Trump takes mail-in ballot fight to US Supreme Court
Published by YuToday Staff
53 minutes ago · 3:00 readSeptember 3, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new US Postal Service rule tightening the use of mail-in ballots, moving swiftly after a judge temporarily blocked the regulation ahead of November’s midterm elections. In an emergency request, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift Boston-based US District Judge Indira Talwani’s order temporarily preventing the USPS from enforcing the new rule, which it adopted following an executive... This YuToday briefing is based on reporting first published by Reuters.
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President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new US Postal Service rule tightening the use of mail-in ballots, moving swiftly after a judge temporarily blocked the regulation ahead of November’s midterm elections. In an emergency request, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift Boston-based US District Judge Indira Talwani’s order temporarily preventing the USPS from enforcing the new rule, which it adopted following an executive... President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new US Postal Service rule tightening the use of mail-in ballots, moving swiftly after a judge temporarily blocked the regulation ahead of November’s midterm elections. In an emergency request, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift Boston-based US District Judge Indira Talwani’s order temporarily preventing the USPS from enforcing the new rule, which it adopted following an executive...
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President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new US Postal Service rule tightening the use of mail-in ballots, moving swiftly after a judge temporarily blocked the regulation ahead of November’s midterm elections. In an emergency request, the Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift Boston-based US District Judge Indira Talwani’s order temporarily preventing the USPS from enforcing the new rule, which it adopted following an executive... This YuToday briefing is based on reporting first published by Reuters.
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