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The President has pushed to remake U.S. elections ahead of the November midterms, where Republican control of Congress is at stake.
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow an executive order restricting mail-in voting to take effect before the November midterms. The emergency appeal follows an appeals court decision that upheld a ruling blocking key parts of the order. Republican control of Congress is at stake in the upcoming elections.
NYTimes – US The President has pushed to remake U.S. elections ahead of the November midterms, where Republican control of Congress is at stake.
NYTimes – US The Trump administration asks justices to intervene after an appeals court blocked key parts of a mail-in voting executive order.
The President has pushed to remake U.S. elections ahead of the November midterms, where Republican control of Congress is at stake.
A federal appeals court on Sunday left in place a lower court decision that blocked implementation of key parts of President Trump's executive order.
Emergency appeal comes after court upheld ruling blocking president’s order ahead of November midterms The Trump administration has asked the supreme court to clear the way for an executive order from Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting. The emergency appeal comes after an appeals court upheld a ruling blocking the president’s order in nearly half the country ahead of November’s midterm electi…
NPR – World Flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed at least 543 people—538 in Nepal and five in Tibet—with more than 1,500 still missing, according to the latest reports. The floods, triggered by a massive glacial collapse in the Himalayas on Wednesday, swept away roads, bridges and villages. Rescue operations resumed but were halted in Tibet after a newly formed barrier lake raised fears of a second flood.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America." The move came amid an escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute, with Trump criticizing Canada for treating the U.S. badly and trade talks between the nations having collapsed the previous week.
NYTimes – US Jurors began deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse accused of killing her three children in January 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. Her defense argues postpartum psychosis made her not criminally responsible, while prosecutors accused her of "extreme atrocity and cruelty."
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