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Peter Ticktin, an 80-year-old Florida attorney and longtime friend of Donald Trump, is urging the president to declare a national emergency over elections ahead of the midterms, according to the Washington Examiner, NDTV Profit, and eciks.org.

Those reports describe the aim as expanding federal control of election administration; NDTV Profit uses that phrasing, while eciks.org characterizes it as “seizing” control of the midterms. NDTV Profit and eciks.org identify Ticktin as Trump’s childhood friend from the New York Military Academy.

On Feb. 26, 2026, the Washington Post reported that activists who say they are in coordination with the White House were circulating a draft executive order that would unlock extraordinary powers over elections.

The Washington Examiner and NDTV Profit present Ticktin’s push as an appeal to Trump, and none of the outlets report that an emergency has been declared or an order issued.

Separately on July 4, severe storms and extreme heat forced a two-hour evacuation of the National Mall before Trump’s delayed America 250 event, and he later defended his crowd-size claims, MSN reports.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources