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People participate in a naturalization ceremony last year at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. The Trump administration is encouraging states to use an online search tool to verify the citizenship of registered voters, alarming some Democrats and privacy experts. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

BILOXI, Miss. — The Trump administration is developing a powerful data tool it claims will let states identify noncitizens registered to vote. But Democratic critics and data experts warn it could allow the federal government to vacuum up vast quantities of information on Americans for unclear purposes.

Some Democratic election officials and opponents of the effort fear President Donald Trump wants to build a federal database of voters to target political opponents or cherry-pick rare examples of noncitizen voters to fuel a sense of crisis. Republican election officials allied with the president counter that he’s helping states to maintain accurate voter rolls.

The Trump administration has rolled out changes to the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, tool at the same time the U.S. Department of Justice is asking states for copies of their voter rolls. The timing, combined with questions about what happens to voter data uploaded to the program, has alarmed critics.

Trump wants Congress to pass a national proof of citizenship voter registration requirement and in March tried to unilaterally impose one for federal elections through executive order. But with the legislation stalled and the order halted by the courts, the citizenship data tool may offer a backdoor way to accomplish the same goal.

SAVE was originally intended to help state and local officials verify the immigration status of individual noncitizens seeking government benefits. But U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, this spring refashioned it into a platform that can scan states’ voter rolls if election officials upload the data.

Justice Department demand for state voter lists underscores their importance

The changes to SAVE, rolled out over just a few months and with little public debate, are “tinkering with sort of the bones of democracy,” said John Davisson, senior counsel and director of litigation at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a Washington, D.C.-based research and advocacy group that argues privacy is a fundamental right.

“You’re talking about the voting process and who will be eligible to vote,” Davisson said. “And to take a system that is not designed for use in that process and repurpose it, really on the fly, without a formal comment process, without formal rulemaking, without congressional intervention — that’s pretty anomalous and pretty alarming.”

Previously, SAVE could only search one name at a time. Now it can conduct bulk searches, allowing state officials to potentially feed into it information on millions of registered voters. SAVE checks that information against a series of federal databases and reports back whether it can verify someone’s immigration status.

Since May, it also can draw upon Social Security data, transforming the program into a tool that can confirm citizenship because Social Security records for many, but not all, Americans include the information. NPR reported earlier on changes to SAVE.

“It is incredible what has been done, really since March,” Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray, a Republican who supports proof of citizenship requirements and the SAVE tool, told a gathering of state secretaries of state in Biloxi, Mississippi, last week.

Individuals registering to vote in federal elections must already sign a statement affirming they are citizens under penalty of perjury, and those who cast a ballot face criminal penalties and deportation. One study of the 2016 election placed the prevalence of noncitizen voting at 0.0001% of votes cast.

But as Trump has spread falsehoods about elections, Republicans have made purging noncitizens from voter rolls a central focus.

Democratic concerns were on display last week at the National Association of Secretaries of State conference, held at the Beau Rivage casino-resort in Biloxi. In interviews on the sidelines of the conference, Democratic secretaries of state voiced deep reservations — or outright opposition — about plugging their voter data into SAVE.

Maine Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said Aug. 6 that the federal government appeared to be trying to take over election administration. She formally rejected the Justice Department’s voter roll request two days later.

Bellows said the Department of Homeland Security told her in a recent phone call that it planned to retain SAVE data for 10 years for “audit purposes only.”

“Just like the [Justice Department] is asking us to hand over an electronic file of all the voters in our state, it seems like the Department of Homeland Security is through this backdoor system also asking us to share voter information about every voter in our state,” Bellows said.

At least one state appears to have granted the federal government sweeping authority over any voter data it provides to SAVE.

Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales announced in July he had reached an agreement with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to access the newly expanded system for voter list maintenance. Indiana’s agreement allows the federal agency to use information the state provides for any purpose permitted by law, including criminal prosecutions.

Morales, a Republican, said in a news release that SAVE represented “another step in safeguarding the rights” of eligible voters. His office didn’t respond to Stateline’s questions.

The Trump administration has ramped up efforts to encourage state election officials to use the expanded program. The White House hosted a bipartisan “fly in” event for state secretaries of state on July 29. Multiple secretaries of state told Stateline that USCIS Director Joseph Edlow, who was confirmed on July 15, spoke at the event.

“The president is very much keyed in on voter list maintenance,” Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins, a Republican, said in an interview — echoing other GOP secretaries of state who released statements praising the Trump administration after the meeting.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, a Democrat who attended the meeting, said he questioned how the federal government would handle voter information provided to SAVE. He added that the Justice Department’s request for his state’s voter rolls raised his level of concern about how data would be used.

“When we disclose information, particularly personal identifying information, we need to have a handle on how it’s going to be used, by whom and under what circumstances,” Simon told Stateline.

The White House referred questions about SAVE and the event to the Department of Homeland Security and USCIS.

In response to questions from Stateline, USCIS didn’t directly answer whether the agency would share voter roll data with other parts of the federal government but confirmed it disposes of records after 10 years.

“The SAVE application is a critical tool for state and local governments to access information to safeguard the integrity of elections across the country. It’s no wonder many states have quickly adopted it, and we continue to promote the tool to other states and counties not using SAVE,” USCIS spokesperson Matthew Tragesser said in a statement.

“We look forward to continued optimization efforts and implementing more updates to SAVE.”

GOP pressure

Some Republican election officials and Trump allies have long wanted the federal government to take an expanded role in searching state voter rolls for noncitizens.

Last summer the Trump-aligned litigation group America First Legal, co-founded by Trump adviser Stephen Miller, encouraged states to submit to the Department of Homeland Security the names of individuals for citizenship or immigration status verification.

