Federal Judge APPROVES Citizenship Verification CRACKDOWN

Added: 2026-05-31

[00:00:00]I want to point out one of the things that the judge laid into because it's an argument I've heard a lot of Democrats say. I've seen them in the clips.

[00:00:06]Miranda sometimes plays them on the show. That somehow the government possessing your voter information and the state possessing your voter information and the federal government then transmits that to the state who already has it to say, "Hey, this person may not be a citizen illegal to vote."

[00:00:22]That somehow that was a violation of your privacy. And the judge said, "You know what? If the state already has it and the federal government has it and they're just transmitting information [music] to make sure that someone doesn't illegally vote, I don't see any privacy violation." Knocked that one out of the park today.

[00:00:36]Good evening, America. Welcome to the Thursday edition of Just the News No Noise. I'm your host, John Solomon, reporting to you as always from the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., where a very strong message of election integrity was delivered. We're going to get to that in a second, but first, the big news of the day. There seems to be to be a deal in place awaiting President Trump's final approval to extend the ceasefire between the United States and Iran for another 60 days, as well as establish talks about the Iranian regime's nuclear program. I.E., get rid of that nuclear program. By the way, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said today there will be no sanctions relief unless Iran agrees to give up all of its nuclear ambitions. So, the hard line in the sand is now written. Now, this news comes on the heels of some US strikes against Iran that the Department of War categorized as defensive in nature and a series of live fire exchanges between the Islamic Republic and Gulf state neighbors. Yep, Iran is still being a menace. Now, there's no indication as of yet that Iran has conceded President Trump's core demands on abandoning its nuclear ambitions, but the ceasefire extension seems to signal that the appetite for renewed open conflict is minimal. That's a good thing for the world, I think. In effect, the deal represents a continuation of the status quo, which has been a state of nominal ceasefire amid negotiations with the occasional flare-up here and there like the one that occurred last night. We'll I'll on this later in the show. We got some great experts to join us. But first, that news I promised you at the top of the show. Election integrity is front and center in Washington, D.C.

[00:02:04]where today, at 6:00 a.m. In fact, I wrote the story at 6:00 a.m. A federal judge cleared the way for President Donald Trump to implement his executive order tightening mail-in voting and also slapping down Democrats' arguments that the government doesn't have a right to police voter rolls with citizenship checks. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, and he's a Trump appointee here, but he's also the guy that sent Steve Bannon to prison. So, keep that in mind. He ruled that Democrats failed to show they have standing uh to challenge this rule that there would be any imminent harm uh presented by the president's executive order. Uh and so, he turned down the preliminary injunction. But more importantly, he went line by line through the Democrats' arguments. This is a new Jim Crow 2.0 argument Democrats have been saying, "This president's order will stop people from voting." And he basically rejected the notion that this order would disenfranchise millions of voters. Line by line, he went through, "The Democrats say this, but here's what the law says, and I don't think you're going to prevail." By doing so, he may have uh sped up the process by which this can be appealed and get all the way to the Supreme Court. There's a possibility that the United States Supreme Court could potentially weigh on this in the summer, meaning that the executive order could be affirmed or rejected before the 2026 elections. Uh I want to point out one of the things that the judge uh laid into because an argument I've heard a lot of Democrats say. I've seen them in the clips. My man is sometimes plays them on the show. That somehow the government possessing your uh voter information and the state possessing your voter information in the federal government then transmits that to the state who already has it to say, "Hey, this person may not be a a citizen illegal to vote." That somehow that was a violation of your privacy. And the judge said, "You know what? If the state already has it and the federal government has it and they're just transmitting information to make sure that someone doesn't illegally vote, I don't see any privacy violation. Knock that one out of the park today. That is why this ruling is so important. He went line by line through many of the Democrats' arguments and called bunk on them. Now, we'll see what the Appeals Court does and what the Supreme Court does. These are certainly going to get appealed. But, that is the big election integrity news [clears throat] dominating Washington today. With that, I'm going to turn to my amazing co-host Amanda Head cuz I know she has some other headlines. Don't you?

[00:04:14]>> Yes, indeed I do. And a few extra details to some of the things that you hit of course earlier today Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke to we reporters at the White House about the pending Iran deal.

[00:04:25]>> I indeed indeed. I saw you trying to get in there.

[00:04:27]>> [laughter] >> That's a good job. That was great.

[00:04:29]>> He also talked about a number of other issues including oil prices, the economy, and a proposed $250 bill with the president's likeness on it. But, as I said, the Treasury Secretary was the first high-profile member of the cabinet to speak to the press about the extended ceasefire framework. And while doing that, he outlined the three non-negotiable conditions set by President Trump to end the conflict. And these have been talked about quite a bit by the president and his entire cabinet.

[00:04:55]No new nuclear weapons, the surrender of enriched uranium, and guaranteed free transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

[00:05:02]Take a listen.

[00:05:03]>> The teams have been going back and forth and President Trump has made it very clear. He talked about it at the cabinet meeting that he he has several red lines and Iran has to turn over their highly enriched uranium, they cannot pursue a nuclear weapon, and the Strait of Hormuz back to your question on energy has to free transit, navigation of the seas has to be free and open as it was before.

[00:05:29]So, he's not going to take a bad deal.

[00:05:31]He's going to make a great deal for the American people.

[00:05:34]>> Well, so let's hope that Iran gets the message. And the Treasury Secretary also addressed a number of other things during that press conference including touting IRS changes to crack down on Antifa funders. And Secretary Bessent specifically pointed to a change in policy that would require nonprofits to identify their grant recipients saying that quote, "I think in the weeks and months ahead we are going to have a lot to report. The IRS is now giving guidance on the form 990 which nonprofits they which nonprofits have to file. So we are going to demand that nonprofits know their grant recipients."

[00:06:10]Of course, absolutely common sense policy at this point. And as I said earlier, he also addressed the proposed $250 Trump bill by first bringing up the two long-standing requirements for US currency. The first one is that no living person can appear on US currency and second all bills must include the phrase "In God We Trust." Now as it currently stands, the first one meaning that President Trump cannot be on the bill because he's still alive.

[00:06:36]But there actually is legislation that would change that first requirement and he admitted, Secretary Mnuchin admitted, that the Treasury Department has already made plans just in case that bill gets passed. So John, a $250 bill for the 250th birthday with the man who sits in the Oval Office during that birthday, never know.

[00:06:55]>> Well, I got We already got Trump power eggs. We got a lot of different things with the Trump brand on it. The Kennedy Trump Center. Why not a $250 bill?

[00:07:01]>> not going to bring back the $500 bill.

[00:07:03]250's halfway there.

[00:07:04]>> Yeah, it's a good number for this year.

[00:07:06]Absolutely. Fun stuff, Amanda. Great job at the White House today. It was really fun.

[00:07:10]>> a [clears throat]