Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) doubled down on his party’s opposition to President Donald Trump, vowing on Sunday that Democrats in the U.S. Senate would never “help” Republicans to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

Despite the fact that the bill’s main focus — requiring valid proof of citizenship for voter registration — is popular among voters regardless of party, Schumer shared a post on X referring to the SAVE Act as “Jim Crow 2.0” and claiming that millions of people would be “disenfranchised” if it were to pass.

“The SAVE Act is Jim Crow 2.0. It would disenfranchise tens of millions of people,” Schumer complained. “If Trump is saying he won’t sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed, then so be it: there will be total gridlock in the Senate. Senate Democrats will not help pass the SAVE Act under any circumstances.”

Schumer’s statement came just hours after Trump announced early Sunday that he intended to prioritize the SAVE Act — nicknamed by Republicans the SAVE America Act — and would not sign anything else until he saw it on his desk.

Praising calls for Senate Republicans to use the traditional — “talking” — filibuster to force a vote on the measure, Trump said that it had to be the top priority to “pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS.”

“It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE,” he added. “I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed.”

In addition to requiring proof of citizenship — either through a valid passport or a birth certificate — the SAVE Act would dramatically limit online and mail-in voter registration and would reduce mail-in balloting to military service-members or those limited by illness, disability, or travel. States would also be required to routinely examine voter rolls in order to ensure that non-citizens were not being registered to vote. Criminal penalties would apply to any officials who registered voters with improper identification.

Despite the fact that a majority of Americans support voter ID requirements generally (81%) and the SAVE America Act specifically (71%), according to a Harvard Harris poll taken just after Trump’s State of the Union address, elected Democrats like Schumer have continued to insist that requiring proof of citizenship would necessarily disenfranchise voters who cannot access the proper documents.

The SAVE Act passed the House in February.

FBI agents and airport police worked together to investigate after an unspecified threat caused officials to evacuate sections of Kansas City International Airport in Missouri on Sunday morning.

According to multiple reports, hundreds of passengers were evacuated onto the tarmac as investigators closed one terminal, out of “an abundance of caution,” and diverted several flights, leaving others — who landed after the threat was received — stranded on the taxiway until they were given the all-clear.

🚨 BREAKING: Kansas City International Airport is being EVACUATED of all travelers and workers due to a “SERIOUS INCIDENT”

Initial reports are of a credible bomb threat to the airport.

All planes have been halted and a sweep is underway pic.twitter.com/QOZWFSa8bL

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 8, 2026

The threat, according to reports, came in at 11:50 a.m. local time and prompted an immediate and complete evacuation of the terminal. Flights did not resume until after 2 p.m. In the interim, airport police and FBI agents conducted sweeps of the terminal.

Passenger Logan Hawley told reporters that he had been preparing to board a flight to Texas when law enforcement swarmed the terminal: “Suddenly there was an airport worker saying ‘immediately evacuate,’ people got up fast and rushed out of there.”

Highway traffic near the airport also faced delays as the Missouri Department of Transportation confirmed temporary road closures at Interstate 29 northbound to Interstate 435 eastbound and the KCI exit ramp.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the all-clear shortly after 2 p.m. CST, posting on X that the airport would be returning to business as usual. He did not give any details as to the nature of the threat or its resolution.

“The security incident at @Fly_KansasCity is now clear and normal operations are resuming,” he said. “I want to thank law enforcement including the @FBI for their timely response. The safety of passengers, airport staff, and crew members is always our number one priority @FAANews.”