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A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is secretly rushing a new online system tied to President Trump's push to restrict mail voting, warning it could imperil or "derail" millions of mail ballots in the midterm elections if courts allow it to proceed. The claims were made public in a report dated September 1, 2026.
NYTimes – US A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
An anonymous federal official's whistleblower complaint alleges the U.S. Postal Service is secretly proceeding with a flawed online system built for a Trump mail-voting order, and that an unusual verification rule in the hastily built system could delay or imperil mail ballots if implemented before the midterms.
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NYTimes – US A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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NPR – US A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and wounded a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, identified by his lawyer as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, during a traffic stop in Austin, Texas on Sunday. He was struck at least once in the torso and is in serious but stable condition, according to local officials. Anti-ICE protests erupted at the scene as authorities called for transparency.
BBC News – World Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025 A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean “constituted crimes against humanity”. The boat strikes, carried out since September 2025 on the s…
Walter Moorhead, 74, jailed on suspicion of manslaughter after allegedly shooting a woman while hunting in Delaware A Maryland hunter was recently jailed on suspicion of manslaughter after he allegedly fatally shot a woman whom he mistook for a deer, according to authorities in Delaware . Walter Moorhead, 74, was hunting from a ground blind in a field near Ellendale, Delaware, at about 7.40pm on Friday when he belie…
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