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The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new mail voting rules ahead of the midterm elections.
The President complained that some Justices have not ruled as he expected.
NYTimes – US The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new mail voting rules ahead of the midterm elections.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow new U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot restrictions, leaving the lower-court temporary block in place ahead of the midterm elections; the administration says it will comply with the ruling.
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The Supreme Court on Monday blocked the Postal Service from enforcing new mail voting rules ahead of the midterm elections.
NYTimes – US The mail system took on new prominence during the Civil War by enabling soldiers to vote from afar. On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s effort to give it a new role in elections.
NYTimes – US The justices take their time and pick their spots, but they have rejected presidential initiatives on tariffs, citizenship, the National Guard — and now the coming election.
Trump had sought to limit mail-in voting ahead of November's key midterm elections, which will determine the makeup of Congress for his final two years in office.
NYTimes – US In a blistering attack on the court, President Trump said “these are not the people I interviewed” to serve as justices.
Sky News – Front Page Former "American Idol" contestant and Ohio music pastor Caleb Flynn was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors said he staged a home invasion after shooting her while having an affair. Flynn maintained his innocence at Monday's sentencing hearing in Ohio.
The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport as she was departing for China, accusing her of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government by surveilling the son and family of Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te at the behest of Chinese officials. Lai condemned the alleged operation as a "barbaric" act and criticized China for disregarding human rights and suppressing personal freedoms.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump approved a firing-squad execution for former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recommended the execution, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said. It will be the first U.S. military execution since 1961 and the first by firing squad since World War II; the date and location are not yet set.
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