Stories by
Jude Joffe-Block
Reporter, Power and Influence
The Trump administration still aims to make state citizenship lists ahead of midterms
Jude Joffe-Block | Sep 3, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC
The Trump administration is taking the unprecedented step of creating lists of adult citizens who are eligible to vote in each state – but will not meet its own deadline 60 days before Election Day.
DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflatedJude Joffe-Block, Miles Parks | Aug 25, 2026, 6:15 PM UTC
Privacy advocates call on Maryland to investigate data brokersJude Joffe-Block | Aug 20, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC
DHS defends investigating agency critics and giving them warning noticesJude Joffe-Block | Aug 17, 2026, 1:31 PM UTC

Trump's claims of 250,000 non-U.S. citizens on voter rolls leave some states baffled
Trump officials say they found 250,000 noncitizens on voter rolls in just four states. Those states don't know where the numbers came from, and some worry what the claims may portend for the midterms.
Jude Joffe-Block, Miles Parks | Jul 31, 2026, 9:00 AM UTC

ICE shared Medicaid data it wasn't supposed to have with Palantir
The revelations came out in a federal court case brought by Democratic states challenging ICE's access to Medicaid data to aid in deportation efforts.
Jude Joffe-Block | Jul 17, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC

Man sues DHS after agents tracked him down for sending a scathing email to ICE
Federal agents tried to track David Streever to his home and hotel, and left him a warning notice that a critical email he sent the former head of ICE may have been illegal. Now he's suing.
Jude Joffe-Block | Jul 6, 2026, 3:50 PM UTC

She posted about ICE. Five months later, DHS agents told her to take her post down
In January, Paigelynne Gonyea posted about the immigration surge in Minneapolis. This week, she was visited by ICE officials who claimed one of her posts had doxxed a federal agent.
Jude Joffe-Block | Jun 26, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC

A federal judge finds a Trump data system to verify voters is unlawful
Tens of millions of voters have had their data run through the Trump administration's revamped SAVE tool. A judge just found it unlawful.
Jude Joffe-Block | Jun 22, 2026, 10:25 PM UTC