Some states did just that. Texas, for example, asked USCIS to verify the citizenship of some voters in September, and Indiana asked the agency to verify 585,774 voters in October. The same month, 16 Republican state attorneys general signed a letter criticizing Homeland Security, then under the Biden administration, for failing to work with states on verification.

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After Trump took office, GOP state officials kept up the pressure. Twenty-one Republican secretaries of state urged Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in February to prioritize SAVE improvements.

On April 16, Indiana sued the department in federal court for not responding to its verification request last fall. USCIS announced an overhaul of SAVE less than a week later.

As the agency continues to remake SAVE, the tool will soon allow searches using the last four digits of a Social Security number, multiple state secretaries of state told Stateline. The agency confirmed the feature is under development and will be available soon but didn’t provide an exact date.

The change would mark another significant expansion of the program because most states collect the last four digits when individuals without a driver’s license register to vote.

Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane, a Republican, said SAVE represents a better way to verify citizenship than a state law requiring voters to produce documents. “I think there’s a real opportunity for us to do a lot of this through just sharing of information and I think that’s what we’re seeing happen,” McGrane said in an interview.

Unreliable data?

But some voting rights advocates and experts on government data caution against an overreliance on Social Security data.

The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, a progressive policy nonprofit, has noted that Social Security only began tracking the citizenship status of all applicants in 1978 — meaning the database doesn’t include comprehensive citizenship information for older Americans. Additionally, Social Security may not always have up-to-date information on the status of naturalized U.S. citizens.

The nonpartisan Institute for Responsive Government also warned in May that since SAVE hasn’t used Social Security numbers to verify citizenship in the past, its accuracy and effectiveness are unknown. The success of the expanded SAVE program may also partially depend on whether it has adequate staff and resources, it said.

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A 2017 Government Accountability Office report found that between fiscal years 2012 and 2016, about 16% of the nearly 90 million SAVE searches required additional verification, which the institute says often translates into federal workers manually checking files. Now that SAVE allows bulk searches, the need for manual checking could rise dramatically.

Nick Doctor, director of implementation at the Institute for Responsive Government, said in an interview that a tool confirming the eligibility of registered voters in a way that doesn’t burden individuals can be a good thing. But he emphasized that it depends in large measure on SAVE’s implementation.

“The changes that have been made to SAVE happened very quickly and, to my knowledge, we haven’t seen releases on the level of accuracy of that information,” Doctor said.

During interviews, Republican secretaries of state stressed that voters aren’t kicked off the rolls because SAVE can’t verify their citizenship. Instead, an inability to verify would likely trigger a follow-up process with the voter.

“Just because we get something back from the SAVE database, it’s not a cut and dry, especially on those they’re not sure about,” Hoskins, the Missouri secretary of state, said.

Still, Arizona illustrates why some Democrats worry about any large-scale effort to ask voters — especially longtime, older residents — to prove their citizenship. After the state discovered errors in how it tracked voter citizenship dating back years, election officials are contacting some 200,000 voters seeking proof of citizenship documentation.

Some have been casting ballots for decades without incident and many feel targeted, Arizona Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said during a presentation at the state secretaries of state conference. “They feel insulted when they get that letter,” Fontes said.

Charles Stewart III, a professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studies elections, said Arizona may actually point to the potential usefulness of SAVE. If Arizona runs its voter roll through the program, a list of 200,000 voters needing citizenship verification would perhaps drop into the hundreds, he suggested.

“There’s a lot of good-government reasons to believe that something like this, governed properly and governed with fail-safe mechanisms, could have an upside,” Stewart said.

Connecticut Democratic Secretary of State Stephanie Thomas told Stateline that every secretary wants tools to keep voter lists as clean as possible. But the details are important.

When she hears of something new, Thomas said she asks whether it’s the best option available and whether “the i’s are dotted, the t’s crossed.” She said she’s asked USCIS a series of questions about SAVE and is waiting on some responses.

“When it comes to voter lists,” Thomas said, “I don’t want Connecticut voters to be a guinea pig.”

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Voting rights activists continue to be divided over gerrymandering. Here in Wisconsin, members of the Fair Maps Coalition, who just recently succeeded in getting representative voting maps for our state, are understandably alarmed by escalating threats to gerrymander the whole country, as Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

“I just hate it at its core,” Wisconsin League of Women Voters Executive Director Debra Cronmiller told WPR of the gerrymandering duel between Texas and California, as each state seeks to carve out more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“We can’t save democracy by suppressing voters, and this has to be an opportunity to think about a new process and standards, especially in Wisconsin,” iuscely Flores, Wisconsin Fair Maps organizing director, told WPR.

But the president and CEO of Common Cause, the national organization dedicated to voting rights and fair elections, told members last week that the group “won’t call for unilateral political disarmament in the face of authoritarianism.”

The Common Cause position is tricky. On the one hand the group reaffirms its commitment to nonpartisan redistricting commissions. On the other hand it gives its blessing to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to suspend exactly the sort of nonpartisan commission the group endorses — and which Wisconsin fair maps advocates have long been fighting for. Supposedly, suspending the commission is a temporary measure while Democrats in the legislature draw up gerrymandered districts in time for the midterms. After they do that, Common Cause, Newsom and various Democrats claim California can undo the gerrymander later and restart the fight for fair maps. Really?

“Independent redistricting commissions are one way — and by far the best way — to draw fair maps and achieve fair representation for every single American,” Virginia Kase Solomón, Common Cause president and CEO wrote in a letter to the group’s members. But, a follow-up email from Common Cause reiterated the group’s non-opposition to Newsom’s plan in California, saying, “As the nation’s leading anti-gerrymandering advocacy group, we understand that Trump and Republican leaders’ attempt to lock in unaccountable power poses a generational threat to our ability to decide our own futures.”

