Election executive order requires documentary proof of citizenship
The order directed changes to federal voter-registration practices and ballot deadlines; litigation followed.
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Trump wins the 2024 presidential election
Trump won enough states for an Electoral College majority and later received the certified electoral votes.
Open the record →Harris and Trump debate in Philadelphia
The candidates debated the economy, immigration, abortion, health care and foreign policy.
Open the record →Republican convention formally nominates Trump
Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Milwaukee.
Open the record →Trump and Biden meet in the first 2024 general-election debate
The debate produced numerous checkable claims on immigration, abortion, jobs, inflation and foreign policy.
Open the record →U.S. Supreme Court reverses Colorado ballot ruling
The Supreme Court held that states may not enforce Section 3 against federal candidates without congressional authorization.
Open the record →Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump ineligible for primary ballot
Colorado’s high court ruled that Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment barred Trump from the ballot; the U.S. Supreme Court later reversed.
Open the record →Georgia election case charges Trump and co-defendants
A Fulton County grand jury returned an indictment concerning efforts to change Georgia’s certified 2020 result. Defendants denied wrongdoing.
Open the record →Federal election-obstruction indictment filed
A federal grand jury charged Trump in connection with efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump pleaded not guilty.
Open the record →Claim: courts never considered the merits of challenges to the 2020 election
Courts rejected election challenges for multiple reasons, and some rulings expressly evaluated and rejected the evidence or legal merits.
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