Taking a page from authoritarians around the world, Trump is targeting his political opposition with criminal investigations.

President Donald Trump is slated to issue a memorandum on Thursday targeting ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fundraising platform – taking aim at one of the key pillars of the financial infrastructure for Democratic candidates.

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order or memorandum Thursday aimed at ActBlue, the leading Democratic fundraising platform, a senior White House official told NBC News. The source said the action is related to how the platform verifies and reports its donors and users. Politico was the first to report on the move.

David Hogg, a top Democratic party official, isn’t backing off his controversial plan to fund primary challenges against Democratic members of Congress he deems “ineffective” in reaching disaffected voters,

The Democratic National Committee is cracking down on gun control advocate and DNC vice chair David Hogg’s plans to spend millions primarying incumbents he deems “ineffective.”

The new leader of the Democratic National Committee says party officers should be banned from taking sides in primaries.