{
  "id": 7649810,
  "title": "Mail-in disaster averted as Trump in angry froth after court defeat",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/mail-in-disaster-averted-as-trump-in-angry-froth-after-court-defeat",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T22:10:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/trump-mail-ballot-court-defeat"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As the US Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump's attempts to make mail-in voting more restrictive for the midterms, election officials across the nation are intensifying their efforts to assure Americans that casting ballots by mail remains safe and secure. The court's ruling on Monday, which infuriated Trump on his Truth Social platform, effectively thwarted a plan that election officials from both parties feared could have turned this year's elections into an administrative nightmare.\n\nThe high court's decision came just in time to prevent a cascade of problems that Trump's order would have triggered. The president had demanded the redesign of mail-in envelopes and the upload of voter lists to the United States Postal Service (USPS), measures that election officials warned would be impractical and unworkable before ballots were already in circulation. This development was viewed by many as an attempt by the administration to alter voting policies and undermine trust in the integrity of mail-in ballots.",
  "summary": "Election officials continue push to assure Americans mail ballots are safe after supreme court rules against president After the US supreme court halted Donald Trump’s efforts to make it significantly harder to vote by mail in the midterms, US election officials are redoubling their efforts to convince Americans it is safe to cast their ballots by mail. The supreme court’s Monday ruling, which…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Trump criticises Supreme Court for rejecting restrictions on mail-in ballots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/trump-criticises-supreme-court-for-rejecting-restrictions-on-mail-in",
        "published": "2026-09-15T21:15:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Trump slams Supreme Court for blocking Postal Service rules for mail ballots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/trump-slams-supreme-court-for-blocking-postal-service-rules-for-mail",
        "published": "2026-09-15T22:30:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}