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Politics● ElevatedSep 14 · Sep 14, 2026, 10:57 AM

Trump’s mail-in voting restrictions blocked by a second judge

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from South China Morning Post · North America

A second federal judge late on Sunday moved to block President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing a new ‌US Postal Service (USPS) rule that would tighten mail-in voting requirements, though the US Supreme Court is still weighing the administration’s request to overturn a separate order blocking the rule. Washington-based ⁠US District Judge Carl Nichols’ decision comes as Trump’s ‌Republicans battle to retain control of both houses of Congress in the ‌November 3 midterms. Trump, who...

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