Maggie Daun brought up those same dire threats on her Civic Media radio show when she grilled me about my last column arguing that we can’t gerrymander our way back to democracy. What if this is the existential moment and Trump is about to send troops into cities across the U.S. and destroy democracy, Daun asked. I agree with her that we’re in an existential moment. But just because we want Democrats to do something to stop Trump, as so many people so passionately do, that doesn’t mean that gerrymandering to get a narrow Democratic majority in the House is the right thing to do. For one thing, a new House majority won’t be seated until 2027 and won’t fix the immediate crisis.

Trump is already sending troops into Democratic cities. And his plan to try more federal takeovers will likely unfold before the midterms. What we need right now is a massive popular movement to resist authoritarian overreach, local leaders who stand up to Trump, and courts that continue to hold the line on his administration’s assault on the rule of law.

The courts have played the biggest role in restraining Trump so far, issuing injunctions and blocking his orders Their power has been badly limited by the U.S. Supreme Court, which curtailed judges’ power to issue nationwide injunctions and greenlighted some egregious administrative actions. The current Supreme Court majority has also helped Trump’s larger project of dismantling democracy by gutting the Voting Rights Act and by allowing partisan gerrymandering — which delayed but ultimately did not derail Wisconsin’s efforts to get fair maps.

Common Cause has led the fight against both partisan gerrymandering and the destruction of voting rights. On Saturday, the group declared a National Day of Action, with rallies in communities across the country, including in Wisconsin, to resist Trump’s Texas gerrymandering scheme and his unprecedented deployment of federal troops to run roughshod over local communities. But the group’s message is somewhat muddled, mixing strong language about fairness and voting rights with tolerance for the prospect of blue-state counter-gerrymandering.

One good thing about the gerrymandering brushfire spreading across the nation is that it has provoked a bipartisan backlash. Republicans in New York and California, facing the prospect of being drawn out of their seats, have begun speaking out against the gerrymandering plan for Texas, Politico reports.

Some quick math suggests that Republicans are likely to win a nationwide redistricting war that pulls in Missouri, Indiana, Florida and other red states. But Republicans who are in a minority in California and New York are still worried about losing their seats. “Redistricting is not really an ideological exercise as much as a self-interest exercise,” California-based GOP strategist Rob Stutzman told Politico. Hence blue state Republican House members are calling for their colleagues to stand down in Texas and other red states, lest they lose their seats in the blue state counter-gerrymander. 

Instead of looking to gerrymandering, which is unfair, diminishes democracy and escalates hyper partisanship, opponents of the Trump administration need to keep building a big, pro-democracy movement that unites a majority of the country against Trump’s authoritarian overreach.

Wisconsin could lead the way. 

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, who has been holding town halls in Republican districts, reports being deluged with worried questions from both his own and his GOP colleagues’ constituents who don’t like the cuts to Medicaid, food assistance, and Social Security staffing in the unpopular “Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Most Americans don’t want to give away their health care, security and well-being so Elon Musk can get a tax cut.

Unfortunately, right-wing activists have played a long game, stacking the Supreme Court, blocking Democratic nominees, destroying the Voting Rights Act and putting the whole Heritage Foundation Project 2025 plan for authoritarianism in place. That won’t be undone in a single midterm election. But it is possible to leverage a broad-based populist movement of people who recognize it’s in their own interest to fight back. 

Scientists in Finland have measured the heaviest known nucleus to undergo proton emission, discovering the rare isotope 188-astatine. It exhibits a unique shape and may reveal a new kind of nuclear interaction.

Researchers have unveiled a new quantum material that could make quantum computers much more stable by using magnetism to protect delicate qubits from environmental disturbances. Unlike traditional approaches that rely on rare spin-orbit interactions, this method uses magnetic interactions—common in many materials—to create robust topological excitations. Combined with a new computational tool for finding such materials, this breakthrough could pave the way for practical, disturbance-resistant quantum computers.

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Rice University scientists have discovered a way to make tiny vibrations, called phonons, interfere with each other more strongly than ever before. Using a special sandwich of silver, graphene, and silicon carbide, they created a record-breaking effect so sensitive it can detect a single molecule without labels or complex equipment. This breakthrough could open new possibilities for powerful sensors, quantum devices, and technologies that control heat and energy at the smallest scales.

A groundbreaking study has found that a simple change in walking style can ease osteoarthritis pain as effectively as medication—without the side effects. By adjusting foot angle, participants reduced knee stress, slowed cartilage damage, and maintained the change for over a year.

Chemical evidence from a stalagmite in Mexico has revealed that the Classic Maya civilization’s decline coincided with repeated severe wet-season droughts, including one that lasted 13 years. These prolonged droughts corresponded with halted monument construction and political disruption at key Maya sites, suggesting that climate stress played a major role in the collapse. The findings demonstrate how stalagmites offer unmatched precision for linking environmental change to historical events.

The Dodge Charger Daytona hasn’t exactly had the greatest start to life. Early reviews were critical of its driving dynamics, the base price isn’t exactly competitive when performance is factored in, and it started out as a two-door only, which limits its target demographic. Now, at least one dealer might have a way to interest more buyers, and it’s a lease that’ll cost less per month than the average American spends on coffee.

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Elk Grove Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram is in the midst of what it’s calling a back-to-school sale. It’s offering low APR, thousands of dollars off some models, and one particularly wild-sounding lease deal. That deal is on the aforementioned Charger Daytona, and it reportedly costs just $49.99 a month for buyers who qualify. Since there’s no such thing as a free lunch, though, the list of requirements is where things start to get complicated.

Credit and Rebates

First and foremost, the customer must have the right credit score. Specifically, they have to qualify for tier 1 approval. Typically, that’s a credit score of 750 or higher. On top of that, they have to qualify for five different rebates. The biggest one, the federal EV tax credit of $7,500, is one that lots of people will be eligible for. The others, though, aren’t as simple.

