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/votewarren\/status\/2031046018192781455?s=20\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">subpoenaed Arizona\u2019s <\/a>legislature for records related the state senate\u2019s widely criticized review of the 2020 election, the state senate president said on Monday, in what appears to be the latest part of the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to spread false claims about the 2020 election and voting in the United States.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/09\/trump-fbi-subpoena-arizona-election\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"><sub class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Read the full story<\/sub><\/a><br \/>Two teenagers <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/09\/nyc-mamdani-explosive-device-terrorism\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">were charged on Monday with offenses including terrorism and using a weapon of mass destruction<\/a><\/strong> after they allegedly threw improvised explosive devices during an anti-Islam demonstration on Saturday outside the residence of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/new-york\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New York<\/a> mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/zohran-mamdani\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>.<br \/>US stock markets <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/09\/iran-war-drives-oil-price-above-100-a-barrel-for-first-time-since-2022\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">closed on a high after oil prices swung wildly on Monday<\/a><\/strong>, reaching a four-year high in the morning that rattled Asian and European markets before settling down once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> said the US-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/us-israel-war-on-iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">war<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/iran\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Iran<\/a> is \u201cvery complete\u201d.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/09\/bank-policy-institute-regulator-lawsuit\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Some of the largest US banks are considering suing their financial regulator, arguing that a new raft of licenses for crypto, payment and fintech<\/a><\/strong> could put US consumers and the wider financial system at risk.<br \/>Communities throughout the central United States were cleaning up and trying to recover <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/09\/tornadoes-central-us-deaths\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">after an onslaught deadly tornadoes struck the region over the weekend<\/a><\/strong>. At least eight people had been confirmed dead as of Monday, with dozens more injured.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/09\/new-mexico-search-zorro-ranch-epstein\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">New Mexico authorities launched a search of a ranch previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/strong>, state officials announced on Monday. The late convicted sex offender and financier\u2019s so-called Zorro Ranch was the site of numerous alleged abuses, according to civil and criminal proceedings.<br \/>Live Nation, which owns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/ticketmaster\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Ticketmaster<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/09\/live-nation-settlement-antitrust-case\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">has reached a surprise settlement with the Department of Justice<\/a><\/strong> in its antitrust case just one week after the trial began.<br \/>Catching up?<em> Here\u2019s what happened <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/09\/trump-news-updates-iran-oil-stephen-miller-republican-senator\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Sunday 8 March<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE9PMk50SEMtb3JjbFd3VFJqR0MyNFVwYkNJWTJIWHdSQjQzejNnenFFam5CTHFoY0VCN0lObXpxRnNsbzZGOU1kRU5kamc0ZjR3WVFRaFlGbWZPX2c5WDlMOU9qUTVmaUZEWUJ5ZmVpYnFnQVQ5eVJ0WGVR?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump is also pushing for the Save America Act to includes provisions to limit transgender youth\u2019s access to care and banning trans women athletes in women\u2019s sports \u2013 key US politics stories from Monday 9 March at a glanceDonald Trump renewed his push on Monday for the Save America Act, a curtailment of voting access, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-203600","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-us","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}