{"id":"647287d4-7b94-478c-82d5-00c0fc775940","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/10/usps-mail-ballot-voting-court-ruling","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true,"owner":"Guardian Media Group"},"title":"US appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to impose restrictions on mail-in voting before midterms","plainHeadline":"US appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to restrict mail-in voting before midterms","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["A Boston-based appeals court declined to stay a lower court injunction on postal voting rules.","The First US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Trump’s bid to tighten mail-in voting restrictions.","The decision follows a blocked attempt by the Supreme Court to impose new mail-in voting requirements.","The injunction prevents the USPS from tightening rules around postal voting before the midterms.","The developments add to ongoing legal battles over mail-in voting practices in the US."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-10T17:07:37.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-10T17:25:03.162Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/00e80997-4c78-42a9-9fe4-a79c3b8db4ce","storyId":"00e80997-4c78-42a9-9fe4-a79c3b8db4ce","image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/78e3f6813b1028fd3cc242fc69e8f46a91a57c92/0_0_5001_4000/master/5001.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b9866bd1f9b2858e7e9819a5ccb7f10d","author":"Guardian staff","dek":"Court declined to put on hold injunction preventing the USPS from tightening rules around postal voting"}