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May 21, 2025 LOUISIANA FIRST STATE TO UTILIZE NEW VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE DATABASEBATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has become the first state to utilize a new voter list maintenance database from the federal Department of Government Efficiency. This database combines information on individuals’ immigration status and death records.“Since taking office, I have repeatedly requested this critical data from the federal government to check Louisiana’s voter registration list,” Secretary of State Nancy Landry said. “After being stymied by the previous administration, I am thankful to President Trump for his quick work in crafting a cost-free, user-friendly database with valuable information that...

The world’s richest man is dying to figure out how lawmakers on Capitol Hill got “strangely wealthy” despite their comparatively modest public salaries. Speaking at a town hall in Wisconsin Sunday night, Elon Musk suggested that his team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will investigate how certain members of Congress have achieved generational wealth. One attendee at the town hall had asked Musk if DOGE had uncovered evidence of funds wired from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). “They’ll [the government]...