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The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Arizona residents must show proof of U.S. citizenship to use the state voter registration form. “Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of election integrity! Voters in Arizona who register with the state and do not provide proof of citizenship will be rejected,” the Arizona Senate Republican Caucus said. “This is a victory for election integrity in Arizona. Only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote in our elections. It sounds like common sense, but the radical left elected officials in our state continue to reject this notion, disrespecting the voices of our lawful Arizona voters. We are grateful the court is upholding this provision in our law, and it’s time for Congress to take action to ensure only lawful U.S. citizens are voting in federal races,” Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen, a Republican, commented. BREAKING: Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of election integrity! Voters in Arizona who register with the state and do not provide proof of citizenship will be rejected. "This is a victory for election integrity in Arizona. Only U.S. citizens should be… pic.twitter.com/IjNCv9lSmz — AZSenateRepublicans (@AZSenateGOP) July 18, 2024 Votebeat reports: Previously, residents without citizenship documents would have been allowed to use the state form, which almost all Arizonans use, to get registered, but they could vote only in federal elections — for U.S. House, Senate and president. That’s because Arizona law requires voters to provide proof of citizenship to register, whereas federal law requires only an attestation that a voter is a citizen, but not documentation proving it. Under a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the state must permit voters who registered without citizenship proof to cast ballots in federal elections, so Arizona has maintained separate rolls of so-called federal-only voters. Thursday’s decision, by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, granted a partial stay of a lower-court ruling that struck down newer Arizona laws on federal-only voters. As long as the stay is in place, those voters can register to vote and cast ballots in federal elections only if they use a federal voter registration form, something few people currently do. The outlet noted that the stay will remain in place until an appeals panel hears the case, which is currently scheduled for September. “D***ing that Dems fought so hard to allow registration to vote without proof of citizenship!” Elon Musk commented. Damning that Dems fought so hard to allow registration to vote without proof of citizenship! https://t.co/a9HXtpJfOM — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 19, 2024 Per Just the News: A 2018 consent decree required election officials to accept state voter registration forms for residents who didn’t provide proof of U.S. citizenship. The court’s stay reverses that decree. Roughly a dozen voting rights groups have challenged the 2022 laws regarding federal-only voters, claiming the laws violate federal law and are discriminatory. Arizona state Senate President Warren Peterson, a Republican, said the ruling is “a victory for election integrity in Arizona.”

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), who has publicly called for Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential election, wrote in an op-ed for the Boston Globe that it appeared Biden didn’t recognize him during an overseas trip. “Every time we crossed paths and I caught his eye, he would break into that big, wide Joe Biden grin and say how glad he was to see me. It was like that just last Christmas at the White House Ball,” Moulton wrote. “More recently, I saw him in a small group at Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. For the first time, he didn’t seem to recognize me. Of course, that can happen as anyone ages, but as I watched the disastrous debate a few weeks ago, I have to admit that what I saw in Normandy was part of a deeper problem,” he continued. Wow. Democrat Congressman Seth Moulton says Joe Biden had no clue who he was when they met last month: “I saw him in a small group at Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. For the first time, he didn’t seem to recognize me.” Joe Biden must resign the presidency. pic.twitter.com/r9C8A4qK42 — Steve Cortes (@CortesSteve) July 19, 2024 “More recently, I saw him in a small group at Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. For the first time, he didn’t seem to recognize me,” Moulton said in an opinion piece he wrote for the Boston Globehttps://t.co/KxEsPFlHZ7 — Annie Linskey (@AnnieLinskey) July 19, 2024 Moulton writes in the Boston Globe: It was a crushing realization, and not because a person I care about had a rough night but because everything is riding on Biden’s ability to beat Donald Trump in November. America needs him to win and, like most Americans, I’m no longer confident that he can. The president should bow out of the race. If anything the stakes are now even higher, and the urgency greater. The assassination attempt on Trump last weekend makes him even harder to beat, and it makes prosecuting the case about why he is a danger to democracy more tricky — though no less essential — because the wrong word choice can quickly be used against you. And while the shooting shifted the national conversation