SCOTUS gives Trump a temporary win on his order to restrict voting by mail

NPR | By Hansi Lo Wang,

Leila Fadel

Published August 25, 2026 at 4:44 AM EDT

The U.S. Supreme Court gave President Trump an interim win on a challenge to his executive order for restricting voting by mail, but other legal challenges loom.

Hansi Lo Wang

Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a NPR correspondent who reports on voting, the Census Bureau and the U.S. Postal Service.

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Leila Fadel

Leila Fadel is a host of Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

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