Mail ballot: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the Postal Service from imposing new mail-ballot restrictions for this November’s midterms, leaving in place a lower-court freeze and dealing a major setback to President Donald Trump’s effort to tighten federal control over how ballots move through the mail. Mail ballot rules remain central to the … Read more
WASHINGTON — The SAVE voter citizenship dispute took a new turn Tuesday as the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a federal judge’s order that blocks the government from using a modified Department of Homeland Security voter citizenship database, arguing the ruling undermines efforts to keep ineligible voters off the rolls ahead … Read more
WASHINGTON — The USPS mail ballot rule remains blocked for the Nov. 3, 2026, midterms on Tuesday, Sept. 8, after Solicitor General D. John Sauer renewed an emergency Supreme Court bid to stay a preliminary injunction from U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts. Talwani’s Sept. 4 order stops mandatory enforcement of … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Sunday again asked the Supreme Court to let a U.S. Postal Service rule take effect immediately. The renewed request puts USPS mail ballot rules at the center of a midterms fight as some states have already begun mailing ballots. According to CNN reporting on Sept. 6, 2026 (CNN’s Sept. … Read more
WASHINGTON — The White House ballroom construction dispute intensified after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed construction of a large White House ballroom project to continue while litigation proceeds, handing the Trump administration a short-term win in a fight over executive building power. In an unsigned 5-4 order reported by Reuters, AP, and NBC News around … Read more