for now, what hasn’t changed are these basic facts: Biden is trailing Trump in critical swing states, and he has yet to show us that he is willing or able to change his strategy. Moulton was among the first House Democrats to call on Biden to withdraw from the presidential election. Additional House Democrats Call On Joe Biden To Step Aside, Senate Democrats Next? The list of congressional Democrats urging Biden to step aside has surpassed 30. More Congressional Democrats Call On Joe Biden To Step Aside, List Surpasses 30 From the New York Post: Biden awkwardly fumbled for a chair as other dignitaries, including French President Emmanuel Macron, stood during a poignant D-Day commemoration ceremony in France on June 6. Elsewhere during the ceremony, cameras captured the president with his eyes closed, prompting some to claim he was dozing off, and a clip of Biden appearing lost after shaking hands with Macron went viral on social media. The following week, Biden’s apparent mental decline “shocked” European allies during his trip to the G7 summit in Italy. A diplomatic insider told The Sun that the president had been “losing focus” during discussions at the summit and was “the worst he has ever been.” A senior European official later told the New York Times that Biden seemed “out of it” at points during the gathering and that the president appeared less robust physically than the last time the official had seen him the previous fall. Earlier this month, Moulton became the third House Democrat to call on Biden to step aside. Some 30 House Democrats have since echoed Moulton’s concerns, demanding that the octogenarian president no longer seek re-election.

President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a phone call on Friday. “President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and I had a very good phone call earlier today. He congratulated me on a very successful Republican National Convention and becoming the Republican nominee for President of the United States. He condemned the heinous assassination attempt last Saturday and remarked about the American people coming together in the spirit of Unity during these times,” Trump said. “I appreciate President Zelenskyy for reaching out because I, as your next President of the United States, will bring peace to the world and end the war that has cost so many lives and devastated countless innocent families. Both sides will be able to come together and negotiate a deal that ends the violence and paves a path forward to prosperity,” he added. Zelensky called Trump World leaders know who the next United States President is pic.twitter.com/OJuyeqOvjG — Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) July 19, 2024 Per NBC News: Zelenskyy said in a post to X that the two agreed to hold a personal meeting in the future to discuss “what steps can make peace fair and truly lasting.” “Ukraine will always be grateful to the United States for its help in strengthening our ability to resist Russian terror,” the Ukrainian president said. The call came almost five years to the day after another call between the two led to Trump’s first impeachment, and while questions swirl about whether Trump would continue to support military aid for Ukraine in its battle against Russian invaders. Trump has vowed that if he wins the election, he’d have the war “settled” while he’s still president-elect. He has not said how he’d do so. At his debate against President Joe Biden in June, Trump criticized the large amount of military aid going to Ukraine, but also said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s terms to end the war are “not acceptable.” “I spoke with @realDonaldTrump to congratulate him on the Republican nomination and condemn the shocking assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. I wished him strength and absolute safety in the future. I noted the vital bipartisan and bicameral American support for protecting our nation’s freedom and independence,” Zelensky said. I spoke with @realDonaldTrump to congratulate him on the Republican nomination and condemn the shocking assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. I wished him strength and absolute safety in the future. I noted the vital bipartisan and bicameral American support for protecting our… — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 19, 2024 From The Kyiv Independent: Zelensky told the BBC on July 18 that if re-elected, working with Trump would be “hard work, but we (Ukrainians) are hard workers.” He also said he is ready to work with whoever is elected U.S. president to defeat Russia. “Maybe he really doesn’t care, but we have to work with the United States,” he added. Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination on July 18. His chances to win the presidency are expected to increase following an assassination attempt, and calls for Biden to step out of the race are growing louder amid concerns over his health. The former president has long criticized U.S. aid to Ukraine and, as the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2024 U.S. elections, held sway over the party and contributed to the months-long deadlock in Congress over U.S. aid to Ukraine. Emily Channell-Justice, a program director at Harvard University’s Ukrainian Research Institute, believes that if elected in November, Trump’s first impeachment following the phone call with Zelensky will likely impact how a future Trump administration deals with Ukraine.