A $1,000 rebate for “lease bonus cash” is only available to customers currently leasing another car. An even larger $4,000 rebate is for “West BC SFS Lease Bonus Cash.” In other words, one has to live in the Western Business Center of Stellantis and finance the loan through it. A further $2,000 rebate is only available to friends and family of Stellantis workers. Finally, a $500 rebate kicks in for first responders or military members.

The $5,000 Fine Print

Provided that all of that checks out, the $49.99 is still on the table, but from what we’re hearing, the fine print makes the deal look a little less sweet. Evidently, buyers need to put at least $5,000 down to get it, which effectively makes the monthly payment closer to $200 over the course of 24 months. Even so, that’s not a bad deal.

What complicates things is that the dealership hasn’t disclosed the mileage allowance, which could mean that it’s set low enough to keep costs down. For anyone driving more than a short commute, the overage penalties could may erase any perceived savings.

So while $49.99 a month makes for an eye-catching headline, the layers of conditions, hefty down payment, and probable mileage cap make it a deal that looks far better on paper than in practice. Elk Grove may draw attention with the figure, but once the fine print is accounted for, most shoppers will recognize it as little more than a flashy number that doesn’t match the reality of driving the car.

All things considered, would this deal be enough to get you into a new Dodge Charger Daytona? Let us know in the comments below.

Carscoops reached out to Elk Grove for further details and will update this piece if we hear back. 

Volvo has adjusted course on its electrification strategy, choosing not to go EV-only but instead continuing to offer updated versions of its combustion-powered models alongside their electric counterparts. The first to illustrate this dual-track approach is the 90 series, where the facelifted XC90 joins the all-new EX90. At a recent local test drive event, we had the chance to experience both SUVs side by side, taking each for a spin to see how they compare.

The EX90 was originally introduced in late 2022, but production didn’t start until mid-2024 due to supply issues and lingering software bugs. On the other hand, the second-generation XC90, originally debuted in 2014, received a mild refresh in 2019, and has just been treated to a more thorough update in 2024.

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The two Swedish SUVs have similar footprints with three rows of seats. However, they ride on different underpinnings, as the XC90 retains the original SPA (Scalable Product Architecture) platform, while the EX90 utilizes the much newer SPA 2 architecture. More importantly, the XC90 offers mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrain options, while the EX90 is exclusively available in fully electric form.

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With the specifications laid out, the question becomes how these SUVs measure up in design, cabin quality, and on-road character.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Fairest of Them All?

Both models cut an imposing figure on the road, though the EX90 stretches a little longer with its extended rear overhang. The XC90’s 2024 facelift, particularly its redesigned front fascia, succeeds in giving the veteran SUV a fresher appearance without altering the bulk of its bodywork.

The XC90’s grille features a distinctive pattern that immediately sets it apart from the EX90’s minimalist, closed-off face. I personally prefer the look of the XC90’s slimmer LED headlights with Thor’s hammer graphics over the EX90’s pixel-style DRLs with the overly complex split-opening theatrics. As for the faux side intakes of the XC90, in my opinion it wouldn’t hurt if they were smaller as they serve no real purpose.

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From the side, the EX90 asserts its modernity with a clamshell hood, sharper dynamic lines, and flared fenders that integrate more seamlessly into the body. The same applies to the futuristic design of the 22-inch wheels that edge out the classy but conservative looks of the XC90’s 21-inch alloys.

The rear end is probably the weakest point of the XC90, with the EX90 looking one generation ahead. Don’t get me wrong – I always liked the aristocratic elegance of the big ICE-powered Volvo SUV but its tail has remained the same over the past decade and it can no longer hide its age. Having said that, I’m not a huge fan of the split taillight arrangement of the EX90 with extra LEDs flanking the rear glass.

Minimalism Over Perceived Quality

Moving inside, the EX90 bets on minimalism, while the XC90 does a better job in the perceived quality with bigger chunks of fabric and wood inserts on the dashboard. The floating center console of the EV has more space for storage and a cool little case for the key, but I still prefer the more traditional setup of the XC90 with the crystal-like shifter.

In terms of tech, the XC90 has recently gained a 11.2 inch infotainment display and a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster. The EX90 has a bigger and more commanding 14.5-inch touchscreen that’s joined by a smaller but easier to read 9-inch instrument cluster.

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The Google-powered infotainment software with crisp graphics is shared between the two, although the absence of physical buttons and shortcuts is a bit more frustrating in the EV. Overall, I didn’t like the fact I was several clicks away from accessing the selectable driving modes, but at least the climate controls are always visible on the lower end of the screen.

Predictably, the cabins of the SUVs feel similarly spacious. According to the spec sheets, the XC90 has slightly less headroom than the EX90, although it does have a touch of extra hip room on the third row. The boot is nearly identical, with 662 lt (23.4 cubic feet) for the EX90 and 668 lt (23.6 cubic feet) for the XC90 (both measured with the third-row seats folded). The seats are superb in both models, offering great levels of comfort and support for various body types.

Staying loyal to Volvo’s safety fixation (and reputation), both models come with sophisticated ADAS suites and a limited top speed of 180 km/h (112 mph). However, only the EX90 has a roof-mounted LiDAR, with the XC90 still relying on radar and camera sensors.

The Driving Experience is the Decisive Factor

My drive started with the XC90, as I wanted to see if it would still impress me as much as its predecessor did when I first drove it many years ago. It most recently did. The ride is smooth, the cabin is serene, and it still feels like an excellent long-distance cruiser.

Predictably, the XC90 still feels like a big and heavy SUV when you push it in the corners, with a healthy amount of body roll despite the efforts of the self-leveling air suspension. With a combined output of 449 hp (335 kW / 455 PS) from its plug-in hybrid powertrain, the SUV is no slouch, but it’s clearly more geared towards comfort than outright performance.

