President Donald Trump's administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots.

Nov 2 - President Donald Trump's administration asked the US Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters who federal officials allege are likely non-US citizens. Read more at straitstimes.com.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday in its push to sideline thousands of disputed California mail ballots the day before the pivotal midte...

President Donald Trump's administration has appealed to the Supreme Court in its push to require California election officials to set aside thousands of disputed mail ballots.

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court panel Monday refused to order California to set aside 20,000 mail ballots that the Trump administration says are likely from noncitizens. In a 2-1 vote, the panel found it has no jurisdiction and the administration needs to wait for the trial judge to rule. He’s set to hold a hearing Tuesday, but the Justice Department has demanded faster action since ballots are being returned each day. “The United States’s claimed emergency, at least in part, is a self-constructed one,” the court wrote in its unsigned ruling. The Trump administration sued California earlier this month as the state rebuffed claims that it sent mail ballots to 20,000 likely noncitizens for the midterm contests. The suit seeks to keep the ballots segregated so they can be verified before being counted. The majority comprised U.S. Circuit Judge Mark Bennett, appointed by President Trump, and U.S. Circuit Judge Gabriel Sanchez, appointed by former President Biden. In dissent, U.S. Circuit Judge Patrick Bumatay…