United States Postal Service

Well, I filed a request to film in national parks, specifically Yosemite, twice.

And the first time I applied was through express mail on USPS, tracked, waited six weeks, never heard from them, called them back.

They said, oh, we never got it.

Two weeks later, they said, oh, it's still in our mailroom.

Reports note that nine earlier rulings from various appeals courts have rejected the administration's mandatory detention policy, while two others have upheld it.

US Elections A panel of the First US Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a lower court ruling that blocked the US Postal Service from implementing President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail-in voting.

Reports note that the earlier ruling has already been appealed to the US Supreme Court by the Trump administration.

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While a federal appeals court is keeping the Trump administration's new mail ballot rules on hold just weeks before the midterms, the rules would require states to use specific designs and unique barcodes on mail ballots.

Election officials would also have to send the Postal Service information about people voting by mail.

non-compliant ballot mailings would be sent back to election offices.

The Trump administration says the changes are modest and meant to protect against voter fraud.

But states and voting rights groups sued, arguing the Postal Service doesn't have that authority and the changes could disenfranchise voters.

A three-judge panel on the First Circuit refused Thursday to lift a lower court order blocking the rules.

The judges said the administration had not shown the lower court was wrong to find the rules likely unlawful.

Trump administration litigation.

An appeals court yesterday declined to lift a federal judge's injunction that prevented the Postal Service from enforcing a new rule to tighten mail-inverting requirements before the midterm elections.

The Trump administration had already asked the Supreme Court to make a decision on the rule without waiting for the appeals court verdict.

Nate Raymond reports for Reuters.

While a federal appeals court is keeping the Trump administration's new mail ballot rules on hold just weeks before the midterms, the rules would require states to use specific designs and unique barcodes on mail ballots.

Election officials would also have to send the Postal Service information about people voting by mail.

non-compliant ballot mailings would be sent back to election offices.

The Trump administration says the changes are modest and meant to protect against voter fraud.

But states and voting rights groups sued, arguing the Postal Service doesn't have that authority and the changes could disenfranchise voters.

A three-judge panel on the First Circuit refused Thursday to lift a lower court order blocking the rules.

The judges said the administration had not shown the lower court was wrong to find the rules likely unlawful.

Clean up on aisle four, it sounds like to me.

Last story, number three, federal judge extends block on new USPS mail ballot rules.

The Supreme Court is poised to resolve the dispute before the November election.

The federal judge handling the legal battle over new U.S.

Postal Service mail ballot rules extended her block of the rules for the November midterm elections in an order issued on Friday, again finding them likely unlawful.

Judge Indira Talwani's temporary order, which had been set to expire on September 10th, is now in place indefinitely unless a higher court allows the Trump administration to put the rules into effect.

The states and voter advocacy groups have argued that the new USPS regulations are an attempt by the Trump administration to federalize elections, which are historically and constitutionally managed by each state, and make it harder to vote by mail for everyday citizens.

Trump wants states to report to USPS basic voter information, such as a voter's name and home address attached to a unique barcode on every mail-in ballot distributed.

You go to this other one, the employees are never wearing uniforms.

Like they're just wearing, this one chick just wears like a, a little like USPS, like jacket.

The other one, I thought she was the manager forever.

Cause she doesn't wear any like USPS, um, uniforms or anything like that.

Which is fine, but, like, you know, as the boss, it makes you look like, you know, you're not really in charge.

And even he, I don't even think he was wearing, like, any, like, formal shit.

In a blow to the president's attempted crackdown on mail-in voting, a Boston-based court of appeals decided to prevent the U.S.

Postal Service from tightening rules around postal voting.

The first anniversary of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's murder was observed yesterday at Utah Valley University by a peaceful crowd.

Thursday's event happened on a campus that was otherwise shut down for the day.

In a blow to the president's attempted crackdown on mail-in voting, a Boston-based court of appeals decided to prevent the U.S.

Postal Service from tightening rules around postal voting.

This as the Supreme Court also blocked Trump's efforts to introduce new requirements around the practice.

Trump has frequently criticized mail-in voting.