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The EX90, on the other hand, feels like a step into the future. You immediately feel the difference the newer chassis makes in ride quality, combined with the more sophisticated dual-chamber air suspension. In Comfort mode, it glides over bumps, while Performance mode tightens it up reducing body roll. Furthermore, the steering of the EV feels quicker and more direct, doing a better job in disguising its heavyweight nature.

The EX90 we drove came fitted with the Performance powertrain which is a $5,000 option in the US. This dials up the combined output of the dual electric motors to 510 hp (380 kW / 517 PS) from the standard 397 hp (296 kW / 402 PS). Overall, the half-second advantage over the PHEV in the 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) sprint might not sound that big on paper, but the instant torque delivery and overall responsiveness make the EV feel significantly quicker on the road.

Final Thoughts

After spending a limited amount of time with Volvo’s two flagship SUVs, I reached two clear conclusions. The facelifted XC90 remains a strong contender in the segment, with welcome improvements in the design and ride quality. However, when driven back-to-back with the fully electric EX90, it’s clear the latter takes the lead in performance, comfort, and driving dynamics. Volvo was right to keep the ICE-powered XC90 in the lineup with thoughtful updates, but for those open to an electric-only option, the newer EX90 makes the more compelling case – even with a higher price tag.

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If you thought subscription fatigue was already creeping into your streaming accounts, Volkswagen is happy to add some more to your car. Over in the UK, entry-level ID.3 Pure models, listed as having 168 hp (170 kW) on VW’s configurator, actually have just 148 hp (110 kW) unless buyers pay an extra fee. Yes, Volkswagen is charging customers more to give the power their cars already have.

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As far as subscriptions go, this one is somewhat baffling. 20 horsepower and 33 lb-ft isn’t all that much to write home about. It’s such a small boost in power that Volkswagen says it won’t affect the overall range of the ID.3 at all.

The Cost of Extra Power

British drivers can cough up £16.50 (equal to $22.50 at current exchange rates) per month for the upgrade, almost three times the price of a basic Netflix subscription, or £165 ($225) per year. If you want to skip the monthly hassle, VW also offers a one-time “lifetime” payment of £649 ($878). It’s unclear whether that’s tied to the car or your user account, but either way, it’s a lot of cash for a modest performance bump.

According to AutoExpress, the added power won’t affect insurance rates. That’s great and all, but it’s because the ID.3 is rated at 168 hp from the factory, even if you’re driving around without the upgrade and, thus, with 20 fewer ponies. Only time will tell whether or not owners figure out how to hack this system – and if they do, whether this voids Volkswagen’s warranty or not.

Volkswagen’s Defense

On its part, Volkswagen compared this approach to traditional engine lineups, where the same displacement could be offered in multiple states of tune at different price points. In a statement to the magazine, the company said:

“Offering more power to customers is nothing new… These traditionally are higher up in the product range, with more specification and a higher list price. If customers wish to have an even sportier driving experience, they now have an option to do so, within the life of the vehicle, rather than committing from the outset with a higher initial purchase price. The car is presented on the configurator with [201bhp], with the option made very clear to customers.”

Subscriptions, Subscriptions Everywhere

Obviously, the VW ID.3 is far from the only one playing the subscription game. This isn’t even the only subscription available from the German brand. It’ll also sell customers ambient lighting, navigation, voice control, and even heated seats via subscription

And it’s hardly alone. BMW, Mercedes, and Tesla all offer similar unlocks, though when it comes to performance, most rivals deliver more value per dollar.

Ford offers 100 lb-ft (135 Nm) of torque for $995, Polestar 68 more horsepower for $1,195, and Mercedes 60-110 hp for $1,200. Even gas-burning tunes from the factory offer more power per dollar than Volkswagen for doing little more than changing some code. Call me cynical, but that’s not shocking from what seems like the world’s least passionate automaker. 

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The Wisconsin Elections Commission ordered Madison election officials to follow several specific election procedures to ensure that ballots don’t go missing again in the capital city, rejecting arguments by the interim clerk that the orders may exceed the agency’s legal authority. 

The commission’s 5-1 vote Friday came a month after it withheld a first set of proposed orders amid pushback from Madison and Dane County officials and asked the city to propose its own remedies. Madison interim Clerk Mike Haas said the specificity of the commission’s original proposed orders “would set a troubling precedent.”

The city did submit its proposals, but the commission rejected them as overly broad and finalized orders that were largely similar to the ones it proposed in July, with some minor revisions, including citations of the legal basis for each order.  

The orders require Madison officials to create an internal plan detailing which election task is assigned to which employee; print pollbooks no earlier than the Tuesday before each election; develop a detailed record to track absentee ballots; and search through election materials for missing ballots before the city’s election canvassing board meets to finalize results.

The WEC action responds to lapses by the Madison clerk’s office, then headed by Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl, after the November 2024 presidential election, when staffers lost track of 193 ballots and did not report finding them until well past the state deadline for counting. The commission launched its investigation into the matter in January.

Clerk’s cookie baking factored into commissioners’ discussion

During discussions ahead of the vote, Commissioner Don Millis, a Republican, cited Votebeat’s reporting that Witzel-Behl spent a long post-election vacation at home — not on an out-of-state trip, as he had believed — baking thousands of cookies when some lost ballots were discovered. That, he said, factored into his vote for stricter orders.

“She couldn’t be bothered to turn off the oven, to come to the office to figure out if the Ward 65 ballots could be counted,” he said. “The failure to mention that the clerk was readily available to address this issue, along with the fact that none of the city officials we depose felt it was their job to get the ballots counted, makes me even more determined that the Commission must impose the directions in our order.”

