Donald Trump has suggested he "excludes nothing" regarding potential actions as the midterm elections approach, according to an interview with Time. He mentioned the possibility of using the Insurrection Act, a law allowing the president to deploy the military on American soil to restore order or enforce federal law under certain circumstances. However, invoking the act does not grant the president the authority to cancel or alter election results. Trump's comments come amid a political climate where his camp faces challenges, with Democrats leading Republicans by about 8 to 9 points in national average voting intentions for the Congress. Republicans are defending their majority in the House. A meeting in Las Vegas in early September, referred to as the "Storm Summit," included MAGA figures who contest the 2020 election results and Joe Biden's victory. Peter Ticktin, a lawyer associated with Trump, suggested that if Republicans lose on November 3, it would be due to election rigging, including voting machines converting Republican votes into Democratic ones. No credible evidence supports these allegations of electoral fraud. Heather Honey, a pro-Trump activist and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elections Integrity at the Department of Homeland Security since August 2025, attended a summit in Washington organized by General Michael Flynn in February. Several participants at the summit advocated for Trump to declare a national emergency to take control of the midterms, including by banning mail-in voting or removing voting machines. However, declaring a state of emergency does not grant the president the power to cancel, delay, or take control of a federal election. The White House has stated that the presence of administration officials at the summit should not be interpreted as support for declaring a state of emergency. Trump's administration previously claimed that China had accessed the election data of about 220 million Americans, citing declassified intelligence documents. However, these claims do not demonstrate that China used this data to alter election results. Trump has also sought to restrict mail-in voting, a method that benefited Democrats in the 2022 elections. A federal judge in Boston blocked a rule from the Post Office that tightened conditions for mail-in voting, and 26 states have challenged the Trump administration's conditions on federal funding related to elections. Courts have begun to limit these efforts, including blocking the use of certain anti-terrorism grants to impose changes in the organization of elections.