Trump asks Supreme Court once again to allow USPS plan to restrict mail-in voting

NPR | By Leila Fadel

Published September 7, 2026 at 4:42 AM EDT

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rick Hasen of UCLA's Safeguarding Democracy Project about the Trump administration's Supreme Court appeal on the USPS plan for mail-in voting.

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

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