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DHS confirms just 185 non-citizens on Nevada voter rolls after claiming there were thousands more

Fadingsecond windCoverage went quiet for 3 days, then returned with 15 more reports - 3 voices in all.
  1. 21 Aug, 18:06Trump officials touted a voter fraud bombshell. Their data hasn’t proved it1 outlet
  2. 21 Aug, 18:22DHS confirms just 185 non-citizens on Nevada voter rolls after claiming there were thousands more2 outlets
  3. 25 Aug, 18:15DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated14 outlets
  4. and 1 one-off wording
original reportingcopies
Fri, 21 August 2026peak 14 reports on Tue, 25 August 2026Sat, 29 August 2026

What it is about

Donald TrumpDHSDepartment of Homeland SecurityNevadaTrumpTrump officialsCNNHomeland SecurityThe New York TimesThe GuardianCensus BureauNPRThe IndependentTrump administrationMarkwayne MullinKimberly VogtMark WlaschinNicolas BartellImmigration ServicesDepartment Of Homeland Security

Who published it, and when

original reportcopyfirst to report
The Guardian World1 original report
kalw.org1 copy echoing NPR News
wmuk.org1 copy echoing NPR News
krwg.org1 copy echoing NPR News
kvpr.org1 copy echoing NPR News
kyuk.org1 copy echoing NPR News
wglt.org1 copy echoing NPR News
delawarepublic.org1 copy echoing NPR News
ksut.org1 copy echoing NPR News
wfdd.org1 copy echoing NPR News
wunc.org1 copy echoing NPR News
klcc.org1 copy echoing NPR News
wknofm.org1 copy echoing NPR News
wysu.org1 copy echoing NPR News
21 Aug, 18:22over 4 days25 Aug, 18:15

4 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 5 original reports, 13 reprints

  1. Fri, 21 August 2026

    3 reports
    • Google News - Top Stories18:06

      Trump officials touted a voter fraud bombshell. Their data hasn’t proved it CNN Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It. The New York Times DHS confirms just 185 non-citizens on Nevada voter rolls after claiming there were thousands more The Guardian Experts raise alarms over Census Bureau report Trump is touting on noncitizen voting NPR Trump ‘fails the laugh test,’ say critics, with push to weaponize the Census for ‘rigged’ elections The Independent

    • The Guardian World18:22first to report

      The department told Nevada officials that the 15,903 figure registered was ‘preliminary’ and more than 14,000 names still needed review About a month after alleging Nevada had as many as 16,000 non-citizens on its voter rolls, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials admitted they had confirmed that only 185 were actually non-citizens, according to records obtained by the Guardian. In a primetime TV address on 16 July , Donald Trump claimed that a DHS review had found about 278,000...

    • Google News - Top Stories18:25

      DHS confirms just 185 non-citizens on Nevada voter rolls after claiming there were thousands more The Guardian Trump officials touted a voter fraud bombshell. Their data hasn’t proved it CNN Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It. The New York Times Experts raise alarms over Census Bureau report Trump is touting on noncitizen voting NPR ‘Bulls**t’: Nevada election chief blasts Trump’s noncitizen voter roll claims after DHS walks them back Democracy...

  2. Tue, 25 August 2026

    1 report
  3. Sat, 29 August 2026

    1 report
    • Google News - Top Stories12:22

      Noncitizen voting claims animate Trump's attacks on midterms and set up potential result challenges AP News DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated NPR The Census Bureau’s Unorthodox Foray Into Voter Roll Investigations Cato Institute Wisconsin experts reject Census report claiming 500 noncitizen voters Milwaukee Journal Sentinel The Fear of Noncitizen Voting New York Magazine

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