Similarly, commission Chair Ann Jacobs, a Democrat, said it was “peculiar” that clerk’s office staff never told commissioners during their monthslong investigation that they rented cars on city time to deliver cookies after the ballot discovery. 

Those deposed “were all part of the cookie crew,” she said ahead of her vote. “Why didn’t they tell us about that? Why didn’t the city of Madison ever mention this? Why did nobody bring this up?” 

In a memo circulated ahead of the meeting, commission staff said the scope of the error “warrants a detailed order from the Commission correcting (Witzel-Behl’s) office’s policies and procedures, and ensuring those issues are actually fixed before the next statewide election.”

Haas, who was formerly the commission administrator, disagreed with the original proposed orders. He said the commission’s authority “does not extend to requiring the future implementation of specific procedures in excess of those required in the statutes.”

But commission staff pushed back, calling it “unreasonable and absurd” to read state law as barring the commission from ordering specific remedies.

In some cases, the commissioners made the requirements more stringent than what Madison proposed, but more lenient than the commission’s originally proposed orders.

For example, one order the commission initially proposed would have required Madison to print pollbooks no sooner than the Thursday before Election Day, despite state law calling on officials only to have the “most current official registration list.” Haas requested an order more in line with what state law outlines, printing the ballots as close to Election Day as possible.

The final order sets the deadline for printing pollbooks on the Tuesday before Election Day — two days earlier than first proposed — and requires that they be delivered no later than the Friday before the election.

Witzel-Behl’s office printed pollbooks for the two wards that lost ballots on Oct. 23, nearly two weeks before Election Day. The commission said printing that early made it harder for officials to track absentee ballots returned before Election Day and harder for poll workers to see how many ballots went uncounted.

Interim clerk’s objections to the commission’s order

Haas, who took over as interim clerk after Witzel-Behl was suspended in March, told Votebeat on the Tuesday ahead of the meeting that it was “way too early” to think about whether Madison would appeal the commission’s orders in court. In a statement after Friday’s vote, he said he was grateful that the commission altered some orders after the city’s feedback.

“The question is which level of government is best suited and authorized to determine specific procedures that work for the municipality in going above and beyond what the statutes require,” he told Votebeat. “We look forward to working with the Commission to ensure compliance with state law.”

Mark Thomsen, a Democratic commissioner, said he wasn’t comfortable with the agency beating up on Madison over mistakes made under a former clerk when a new permanent clerk hasn’t yet been hired.

At the meeting, Thomsen said he was uncomfortable imposing burdens on a new clerk that “no one else has to follow.”

“This order seems spiteful, and I don’t want to go there,” he said, before casting the lone dissent. Republicans Millis, Bob Spindell and Marge Bostelmann joined Democrats Carrie Riepl and Jacobs in approving the orders.

State law allows the commission to “require any election official to conform his or her conduct to the law, restrain an official from taking any action inconsistent with the law or require an official to correct any action or decision inconsistent with the law.”

Many of the orders, such as assigning specific staff to each election task, are not explicitly mentioned in statute.

Addressing claims that the orders were too detailed, commission staff attorney Angela O’Brien Sharpe said, “If the Legislature intended for the commission to only be able to issue general orders, they would have written a law to say just that.”

In a statement following the vote, Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said the city is reorganizing the office to improve efficiency and accountability.

“We appreciate the Wisconsin Elections Commission considering our input and amending its orders to reflect that feedback,” she said. “I hope the WEC’s investigation can help inform best practices for election clerks around the state.” 

Alexander Shur is a reporter for Votebeat based in Wisconsin. Contact Shur at ashur@votebeat.org.

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A recent law President Donald Trump signed July 24 cuts funding for public broadcast stations, including those that provide local emergency alerts.

The law rescinded $9 billion in previously approved funding – $8 billion for foreign aid and $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private nonprofit – for fiscal 2026 and 2027.

CPB, which announced it would shut down because of the rescissions, has funneled federal dollars to radio and TV networks such as NPR and PBS.

NPR, PBS and their member stations are mostly funded by private donations, but smaller stations, especially in rural areas, relied more on CPB funding. And people in those areas rely on local stations for emergency weather and other alerts.

Wisconsin stations received $8.5 million in CPB funding in fiscal 2024.

The rescissions don’t affect the Emergency Alert System, for national emergency announcements, or the Wireless Emergency Alerts.

This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.

Sources

• Congress.gov: H.R.4 – Rescissions Act of 2025
• CBS News: Trump signs rescissions bill clawing back foreign aid, NPR and PBS funding
• NPR: Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it's shutting down
• Congress.gov: H.R.4 – Rescissions Act of 2025 text
• Poynter: Senate advances deep cuts to public media funding
• PolitiFact: Trump cancels $1 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting
• Snopes: PBS isn't shutting down. Loss of federal funding will still have a significant impact
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Corporation for Public Broadcasting Appropriation Request and Justification FY 2026/FY 2028
• Federal Emergency Management Agency: Emergency Alert System
• Federal Communications Commission: Wireless Emergency Alerts
• SFGate.com: The voice of California's redwood country is under attack

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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many businesses closed or laid off workers, a massive influx of 8.8 million unemployment claims overwhelmed Wisconsin’s aging unemployment insurance system. 

That created a backlog of hundreds of thousands of claims. Many potential applicants weren’t able to connect to the department’s call center to complete the process, and some Wisconsinites waited months without receiving a single unemployment payment. 

Following those backlogs, the state has made strides to update the system and move away from outdated, decades-old computer systems, said state Department of Workforce Development Secretary Amy Pechacek. 

She said DWD now has a digital portal for people to file unemployment claims and send documents online. The department also uses online chatbots to respond to questions in multiple languages, as well as uses artificial intelligence tools to assist with data entry.

“With these enhancements, the department is now paying 88% of all claims filed within three days or less,” Pechacek said. “That other 12% of claims that go a little bit longer are typically just because we have to do investigations if there’s some discrepancies between what the claimant and the employer are saying.”

