Politics Sep 09 Competing court orders add confusion to Missouri congressional elections Dueling court orders eight weeks before Election Day left Missouri’s congressional map uncertain Tuesday as legal wrangling over a redistricting plan backed by President Donald Trump sparked fresh confusion.
Politics Sep 08 Supreme Court rejects Missouri's push to use new Republican-drawn U.S. House map in November Missouri's new districts were used in the August primaries, but the Missouri Supreme Court ruled in September that the state must revert to districts adopted after the last census.
Politics Sep 06 Trump administration makes another appeal to Supreme Court to allow mail ballot restrictions The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order for the November elections.
Politics Sep 04 Federal judge extends block on Trump order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of the administration as the first states begin…
Politics Sep 03 Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail voting restrictions as midterms loom The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots, hours after being unable to tell that judge whether the computer system…
Politics Aug 31 Supreme Court allows White House to continue construction on Trump's $400 million ballroom The justices intervened Monday after lower courts found work must stop because the project doesn’t have congressional approval.
Politics Aug 26 Judge lifts major obstacle for Trump mail voting order as states file new challenge ahead of midterms Democratic-controlled states on Wednesday filed another lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting in this year's midterm elections.
Politics Aug 24 Supreme Court clears the way for Trump mail voting order ahead of midterms The U.S. Postal Service laid out how it would implement the order last week, but time is running short to impose major changes with some states beginning to send mail ballots to voters in just a few weeks.
Politics Aug 21 Supreme Court chief justice allows work on Trump's $400M White House ballroom to continue for now The temporary order comes hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction.
Politics Aug 17 Supreme Court again denies Trump's push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case Trump and the Justice Department are also asking the high court to toss out a second Carroll verdict totaling $83 million.