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The Trump administration is threatening to hold back terrorism-prevention funding from states unless they comply with a sweeping set of election demands — escalating President Donald Trump’s ongoing attempt to seize power over elections that the Constitution gives to states and Congress.

A new FEMA grant notice for fiscal year 2026 says the agency will withhold 20% of Homeland Security Grant Program funding from states and urban areas until they provide proof that they have complied with the administration’s new election security requirements.

The Homeland Security Grant Program is not a small election grant. It is a $1.064 billion terrorism-prevention program that helps states and local governments pay for cybersecurity, emergency planning, training, equipment, protections for crowded public spaces and other public safety needs.

But the Trump administration is now using that money as leverage to force states into adopting pieces of its anti-voting agenda.

“For each state and UASI, FEMA will withhold from drawdown an amount equal to 20% of the recipient’s total HSGP award (SHSP, UASI, and OPSG) until the recipient submits proof of compliance with the FY 2026 Election Security NPA requirements, and such proof is verified/confirmed by the Department,” FEMA wrote. “Upon verification/confirmation, the Department will notify the recipient and release the withheld portion(s) for drawdown in accordance with applicable grant administration requirements.”

In plain terms, FEMA is telling states to follow the administration’s election rules or lose access to a fifth of the terrorism-prevention money.

The notice requires states and high-risk urban areas to spend at least 3% of certain grant funds on election security. But the document makes clear that the 20% funding threat is a separate condition, meaning states cannot simply meet the spending requirement and move on.

“The 3% minimum allocation and the 20% holdback are separate requirements and do not offset one another,” FEMA wrote. “Meeting the 3% allocation does not, by itself, release the 20% holdback, and the holdback applies to funds beyond the 3% set-aside.”

The conditions read like a checklist of Trump’s broader anti-voting priorities.

States and high-risk urban areas must submit plans to transition away from voting systems that use bar codes or QR codes to count votes and toward equipment that accepts hand-marked paper ballots. They must show compliance with a 5% manual post-election audit. They must reconcile the number of voters who voted in federal elections with the number of ballots cast. They must use the federal SAVE database to verify the citizenship of everyone in the state voter registration database within 120 days of accepting the grant award.

“An ex-girlfriend of embattled Senate candidate Graham Platner told The Washington Post that he repeatedly removed protection without her consent when they were having sex.

Lyndsey Fifield, who said she dated Platner from 2013 to 2015 in D.C. and has previously accused him of physical abuse, said that she told Platner on multiple occasions that he had to wear condoms during sex because she was not on birth control”

““He would pull condoms off,” she said in an interview. “He would do it in a sneaky way. He wouldn’t tell me.”

In a statement in response to questions about Fifield’s allegation, Platner’s campaign called the claim “categorically false and politically motivated.” The statement noted Fifield supported now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh when he was accused of sexual assault prior to his confirmation.

Fifield, 41, is the second woman to allege this week that Platner engaged in nonconsensual sexual conduct. Jenny Racicot, 41, who said she previously dated Platner, told The Post and other outlets on Monday that he sexually assaulted her in late 2021, leading a growing number of allies to drop their endorsements and call on him to withdraw from the race for a Maine seat in the U.S. Senate. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), his most influential and prominent supporter, said he spoke with Platner on Tuesday and urged him to withdraw.

Platner, 41, a Marine Corps veteran and oyster farmer, also denied Racicot’s allegation but said on Monday that he was “mindful of the political reality” that the reporting will “inflict” on his campaign and was “taking the time to reflect on the best path forward”

Fifield initially told The Post about the alleged condom removal during a June 20 interview that was off the record. She said she decided to speak publicly about it Tuesday in part because, she said, she wanted to show that Racicot was not alone in experiencing issues with Platner involving sexual consent”

“Removing a condom during sex without consent, known as “stealthing,” is classified as a form of sexual assault in several countries, including Britain, Canada and parts of Australia. In the United States, Maine, California and Washington state have laws that address the nonconsensual removal of condoms during sex. The alleged incidents involving Platner took place in D.C., Fifield said.

She estimated that Platner removed condoms without her consent at least six times when they had sex at both of their residences in D.C. during their two-year, on-and-off relationship. She said she told him that she was upset about it but that he would make light of the situation.