Politics Sep 17 Work has stopped on system that was key to Trump effort to limit mail voting, USPS chief says The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order this week. By Steven Sloan, Associated Press
Nation Sep 15 Watch Election officials get mail-in voting clarity after Supreme Court decision Voters and election officials have more clarity around mail-in voting ahead of the November midterms. That came after the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration from imposing new restrictions on mail ballots. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Tammy Patrick of… By Amna Nawaz, Doug Adams
Nation Sep 15 Watch 3:42 Analyzing the Supreme Court's mail-in voting decision and Trump's reaction President Trump attacked the Supreme Court's decision blocking his effort to restrict mail-in voting with less than two months before Election Day. Amna Nawaz discussed the decision with News Hour Supreme Court analyst and SCOTUSblog co-founder Amy Howe. By Amna Nawaz, Ali Schmitz
Politics Sep 15 WATCH: Blanche justifies Trump bashing Supreme Court over mail ballots: 'He is very frustrated' Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday it was proper for President Donald Trump to vent about the Supreme Court decision to decline the changes that the president wanted for mail-in voting. By Associated Press
Sep 15 Trump attacks Supreme Court justices he picked for rejecting his push to restrict mail ballots By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Tuesday went after the Supreme Court after it rejected his push to restrict mail-in voting in this year’s midterms, saying justices who opposed him were “not the people I interviewed.”… Continue reading
Sep 15 Supreme Court lifts a cloud over midterms by letting mail ballots flow as normal to voters By Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press Thousands of election offices around the country can send out mail ballots as they had intended without worrying about complying with new Postal Service rules imposed at the 11th hour. Continue reading
Sep 04 Federal judge extends block on Trump order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms By Nicholas Riccardi, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Sep 03 Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail voting restrictions as midterms loom By Lindsay Whitehurst, Michael Casey, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Sep 03 Federal judge considers whether to extend ban against U.S. Postal Service mail voting changes By Nicholas Riccardi, Michael Casey, Associated Press U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani is deciding whether to extend her prohibition on the proposed regulation of mail ballots, an effort undertaken as part of an executive order by President Donald Trump. Continue reading