Trump will speak on elections in Thursday primetime address

Key Points:

• President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address on Thursday at 9 p.m., focusing on elections and likely revisiting debunked claims about his 2020 loss to Joe Biden, while also touching on other domestic and foreign issues.
• Trump has intensified calls for stricter federal voting regulations ahead of the November midterms, promoting baseless allegations of voter fraud, including claims related to the recent Los Angeles mayoral primary.
• Despite multiple audits and investigations, including those led by Republicans, finding no significant fraud in the 2020 election, Trump continues to assert election fraud and has staffed his administration with officials who support these false claims.
• Trump's focus on voting regulation has been central to his second term, demanding voter ID laws and mail-in voting restrictions, and he recently removed members of the federal Election Assistance Commission who opposed his citizenship documentation requirements.
• Democrats, such as Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, criticize Trump's ongoing election fraud claims as a losing strategy and express fatigue over revisiting elections from years past.