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March 31, 2026

4 entries on this date.

Trump signs second federal-elections executive order asserting presidential control over voter eligibility and mail voting

On March 31, 2026, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14399, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections," directing the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration to compile federal "citizenship verification" lists and instructing the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to voters on those lists. Constitutional law experts, federal courts, and 24 state attorneys general have stated that the president has no authority under the Elections Clause (Art. I, Sec. 4) to set federal voting procedures — a position that already produced a 2025 injunction against substantial portions of Trump's first elections executive order.

Hegseth lifts Apache crews' suspensions and quashes Army investigation of Kid Rock estate flyby

On March 31, 2026, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on his personal X account that the Army aircrews suspended over a March 28 Apache helicopter flyby of singer Kid Rock's Nashville estate would face "No punishment. No investigation," lifting the suspensions and quashing the Army's formal review hours after the service had confirmed it. The reversal came shortly after President Trump commented publicly on the incident, and Hegseth opened his post by thanking Kid Rock.

U.S. Department of Justice subpoenaed Reddit via secret D.C. grand jury to unmask anti-ICE critic

On March 31, 2026, the Department of Justice ordered Reddit to appear before a secret federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., by April 14 and hand over the name, address, phone number, IP address, and other identifying data of an anonymous user who had criticized ICE in posts. The subpoena came four days after DOJ withdrew a separate administrative summons seeking the same information, which the user's attorneys had moved to quash in federal court in California.

Idaho Gov. Little signed HB 561, fining cities $2,000 a day for displaying an LGBTQ+ pride flag on government property

On March 31, 2026, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 561, which restricts flags on state and local government property to a pre-approved list and authorizes $2,000-per-day fines, enforced by the attorney general, against cities that display non-approved flags. The bill's House sponsor acknowledged the measure was aimed at Boise, which had flown an LGBTQ+ pride flag at City Hall. The city removed the flag at noon the same day, minutes after the signing.