In a letter to the Trump administration on Tuesday, Gov. Tony Evers said the administration is blocking nearly $30 million in federal funding to Wisconsin, which could prevent the state from finishing the project and potentially leave it vulnerable to cyberattacks and fraud.

“If the Trump Administration does not reverse course and provide the $29 million Wisconsin expected to receive, the state will not be able to complete its UI system modernization project,” Evers wrote to U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

That funding was part of the American Rescue Plan Act, a pandemic recovery law signed by former President Joe Biden, and was being primarily used on anti-fraud measures, according to the governor’s office. Evers’ letter says the U.S. Labor Department “suddenly terminated” the funding in late May. 

The termination halted work on identity authentication tools, a digital employer portal, artificial intelligence enhancements, fraud prevention and cybersecurity tools, according to Pechacek. She said the employer portal was the DWD’s next major rollout and would have made it easier for employers to provide information to the state.

“The employer portal is really one of the largest losses from this federal action,” Pechacek said. “Our employers … have to submit quarterly wage information (and) verify claim information, and some of those components are still very antiquated.”

Evers wrote that the Department of Labor “cited no objections” to those initiatives beyond “an unsupported assertion that they ‘no longer effectuate the Department’s priorities.’”

Pechacek said the state has already spent “slightly over half” of the $29 million. She said those grants were “reimbursement-based,” meaning the state first had to spend the money and then be paid back by the federal government.

“There are seven projects that have now been paused in a variety of different states of completion, so those are sunk costs,” she said. “Without realizing the full modernization effort, we can’t roll those projects out.”

The state appealed the Labor Department’s termination and received a letter from the federal government in late July that “acknowledged the appeal while restating the Department’s earlier basis for termination,” the governor’s letter states.

“The people of Wisconsin deserve systems that function, state of the art, with high integrity and accuracy,” Pechacek said. “We are also going to pursue litigation to reclaim the funds which were rightfully awarded to us already and improperly rescinded.”

In addition to the $29 million in lost funding, the project was using $80 million from a different program under the American Rescue Plan Act, according to a report sent to the Legislature’s budget committee. The document states that the $80 million has not been impacted but is “insufficient to support the full modernization work.”

Pechacek said DWD has also asked the state Legislature to allocate additional state funds toward finishing the effort but said there hasn’t been much movement on that front.

Wisconsin isn’t the only state that’s had federal funding to upgrade unemployment systems clawed back by the Trump administration. In May, Axios reported the White House terminated $400 million of that funding across the country. A July report from state agencies said $675 million in grants awarded to unemployment programs in over 30 states and territories had been terminated.

The U.S. Department of Labor did not immediately respond to WPR’s request for comment. In May, the federal agency told Axios in a statement that the unemployment modernization funding was “squandered” on “bureaucratic and wasteful projects that focused on equitable access rather than advancing access for all Americans in need.”

In the letter, Evers also said failing to complete Wisconsin’s modernization effort would put the state’s unemployment system at risk of becoming overwhelmed again during any future economic downturn. He says that would “create acute hardship for Wisconsin families.”

“It is our obligation to prevent this scenario from coming to pass,” Evers wrote. “I urge you to reverse the decision to defund these critical government efficiency and fraud prevention initiatives.”

Pechacek said the state isn’t reverting back to old technology in the pieces of the modernization that have already been completed in “major areas.” But she said failing to fully finish the effort poses a risk to Wisconsinites because there are still aspects of the system running on an outdated coding language.

“Any time we don’t fully invest in upgrading and reach the programmatic goals that we have set to get fully off of the antiquated systems, we are at risk to be overwhelmed again,” she said. “All of that leads us to be more vulnerable, in a time of significant increase of accessing the system, to the cyber attacks, to fraudulent efforts, to being compromised.”

This story was originally published by WPR.

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Volts podcast is designed so that anyone can jump right in. Each episode is self-contained, but the topics are admittedly interconnected and they build upon one another. Given that the podcast is now at a weighty 400+ episodes, Sam (Volts team) put together the Volts Jump-Start guide to help you navigate the Volts library turned labyrinth. This guide contains two components:

❤️ Essential Episodes: “I’m new to Volts, where should I start?” This is a list of episodes that are foundational or capture the current state of a technology or issue. All Volts episodes are amazing but you will quickly get up to speed if you listen to these particular episodes.

🔎 Search Volts Library: Take a deep dive into the extensive Volts archive! Listen to every single episode on solar, wind or whatever you’re studying.

❤️ Essential Episodes

Maybe you’re new to Volts or you’d like to introduce a colleague to Volts. Start here. This list of Essential Episodes will help you jump-start your Volts journey. There’s a little something for everyone.

The list is refreshed regularly — we’re sure to swap in newer episodes when the tech or politics change. However, there are plenty of older episodes here. Why? Some topics are evergreen, like transmission basics and learning curves. Other topics [cough, cough hydropower] don’t move all that fast. And of course, older episodes provide historical context critical to understanding current events.

So here they are, the Essential Episodes, by category:

Transmission/Grid/Batteries

⚡ Transmission month: everything in one place (Feb 2021)
Volts was transmission-pilled before it was cool. This series of episodes on transmission is a fantastic 101 primer on the movement of electricity.

⚡ What’s the deal with interconnection queues? (Aug 2023)
New renewable projects connect to the grid via a “interconnection” queue. An explanation of the queue and why in the world it works the way that it does.

⚡ Getting more out of the grid we’ve already built (Sep 2023)
Grid-enhancing technologies can significantly improve performance of existing transmission. Utilities aren’t doing enough.

⚡ Free the smart meter data! (Aug 2024)
Consumers need better access to real-time utility data to reduce energy usage, participate in demand-response programs, and save money.

