{"id":"512730c8-5673-46e3-9ac7-8a85d414f680","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/markwayne-mullin-trump-baseless-election-claims","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"DHS secretary doubles down on Trump’s baseless 2020 election claims","plainHeadline":"DHS Secretary says claims about the 2020 election are baseless in response to Trump’s statements","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.4-nano","at":"2026-07-18T11:06:09.601Z"},"summary":["Markwayne Mullin doubled down on Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated 2020 election claims Friday.","Mullin cited DHS figures of 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote across several states.","Election expert David Becker said the administration lacked transparent methodology for that 250,000 figure.","Mullin also claimed 28,000 noncitizens on voter rolls in 23 red states, per DHS “Save” program.","Mullin reiterated claims that votes can be changed and that voting machines are unsafe despite expert oversight."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-07-17T17:12:08.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-07-17T17:39:45.451Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/10afd553-8df6-4ef0-8c5e-15eac6fa2dd8"}