The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s request to revive mail ballot restrictions before the midterms. The ruling leaves existing state mail ballot procedures in place as voting is already underway.
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Conserve Big Bend and six Texas landowners sued the Trump administration to stop border wall construction across private property in the remote Big Bend region. The lawsuit says the area has among the lowest apprehension totals on the Southwest border and was wrongly labeled a zone of “high illegal entry.”
A 40-year-old unvaccinated woman in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, died from apparent measles-related complications after exposure to a confirmed case, officials said. If confirmed, it would be the state’s third measles-related death amid hundreds of cases this year.
Former CIA Director John Brennan has been subpoenaed to testify Oct. 15 before a Florida grand jury examining whether officials conspired against Donald Trump. The subpoena emerged in Brennan’s lawsuit alleging the investigations targeting him are politically motivated.
Macklemore has been removed from Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour after pro-Palestinian remarks and performances at MetLife Stadium drew criticism from Jewish groups and venues. Gillette Stadium owner Robert Kraft said the rapper was barred over concerns about antisemitic rhetoric, while Macklemore defended his comments and denied hatred toward Jewish people.
A DHS inspector general report found detainees at Florida’s shuttered “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration facility were held in small metal cages for up to nearly two hours. The watchdog said the practice was unprecedented among inspected ICE facilities and did not align with humane treatment standards.
Rep. Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin’s Republican nominee for governor, said he and a pilot sustained minor injuries after their plane lost power and landed in Lake Wausau. Both escaped the submerging aircraft and were taken to a hospital.
Deputies responded Friday night to a reported trespasser at former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Malibu home. Harris and Doug Emhoff were not present, and the person left voluntarily without incident.