⚡ Managing a distributed grid (Nov 2023)
The grid is a cacophony. ”Grid orchestration” works to help utilities see, track, and coordinate energy resources.

⚡ Steps toward a unified electricity market in the western US (June 2023)
Western states have not joined together in a regional transmission organization to administer their transmission systems. They should.

⚡ When transmission planning actually goes well (Aug 2022)
An example of transmission planning done well: MISO’s transmission roadmap for 2,000 miles of new lines.

⚡ Tying utility profits to actually doing a good job (Oct 2024)
Most utility incentives don’t align with efficiency or decarbonization goals. This episode explores ”performance-based regulation."

🔋 Battery Week: everything in one place (May 2021)
Potentially Volts’ most popular series. An evergreen primer on lithium-ion batteries.

Solar/Wind/Hydro

☀️ What? The sun isn’t always shining? (Nov 2023)
A fan favorite. Here’s how we can build a decarbonized energy system that relies on variable wind and solar power.

☀️ Solar + storage is so much farther along than you think (July 2025)
Costs have declined so much that solar + storage can provide baseload-level power in sunny cities for less than the cost of new nuclear/gas.

☀️ What’s the deal with perovskite solar (July 2024)
Perovskite solar cells have always been the Next Big Thing in solar. They’re actually almost here now.

☀️ Minerals and the clean-energy transition: the basics (Jan 2022)
Scaling up mineral supply as demand skyrockets is a worthy challenge.

☀️ A clean energy transition that avoids environmentally sensitive land (May 2023)
Both the left and the right complain about solar/wind land use. Here’s how the clean energy transition can minimize impact on ecosystems.

🌬️ What's going on with offshore wind? (Dec 2023)
Offshore wind faces significant headwinds.

💧 What’s going on with hydropower? (April 2023)
The current state of hydropower and where the industry is headed.

Innovation/Business

💡 Which technologies get cheaper over time, and why? (Jan 2023)
Learning curves. Learn them; they are everywhere.

👔 Making shipping fuel with off-grid renewables (June 2023)
Businesses are opting to skip grid connection altogether. This one is harnessing renewables to make carbon-neutral methanol.

💡 Why electrifying industrial heat is such a big deal (March 2023)
25% of energy goes towards industrial processes. A company called Rondo makes a thermal battery to store renewable energy in bricks.

👔 Wrapping our heads around AI and climate (June 2024)
AI is a major energy sink but it’s also potentially useful climate tech.

Politics

✏️ Dan Savage on blue America in the age of Trump (Nov 2024)
Should Democrats embrace cities as their political base and future?

✏️ What’s going on with China these days? (April 2024)
China’s recent decarbonization efforts and demystifying the country’s intentions.

✏️ The current state of unions in America (Feb 2024)
The current tattered state of unions in the US and their future prospects.

✏️ Organizing local support for clean energy projects (Jan 2025)
Greenlight America is a great example of an organization that’s mobilizing supporters to advocate effectively at a local level.

✏️ How climate activists can help get things built (September 2023)
How the environmental movement can shift its focus from blocking what it doesn’t like to building what it does.

✏️ How big business sold America the myth of the free market (March 2023)
Have Americans been brainwashed into worshipping free markets?

✏️ The right-wing groups behind renewable energy misinformation (Dec 2023)
Here’s how right-wing groups rally opposition to renewable projects.

✏️ Coal plants are still getting financed, despite pledges otherwise (Nov 2022)
Follow the money! How financing keeps coal alive.

✏️ Utilities are lobbying against the public interest (Feb 2023)
Did you know that utilities use ratepayer $$$ to lobby against clean-energy?

Geothermal/Heat

🪨 What’s going on with geothermal? (March 2023)
Volts is big on geothermal! Learn about recent developments in geothermal and the opportunities ahead.

🪨 Enhanced geothermal power is finally a reality (July 2023)
Fervo Energy successfully brought online the first full-scale commercial power plant sourcing from enhanced geothermal systems.

🔥 What’s the deal with district energy? (Oct 2023)
Here’s how district energy could be a part of the clean energy transition.

Transportation/Housing

🚗 US transit costs and how to tame them (July 2025)
Why is building transit so costly, especially in America?

🚗 Minnesota forces transportation planners to take CC seriously (Sept 2023)
Minnesota’s ambitious transportation policy, which includes climate accountability measures that no other state has implemented.

🚗 Making sure electric vehicles help rather than hurt electricity grids (Oct 2022)
Ensuring that rapid EV expansion leads to improved grid stability.

🏠 The obscure but extremely important battle over building codes (March 2024)
Unlocking building codes. More important than you think.

🏠 The fight to build faster in California (June 2025)
California voted to reform its notorious environmental review law, CEQA.

🏠 Why housing is a pass/fail question for climate (March 2025)
Why are housing and urban land use so central to climate policy?

Climate

🌎 Focusing on the climate actions that can make a real difference (Sept 2022)
The seven most effective climate policy actions.

🌎 The trouble with net zero (May 2023)
Net zero is a vague term. Dig deep on what it is and what it isn’t.

🌎 Voluntary carbon offsets are headed for a crash (Aug 2023)
Are carbon offsets “unscalable, unjust, and unfixable”?

🌎 How to think about solar radiation management (Feb 2023)
Solar radiation management, the practice of adding shielding particles to the atmosphere. Like it or not, it’s a thing.

🌎 On the abuse (and proper use) of climate models (Jan 2023)
Model limitations, the role of human judgment, and how climate modeling could be improved.

🌎 Reducing the climate impacts of food and farming (June 2025)
The folly of biofuels, the promise of meat alternatives, and the central importance of increasing yields.

🌎 Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck (Dec 2024)
How climate change is breaking the insurance industry.

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