Supreme Court for now allows Trump to plan new mail ballot rules. California to sue again
California officials stressed that the court's ruling does not allow final implementation of the new rules requested by Trump.
California officials stressed that the court's ruling does not allow final implementation of the new rules requested by Trump.
Across California and the nation, Democratic leaders and voting rights advocates are ramping up coordination and gaming out responses to a raft of potential actions by the Trump administration to subvert the November vote or deny its outcome.

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The Trump administration again asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene to save President Trump's plan for the U.S. Postal Service to place new nationwide limits on mail voting.
Trump called the Supreme Court decision 'very unfair,' and said the new orders were an attempt to end birthright citizenship by other means.
California sued the Trump administration twice Monday, to block President Trump's latest round of tariffs and to block his administration from sharing needy families' personal data with immigration officials.

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California voters left without a candidate from their own party after the top-two primary could still hold strategic sway in key congressional contests.
The economic pain many Americans feel after years of stagnant wages and steep inflation is unlikely to lift before the November elections, and could be a major liability for Republicans, according to experts.

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The U.S. war with Iran escalated and global oil prices surged again Thursday as Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen attacked two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.
Pickaxe is a heavily fortified facility deep underground that would be difficult to penetrate even with powerful 'bunker buster' bombs.
Trump's speech announcement elicited fears from Democrats and voting rights advocates that he is planning yet another play for control over voting in November.
The suspension was ordered after an ICE officer shot and killed a Colombian driver Monday in Maine and a week after another officer shot and killed a motorist in Houston.
The White House defended President Trump's dismissal of the bipartisan U.S. Elections Assistance Commission's remaining members as enhancing election security. Critics called it a dangerous partisan move.