Adam Sella

State officials say they worry about the Postal Service’s ability to deliver votes this fall. They are urging voters to mail their ballots early or use drop boxes so their votes count.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to continue with plans to curtail mail-in voting, but the fast-moving, high-stakes legal fight continues.

That effort got new attention on Monday, when the Supreme Court allowed preparations for mail voting curbs to proceed. The justices said it is not a final determination on the order’s legality.

The plan complies with President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.

The ruling on Saturday was the latest rebuke to President Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting. The government says it may take the case to the Supreme Court.

After 103 Democrats voted to eliminate aid to Israel, the lobbying group closed off online donations for more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers it had endorsed.

Many of President Trump’s attempts to curtail mail voting have been blocked by the courts. Before Trump, Republicans actually embraced absentee voting.

The ruling, based on agreements the service made in a 2021 legal settlement, was the second time a judge has blocked new curbs by President Trump on voting by mail.

Even before the Supreme Court granted him more power to fire officials, President Trump had effectively ended Democratic majorities at several agencies.

The ruling rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to change federal election procedures through an executive order.

The postmaster general, David Steiner, said on Wednesday that under a proposed rule, his agency would not deliver mail ballots in states that decline to hand over voter data.

The Newsroom, overflowing with magazines and newspapers on mismatched shelves, has endured as a symbol of a different Washington.

With midterms approaching and negotiations heating up, some lawmakers are apprehensive over where the discussions are headed.

Democrats and voting-rights groups have challenged the proposed rule as a harmful federal intrusion that could affect millions of voters who cast their ballots by mail.