U.S. judge blocks Trump's mail-in voting executive order

A voter drops their ballot at an official ballot drop box inside City Hall during a primary election in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal judge in Boston on Thursday blocked implementation of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order aiming to tighten rules ‌for mail-in voting, preventing it from taking effect ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani sided with a coalition of Democratic-led states that argued that the Republican president is trying to unlawfully interfere with the states' administration of federal elections. "The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections," Talwani wrote. The judge, who was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama, concluded that Trump's order violated the U.S. Constitution and the Republican president had exceeded his authority in trying to overhaul procedures for elections, which since the republic's founding in 1789 have been run by states and local governments. She said the president lacked any authority to compile voter lists for each state and that USPS lacked any statutory authorization to adopt any binding regulations on mail-in voting. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump signed the order on March 31 after a years-long campaign to undermine faith in U.S. …