NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security will withhold billions in preparedness grant funding from states that refuse to adopt new election security measures, including voter citizenship verification, post-election audits and expanded use of paper ballots.The push comes as President Donald Trump and many Republicans slam states that do not want to let the federal government audit their voter rolls, while also criticizing the snail’s-pace, widely criticized vote tabulations in states like California.FEMA, a sub-agency of DHS, is making more than $1 billion in taxpayer funding available to states that want…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A North Carolina man allegedly kicked down his ex-girlfriend’s apartment door and fatally stabbed his 5-year-old son before leaving and heading to Taco Bell.Jehaaz-Akil Khaliq Echoles, 31, was charged with first-degree murder, the Pineville Police Department said on Thursday.Officers responded shortly after midnight on Thursday…

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An audit of a Honolulu homeless assistance initiative that came under fire for being ineffective has been halted because the program keeps changing direction and can’t produce reliable data about its efforts. That development leaves the future direction of the Crisis, Outreach, Response and Engagement program in flux.Known as CORE,…

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